Google Lens is rolling out the highly-requested ability to save your Visual Search History so that you can return to any analyzed image in the future.
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YouTube Music getting an ‘Activity’ notifications feed
We’ve noticed an uptick in notifications sent by YouTube Music since the start of 2024, and the mobile app is now readying an “Activity” feed.
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Following the announcement in late February at MWC 2024 and the March Pixel Feature Drop, Google Maps for Wear OS is more widely rolling out public transit directions.
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Following the tease at the Pixel Watch 2 launch in October, Google Health provided an update on Fitbit Labs at The Checkup 2024 event.
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Google is finally rolling out a straightforward Material You redesign of Play Books for Android. It follows the new icon introduced last year, with the app rarely seeing updates.
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When the Material You revamp of the Fitbit app rolled out in September, most but not all pages were modernized. We now have a look at a redesign of Fitbit’s Sleep stats page.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Calendar replacing appointment slots with appointment schedules
Google Calendar “appointment slots” have long allowed education and enterprise users to create and reserve specified time slots. Google is now removing that capability and replacing it with “appointment schedules.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Phone app removes Nearby places search
As previewed in early February, the Google Phone dialer app has removed the Nearby places search feature on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube Music rolling out song search, like Google Play Music
Back in October, the main YouTube rolled out a slew of mobile updates like stable volume and a hum to search capability. Song search is now rolling out to YouTube Music.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Photos adds screenshot & document labels with manual categorization
Back in November, Google Photos introduced better document sorting and another update to the capability adds labels to screenshots, notes, etc., as well as a manual categorization option.
Expand Expanding CloseChrome upgrading standard Safe Browsing to work in real-time
For those that want the most secure tier of Google Safe Browsing, Chrome offers “Enhanced protection.” The “Standard protection” in place for all other Chrome Safe Browsing users is now getting a real-time upgrade.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube TV also getting video player redesign with side-by-side sports scores
Like the main service, YouTube TV is also rolling out a redesign of its video player on televisions to offer live scores and other sports information.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Home for web rolling out camera history, video clips exit preview
Google Home for web is entering general availability and adding camera history, while the custom clips feature is similarly exiting preview.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube player redesign on TVs adds dual-column UI for comments & more
To date, YouTube on televisions has been a leanback experience focused on displaying fullscreen content. An upcoming redesign of YouTube video player for TVs adds more interactivity.
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Google Calendar on Android gets integrated event and task creator
Google Calendar for Android is rolling out a small tweak to how you create an event or task.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages rolls out emoji reaction effects
Following Photomoji, animated emoji, and some Screen Effects, Reaction Effects are seeing wide availability in Google Messages for Android.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search mobile website adds notifications feed
Google Search can generate a slew of alerts related to your interests, and the website on Android, as well as iOS, is now adding a notifications feed.
Expand Expanding CloseChrome tests Custom Tabs that you can minimize into PiP windows
Google is testing an interesting use of Picture-in-Picture (PiP) on Android that lets you minimize Chrome Custom Tabs.
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Google rolls out tweaked Finance Watchlist widget
The Google app on Android has rolled out an updated “Finance Watchlist” widget that offers a pair of usability tweaks following its mid-to-late 2023 introduction.
Expand Expanding CloseFitbit testing personalized ‘Walkmate’ notifications
Fitbit is testing a 2-month program/study called “Walkmate” that uses personalized daily notifications to “help you walk more and stay active.”
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid, Google Maps getting more accurate device orientation
Besides using Live View and your camera for VPS, Google has a new device orientation solution for Android map developers with the Fused Orientation Provider (FOP) API in Play services.
Expand Expanding CloseFiles by Google integrating a document scanner
After dropping the bottom bar and swapping out Nearby Share, Files by Google is adding a document scanner shortcut that looks and works exactly like the one available in Google Drive.
Expand Expanding CloseGemini now lets you tune and modify responses with a prompt
Google is launching “a more precise way for you to tune Gemini’s responses” on the web app.
Expand Expanding CloseGboard bug results in small font size or tiny keyboard
Some Google Pixel owners are having issues with Gboard either being a tiny window or the proper size but with a very small font.
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