MobileNews

Google Recorder gets Material You redesign, support for French, German, & Japanese on Pixel 6

October 21, 2021
Google’s remarkably handy and powerful Recorder app for Pixel phones is getting a Material You redesign. The new look was first shown off yesterday and rolling out now, while the tool now supports French, German, and Japanese on the Pixel 6. This Material You redesign starts on the homescreen with Dynamic Color replacing the pitch/AMOLED black dark theme. (The previous background was quite…
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Google Calendar will let you schedule ‘Focus time’ to work uninterrupted

October 21, 2021
Following a Material You redesign and new homescreen widgets on Android, Google Calendar is getting a new “Focus time” event type. This is part of Google’s digital wellbeing push and offering tools that help manage your work life. “Focus time” joins the standard “Event,” “Out of office,” “Task,” and (on Workspace Individual) “Appointment slots.”  Similar to the Out of…
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GamingNews

Square Enix to launch a new, mobile-focused London studio

October 20, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Square Enix announced today that it’s opening a new mobile-focused studio called Square Enix London Mobile. The new studio will focus on two upcoming…
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Roblox unveils electronic music festival in the metaverse

October 20, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox has partneed with music event promoter Insomniac to create electronic music festivals for its platform. The companies plan to create the “world’s largest dance music festival, Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), to the metaverse.” That’s a pretty ambitious statement, but…
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