Google Search iOS app gets simplified bottom bar, downgrades Collections
Google has rolled out a number of navigation-related tweaks to the Search app on iOS that aim to simplify the app, while deemphasizing Collections.
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Google has rolled out a number of navigation-related tweaks to the Search app on iOS that aim to simplify the app, while deemphasizing Collections.
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Following its big Material You redesign, Google Docs is adding more customization options for tables of contents, as well as better formatting options for all other tables.
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In recent days, Chrome has added your past search queries to the New Tab Page on Android so that they appear alongside frequently visited sites.
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YouTube Music on Android can now “automatically download recently played songs” with a new setting.
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Compared to Maps for Android and iOS, Google makes relatively few visual updates to the Maps website. Google Maps is now testing a sidebar on the web that provides convenient access to recently viewed places.
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After bigger changes to “RCS” branding and read receipt icons in recent weeks, Google Messages for Android is adding a contact’s profile photo to the top of conversations.
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As we’ve been expecting, the latest Google app to get a tablet redesign is Contacts for Android.
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After previewing Multiview earlier this week, YouTube TV announced a price increase today to $72.99 per month.
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After testing in October, Google Messages looks to be widely rolling out a redesign of read receipts with icons replacing words (sent, delivered, and read).
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From 2016–2019, the Google Trips app made for a great little utility that grouped together travel details and stored everything offline. Some of that functionality lived on in google.com/travel after the Android and iOS client was deprecated, but trip summaries are now going away this year.
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As teased last year, YouTube TV today announced “Multiview” to let you watch up to 4 games simultaneously.
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Google Health today hosted its annual The Checkup Up event with announcements spanning Search, Fitbit Health Metrics, AI, and developer tools.
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The Google Home app Public Preview is set to get a number of features before it more widely launches. The ability to reorder devices in Google Home’s Favorites tab is now starting to roll out for those in the beta program.
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Pocket Casts offered a watch client back in the Android Wear era and is now actively working on a Wear OS app.
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Last June, Google News got a desktop redesign, and the “Your topics” feature has now added 60 new topics for you to choose from and customize your homepage with.
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Following Messages, Google TV, and Google Search, the Play Store is the latest app to get a Material You Google Account switcher.
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Google announced a “Single note” widget at the end of last month for Keep on Android, and it’s now widely rolling out.
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In 2015, Google introduced a Cleanup Tool designed to find and delete unwanted software (UwS) that might impact your browsing experience. Google is now removing the Chrome Cleanup Tool.
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The last time Google added favicons to desktop Search in early 2020 there was an uproar, but the company is now rolling out a new design.
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After adding Magic Eraser last month, Google One is significantly expanding the availability of its VPN and introducing dark web monitoring for stolen information.
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In addition to Material 3 actively rolling out to Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides, Google Trends is now the latest first-party website to get a redesign.
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Following last week’s announcement, Magic Eraser is now available on all Pixel phones and for any Google One subscriber, including those on iOS.
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The YouTube Music team opened and then quickly closed applications for a “Listening Room” beta program in January and provided a brief update today.
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Google is rolling out an update to the app responsible for Pixel Watch Faces. So far, there aren’t any major changes, with the count remaining at 19, but the Google Assistant complication does get a color tweak.
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