News and notes on the latest from Google.
RCS (Rich Communication Services) deployment over the last 3 years seems to have been progressing at a snails pace. Just recently, the big four US carriers announced the formation of the “Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative” (CCMI) with the goal of bringing RCS to Android by 2020. Most frustratingly, there are plans for a new app and the carriers don’t seem to be collaborating with Google at all.
Google’s yearly hardware event launch is now over and the ‘Made by Google’ brand of devices has now expanded. There have been a couple of big announcements, so in case you missed them, here’s a quick recap of everything released today.
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I could probably go on a whole rant here about YouTube Music, but let’s just save that for another day. Today, however, Google announced that the YouTube Music app would come preinstalled on all new Android 9 and 10 devices, explicitly noting the Pixel series.
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Something that I noted in my review of the Google Pixelbook and Chrome OS was a problem with external mice, specifically with the scroll wheel speed/acceleration. I found its scrolling to be a bit too fast for my taste, and while Chrome OS does let you adjust the mouse cursor speed, there aren’t any options to adjust the mouse acceleration speed.
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For years, Google devs have always included an Easter egg within Android settings. In the past, we’ve had flappy bird variants, cat games, and others. With the release of Android 10 this past Tuesday, this is no exception. This time, Google has included a Nonogram mini-game.
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Right on cue on the 3rd of September, Google is now rolling out the next version of Android: Android 10. That’s right, gone are the desserts. This release is designed to make your life easier with features like on-device machine learning, better privacy and security controls, gesture navigation, dark mode, and more. Let’s take a look at the top new features in Android 10.
Over a decade has passed since the first version of Android was released to the public. Many things have happened since then, but today, the Android brand is changing.
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Back in early June at Google’s first Stadia Connect, the company laid out the logistics of the service, including pricing, game availability, and launch details. Today, Google announced more games coming to Stadia along with new trailers.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are, you’ve heard of Stadia, Google’s upcoming cloud gaming service that’s set to launch this November. Back in early June at Google’s first Stadia Connect, the company laid out the logistics of the platform, including pricing, game availability, and launch details. Today, Google’s hosting another one just before Gamescom in Germany.
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Back in June, Google shocked everyone by tweeting out official renders of the Pixel 4 in what was a very uncanny move. However, once more, Google is back again touting some upcoming features for the Pixel 4: Motion Sense and face unlock.
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