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OnePlus has rolled out the February security patch to these phones

OnePlus promises to deliver regular system updates for its wide array of smartphones for at least two years and in some cases longer for flagships, so let’s see how they’re handling the February 2022 security update. OnePlus February 2022 security update — What’s new? Google added the February security patch as the third post-Android 12 updates for all eligible Pixel devices including…
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Messages will send videos as Google Photos links for the benefit of RCS-less iPhones, rolling out iMessage reactions

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 respond to a text with one of six Tapbacks. Historically, that action was communicated to Android phones over SMS/MMS as an…
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Google’s Nearby Sharing can now send to multiple Android or Chrome OS devices at a time

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 between Android phones and tablets. Things expanded from there to let Chromebooks both send and receive through Nearby…
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Google Assistant can now pay for parking on your phone

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…
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Google Live Transcribe feature now works when offline

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…
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Portrait Blur set to come to Google Photos for Android w/ support for more subjects

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 this requires depth information within images to be available. Thanks to this update, you’ll be able to apply the faux Bokeh…
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