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Messages will send videos as Google Photos links for the benefit of RCS-less iPhones, rolling out iMessage reactions

March 10, 2022
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

March 10, 2022
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

March 10, 2022
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

March 10, 2022
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

March 10, 2022
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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Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 to launch in August, may add a skin thermometer to the Wear OS watch

March 10, 2022
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is one the best smartwatches you can buy today, in part because of its excellent health and fitness tracking tools. According to a new report, the Galaxy Watch 5 will add a skin thermometer to the package. ETNews reports that Samsung will be shipping the Galaxy Watch 5 later this year with support for a skin thermometer, in part due to COVID-19’s impact on the…
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