Articles tagged "Mobile software"

If you are following the Android P development, chances are you are already familiar with most of the changes the new version of the OS brings. One of the most discussed revamps is the new recent apps horizontal switcher. Well, Google is looking to...

Google is rolling out smart text selection and real time lookup to Google Lens. Smart text selection recognizes text you've pointed your camera to and gives you more context and information. Smart lookup identifies items in front of your camera...

The AR Emojis supported by Samsung's current top-end smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+, just received an update. It adds six characters from the upcoming "Incredibles 2" animated film. Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet, Dash, Jack-Jack and...

Popular messaging service WhatsApp is plagued with a major bug that allows users to message you even after you've blocked them. In addition to messaging, the loophole - which is present on both Android and iOS clients of the service - allows...

A large number of Gboard users are reporting that the spell checker feature - which makes sure misspelled words get underlined in red - is not working for them. Complaints are scattered across Reddit as well as Google own product forums. Since...

Instagram has introduced a new feature dubbed Mute. As the name suggests, the functionality allows you to mute accounts, or in other words hide their posts without unfollowing them. The feature can be accessed by heading to the Options (...) menu...

Google is adding a new feature to its Photos app. The functionality in question lets you mark photos as favorites. The announcement regarding this was made through the service's Twitter account. It’s OK to play favorites. Rolling out this week,...

Google has started rolling out a new update to its Duo video calling app, bumping the version to 34. The update brings along a major feature: ability to share your device's screen with the one you're talking to. To access the feature, just tap on...

Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge were quick to cheer when the OTA update to Android 8.0 Oreo was finally rolled out but shortly after, the Korean giant had to suspend it due to some technical difficulties. The rollout began in the UK a...

Google recently added a new feature - dubbed Nudges - to Gmail. It reminds you to reply to emails you may have missed and follow up on emails for which you haven't received a response. Nudges have been working on the Web client for those with the...

A weird, YouTube TV-related issue has come to light. The service's Android app is getting automatically disabled for users who are in a region where the service isn't officially available yet. A lot of users are complaining that the app icon...

The "Incognito Mode" in browsers is a well-known feature for quite some time now and it's extremely useful, especially if you are logging into your account when using someone else's computer. Well now, YouTube is testing the very same feature on its...

After a number of owners complained about the dull-looking AMOLED display of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, Google released a software update that lets users choose between three color presets - natural, boosted and saturated. But it seems like Google...

A new YouTube TV feature is rolling out. Dubbed 'voice remote', the functionality, it lets you do certain important tasks through voice commands. For example, you can use your voice to change channels, play a particular channel, perform forward...

With Google's new Android P OS come plenty of new features and changes. One of them is focused on your "digital well-being" as it will track the time you spend on your device with a breakdown of each app. It will also include information of how many...

A new YouTube feature is rolling out to the iPhone X: HDR video support. Hundreds of iPhone X users are reporting they can now watch high dynamic range videos on YouTube. To access this new functionality, find an HDR video, head to the three dot...

The team behind secure messaging app Briar - which uses the Tor anonymity network or local networks to send and receive messages - has announced that the app is out of beta, as a stable version is now available to download from Google...

The recently announced Galaxy A6 and A6+ now have a clear update roadmap, which was made official via the Samsung security blog. As some of you may already know, the Korean giant has different update policies for its devices - obviously, the...

Way back in December 2016, whistle-blower Edward Snowden asked Twitter to come up with secret or self-destructing DMs. At that time, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey just said it's "reasonable and something we'll think about." reasonable and something...

Today, Xiaomi proudly announces that its latest flagship device, the Mi Mix 2S, is part of the Android P Developer Preview program. Starting today, you can download the Android P preview that is built specifically to test on the Xiaomi Mi Mix...