News and notes on the latest from Google.
A VPN service should adhere to certain standards: ensure that your data remains safe from prying eyes. The Onavo app, owned by Facebook, is a VPN service that collects your: mobile traffic, location, installed/opened apps, visited websites, and more.
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Google’s much-awaited hardware launch event is coming soon, and so the rumor mills are churning again. The air was rife with speculation about Google adding a Pixel Watch to its Pixel device ecosystem. However, Google has confirmed that there will be no Pixel watch launching this year.
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Today, Google updated Wear OS, its software for smartwatches. The new changes affect the design of Wear OS. You can now access your notifications more quickly, the Google Assistant now has a dedicated pane similar to the phone, and Google Fit data is just a swipe away.
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According to APK Labs, more than five Android apps riddled with banking malware have made their way to the Play Store again. The apps, that come disguised as “RAM Boosters” or “System Cleaners,” are definitely good at cleaning out things—but they clean out your bank account instead. At the time of writing (11:20 PM/CT), one of the malware ridden APKs was still on the Play Store.
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Just after the release of Android 9 Pie, AOSP (the Android Open Source Project) now has a new lead: Jeff Bailey.
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Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 670 series today in a blog post, detailing the key improvements and features of the device. The SoC fits in between the Snapdragon 660 and 710 and packs in features common to both the chips. It also features some AI capabilities.
Yes, you read that correctly: Oreo—not Pie.
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I/O ’18 marked an interesting pivot for Google in the digital well being space. It seems that Google Search now features one more such tool which can help in one’s well being. A deep breathing widget now displays on web and mobile when a user searches for “deep breathing.”
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Earlier this week we had talked about how fake VPN apps which only serve ads were filling up the Play Store. We are glad to see that Google is taking some cognizance of this widespread issue, taking cheating developers to task. Google also banned cryptocurrency miners, which utilize the phone’s CPU/GPU to mine cryptocurrencies.
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Google has announced the first smart display with the Google Assistant built-in: the Lenovo Smart Display will hit stores this weekend.
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