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After warding-off its fair share of ridicule and snarky comments, Google’s Digital Wellbeing is still very-much alive and doing perfectly well. It even now occupies, what seems to be, a permanent spot within AOSP and has been steadily trickling down to various other Android flavors. Clearly, it is going something right, seeing how Google has never been … Read More “Google has 3 new apps that could help reduce phone addiction” »
BT (British Telecom) is the largest internet service provider in the UK and the ISP is teaming up with Google to bundle free Google Stadia membership for broadband customers. Just last week, Google reportedly started testing Stadia on non-Pixel smartphones and just yesterday, Google promised over 120 games are coming to Stadia this year. The partnership will see BT … Read More “BT team up with Google to bring free Google Stadia membership for broadband customers.” »
Google Fi is an MVNO carrier in the US that runs on T-Mobile, Sprint, and a nation-wide network of Wi-Fi hotspots. Once you sign up for Google Fi, you need to either transfer your phone number over from Google Voice, or you must surrender that number. A single Google account was not able to support … Read More “Google set to separate Google Voice from Google Fi” »
Google wants to bring Stadia to as many devices as possible and disclosed back in November that it’s working to deliver the same experience to non-Pixel phones. And according to recent reports, the company is already working on it. There have been reports of users logging into Stadia on their non-Pixel smartphones and are greeted … Read More “Google starts testing Stadia on non-Pixel devices” »
Google virtual assistant is the likes of Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana. Google assistant has made incredible progress since its 2016 launch and is probably the most advanced and dynamic of other assistants. Google has introduced a new feature for its virtual assistant at CES – it will be able to read out articles when you … Read More “Google new virtual assistant to read articles in 42 languages” »
Google Pay is a mobile payment system for quite some time now. The app supports tickets and loyalty cards and starting soon, it will start accepting school IDs as well. Transact – a company that offers billing and payment services for students – will let users save their school IDs into Google Pay and use … Read More “Google Pay to start accepting school IDs in some universities” »
Following a Reddit thread about an issue with Google Assistant and Xiaomi-branded home security cameras, Google has indefinitely disabled integration with Mi Home, Xiaomi’s smart home platform. Google is investigating a bug that caused a user with a Xiaomi Mijia security camera to inadvertently view camera feeds from other homes. Redditor Dio-V posted images in a post … Read More “Google disables Assistant Mi Home integration” »
Google introduced a new API called “Bubbles” which would make it easier for app developers to push more visible notifications directly on top of the user’s display, much like how Facebook Messenger does with its “Chat Heads” feature. The folks over at XDA-Developers were able to manually enable the Android Message Bubbles and they’ve posted some screen … Read More “Google introduces floating conversation bubbles (Android 10)” »
YouTube Music has officially launched its first personalised playlists, “Discover Mix”, “New Release Mix” and “Your Mix”. “We are introducing a shelf of three personalised mixes — the new Discover Mix, New Release Mix, and Your Mix — to keep you up to date on what’s just been released and introduce you to a wider … Read More “YouTube Music launches its first Personalised playlists” »
YouTube has rolled out a number of updates and features to its mobile apps for TV screens, game consoles, and other streaming devices. As the official blog explains, you can now use voice search on mobile devices when casting to your smart TV. The new feature allows for easy search for YouTube content on TV … Read More “YouTube added a Voice Search feature” »
Google’s midrange Pixel 3a duo proved to be a real hit with users who don’t care about the latest flagship specs but want a solid camera experience and stock Android. A new set of renders courtesy of @OnLeaks is giving us our first look at the upcoming Pixel 4a which brings the familiar Pixel 4 design with a few … Read More “Google Pixel 4a display and camera” »
Kwara, is an online and mobile banking platform for financial cooperatives (credit unions and community banks). In September, Google for Startups UK launched our first-ever Africa Immersion cohort, a 12-week program to bring expertise from Google and London startups to tech startups from Africa. They chose ten startups from our Launchpad Africa program, a network … Read More “Kwara: the Google new online and mobile banking platform” »
