Google Apps - TestingCatalog (Page 2)

22 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube is rolling out a dedicated Shorts tab to more users and moving Explore button to the top

This change has been available to many users in certain countries but now it got a wider rollout. The Sorts [https://www.testingcatalog.com/youtube-beta/#youtube-shorts-beta] tab can be found

12 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Google Lens app got a redesigned camera view with easier access to your screenshots

The feature was encountered on version 1.13 but appears to be server-side. There you will see a smaller camera view with a wider images grid. The grid is split

2 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Google Messages beta now allows marking messages as favourites

Starred messages feature was a part of the summer feature release announced by Google. There it allows you to star any message in the conversation so it will become marked

30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube allows creating Shorts out of a sound from videos on Android

Shorts are not yet available everywhere yet but YouTube keeps extending this feature with more and more tools. It appears that on some normal YouTube videos, you may notice a

30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube is testing timed comments with more users on Android

The timed comments feature started appearing to more users recently [https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/06/06/youtube-tests-soundcloud-style-comments-linking-to-specific-times/] . It allows you to leave a comment on a particular time range

30 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Google Play will notify you about alternative search engines and browsers

This change comes as a follow-up after government claims against Google regarding its monopoly in Search Engines (Google Search) and Browsers (Chrome). The main action point here is that Google

18 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

ICYMI: You can follow RSS feeds from your Chrome browser on Android

Google Reader was one of the most popular RSS readers on the market until Google decided to kill it. Now, this functionality is coming back in a form of a

12 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Chrome can now generate an image with text snippet and link to its place on the page

On Chrome Canary 93 and Chrome beta 92 you can now enable a flag that will add an extra option to the snippet sharing menu. There you can create pictures

20 May 2021 · 1 min read

Testing a new content picker on Google Messages for Android

The recent update to version 8.0 for Google Messages brought a bunch of changes to its content picker functionality. Now it is easier to access Google Assistant actions as

19 May 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube got a new video description view that appears as a slider

This change seems to be rolling out globally. Now, the button to expand the video description view will pop the slider from the bottom. There you can also see a

12 May 2021 · 1 min read

Gboard is rolling out a screenshot clipboard feature to all users

This feature was previously available on Pixel phones and similar functionality can be found on Samsung's keyboard. It allows you to see clipboard suggestions to paste screenshots. How

10 May 2021 · 2 min read

How do I make a short clip from a video on YouTube?

YouTube Clip feature was rolled out to more users on Android. This feature allows anyone to make 60 seconds cut from any video and share it as a clip.

30 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

Google Photos is rolling out its new video editor to more users

This feature was announced back in February 2021 but was not available to many until now. This is likely a gradual rollout wave and some users will still have to

29 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

Google Assistant prompts users to unlock more assistant features from Google partners and screen context

After opening your Google app, you may notice a prompt toast at the bottom. The "Get Started" button will start a wizard that will guide you through several

29 Mar 2021 · 2 min read

Google is pushing stock market watchlist notifications along with an updated finance layout

If you have stock tickers that you are watching via Google or Google Assistant, you may receive a push notification with "how your watchlist did today". This push

26 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

Google app for Android pushed its new designs of Lenses icon, Voice Search view, and more

Most of these changes were reported earlier here and there and this time Google app got another rollout wave that made these changes available to more people. To know how

22 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

A new TikTok-style YouTube Shorts layout is available to more users

The recent TikTok-like Shorts layout started appearing to more users who had a YouTube-style layout before. Previously all the controls were laying at the bottom and now they got moved

17 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

Now you can donate images to Google Lens from its new in-app image gallery

Previously you would have to open images via your own gallery app which is not always easy to do on Android. Now Google Lens app got its own image gallery