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In a few hours, I’ll get to use Apple Vision Pro for the first time. It’s frankly a moment I’ve been waiting for since April 4, 2012. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up to get it early in your inbox, or continue…
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As we previously enabled, Google Messages is rollinh out a redesign of the compose text field that features a dedicated shortcuts bar. Update 1/30: Over the past few days, this redesign has widely rolled out to the stable channel (version 20240116_01_RC04). Update 1/27/24: The redesigned RCS and Text message field is starting to appear for…
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As we previously enabled, Google Messages is beginning to roll out a redesign of the compose text field that features a dedicated shortcuts bar. Update 1/27/24: The redesigned RCS and Text message field is starting to appear for those not enrolled in the Google Messages beta. Compared to the other features announced in late November,…
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We now have a deeper look at the Assistant with Bard UI on Android and how bard.google.com has been translated to a mobile UI. Related: As Assistant with Bard inches toward launch, here’s its UI in action [Video] As shared by Dylan Roussel on X/Twitter, upon activating Assistant with Bard, Google explains how: “You can…
Since launch, Google Messages has not allowed RCS on more than one phone number, but the app is now adding support for dual (multi) SIM. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs,…
NurPhoto/Getty ImagesWhen you’re working in one Google app — say, Gmail — there’s a menu near the upper right corner that, when clicked, allows you to select from any of the other available Google apps. After clicking one of the entries, that app will then open in a new tab. By default, the apps in…
SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty ImagesThe introduction of custom AI-generated wallpapers was a big development on the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, and now Google is giving a little AI love to its Chrome browser. It was just a few days ago that Google announced a “Help Me Write” AI feature was headed to Chrome. But…
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Google has begun sharing what new features and changes to expect in November from the core system apps on our Android devices, including some tweaks to the Play Store’s UI and support for QR codes in Google Wallet. Each month, Google rounds up and publishes the patch notes for a collection of Android apps and…
Google announced Bard as an “early experiment” in February and still prominently refers to it as such. I thought that qualifier applied to both the generative AI nature and its name, which would change when the product graduated. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits.…
