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Last month, Google added end-to-end encryption support for RCS group chats in the Messages app. Google has focused on improving the default messaging experience for Android users in recent months and Google Messages now may be gearing up to add the ability to support user profiles in the Google Messages app. As per a screenshot posted in a Reddit post by u/seeareeff, Google may begin adding user profiles to Google Messages. The screenshot contains a page in the app’s settings called… Source link

Google’s clock app for Android has plenty of sound options to set as an alarm. If you don’t like the default tone, you can use a song or a podcast from Spotify or YouTube Music (only if you have a premium subscription), too – and Google now also allows you to record a voice clip and set that as an alarm tone as well. This feature was first noticed by Esper.io’s Mishaal Rahman. As he noted, this is a server-side push, so as long as you are using Clock app… Source link

Now only if Google updated the release notes of its apps App updates are no longer as interesting as before. The best Android apps nowadays rarely receive significant new features, with updates only being about bug fixes and background changes. But this does not mean changelogs are not important. They still provide useful insight into the small but useful additions the app developer has introduced. At the beginning of 2023 though, Google removed app changelogs… Source link

Did you know that you can set YouTube Music songs as your wake-up alarm in the morning via the Google Clock app? The feature has been around for a while now, and I have yet to try it out mostly because I fall asleep to music, so I don’t believe it would be effective. Google’s latest feature update for the app may make it easier for me to rise in the A.M. to custom sounds though. Discovered by Mishaal Rahman on Twitter, you can now record your very own noises using your phone’s… Source link

Have you ever wanted to be woken from a dreamy slumber by the sound of your partner screaming at you to get out of bed, or perhaps your parents nagging you to get up for school? Well, Google has just the app update for you. The latest Android Clock app on Pixel devices now lets you record your own alarm and timer sounds. Ideal if you want to be woken slowly to the calming sounds of whales or something a lot more chaotic. XDA-developers reports that Google has made it easier to set custom… Source link

Google is making some changes to the terminology it uses in Google Photos to describe the options and choices users have when backing up photos and videos to their Google account. In a new support page under the Google Photos Help banner, Google says that it is not making any changes to how your photos and videos are stored but is “only simplifying the terminology as it appears in the Photos app, on the web and in our Help Center.” This isn’t rocket science. With the… Source link

Jan 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Friday that India’s new antitrust order to change how the company markets its Android platform will drive up costs for app developers, equipment makers, and consequently, consumers. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in Android, and asked it to change restrictions imposed on smartphone makers related to pre-installing apps. Google licenses its Android… Source link

Luxury car maker Porsche Automobile Holding SE (OTC: POAHY) plans to fully integrate Alphabet Inc  (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google software in Porsche cockpits. The deal would enable Porsche customers to access Google applications like Google Maps and Google Assistant without needing to connect the car to an Android phone, Reuters reported. Porsche was in close contact with several companies following the end of its cooperation with Volkswagen AG (OTC: VWAGY) Cariad unit on… Source link

(Bloomberg) — An Indian appeals court declined to grant any immediate relief to Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a case over a fine of 9.36 billion rupees ($115 million) for abusing its dominant position in the market. Most Read from Bloomberg The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal directed the US tech giant on Wednesday to deposit 10% of the penalty, which was slapped by the Competition Commission of India after hearing a case related to its Play Store policies. The amount has to be… Source link

Last Wednesday, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refused to halt a Competition Commission of India order that requires Google to make changes to its Android ecosystem. Now, the search giant has asked the Supreme Court to halt the order, saying it would cause “lasting and irreparable harm” to Google, device manufacturers, app developers, Indian consumers, and the wider economy. Also in this letter:■ Ola Financial stops lending through Avail Finance app■ Flipkart… Source link