Summary Snoovatars and a new way to explore Early Access apps on Google Play 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 Alexey Shabanov 22 Jan 2021 • 3 min read
Google Apps 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 Alexey Shabanov 14 Oct 2020 • 3 min read
Guides 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 search requests Alexey Shabanov 10 Oct 2020 • 17 min read
Google Apps Google Lens rolled out style ideas feature to more users and this is how it works Last year, Google announced a new Google Lens feature that can suggest you different styles based on the image you scanned and earlier this week it was rolled out to Alexey Shabanov 16 Aug 2020 • 2 min read
Google Apps Gmail got Google Meet integration rolled out to more users and how to turn it off Google Meet is a Hangouts successor from Google that was announced after COVID19 pandemic made a spread around the world. Google Meet supposed to compete with Zoom that got much Alexey Shabanov 8 Aug 2020 • 2 min read
Google Maps Google begins pushing "Local guides" even more with two beta features in Maps for Android On its 15th birthday right this month, Google went out and made public a slew of changes to Maps - starting with the app icon, to a complete redesign of Eray Rafet 19 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Google Maps Google Maps gets a new icon and another paint job on its 15th birthday Wow, it's been 15 years since the launch of Google Maps! And, as a celebratory action, Google has updated the Android and iOS apps with many user interface improvements and Eray Rafet 10 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Google Apps Dark mode on Android 10 and Google Chrome 77+ 2019's biggest feature update that has come to mobile platforms like Android and iOS is, no doubt, the system-wide dark mode that many of us have craved for years. Now Alexey Shabanov 10 Feb 2020 • 2 min read
Google Apps Gboard's recent update brings Emoji 12.0 support for Q, easy access to your clipboard, and more Gboard is a very advanced virtual keyboard, made by not someone else but Google themselves. Apart from having top-notch word prediction capabilities, dictionary syncing, built-in theming options, and so on, Alexey Shabanov 10 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Guides Google launches a beta program for YouTube on the Play Store After all of these a bit annoying server-side tests with many of their apps, including YouTube, out of the blue, Google has decided to launch a dedicated beta program for Alexey Shabanov 9 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Guides How to become a beta tester for Gboard on Android Gboard is a keyboard application available for both Android and IOS. It is very customizable with a ton of themes built in and user-selectable custom keyboard backgrounds. Not only that, Alexey Shabanov 9 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Guides How to report bugs for Google beta, and in general too The Google app is one of the essentials for an Android user, giving access to services like Google Feed and Assistant. Because TestingCatalog is a place meant for beta testing Alexey Shabanov 9 Feb 2020 • 2 min read
Guides How to become a beta tester for the Google App on Android Subscribe using the opt-in URLFirst, you need to visit the Google app beta page on TestingCatalog and tap on the 'Google Play beta Form' link at the bottom of it. Alexey Shabanov 9 Feb 2020 • 1 min read
Guides How to become a beta tester for Google Play Services Subscribe using the opt-in URLFirst, you have to open the Android App Testing for Google Play services page.Then you have to click on the blue colored 'BECOME A TESTER' Alexey Shabanov 9 Feb 2020 • 2 min read
