News and notes on the latest from Google.
Finally, after all the wait, speculations, and rumors, Spotify has launched in India. Spotify’s late entry into the Indian market comes after competitors like Apple Music, Google Play Music, Amazon Prime Music, and even local streaming services like Saavan and Gaana which have been present for quite a while.
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After adding support for Android Auto and Android tablets late last year, signs indicate that Apple Music will soon support the Google Assistant and Google Home speakers for music playback.
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Today, The Verge and several other members of the media received invites from Google to attend a keynote at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco on March 19th (12 PM/CT). The cryptic invite simply said that “all [would] be revealed” and included the following GIF:
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Sparked by Apple’s endeavors with the iPhone X, Google took the wraps off its own version of navigation gestures with Android Pie. However, unlike OnePlus and Apple’s implementations, Google kept the bottom nav bar to accommodate a pill-shaped button in the center and a dedicated back button on the left, effectively doing away with the overview button.
A lot of people were quick to bash Google’s decision to keep the nav bar and the back button. However, Google stubbornly stuck to its guns and released the Pixel 3 phones without the option to revert back to the classic back, home and overview buttons, which was quite controversial. While that seems to suggest confidence, the latest leaked build of Android Q seems to suggest otherwise.
Continue reading “Google’s navigation gestures overhaul revealed, no back button in sight”
Although YouTube Music aims to be the new, first-party music streaming service from Google, many features have been missing from the time it was revamped in the spring of last year. Most notable was Android Auto support, which even Apple Music beat YouTube to adding. However, with version 3.03, Android Auto support has finally arrived.
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Ever since the iPhone X was announced back in 2017, marking the iPhone’s 10th anniversary in typical fashion, people have been raving about the all-new navigation gestures that Apple employed. Truth be told, there was undeniably a learning curve for most new users, if not all of them. However, it is fair to say the ice broke quite quickly.
Continue reading “App Reviews: Fluid Navigation Gestures — gesture nav for everyone”
You’ve probably noticed the tiny bell icon next to your profile picture before on many of the Google services you use on the web. However, beginning March 7th of this year, it will disappear.
Continue reading “Google will retire the notifications widget on March 7th”
February is here and so are Google’s monthly security updates. Head over to Settings > System > Advanced > System update to update your Pixel devices.
Continue reading “February patches for Pixel devices now out and available to download”
Just yesterday, Facebook had its developer enterprise certificate revoked by Apple after news broke that it was using the program to distribute a research app to consumers that tracked all network data on their iOS device in exchange for gift cards. Apple’s policy for the Developer Enterprise Program states that it’s “solely for the internal distribution of apps within an organization.” Apple also added that “any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers [would] have their certificates revoked.” Google also had a similar app that used the same bypass as Facebook, and now, The Verge is reporting that they too are having their enterprise certificates revoked.
Last year, Gmail for the web got a complete makeover, and while Google has been bringing Material Theme to nearly all of its apps and services, Gmail on mobile has been left behind—until now. And it’s pretty bright.
Continue reading “Gmail app v9.1 rolling out now with Material Theme”
