As a part of several Google announcements this week out of CES 2024, we’re learning about the future of Android in cars and it is looking lovely. Both cars with Google built-in and Android Auto are seeing new features, but the folks with Android as the major operating system in their cars are getting the majority of it. I guess it’s time to find a new ride. Because the majority of the news is related to cars with Google built-in, let’s run through those. Send Google Maps directions… Source link
Read More »Google Meet Adds a Bunch of Silly Filters for Work Folks
Filters in video calls are always a fun time when kids get ahold of a phone or computer and act like the children they are. When it’s your coworker, I’m not sure the same level of joy can be found because you know the guy that’s about to put one on. He’s not funny. He thinks he is, but he is most often…not. You are already calling into a meeting you’d rather not and Jeff wants to become a dolphin. I bring this up because Google Meet is getting all the filters as a way to… Source link
Read More »Google fixes a bunch of Pixel issues with November update, leaves Pixel 3 and 3 XL behind
Today is the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means, right? A Google Android monthly update. These are usually only about security fixes, but not this time around, as there are a bunch of Pixel-specific non-security issues resolved too. Speaking of Pixels, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have reached the end of the line when it comes to software updates, three years after their launch. The new November 2021 update is only headed to the Pixel 3a (launched in May 2019) and later… Source link
Read More »Google Maps gets building numbers, cross walks, a bunch of other features
Open Google Maps and you’ll soon see this card, which you can swipe up for the feed. (Also, Google, a Pixel 1 skin from 2016? Really?) … Source link
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