Chrome Chrome Canary is getting a refreshed Android 12 style bookmarks and a new downloading progress overlay There are two new feature flags that you can enable now to get a bit different UI design that is prepared according to Android 12 style guidelines. Head over to Alexey Shabanov 30 Aug 2021 · 1 min read
Google Assistant 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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