To be blunt, the default Calculator app on the iPhone is really bad. Apple just replicated a standard/scientific calculator without adding any additional features.
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Google is rolling out minor updates to its Calculator (version 8.4) and Clock (7.4) apps on Android.
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Following Lens last week, Google Calculator is the next first-party application to be updated for tablets and other large screen Android devices.
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On stage at I/O 2022, Google announced that over 20 of its first-party apps will soon be optimized for large screens. Some were already previewed yesterday, and there’s now a look at how Google Clock and Calculator are being updated for their Android tablet redesigns.
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Material You is in full swing as we approach the stable release of Android 12, and in Beta 5 today Google has rolled out a few big Material You updates including the teased revamp of Calculator.
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After adding up the figures, the Google Calculator app has now surpassed the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.
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Ahead of Android Q’s expected system-level dark theme, many of Google’s apps are readying visual updates. The latest is Google Calculator with the application adding a straightforward theme switcher with the three standard options.
With several major services updated to the Google Material Theme since I/O 2018, the latest to feature it is a common everyday utility. The redesign of Google Calculator includes a tweaked color palette that is expectedly very bright and makes great use of Google Sans.
With Google’s services installed or not, every Android device ships with a core set of applications, and one of those is a calculator app. Everyone’s app is a bit different, but the one I’ve always preferred is Google’s thanks to its simple design. Apparently, a lot of people agree with that, as millions have downloaded it.
Stock Android’s calculator app isn’t fancy or advanced, but it works as well as any other smartphone calculator app. For a while now, though, it has had one annoying quirk — a really bright and obnoxious green accent color. In the latest update, that’s been swapped out.
When it comes to calculator applications, they’re almost all more or less the same. They can add, subtract, and possibly even get fancy and work out some logarithmic equations. The latest version of Google’s Calculator app is adding a long-awaited feature, though, and that’s calculation history…
