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Google Maps for Android widely rolling out pill-shaped search field

September 12, 2020
Google gave Maps on mobile a big revamp earlier this year. Like all other first-party apps, the design is always being tweaked and Google Maps for Android now features a pill-shaped search field. The search field at the top of Google Maps for Android has long been a rectangle with rounded corners. With February’s bottom bar-focused revamp, the hamburger menu for the navigation drawer was…
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Google Meet for Android, iOS getting redesigned to look like tab in Gmail

September 12, 2020
The future of Google’s enterprise communication services is tight integration with Gmail. That said, there will always be a need for the standalone Meet app, which Google is now redesigning to look like the recently added Gmail tab. We’re updating the user interface (UI) of the Google Meet mobile apps for Android and iOS. The new mobile UI will have the same look and feel as that of the…
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Crysis Remastered will beat next-gen consoles to the punch with ray tracing on Xbox One and PS4

September 12, 2020
We already knew that Crysis Remastered would support ray tracing if you had the PC hardware to run it. However, ahead of the release on PC and current-gen consoles, Crytek announced this week that, for the first time, in this console generation, the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X will offer ray-tracing support — because it’ll appear in the current-gen console versions of Crysis Remastered. Crytek’s…
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Motorola stealth launches the Moto G9 Plus in Brazil

September 12, 2020
Motorola has quietly released its new budget phone, the Moto G9 Plus, in Brazil. As leaks previously mentioned, the new smartphone includes a 6.81-inch display screen, a quad-camera setup on the phone’s back, plus a 5,000mAh battery. The Moto G9 Plus is powered by a…
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Apple allows game streaming on iOS, but demands approval and a 30% cut

September 12, 2020
Apple loosened its restrictions in the iOS app store for streaming games from services such as Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia, and Nvidia GeForce Now. But Apple still has restrictions on how users pay for the games and that it still gets its 30% cut on game sales. Apple made the changes in its App Store Review Guidelines today. While the move helps Apple keep up with the world of game streaming…
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