Google Apps - TestingCatalog (Page 2)

Google Assistant pushed the delayed start option for home routines to more users

This section can be found in the routines settings menu at the bottom. There you can set a delayed star for your automated pipelines. A good use case was shared

Alexey Shabanov

27 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Chrome Canary is testing a separate Chrome's language selector that is different from the device language

This pop up may appear as soon as you open the app, asking you to select a Chrome app language. The default selection simply inherits this setting from the system

Alexey Shabanov

23 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Gboard is rolling out round theme tiles to more users

The themes layout will get rounded borders to match a new Material You guidelines. This update is also available on non-Android 12 versions as well. Themes sections haven't been changed

Alexey Shabanov

22 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Gboard now highlights the best suggestion for you to pick

Gboard word suggestions are one of the best and now you may spot that one of them will be highlighted. This happens when you haven't finished typing the word yet

Alexey Shabanov

14 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Google Photos got a Memories widget and more useful info available on the swipe up

Google photos app now shows loads of useful information when you swipe up on the photo in Memories view. There you can see a location pin, EXIF data and also

Alexey Shabanov

11 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Google Phone app is pushing the call recording feature to more Android users

The call recording feature for Google Phones app was announced and released to some users quite a while ago. However, the adoption of this feature isn't going very fast and

Alexey Shabanov

6 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Gboard got its Emoji settings moved to a separate section

In version 10.8.06 you will be able to find a new section on the settings page that is dedicated to Emojis, Stickers & GIFs. All the settings inside did

Alexey Shabanov

3 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Google Fit got a new Browse tab with different activity categories

There can see different tabs for Activity, Vitals, Sleep and other types. Every section is dedicated to cards for a certain activity type. When you have many apps integrated with

Alexey Shabanov

30 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Google Photos brings back a dedicated Sharing tab

There you can get an easy access to your shared albums. A floating button will also allow you to create a shared album straight from the same screen. A standalone

Alexey Shabanov

28 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube started enabling Super Thanks for more creators

This feature was introduced recently [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/introducing-newest-member-supers-family-super-thanks/] and it allows creators to enable a donation button under their videos. It can be found along with other action

Alexey Shabanov

23 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Google Play is testing a new Install button where you can select the device as on the web version

As it was reported by @lion60 to ESICA [https://t.me/ESICAChannel/3524] channel, Google seemed to test a new dropdown on the install button in India. There you can

Alexey Shabanov

23 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

Alexey Shabanov

22 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Chrome Canary 94 is testing a new layout for the tabs page

Tab tiles got a wide grey border that makes them more visible on a white background. 📖 In addition, It also has the Read Later option marked as NEW while it

Alexey Shabanov

20 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

Alexey Shabanov

12 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Google Meet gets Duo masks and filters so now you can join a meeting as potato there too

Good news for everyone who uses Google Meet on their day to day work, now you can make your meetings a bit more entertaining if it is needed. Apart from

Alexey Shabanov

10 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Chrome beta allows you to browse alternative search results without leaving a page

This feature will enable an extra bar on top that will have a list of alternative searches over there. It becomes useful when you search for a certain term and

Alexey Shabanov

8 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

Alexey Shabanov

2 Jul 2021 · 1 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

Alexey Shabanov

30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read