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Google Workspace’s alternative to Slack, Google Chat, is adding support for custom emoji to your organization starting this week. Rolling out to everyone over the next two weeks, custom emoji in Google Chat will mirror the same functionality that Slack has offered for a few years now. Users can upload images that will be added to Chat’s emoji picker and can be used to react to messages as…

Sony’s LinkBuds and LinkBuds S are set to get a brand-new software update in the coming weeks, bringing along multipoint pairing functionality to the wireless earbuds as well as a new “Earth Blue” color to the LinkBuds S. Sony’s LinkBuds series is a true hit or miss for a lot of people. The open-backed design for the wireless LinkBuds was a true game-changer for those who want…

Google is pushing for more apps and better quality on Wear OS following the launch of the Pixel Watch and expansion of Wear OS 3, and it seems the company is also applying that to some of its own apps. Apparently, Google News is getting a new Wear OS app. Spotted on the Google Play Store last week by a Redditor, a Google News app has appeared for Wear OS that has design elements that play well…

During Alphabet’s Q3 2022 earnings, Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat credited the Pixel 6a as being “primarily” responsible for “solid growth in hardware revenues.” The Pixel 6a was announced in May 2022 but did not launch until July 21, with the third financial quarter lasting into September. It retails for $449, but saw a series of discounts right out of the gate. For example, the…