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Android Tip: How to hide the persistent background task notification in Android 8.0

Android 8.0 includes a useful feature with it which shows you the information about the background apps as persistent notification. These are the apps running in the background on your device. This helps you understand which apps are using screen overlays and which apps are running tasks in the background while you are using another app. It’s incredibly helpful if you want to know what apps are causing battery drain or running for too long in the background. If you’re on Oreo and are tired of snoozing that notification about apps running in the background, you can use these apps to permanently silence them.

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Google’s “Carrier Services” has healing powers

There’s no doubt about it: Your life is better now than it used to be. The achy, depressed, impoverished, uneducated version of you is gone, and now you’re feeling better than you ever did before. Changes in your life are tangible, massive, and make your family proud to even know you.

You are a stout tree. You are a flowing river. You are a recipient of Google Carrier Services.

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Google Assistant is fully integrated with WhatsApp but not with Allo

Google Assistant is really nifty when you want to get something done without using your hands. Using it to call or text someone on WhatsApp has always been a breeze, and the Google assistant recently added support for sending voice notes on WhatsApp as well. However, it still can’t send simple messages on Allo.

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YouTube confirms a YouTube TV app for Android TV and Roku are in the works

The Google-owned company, YouTube, launched YouTube TV in early April of this year, and since then, the platform has seen some welcome growth. However, one of the biggest drawbacks of the service since launch day has been a) its lack of some big channels such as CNN and TNT and b) it’s limited in the devices you can watch on. But today, and in the sometime future, that’s going to change—at least in the devices part.

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Telegram 4.3 brings big changes to notifications, stickers, and more

Telegram has just pushed another major update to its messaging service. This update changes the way we handle mentions, as we get a way to quickly browse through all the mentions that we receive in a group chat. We also get improvements on how stickers work, with ways to set a single sticker set for a group and have the ability to favorite certain stickers for quick and easy access.

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The Ookla Speedtest app has an easter egg full of cats and here’s how to activate it

We always love it when an app has built-in easter eggs, which each have their own unique style. Apparently, the developers at Ookla, who run speedtest.net, love their cats, and perhaps, hate them too, judging by the easter eggs present in the app. The same service is available as an app on the Play Store, which is linked below.
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Everyone’s favorite chat app finally gets a desktop client

All jokes aside, Allo is actually a nice app, just one that is missing some big features. Earlier this year, we received some news that Google’s controversial messaging app, Allo, would be getting a desktop client sometime in the future—when, we did not know. But starting today, that change is finally here and here’s what the process is like.

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