After being announced almost a year ago back at I/O 2022, Google Maps “Immersive View” finally appears to be rolling out more widely.
Sold as a “whole new way to explore” with Google Maps, Immersive View expands upon the existing photorealistic aerial views of popular locations and landmarks with time and weather contextual flyovers of the specific mapped regions.
Google Maps Immersive…
Google Chrome will soon let you delete your last 15 minutes of browsing history on Android [U]
March 20, 2023
Sometime in the not-too-distant future it appears Google Chrome for Android will be making it much easier to delete your browsing history, with a quick option to delete 15 minutes of history.
In 2021, Google introduced the ability to purge 15 minutes of account history…
Google introduced voice message transcription with the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro before later making it available to older generations. Google Messages is now improving the creation experience with a redesign of the voice recorder UI in development.
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Ahead of spring, the US Google Store has kicked off a new sale that takes $150 off both the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, as well as the 6a.
During Black Friday and other sales, the Google Store only discounted the smaller flagship by $100. The Pixel 7 is now $449 after $150 off until April 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. PT. This is also the case at Amazon and Best Buy
Meanwhile, the Pixel 7 Pro starts at $749…
9to5Google Weekender: Pixel 8 leaks, the ups and downs of YouTube TV, and this week’s top stories
March 19, 2023
Being a YouTube TV subscriber continues to be full of ups and downs.
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YouTube TV has been well established as the best overall way to stream…
Faster Night Sight for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro is rolling out with version 8.8 of Google Camera.
First introduced for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, Google touts Night Sight photos that have “less motion blur since exposures can be half as long as before.” The company credits…
As we’ve been expecting, the latest Google app to get a tablet redesign is Contacts for Android.
Google Contacts switches from a wide bottom bar that looked bad on landscape displays to a navigation rail. At the top is create FAB, with “Contacts,” “Highlights,” and “Fix & manage” following. These tabs are not horizontally centered to allow for more natural hand placement.
The app’s…
In the latest version of Google Contacts, the company is preparing a new way to get notified when it’s a friend or family member’s birthday.
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Samsung has recently launched a new “Rugged Sport” band for its Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatches which is shipping now.
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9to5Google Log Out: The shape and color of Google AI
March 18, 2023
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From what was shared earlier this week in Gmail and Docs, Google Workspace is using a pencil icon with a star in the top-left to brand its generative AI features. (The pencil or pen itself is…
