Yes, the Fitbit for Android app icon is smaller
While we wait for the big Material You app redesign announced last week, Fitbit for Android has ever so slightly tweaked its app icon to be smaller.
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While we wait for the big Material You app redesign announced last week, Fitbit for Android has ever so slightly tweaked its app icon to be smaller.
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Following the Material You redesign, GPay is readying another change that consolidates the app to just two tabs in the bottom bar.
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Google Search has a number of built-in tools from its dictionary to a metronome and multi-sided die, with the most recent addition letting you check grammar on mobile and desktop.
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On Thursday, Chrome for Android started prompting users with a red arrow to update the browser even though a new version is not currently available.
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Back in February, Google announced that Assistant would gain a Lens-powered “Search screen” feature that’s a true “What’s on my screen” replacement. We’re now seeing it rolled out on more Android devices.
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As we spotted earlier this year, Google is introducing a more visual and granular way to customize Gboard for Android with “Resize.”
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Google Lab Sessions are collaborations between “visionaries from all realms of human endeavor” and the company’s latest AI technology. Today, Google released TextFX as an “experiment to demonstrate how generative language technologies can empower the creativity and workflows of artists and creators” with Lupe Fiasco.
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As Google continues to test generative AI in its most important product, the Search Generative Experience (SGE) is picking up a handful of features, like video results.
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For years, files you download would appear in a bar at the bottom of Chrome, but Google is now changing the desktop browser’s UI so you get a download tray instead.
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YouTube today announced a number of new Shorts features, but the most promising one for Creators is a recomposition tool to convert regular videos into vertical content.
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Following the acquisition and Pixel Watch, Google is now thoroughly redesigning the Fitbit companion app on Android and iOS with Material You.
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YouTube made a small change at the start of this year that replaced the settings to pause search and watch history.
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Google is testing a curious change to the Play Store on Android that sees a somewhat persistent bottom bar.
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Google has committed to adding new data transfer capabilities to Takeout, including for YouTube, next year in response to an investigation by Italian competition regulators.
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X branding came to Twitter for Android earlier this week, and another update rolling out on Friday afternoon changes the app name, while “tweet” seemingly becomes “post.”
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Google One is updating its VPN to change the default IP address region from broad to local, thus improving location-based experiences.
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After getting a refreshed logo in April, the latest update to Google Lens changes the UI to now offer a light theme.
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In the lead-up to the Pixel Tablet and Fold, the Play Store received a large screen redesign, and Google today detailed the four key changes.
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With the homescreen redesign widely available in the beta channel, the next Google Messages feature is the ability to pin up to five conversations.
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Following the last big expansion, Google has brought the Play Games for PC Beta to “more than 60 new regions across Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America.”
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Google is redesigning the Messages homescreen in an interesting way that replaces the navigation drawer and introduces key branding into the Android app.
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After adding support for non-printing characters earlier this year, Google Docs is rolling out line numbers.
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Android 14 is late in the beta stage and should be seeing a stable release relatively soon. An update to the YouTube app today sees it crash on Android 14 when navigating to the Library tab.
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Google is rolling out ChromeOS 115 as a bigger-than-usual update with a number of user-facing additions over the coming days.
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