While Samsung has moved on to Wear OS for its smartwatch needs, the company isn’t done with Tizen wearables just yet. The Galaxy Watch 3 is now getting an update with new watch faces and health improvements.
Rolling out now to the Galaxy Watch 3 (SM-R840), Samsung’s latest update carries the version number R840XXU1DVH4.
What’s new?
The first key change here is that Samsung has added two new…
Proclaiming “the age of visual search is here” and that the “camera is the next keyboard,” Google at Search On 2022 announced a trio of new features and updates for Lens, like AR Translate.
Google Lens is now used 8 billion times a month, which is up from 3 billion…
Google Search adding ‘Discussions and forums’ section and translated news coverage
September 29, 2022
At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results, while translated news coverage is also coming next year.
Google frames “Discussions and forums” as originating from people’s desire for more…
Square appears to be preparing to allow merchants with Android devices to accept “Tap to Pay” contactless NFC payments without a dedicated card reader.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see…
As you type in the Search box, Google is going to start showing more suggestions and ways to refine your query, while certain results will look drastically different from the current 10 blue links approach.
Google wants to “provide relevant content straight away, before…
The Pixel Watch is a product that’s been anticipated and hyped up for years, and it’s finally hitting the market in just a week. But what’s the most important element of the Pixel Watch? According to 9to5Google readers, there’s a pretty clear priority for what Google…
Android apps are getting a ‘major’ Google TTS quality upgrade
September 29, 2022
“Speech Services by Google” is responsible for providing text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (transcription) capabilities for Android apps. Google is now rolling out a major TTS audio quality upgrade for 64-bit Android devices.
Android text-to-speech is getting “clearer, more natural voices” with a “significant side by side quality increase” touted. A new voice model and…
Google will let you directly search for dishes at nearby restaurants and adds more shopping features
September 29, 2022
Google is becoming a better place for restaurant browsing by letting you search directly for dishes, while Search is also set to get a slew of new shopping features.
Noting that “40% of people already have a dish in mind when they search for food,” Google will let you…
Apple is taking credit for Google adding iMessage reactions on Android
September 29, 2022
Before Google’s “Get The Message” campaign in August, Android’s Messages app was updated with iMessage reactions at the start of this year. In a very weird turn of events, Apple appears to be taking credit for Google adding iMessage reactions on Android.
As spotted…
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What does the setup for a likely bad joke have to do with image bias in DALL-E?
DALL-E is an artificial intelligence program developed by OpenAI that creates images from text descriptions. It uses a 12-billion-parameter version of the GPT-3…
