Google Photos first rolled out the Locked Folder to Pixel phones before bringing it to other Android devices at the end of 2021, and is now working on adding cloud backup.

While the Find My Device app on Android gets the occasional update, Google has not revamped its UI in several years. That’s now changing with a big Material You redesign for Find My Device that also includes a dark theme.

The Pixel Watch was announced just over four months ago, and its Android companion app has now hit over 500,000 downloads on the Play Store.

Google Translate is rolling out a trio of updates that add context, modernize the iOS app, and improve camera translations.

Google is following this week’s announcement of Bard with a slew of new Lens capabilities, including “Search screen” on Android and wider Multisearch availability. 

Google is expanding the availability of AR features in Maps, as well as adding glanceable directions to the Android and iOS lockscreens.

Back in November, Google Messages started testing the ability to react with any emoji, and it’s now getting wider availability.

Following the Library revamp in January, YouTube Music for Android and iOS is rolling out a redesign of the album view. 

Until recently, searching for a podcast on Google would surface individual episodes that you could quickly start playing. That’s now being replaced by a podcast directory in Google Search.

Desktop Chrome already supports biometric confirmation before auto-filling payment information, and is now getting the option to require your fingerprint to enter saved passwords.

Google is making a small but profound usability tweak by adding an eyedropper tool to the color picker in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings.

On desktop web, most instances of Picture-in-Picture (PiP) are quite basic. Google Chrome is now working on adding support for more advanced Picture-in-Picture players and use cases.

YouTube is getting the ability to invite a guest to your mobile livestream with “Go Live Together.” 

In an email to subscribers this afternoon, YouTube TV announced that it hasn’t been able to renew its deal with the MLB Network and that the baseball channel will no longer be available.

After rolling out a Material You redesign in December, the Google TV Android app is now readying a homescreen widget.

With the launch of Play Games for PC, Google introduced a new icon for the service that’s now coming to the Android app.

Back in November, Google announced that Gmail would directly show package and delivery tracking in your inbox. If this feature isn’t live yet, you can manually enable it in Gmail settings. 

As part of the Home app Public Preview, Google has redesigned Wifi controls with the list of connected devices seeing the big upgrade. 

Spotted in development last year, Google announced today that it’s rolling out the ability to require your fingerprint to access Incognito tabs in Chrome for Android.

Last November, we previewed a Material You redesign of the Google app, and it’s now rolling out on Android. 

After first appearing on the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4 in mid-December, the Google Maps app now fully works.