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The Wall Street Journal is out today with a quick story on the rollout and reception of Gmail’s new Smart Reply feature, and it comes with a few interesting bits of information and anecdotes from random users and Google alike — one of which is particularly humorous…
A Japanese “Coming Soon” teaser popped up on the web late last week, hinting at some Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL color variants (“mint”, “white”, and “black”). Then, code found within the site hinted at a fourth, pinkish variant. Now, the page has been updated to explicitly reference the “Google Pixel,” and a sign-up box to get updates to your email has been added.
Today we’ve got the first big Google Home Hub leak, an official-looking render of the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL, and the release of Chrome OS 69 w/ Linux support.
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Google has long been rumored to be launching its own first-party Smart Display, and now it looks like we have our first solid leak of the device. It’s called the “Google Home Hub” according to images and details shared today by MySmartPrice, and it’s essentially a tablet-esque 7-inch display mounted on a speaker base with a design similar to other Google Home products.
The Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have both leaked extensively, but as with every leak cycle, there are many different types of leaks that show up over time. Now we’re getting out first look at what purports to be the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL shown off in an official press render…
Today we’ve got hands-on with Chromium running on Fuchsia, a Google Calculator redesign, the possibility of a Pixel 3 in a bright red or pink color, a OnePlus TV, and more.
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Last week a Japanese teaser site popped up for Google’s forthcoming Google Pixel 3 (Pixel 3 in Japan is news enough, right?), revealing a few themes that many believe may represent a few color variants for the device. Now, a fourth theme has been discovered in the page’s source code hinting at a fourth color — but it’s not quite fully functional.
Today we’ve got Google Pixel 3 teasers, details on the ‘Meowth’ Pixelbook and why it’s defunct, Play credits for Google One users, and the lates Google deals from 9to5Toys.
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This week we talk about our predictions, analysis, and thoughts on a few Pixelbook 2 prototypes, Google’s ‘Yeti’ game streaming service, and some teases of the Google Pixel 3.
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With the new Gmail, Google introduced an offline mode as part of the web app itself. That means that the longstanding Gmail Offline Chrome app that was used to enable offline functionality in the old Gmail is no longer necessary. So it makes sense that Google just announced its retirement…
The Google One launch was a bit rough. The service was announced at I/O, then it went up on the Play Store 10 days later, and then it became officially available to “everyone” in mid-August. But the problem with that was that it wasn’t actually available to everyone.
Now Google’s trying to make up for the headache…
Recent rumors have suggested that Samsung is prepping a new smartphone with four rear cameras, and now a ‘4x fun’ event invitation posted on the company’s website seems to hint that such a device may be announced on October 11th…
Ahead of the launch of the Google Pixel 3 next month, Google has today published a teaser/landing page for the device on the Google Store. It’s pretty barebones for now…
Today we’ve got the first public mention of ‘Yeti’ game streaming service, a weird bug affecting Pixel and Pixel 2, and Larry Page is missing in action.
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A report this afternoon out of The Intercept says that a senior Google research scientist has quit in protest over Google’s plans to re-launch its search engine in China via a new app.
It’s not yet clear why, but apparently some Google Pixel 2 owners woke up this morning with its battery saver mode enabled — despite their batteries being near full after a night of charging.
A video of a Google all-hands meeting from right after the 2016 presidential election has leaked, unsurprisingly showing many Google leaders expressing their distaste toward the outcome…
Likely originating out of Page and Pichai’s absence at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, Bloomberg is out today with a report asking “Where in the World Is Larry Page?” It goes on to detail the Alphabet CEO’s controversial decision to opt-out of the hearing, his broader distancing of himself from the daily politics and issues at Google, and the many distractions that have kept him busy in recent years.
Today we’ve got the death of Inbox by Gmail, our Ben Schoon’s wishlist for Google Pixel Buds 2, and our review of the JBL Link View Smart Display.
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Today we’ve got another Made by Google event set to take place in France, our fact checks of the Pixel Ultra “leaks,” and Google refreshes its USB-C headphone adapter.
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This year has seen a whirlwind of leaks in the Google phone space. As you know if you’ve been following along with our extensive coverage, we know pretty much everything there is to know about the Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL, both set to be announced next month at Google’s October 9th event. But given an ever-spreading wildfire of distaste toward the bigger model’s large notch and plenty of misleading information, the “Pixel Ultra” speculation just hasn’t stopped.
While it’s impossible to put the rumors in their coffin for good until October 9th, we can round up everything that everyone has called a “Pixel Ultra” so far and write them off one by one…
Google has today sent invites to French publications for yet another Made by Google event. This one is in Paris, France, and likely means the launch of the Google Pixel 3 in that country and perhaps others in mainland Europe.
Google launched a completely redesigned Gmail on the web, featuring the Google Material Theme, earlier this year. We’ve been fans of it for quite a while from purely an aesthetic perspective, but it’s definitely had some places where it feels like Google chose form over function. No longer!
Now, Google’s letting you hide that pesky new Gmail sidebar that you never use.
Today we’ve got the announcement of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor, related smartwatches, hands-on with new Wear OS, analysis of ‘Atlas’, a possible ‘Nocturne’ leak, and more.
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