Ethically minded smartphone maker Fairphone is now pushing out Android 10 to 2015’s Fairphone 2 and, in turn, offering the longest support period for any Android smartphone to date.
The Dutch manufacturer prides itself on repairability and sustainability, and it’s hard to deny that given the extended hardware and software support on offer. While a modest smartphone even by 2015 standards…
Messages will send videos as Google Photos links for the benefit of RCS-less iPhones, rolling out iMessage reactions
March 10, 2022
In recent weeks, Google has been testing and slowly rolling out a number of new features for Messages on Android. The company announced today that iMessage reactions, Google Photos integration, and several other capabilities will soon widely launch.
On iOS, users can…
Gboard officially expands ‘Grammar Check’ to all Android devices, adds text stickers for Pixel, more
March 10, 2022
Gboard for Android keeps picking up new features to help you express yourself, and now Google is going a step further by helping out with your grammar on any Android device with “Grammar Check” and adding a new treat for Pixel owners too.
With a new update rolling out…
Google TV for Android getting ‘Highlights’ feed with entertainment news, Material You redesign
March 10, 2022
Google TV was a big redesign that replaced the Play Movies & TV app on Android, and it’s now adding a “Highlights” tab that serves as “personalized feed of entertainment news” and getting some Material You flourishes.
The first tab in the Google TV app is now called “Highlights.” It will surface news, reviewers, and other articles from the web related to movies and shows…
Google’s Nearby Sharing can now send to multiple Android or Chrome OS devices at a time
March 10, 2022
Nearby Sharing, Google’s answer to AirDrop, is gaining the ability to send files and more to more than one Android or Chrome OS device at the same time.
First launched a few years ago, Nearby Sharing started out as a simple way to share photos, files, contacts, and more…
Google Assistant can now pay for parking on your phone
March 10, 2022
Public parking can sometimes be a bit frustrating, but Google Assistant is making an attempt to improve the process.
This week, Google has announced that Assistant will soon be able to pay for public parking in some locations from your phone. Google says that the feature…
Google Live Transcribe feature now works when offline
March 10, 2022
To help aide those that suffer from hearing impairments Google is now expanding the Live Transcribe feature to work completely offline.
An important accessibility tool, Live Transcribe offers real-time speach-to-text captions in a variety of situations with support for multiple languages and dialects. This helps facilitate real-time conversations between people who may be deaf, hard of hearing…
As part of its almost constant evolution, the Google Photos app for Android is set to gain expanded Portrait Blur effects which will work on older images and even more subjects.
Google One and Pixel owners already have access to Portrait Blur effects in Google Photos but…
Samsung rolling out update to control GOS now says it does not throttle non-game Android apps [U]
March 10, 2022
Earlier this week Samsung was caught seemingly throttling the performance of literal thousands of Android apps through its “Game Optimizing Service” (GOS), and now the company has officially responded to those findings and will add controls in a future update.
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Google Stadia teases support for ‘unmodified’ Windows games, potentially a huge library boost
March 10, 2022
Stadia has had a rough run so far, related in large part to a lack of compelling games in its library. Now, it seems Google is ready to remove a roadblock to bringing games to Stadia, with support for “unmodified” Windows titles on the cloud gaming platform.
Next week, on March 15, Google will host the “Google for Games Developer Summit” which will be a developer-focused event talking…
