Google Maps Google Maps Dark Mode started rolling out to more users on Android It comes with a setting that you can set to follow system-wide dark mode as well. This feature was spotted a long time ago and announced by Google as a Alexey Shabanov 2 Mar 2021 · 2 min read
Google Assistant Google Assistant got the Lock Screen Personal Results setting rolled out to more users This setting supposes to enrich your Assistant experience when your screen is locked. It can use Voice Match to give you access to the calendar, email, and other apps. It Alexey Shabanov 23 Feb 2021 · 1 min read
Google Messages Google Messages got scheduled sending feature rolled out to more users Now you can press and hold on the Send button to see a popup to configure the date and time in the pop-up window. The feature should be available to Alexey Shabanov 23 Feb 2021 · 1 min read
YouTube News YouTube for Android now can play 4k HDR videos If you search for 4k or 4k HDR videos you can choose 2160p and 2160p60 HDR options. In order to choose the video quality, you need to tap on the Alexey Shabanov 20 Feb 2021 · 2 min read
Google Play How to share Android apps and updates via Google Play and Nearby Share Google Play now allows you to share apps through nearby share. The feature should become available to all users soon. To have it available, you would need to have Google Alexey Shabanov 17 Feb 2021 · 3 min read
Google Apps Google search app for Android is testing a bottom bar that shows other web results for the topic This feature is reported to be available to more users (I have it on beta). When you open a page from Google's discovery tab, you can swipe up Alexey Shabanov 10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read
Google Messages How to enable Debug menu in Google Messages for Android It turns out that you can enable debug menu on Google Messages by entering *xyzzy* to the search field. It will add two additional items to the settings menu and Alexey Shabanov 10 Feb 2021 · 1 min read
Google Play How to set a spending limit on Google Play Google Play sends out a push notification about setting a spending budget to more users. It turns out that you can set a limit for spendings on Google Play that Alexey Shabanov 10 Feb 2021 · 1 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 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 [https://blog.google/products/google-lens/get-outfit-inspiration-style-ideas-google-lens/] a new Google Lens feature that can suggest you different styles based on the image you scanned and earlier this 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 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 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 · 2 min read