GOOGLE UPDATE Archives

Google bought microLED for it’s AR glasses

19/03/2022 Richard No Comments

microLED is an emerging flat-panel display technology. The startup displays consist of arrays of microscopic LEDs forming the individual pixel elements. Compared to widespread LCD technology, microLED displays offer better contrast, response times, and energy efficiency. MicroLED offers greatly reduced energy requirements when compared to conventional LCD displays while also offering pixel-level light control and a high contrast ratio. Google aquires Raxium, which is developing microLED displays … Read More “Google bought microLED for it’s AR glasses” »

How Google 2Factor Authentication help Reduces the number of Hacks by 50%

19/02/2022 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE, SPORT

Google has been offering users the ability to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) for a very long time, but in 2021 alone, the company announced that it would enable this feature by default for 150 million users. The solution turned out to be very successful: according to company statistics, the number of hacks of accounts … Read More “How Google 2Factor Authentication help Reduces the number of Hacks by 50%” »

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro gets a mid-month OTA update

18/02/2022 Richard No Comments

ANDROID, GOOGLE UPDATE, SPORT

Google has rolled out an unexpected mid-month OTA update. Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices are receiving the same February version of Android 12 but with a slightly different build number. The factory images were updated on Google’s website and are now live as well. It was speculated that perhaps the recent launch of the Pixel 6 duo to new … Read More “Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro gets a mid-month OTA update” »

Google starts an Open Source Project For Hardware Security Keys for USB drives

04/02/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

The American giant and multinational technology company who specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware, Google has announced a fully open source project for implementing hardware security keys for USB drives. OpenSK is an open-source implementation written in Rust for supporting FIDO U2F and FIDO2 standards. To move … Read More “Google starts an Open Source Project For Hardware Security Keys for USB drives” »

Google coming with a more human-like translator (Google Translate)

29/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

Google will launch a new feature dubbed ‘Transcribe Mode’ to increase the efficiency of Google Translate. This feature will be added in the Translate app for Android which will make it more human-like translator. Transcribe Mode will arrive on the stable version of the Google Translate app in the second quarter of 2020. The company … Read More “Google coming with a more human-like translator (Google Translate)” »

Google I/O developer conference 2020 to hold May 12-14

24/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

Google is set to host its annual I/O developer conference between May 12 -14. The big event will take place at Shoreline Amphitheatre located near Google’s HQ in Mountain View, California. Google CEO Sundar Pichai also confirmed the date and location in a tweet. Cosmos aligned. We’ll be back at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View … Read More “Google I/O developer conference 2020 to hold May 12-14” »

Google has 3 new apps that could help reduce phone addiction

21/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

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 team up with Google to bring free Google Stadia membership for broadband customers.

18/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

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 set to separate Google Voice from Google Fi

17/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

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 starts testing Stadia on non-Pixel devices

11/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

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 new virtual assistant to read articles in 42 languages

11/01/2020 Richard No Comments

GOOGLE UPDATE

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” »