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 Play Store tests semipermanent bottom bar
Google is testing a curious change to the Play Store on Android that sees a somewhat persistent bottom bar.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Takeout updates, like direct transfer for YouTube data, coming in 2024
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.
Expand Expanding CloseTwitter is now X for Android, tweets are called ‘posts’
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.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle One VPN switching from broad to more local IP address [U: Live]
Google One is updating its VPN to change the default IP address region from broad to local, thus improving location-based experiences.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Lens viewfinder gets a light theme
After getting a refreshed logo in April, the latest update to Google Lens changes the UI to now offer a light theme.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle details Play Store tablet redesign, says letterbox apps will rank lower
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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Google Messages now lets you pin up to five conversations
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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Google Play Games PC Beta now available in 121 markets, adds keyboard remapping
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.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages homescreen redesign removes nav drawer [U: Beta]
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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Google Docs adding support for line numbers
After adding support for non-printing characters earlier this year, Google Docs is rolling out line numbers.
Expand Expanding CloseYouTube app partially crashing on Android 14 Beta
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.
Expand Expanding CloseChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures
Google is rolling out ChromeOS 115 as a bigger-than-usual update with a number of user-facing additions over the coming days.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages web app now supports direct reply [U: Android tablets]
Google Messages on the web rarely gets updated, but a recent addition lets you directly reply to RCS chats like on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing by $2 to $13.99 per month in the US for new and current customers.
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Google working on ‘Genesis’ AI tool for journalists that writes news
Besides building AI products for personal, productivity, and developer use cases, journalism and news is another area for Google with details of a “Genesis” tool.
Expand Expanding CloseManaging Google Play subscriptions on Android is currently broken
One advantage of Google Play Billing is the ability to manage your subscriptions in one place, but that UI and functionality are currently broken on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages to support MLS protocol for interoperable E2E encrypted messaging
Google today announced its support for interoperable end-to-end encrypted communication between large messaging platforms, with plans to integrate the MLS protocol into Google Messages and Android.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle launches Nearby Share for Windows and partnering to pre-install
Following the beta this March, Google is ready to launch Nearby Share for Windows in full today.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Meet starts testing image generation for unique backgrounds
After starting public testing in Slides, AI image generation is now coming to Google Meet on the web to create custom backgrounds.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Home 3.3 update enables Home Panel on Pixel
Google announced Home Panel was coming to Pixel phones with the June Feature Drop, and it’s now widely rolling out with an update to the Google Home app.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle updates the Arts & Culture icon after previous tizzy
The Arts & Culture app gained a new icon earlier this year that evoked rather strong opinions, and Google has now introduced an updated version on Android.
Expand Expanding CloseGmail encouraging users to enable Enhanced Safe Browsing
Over the past few days, Google has been prominently promoting Enhanced Safe Browsing in the Gmail apps.
Expand Expanding CloseEntry Google Workspace tiers now include code-free ‘AppSheet’ app creator
AppSheet lets businesses easily build internal tools, and Google is now giving access to entry Google Workspace tiers.
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