by dbadmin | Jan 12, 2024 | Google, News
Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google will allow users to unlink the Google services they use to comply with the EU’s Digital Market Act. Users will be able to make that choice when the DMA takes effect on March 6, 2024. Google warns that some features that...
by dbadmin | Jan 12, 2024 | Google, Google Play Services, News
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Several Samsung Galaxy phones were stuck on the old May 2023 Google Play System Update for no apparent reason. However, many of these stuck phones can now receive the November 2023 Google Play System Update. The cause of the...
by dbadmin | Jan 12, 2024 | Google, Google Assistant, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is facing backlash over the removal of key features from the Google Assistant. The announcement has sparked discontent and users are questioning the decision’s impact on the future of Assistant’s functionality. In a...
by dbadmin | Jan 12, 2024 | Android 14, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Pixel Launcher in the latest Android 14 QPR 2 Beta 3 build includes a hidden setting called “Search Engine.” This setting could let you select the app you use to search the web, presumably affecting the universal search...
by dbadmin | Jan 11, 2024 | Google, Google Assistant, News
Credit: Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority On January 26, 2024, Google will begin to remove nearly 20 Google Assistant features. These features include setting music alarms, invoking a stopwatch, and more. The company says it is doing this to free up resources to...
by dbadmin | Jan 11, 2024 | Fitbit, Google, Google Nest, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google is consolidating its hardware teams into a single team handling Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit devices. The result could be a more cohesive hardware product line going forward. Fit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are...