After adding Samsung devices to its online store, Google Fi is now launching a Phone subscription program. The Pixel 4a is the first device available, with buyers saving “$133 over two years.”
Google’s MVNO is advertising this program as an alternative to the “time consuming, complicated and expensive” process of “choosing and upgrading to a new phone.”
For $15 per month, you get the…
Gamers condemn a Google Stadia Montreal Creative Director for saying streamers should be paying publishers
October 26, 2020
Following three days of “Good Stuff” announcements, “Stadia” has begun trending on Twitter following a tweet from a Google Stadia Games & Entertainment Creative Director suggesting that streamers should be paying game studios a percentage of their revenue.
From…
The name “Hummer” has long been synonymous with gas-guzzling SUVs, but last night, GMC announced a revival of the brand with a new electric vehicle. Now, we’re learning that the Hummer EV “supertruck” is actually running an Android operating system that may one day…
Google Fi in classic Hangouts will stop working this January, new Messages for web coming
October 26, 2020
In addition to announcing a Phone subscription program, Google today emailed Fi subscribers about how to “Move [their] conversations to Messages by Google.” Support documents lay out in detail what to expect and that Fi texting in the Hangouts app will stop working at the start of next year.
Hangouts users are encouraged to start using the Messages app. Google announced as much last week (and…
Just yesterday, Google announced that Fi users would lose access to their messages through classic Hangouts, but the company also teased a new web experience. Now, that updated Messages for Web feature is already rolling out to some Google Fi users.
In last night’s…
Microsoft launched its Android Foldable just a little over six weeks ago. The reception on the company’s most recent phone outing and new category entrant has been mixed. In possible response, the Surface Duo has now been discounted $200 on the official company…
Google Chrome’s new tab page is clean and simple on computers, but it seems that may soon change. An experiment in newer versions of Chrome shows that Google is working on a widget for the new tab page that would show, possibly among other things, what are essentially shopping ads.
First spotted and enabled by the folks over at TechDows, a new flag has shown up in Chrome Canary. “NTP…
Google Assistant speakers can also receive inbound phone calls, but only in Australia
October 26, 2020
Almost since their debut, Google Assistant speakers have featured the ability to make phone calls, but only in that one direction. Now, Google Assistant speakers are gaining the ability to receive calls as well, but only on one telecommunications company for now.
Telstra…
Google Search easter egg celebrates Pelé’s 80th birthday
October 26, 2020
On this day in 1940, football legend Pelé was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In honor of Pelé’s 80th birthday, Google has hidden a new easter egg into Google Search.
Born with the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the footballer we’ve come to know as Pelé received…
You can now log in to Spotify with your Google account
October 26, 2020
As the death of Google Play Music begins, Spotify is making it a bit easier for Google account holders to sign up. You can now use a Google account login to use Spotify.
If you go to sign in to Spotify from an Android phone or tablet, you’ll be able to do so using a Google account. Based on the timing of a recently published support page, it seems like this feature has become widely available…
