News and notes on the latest from Google.
The At A Glance widget on Pixel phones and as a widget through the Google app is a nifty and minimal tool that displays the date, your current location’s weather, and (sometimes) notifies you of traffic updates. However, since about last Friday, I and many other users on the beta for the Google app noticed that the weather part went missing.
Continue reading “It’s not just you—the latest Google app beta broke the At A Glance weather widget”
Linux support in beta on Chrome OS reached the stable channel just last year, and it’s made the operating system so much more productive. Today, a commit on the Chromium Gerrit was discovered that will add an even easier way to install Linux apps on Chrome OS.
Continue reading “Chrome OS will soon let you install Linux applications right from the launcher”
After more than two years since Google announced RCS support in its native messaging app for Android, support for the SMS/MMS replacement has finally come to its MVNO carrier, Google Fi.
Continue reading “Google Fi picks up RCS support with faster international coverage on the way”
It’s a new year and Google’s monthly security updates are here. This time, Google claims the video sound quality bug on the Pixel 3 is fixed but the Nexus phones are finally left behind.
Continue reading “January patches for Pixel devices now available”
Material Theme, Google’s new Material Design style, has rolled out relatively quickly to many of Google’s products and services. The latest is the Google My Account page on the web.
Continue reading “Google My Account page updated with Material Theme”
Let’s face it: Google’s messaging strategy has been a mess ever since it’s inception. After several failed attempts, the company has gone ahead and published a blog post detailing its future plans in the messaging space, particularly with Messages, Duo, Allo, and Hangouts.
It’s the first Monday of December and the last month of 2018. Google’s monthly security updates are here.
Black Friday is today, and if you’ve been wanting to buy yourself or someone else some Google-made hardware, here’s a compilation of all the deals.
#Techtober is finally over and in comes November. It’s time for another round of Google’s monthly security updates.
Continue reading “[Update: 2016 Pixel] November patches for Pixel/Nexus devices now rolling out”
Since its launch way back in 2016, many have been voicing their opinion that Google should release a budget Pixel phone. Well, those people might just be in luck. Just today, Russian tech blog Rozetked, the same site that leaked the Pixel 3 XL a few months ago, posted some hands-on pictures of an unreleased device, calling it the ‘Pixel 3 Lite.’
Continue reading “Potential budget ‘Pixel 3 Lite’ images leak”
