Articles tagged "Google"

With the first Android 11 developer preview out, more and more upcoming features are beginning to surface. The latest one is a new double-tap gesture that is performed on the back of the device and triggers the Google Assistant by default but can...

Android 11 is out now, even if it's just the first Developer Preview it means we already get to see a lot of what makes it tick, months ahead of its final release in Q3. The enterprising folks over at XDA Developers went digging through the Android...

Google's gotten us used to releasing the first Developer Preview of a new Android version in March, but this time around the company has been faster. Android 11/R is now out in the form of Developer Preview 1. As usual, this is not intended to be...

Google Stadia is officially supported on non-Pixel phones. The cloud gaming service is gaining support for 20 new devices headlined by Samsung, Asus and Razer tomorrow. Samsung has the most supported smartphones with 16 entries ranging from the...

In the last month or so, we’ve seen a couple (1 • 2) of leaks that revealed what we might expect from Google’s upcoming mid-range Pixel phone: the Pixel 4a. Although it seems far too early to be talking about the Google Pixel 5, welp… here we...

Google is rolling out a new feature in Gboard called Emoji Kitchen. The feature is essentially a sticker pack that is made using a combination of different emoji. The way this works is you type an emoji and Gboard then shows you stickers,...

Samsung may have just announced a bunch of flagship smartphones yesterday, but if you don't want to spend a bucket-load of money on them, there are cheaper alternatives out there, including from Google. At this point you may have thought we'd be...

One of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip’s defining characteristics is its ability to split the tall 22:9 aspect ratio main display in two halves to show different types of content. The feature which Samsung calls “Flex mode” will make its way to more OEMs...

Google Duo is the one messaging app from the search giant that you probably don't think about a lot, but ironically it's the only one that actually seems to have succeeded, among myriad other failed efforts (remember Allo? Thought so). Duo is now...

Last year we saw Google's new Ambient Mode, which shows up on the lockscreen of a charging smartphone and gives you information such as notifications, upcoming events, shortcuts to important functions and also turns the display into a photo...

The mobile gaming market is now the largest segment of gaming in general. In 2018, the mobile game market was valued at $68.5 billion, most of which ($54.9B) comes from smartphones and a smaller fraction ($13.6B) from tablets. The prediction...

Google Podcasts has always been a bizarre product. The app has been around for a while but is only available on Android and has barely any features to speak of, especially compared to excellent alternatives like Pocket Casts. The service...

In today’s Google Blog post, Google is celebrating its Maps platform’s 15th birthday with a new look for the Google Maps app, along with a whole new app icon. Google Maps first launched in 2005, back before Android and iOS even existed. Once...

iF hands out a lot of design awards – a lot. It covers just about every consumer product category under the sun, from smart fridges to baby strollers to water bottles. And phones, so many phones. Google walked away with one of only two Gold...

Google’s parent company Alphabet put out its Q4 and 2019 fiscal year earnings report and the numbers show a slowdown in revenue growth despite an 18% jump in total revenues on a per-year basis. Revenue growth in the October-December period on the...

Here’s an amusing story about an artist, Google Maps, and a wagon full of smartphones. Simon Weckert, an artist based in Berlin, Germany, has gathered a lot of attention with his latest Google Maps Hack. 99 second hand smartphones are transported...

Google Duo continues to expand its list of features with the latest addition of “Notes” to Android’s built-in Video messaging platform. Google Duo allows for voice calls, video calls, as well as the sending of recorded messages of either voice or...

Last year, an XDA teardown suggested that Google was working on a new file sharing protocol that would supersede Android Beam – the NFC and Bluetooth based file-transfer solution that was discontinued in Android 10. Thanks to XDA Developers we are...

Google is set to host its annual I/O developer conference between May 12 -14. The big event will take place at Shoreline Amphitheatre located near Google’s HQ in Mountain View, California. Google CEO Sundar Pichai also confirmed the date and...

The latest Brand Finance Global 500 report is out and for the third year in a row Amazon tops the chart as the most valuable brand, its worth estimated at $220.7 billion. This is also the first time a company has surpassed the $200 billion mark and...