The Pixel Watch was announced just over four months ago, and its Android companion app has now hit over 500,000 downloads on the Play Store.
With Wear OS 3, Google required all watch manufacturers to release and maintain their own companion apps instead of using the main “Wear OS” client, which has over 50 million downloads. These applications let you set and customize watch faces, manage…
AI is set to change the game in some big ways in the near future, and AI-generated content is one of the more controversial elements. Now, Google is broaching the subject, confirming explicitly that AI-generated content isn’t against Search guidelines.
In a new post to the…
The Bard announcement Google made earlier this week contains a mistake that is contributing to and furthering the negative sentiment about the company’s AI position.
In the one explicit example of Bard that Google shared on Monday, the AI chatbot is asked, “What new…
Google launches Android 14 Developer Preview for Pixel
February 9, 2023
Google announced the Android 14 Developer Preview today. The February release was expected and matches last year, while it comes as 13 QPR2 is still in beta.
This is now the eighth year that Google is providing an early look at the direction Android is going ahead of the Q3 stable launch. For the fourth year in a row, the preview is getting underway in February to give developers more time to…
How to install the Android 14 developer preview on Google Pixel
February 9, 2023
Right on schedule, Google has just released the very first developer preview of Android 14 for Pixel smartphones. Here’s how to install it – if you dare.
Should I install the Android 14 developer preview?
The first release of Android 14 is not intended for the general…
The taskbar is one of the biggest new features added to Android for foldables and tablets, and in the first developer preview of Android 14, Google is tweaking it with names showing on app icons.
When switching to a tablet DPI (600+) on the first Android 14 developer…
Android 14 Developer Preview 1 is rolling out today to start this year’s preview cycle ahead of an expected Q3 launch.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 14 Developer Preview 1’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this list. Be sure to check back often and tell us what you find in the comments below.) Android 13 screenshots…
The Pixel 4a is coming up on its three-year anniversary, which is also when software support for the device will end. However, it seems the device might lose out on the next version of Android, as the first Android 14 developer preview is not available for Google Pixel…
With the first developer preview of Android 14, Google is bringing back the ability to see screen time in battery usage stats.
Google redesigned the battery usage stats screen in Android 12, a change which led to quite a bit of confusion. Instead of showing battery usage…
Google AR head Clay Bavor leaving the company after 18 years
February 9, 2023
For the past few years, Google’s AR and VR efforts have been led by Clay Bavor. The longtime executive is now set to leave the company next month.
Bavor has worked at Google since 2005. By 2013, he led product management and design for Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, and Google Apps for Enterprise (now Google Workspace) as vice president.
In 2015, he “started and led Google’s AR/VR effort and…
