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10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

How to enable Debug menu in Google Messages for Android

It turns out that you can enable debug menu on Google Messages by entering *xyzzy* to the search field. It will add two additional items to the settings menu and

10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

How to set a spending limit on Google Play

Google Play sends out a push notification about setting a spending budget to more users. It turns out that you can set a limit for spendings on Google Play that

10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Reddit app for Android got r/wallstreetbets themed app icons available for a limited time

App icons can be changed in settings > app icons menu. This time Reddit got 4 new themed icons where one of them is available for free. Normally, alternative icons

9 Feb 2021 · 2 min read

How not to miss important Twitter notifications on Android

It appears that Twitter got a quality filter feature for your notifications enabled by default some time ago. This filter affects all notifications that normally appear in your notifications tab

22 Jan 2021 · 3 min read

Snoovatars and a new way to explore Early Access apps on Google Play, week #3

One of the purposes of this post is to highlight the top 3 (or more) things that happened in the beta testing world during the past week. Usually, these are

Facebook

10 Jan 2021 · 1 min read

How to set affiliate banner to your Facebook group and prerequisites for brand collabs

Facebook groups affiliate banner allows admins to showcase an ownership of the group to others. It can be set to an individual or to a linked page. If your Facebook

9 Jan 2021 · 2 min read

Signal Messenger receives a massive boost in downloads after WhatsApp TOS update and a small beta release for Android

Signal messenger app got a massive boost in downloads when WhatsApp forced users to accept a new user agreement that allows WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook. After that,

7 Jan 2021 · 1 min read

3 new security features that you can get with OneUI 3.0 on your Samsung device

OneUI 3.0 got pushed to Note 10 and Note 10+ owners at the end of December. After being in beta for a while, it got a bunch of feature

28 Oct 2020 · 2 min read

Telegram beta 7.2.0 comes with grouped messages, post stats, multiple pins, slot machines and more 🎃

Telegram beta for Android got updated to another major version right before Halloween. This time, Android client was updated the last after macOS and iOS and most of the new

22 Oct 2020 · 8 min read

10 best music streaming and local MP3 players for Android in beta

Nowadays, everyone is listening to music on-the-go, at home, at work, etc. As a die-hard music fan and a "betaholic," I would like to share with you my

21 Oct 2020 · 3 min read

Signal Messenger got new groups with mentions, group admins and more

Signal Messenger for Android is probably the first app that comes to mind when it comes to secure communication. You can even spot it in Mr Robot series as a

20 Oct 2020 · 2 min read

Twitter got a new share layout that splits "bookmark", "copy" and "share via" actions into a separate row

When you share a tweet on Android, you enter into a custom share layout that allows you to trigger different intents. Some of them are internal to Twitter app (like

14 Oct 2020 · 3 min read

How to become a beta tester for Among Us on Android

Among Us is a relatively new indie game that was developed by a small studio of 3 devs. This game already has a PC, Android and iOS versions. It also

14 Oct 2020 · 3 min read

Google Play Points program got released to more users and this is how to test them

Google Play points feature was presented back in November 2019 as a rewards program for Google Play. It was released in the USA last year and now this program is

13 Oct 2020 · 5 min read

First look at Telepath, a new invite-only social network

Telepath [https://www.telepath.com/] is a new social network that aims to have a much higher level of moderation in order to prevent hate speech, bullying, fake news and

13 Oct 2020 · 2 min read

Spotify pushes collaborative playlists to more users and makes it easier to share them

Spotify released collaborative playlists a while ago and recently they also made small UI adjustments to make it easier to share these playlists. If you go to any collaborative playlist

10 Oct 2020 · 17 min read

20 Google apps you can beta test today (Updated)

Since we introduced a search functionality in TestingCatalog app, we've got some insights about what testers are looking for. It was not a surprise that most of the

4 Oct 2020 · 3 min read

How to enable native comments in Telegram channel

Telegram allows channel owners to enable native comments functionality by linking a discussion group to the channel