YouTube News 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 Alexey Shabanov 30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read
Google Play 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 Alexey Shabanov 30 Jun 2021 · 1 min read
Chrome 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 Alexey Shabanov 18 Jun 2021 · 1 min read
Chrome 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 Alexey Shabanov 12 Jun 2021 · 1 min read
Google Messages 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 Alexey Shabanov 20 May 2021 · 1 min read
YouTube News 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 Alexey Shabanov 19 May 2021 · 2 min read
Gboard 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 Alexey Shabanov 12 May 2021 · 1 min read
YouTube News 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. Alexey Shabanov 10 May 2021 · 2 min read
Google Photos 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 Alexey Shabanov 30 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Assistant 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 Alexey Shabanov 29 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Assistant 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 Alexey Shabanov 29 Mar 2021 · 2 min read
Google Search 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 Alexey Shabanov 26 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
YouTube News 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 Alexey Shabanov 22 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Lens 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 Alexey Shabanov 17 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Maps Google Maps slowly turns into a social network for local guides It turns out that if you swipe up from the explore section you will notice a very familiar content feed. Each post has a profile tile, image, text and a Alexey Shabanov 11 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Messages Smart Compose feature is rolling out to Google Messages on Pixel devices This feature suggests users a context-based reply that can save you time while using the app. The feature is similar to what you could experience in the Gmail app for Alexey Shabanov 8 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Photos Google Photos rolling out Google One exclusive editor features on Android Now you may be able to see a rounded "one" logo on some of the options that mark premium features. Suggestions tab got a "Dynamic" option Alexey Shabanov 8 Mar 2021 · 1 min read
Google Play Redesigned profile tab and grouped settings are rolling out to more Google Play users It follows the common redesign pattern with other Google apps that got its settings menu moved under the account section. The settings menu itself got split into 4 expandable sections: Alexey Shabanov 3 Mar 2021 · 1 min read