by dbadmin | May 15, 2024 | Android, Features, Google
Opinion post byRita El Khoury Tech is too iterative, too boring, and too focused on AI. And then there are genuine moments of wonder when a company announces an impressive new feature, and you go, “AHA! YES. THAT!” Once it’s out there, that feature seems so obvious,...
by dbadmin | May 15, 2024 | Android, Features, Google, Google Gemini
Opinion post byRita El Khoury About once a week, I receive a message from my parents, my aunt, or some relative with a screenshot of what is to me some obvious spam or scam. To them, there’s always a question mark. Could this be real? Is someone really giving away...
by dbadmin | May 15, 2024 | Accessibility, Android, News
Google has announced that its Project Gameface accessibility feature is coming to Android. This allows you to control a mouse cursor with your head movement and facial gestures. Android already offers support for computer mice, which can be handy for outputting to an...
by dbadmin | May 14, 2024 | Android, Google, Google Pixel 8a, News
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Pixel 8a receives its first software update, including the May 2024 Android security patch. The update also brings Google’s AI-powered wallpaper generator to the Pixel 8a. Amidst the flurry of announcements on Google I/O’s...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2024 | Android, Features, Google, Google Chrome OS, Samsung
Opinion post byRita El Khoury Earlier today, my colleague Mishaal Rahman shared the exclusive news that Google has been experimenting with running Chrome OS on Android. Details are still slim, but we know that Google has been showing off to its partners the ability to...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2024 | Android, Features, Google, Google Chrome OS, News
We got Google’s Chrome OS up and running alongside Android on a Pixel phone. This is possible thanks to a special build of Chromium OS — the open-source version of Chrome OS — made for running in a virtual machine. It’s not clear whether Google plans to release this...
