by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Google, Google Apps, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Google app could be getting a new universal search feature that will allow contacts, apps, and device settings to appear within search results. This new feature should be independent of the Pixel Launcher and available...
by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Android Security, Google, News
Apps using Play Integrity checks may refuse to run on custom ROMs like GrapheneOS. Some voices at Google are open to developing a certification program for custom ROMs, but there’s just not enough people using them to be worth it. Android’s openness as a platform is a...
by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Google, News, Password Manager
An outage on July 24 caused Chrome’s integrated password manager to malfunction for over 18 hours, affecting millions of Windows users globally. The issue was limited to the M127 version of Chrome for Windows. Google provided an interim workaround before releasing a...
by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Android, Android Auto, Features, Google
Even though car companies wish we didn’t, we all love Android Auto. In a 2023 poll, we found that nearly 60% of our readers use Android Auto in their cars. We also know from other polls and articles on the site that the majority of our readers would refuse to buy a...
by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Google, Google Nest Thermostat, News
Credit: X/Arsène Lupin A new leak has revealed that the fourth-gen Nest Learning Thermostat will feature an upgraded high-resolution borderless display. Marketing images for the thermostat state that it will feature a more customizable home screen and support a few...
by dbadmin | Jul 29, 2024 | Google, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 9, News, Polls
We spied early shots of the Google Pixel 9 series well before its August 13 launch. The real-life stills and renders paint a decent picture of the four phones in the lineup, but more recently, a video emerged detailing one in much more detail. The Google Pixel 9 Pro...