Google Pay’s autofill experience in Chrome is set to get a big quality of life boost by better identifying your saved cards.

As previously reported in June, the Google Play Movies & TV app on Android TV is going away, with the deprecation now set for October.

Following the last big update nearly a year ago, Google is rolling out an August 2023 update for the Nest Wifi router and point. In general, Google’s routers rarely see major updates.

In addition to lists and other written recommendations, a YouTube Shorts video series called “The Play Report” is the latest piece of editorial content coming to the Google Play Store. 

Given the popularity of voice memos, Google Messages is bringing the ability to record and send to the Wear OS app.

Android is rolling out its quarterly drop of new features today, with a redesign of the Assistant At a Glance widget being the highlight.

Google Voice is seeing a peculiar issue today where “high-resolution” photos and “other large media” cannot be uploaded or sent via SMS/MMS.

After pulling a variant at the start of this year, YouTube Music is rolling out the latest redesign of Now Playing on Android and iOS, adding a comments section. This follows the launch of real-time lyrics last week.

Following the rollout of a redesigned Now Playing, the YouTube Music team has now detailed what features it launched in June and July of 2023, including how it replaced some video versions of songs in playlists.

Google Maps is testing an updated color palette for the background map layer that will undoubtedly draw some comparisons to Apple Maps.

Following the May launch in the US, Google is giving the Search Generative Experience (SGE) an international launch in India and Japan, while the company also shared early user research.

In addition to other Workspace announcements around Chat and Meet at Cloud Next ’23 today, Google Docs is getting a new paid “Proofread” feature that replaces today’s Spelling and grammar check.

Since its 2021 launch, the complaint that emerged with the Google Photos Locked Folder is people setting up new devices only to find that those images and videos didn’t transfer over. Google Photos is now addressing that with Locked Folder backup, with the broader feature also coming to iOS and the web.

As previously reported, Google Chat is getting a UI redesign as well as Duet AI features at Cloud Next 2023.

Google Meet is getting a torrent of Duet AI features at Cloud Next 2023 from “takes notes for me” and “attend for me” to studio audio and video enhancements. 

The Google Home script editor that launched in Public Preview this June is getting its first update across four areas today.

Following last week’s first-gen Nest Cam Indoor update, Google is boosting the Home app’s automation capabilities with a ton of new starters and actions. This is rolling out starting today for all users without needing to be enrolled in the Preview Program.

At the start of this month, Fitbit announced a Material You redesign of its app, and I regret to inform you there is currently no dark theme.

Google Flights already tells you whether current prices are low, typical, or high, and it will now definitively tell you when the cheapest time to book is.

After first appearing in April, YouTube Music is now more widely rolling out live lyrics on Android and iOS.

Following Tuesday’s announcement, Meta is widely rolling out the Threads web app, and it offers a pretty straightforward translation of the mobile experience.