Articles tagged "Google"

Now that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are available in Verizon stores (and the pre-orders have started shipping), it's time to take a good long look at what's inside these devices. Literally. The enterprising folks over at iFixit have chosen to...

For quite some time now, Google has been steadily updating Android Pay's list of supported banks/financial institutions in the US. And once gain, new names have been added to the list. The number specifically stands at 34 this time. Some of...

The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are both officially launching tomorrow, October 19 on Google’s online Store and at Verizon. Verizon stores will also start carrying the Google Home Mini and updated Daydream View headset. Apple iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 6S,...

Yesterday, Google revealed details about Pixel Visual Core, a little system-on-chip (SoC) included in the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL to speed up image processing. As part of those details, the company confirmed the Android 8.1 Oreo update -...

Google Assistant has gained a new feature that makes it capable of streaming YouTube TV. So this effectively means that Google Home users - including those owning a Home Mini or Home Max - can now control their YouTube TV broadcasts with their...

Google has expanded the availability of its Wifi mesh router. The device is now available in 5 new European markets, including Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands. With this, the total number of countries where the router is now...

Starting today, Google Calendar's web presence finally looks like something from 2017, not 2010. The entire web app has been revamped using the company's Material Design guidelines, which means it's now very similar in looks to the Google Calendar...

Some people in the US who have pre-ordered Google's Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL have received shipping notifications today, with deliveries expected tomorrow or on Thursday. Not all pre-orders have been shipped, but if you were among the first to finalize...

A cool fact Google left out of its keynote and all promotional material is that both the Pixel 2 and the Pixel 2 XL devices will include a discrete, custom silicon for image processing duties. This little system-on-chip or SoC will...

Google Photos already has a facial recognition feature that recognizes faces of people in your photos, so that you can label them (which in turns makes it easy for you to search for a particular family member or friend). And now, the feature has...

The Google Chromecast doesn’t come with a remote, so it was exciting to hear that you could control a Chromecast device by asking Google to do it via a Google Home device. The thing is, not everyone has one, and some can’t even buy one in their...

In recent weeks Google and Apple brought the eSIM into the spotlight by including it within their latest product launches, the Google Pixel 2, Google Pixel 2 XL and the Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular. The eSIM gives us an improved and more...

Google’s new Pixel 2 phones are high in price but low on some essential features. Still, if owning a Pixel is your goal, our readers believe that the larger Pixel 2 XL is the better option by a large margin. Sure, it shares in some of the...

Ever since it came to light that the free/unlimited original-quality photos and videos storage for Pixel 2 owners has a time limitation (the deal ends 2020), some of those with original Pixels have been wondering if there's any similar limit for...

The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were made official last week, and are on pre-order in a handful of countries. Australia is also among the first wave of markets that will get the new phones, and now we have some information related to their launch...

Google officially unveiled the new Pixel 2 series smartphones last week. The devices are currently on pre-order, and in the US, you can only get them from Google and Verizon. The carrier will start shipping pre-orders on October 19, which is a...

YouTube is testing a new auto-play feature for videos. Not to be confused with an existing similar feature (that allows the mobile app to automatically play the next video after the current one ends), this new functionality is for the videos that...

Google announced a bunch of new hardware at its #MadeByGoogle event last week. One particular product, the Google Home Mini, has been incidentally recording at random occasions due to an incorrectly calibrated touch sensor that sits atop the...

Google has been slowly but surely updating its latest couple of communications apps: Allo and Duo. However, the latest news comes in the form of integrating Duo into more apps so that Google’s Duo Video calling service can be activated at the tap of...

The original Google Home from last year is being joined in the company's portfolio by the Home Mini and Home Max in the next few weeks, but that doesn't mean it won't be sold anymore. The good news for people who have always wanted to purchase a...