Google has devoted their homepage to honor Myrtle Gonzalez, a Mexican American actress who starred in dozens of pictures in the silent film era. On September 28, 1891, Myrtle Gonzalez was born in Los Angeles, to parents of Mexican and Irish descent. Her talent was recognized at an early age, often singing soprano in church choirs and concerts before trying her hand at stage acting. Myrtle…

Homescreen widgets have seen a new resurgence in the past year with Android 12+, and Shazam has just revamped theirs to be more than just a shortcut that opens the app. The old Shazam widget was just a larger shortcut that immediately opened the app on-click to start listening. Version 13.7 introduces a widget that lets you “Shazam music directly from your home screen.” A “Tap to Shazam”…

The first Pixel Watch app update has widely rolled out at this point, with Google last week sharing a few other community updates, including future transit card support. In a vaguely newsletter-esque forum post called “The Google Pixel Watch minute,” a “Trending topics in the community” section provides some interesting answers. As we’ve expected, the company is “planning to bring”…