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20 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Discord announced improvements to their voice chats to eliminate sound volume differences when users talk at the same time

This is a pure server-side improvement and you would need to get into the room with 3+ people and start talking at the same time to see the difference. Now

20 Feb 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube for Android now can play 4k HDR videos

If you search for 4k or 4k HDR videos you can choose 2160p and 2160p60 HDR options. In order to choose the video quality, you need to tap on the

20 Feb 2021 · 2 min read

[Update: reverted] Twitter alpha for Android allows users to enable or disable DMs from Fleets

Update: This feature was reverted back for now. A new 3dots menu adds an option that can turn DMs on and off for the Fleet. This is a client-side feature

19 Feb 2021 · 3 min read

Telegram beta for Android 7.5.0 got group link QR codes, temporary group invites and more

Post updated: Added a section about Auto-delete group messages feature. Updated section about Broadcast groups. Removed a section about granular notifications. Time-limited group invites and QR codes Group invites with

19 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

How to make animated stories on Facebook App for Android

Facebook for Android has an option to animate story images. There you can choose between different effects like bounce, zoom in, and pan. Some of them can be also customised

18 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Twitter Alpha got its notifications page split into two sections with a bigger cards layout

Just realised that Twitter notifications page is split into 2 sections. One for Mentions and All for the rest. Profiles that followed you are also shown with a full profile

17 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Snapchat got a new icon for lenses and a lens creator explore page

Update: New icon got reverted back. It turns out that Snapchat has a new icon for lenses and a lens creator explore page. The icon itself looks like a face

Samsung

17 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Samsung's AR emoji app promotes its templating feature that allows you to place your avatar into a sticker pack

AR emoji stickers is a standalone app that you get from the Galaxy Store. It comes as an addition to existing tools that allow you to create customisable AR emojis

17 Feb 2021 · 3 min read

How to share Android apps and updates via Google Play and Nearby Share

Google Play now allows you to share apps through nearby share. The feature should become available to all users soon. To have it available, you would need to have Google

15 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

How to change grid layout on Google Photos for Android

It turns out that Google Photos app has a different layout option for its home grid. The default grid has all the thumbnails of the same size. If you pinch

10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read

Google search app for Android is testing a bottom bar that shows other web results for the topic

This feature is reported to be available to more users (I have it on beta). When you open a page from Google's discovery tab, you can swipe up

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,