by dbadmin | May 7, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google Apps, News
Google appears to be prepping a new mechanic for the “Recents” UI in its Files app. A new update reveals Files by Google testing out the same sort of dynamic carousel we see in Google Photos. No Google app ever stays the same forever, and while some get much more...
by dbadmin | Apr 29, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Apps, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Google app seems to be getting a new “Activity” tab. The tab allows users to easily access their search history from both Chrome and the Google app itself. It will also serve as a hub for managing saved items, replacing...
by dbadmin | Apr 7, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Apps, News
Google offers several tools for Android users to identify music that they hear playing. While Pixel Now Playing and your Google account’s web history have included past song searches, a similar view has been missing from the Google app itself. Now the Google app’s...
by dbadmin | Apr 7, 2025 | Google, Google Apps, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Google is deploying its own link shorteners, search.app and share.google, for content shared from Discover. The new short links obscure source websites but retain the ability to generate rich previews with metadata like images...
by dbadmin | Apr 3, 2025 | Google, Google Apps, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Google is rolling out a new full-width, zero-image margin layout for Google Discover on Android. This layout allegedly cuts off portions of the featured image and does not align with other recent Material Design 3 changes to...
by dbadmin | Apr 2, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Apps, Music, News
Google offers several options for song ID on Android, but some currently require you to tell Google to listen for music. An in-progress change to the Google app would upgrade microphone input to automatically recognize songs. While it’s currently possible to preview...
