Google Translate is getting its “largest expansion ever” today with 110 new languages.
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Google Translate is getting its “largest expansion ever” today with 110 new languages.
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As previously spotted, Google Messages is now rolling out a “Show expressive animations” setting to disable Reaction Effects, Animated Emoji, and more.
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Following the initial rollout last month, Google Contacts is making official the ability to see message notifications on the widget.
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Google is touting significant speed improvements when performing calculations in Sheets on desktop Chrome and Edge.
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Google is rolling out a number of updates to Chrome 126 on Android and iOS, including a Material You redesign of the address bar on tablets.
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One of the more consumer-facing apps that originated from Area 120 helped you scan and organize documents/receipts. “Stack: PDF Scanner by Google Area 120” — yes, that was the full Play Store name — is going away later this year.
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After introducing in 2021 and 2022, Google is rolling back continuous scrolling on the Search results page.
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When Google Wallet relaunched in 2022, Google set out to replace your physical wallet and work towards that continues with support for hotel keys.
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YouTube is improving the podcasting experience outside of its Music app with a dedicated “Your podcasts” page.
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YouTube is testing a “Hype” feature that lets viewers boost the likelihood of a video “appearing in the rankings with other hyped videos that week.”
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A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Messages lets you tap on contact photos in the conversation view.
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As announced in April, users no longer have access to VPN by Google One today.
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At the moment, your Pixel shows a “Phone is getting warm” warning when it’s overheating. Google is working on more descriptive messages that don’t require navigating to an online support article for more information.
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After making the miniplayer persistent, the latest update for YouTube Music on the web is a redesign of albums and playlists.
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With iOS 14.5, Apple required app developers to tell users about and have them opt-in to broader tracking. In 2021, Google apps stopped certain tracking methods (IDFA) to comply and not have to show that prompt. YouTube will soon ask iOS users if they want to opt into “more personalized advertising” with an App Tracking Transparency (ATT) prompt.
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On the web, Gmail is now offering a simple toolbar UI when reading emails and taking action on your inbox.
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Since the big revamp last September, Fitbit has been updating more and more of the mobile app. The latest example is a Material You redesign of Fitbit app settings on Android.
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Material 3 is slowly making its way to Google’s first-party web apps, with Photos being the latest example.
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Following the European expansion at the start of June, Google is bringing the Gemini app and the latest Gemini Advanced features to India. There’s also some new Gemini in Google Messages developments.
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The June Feature Drop continues to roll out through a series of app updates. Pixel Camera 9.4 brings manual lens section to the Pixel 6/7 Pro and Fold, as well as other tweaks.
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The Google app on Android is showing a persistent Search bar at the bottom of any web result or Discover article you open.
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YouTube is testing letting viewers leave “helpful notes” on videos that “provide relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context.”
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Chrome for Android has been working on its own text-to-speech (TTS) capability for a few months now, and Google is now rolling out “Listen to this page.”
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Google Messages for Android has made a small but noticeable change to the behavior of message drafts.
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