The rumored Xiaomi 13 Lite made a stop on the Google Play Console database which revealed its design and some key specs. The device is codenamed Ziyi which matches the Xiaomi Civi 2 while the linked image looks identical to the Xiaomi Civi 1S. Xiaomi 13 Lite listing on Google Play Console The rest of the specs on the GPC listing confirm a 1080 x 2400px screen resolution, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip chipset alongside 8 GB RAM. The software side is covered by Android 12. Previous… Source link
Read More »How To Own Your Career, According To A Top Google Exec
Jenny Wood Tim Gillies Have you ever been told “you’re too much?” Perhaps someone accused you of being too sensitive, too loud, or said you ask too many questions. Jenny Wood, the founder of Google’s Own Your Career program, says there’s no such thing as being “too much.” In fact, she says, being “a bit much leads to much more” in your career. She would know. Jenny is not only an executive running a large operations team at Google that helps drive tens of billions of… Source link
Read More »Google helps devs bring new Android features to older phones
A new tool will help developers find out which phones support which features Android’s biggest strength and weakness is its fragmentation. It’s great that Android allows us to get hundreds of amazing smartphones from all kinds of manufacturers every year, but this also means that all of these devices need their own update channels—and some of them just inevitably get left behind. Google was able to fix a lot of problems related to this by decoupling core… Source link
Read More »Improved voice typing in Google Docs is coming to more browsers
Google Docs’ voice-typing feature, which lets you “type” and edit text using your voice and a microphone rather than your hands and a keyboard, is getting a couple of key upgrades. First is that the feature is expanding to “most major browsers.” Currently, Google’s support page notes that it’s “only available in Chrome browsers.” Second is that it is being upgraded to “reduce transcription errors and minimize lost audio during transcription.” As 9to5Google notes, voice… Source link
Read More »‘How to dispose’: Husband’s disturbing Google search days before wife’s disappearance exposed
The investigation into Ana Walshe’s disappearance took a grim turn on Monday when it was revealed Brian Walshe had searched ‘how to dispose of a 115-pound woman’s body’. Photo / Facebook A US fraudster and husband of a missing woman has had his disturbing Google search exposed by police. Ana Walshe vanished at the start of 2023, with husband Brian Walshe telling authorities the mother of three vanished after she took a car to Boston’s Logan Airport on January 1. However, ride-share services… Source link
Read More »Here’s what’s inside Google Play System’s January 2023 update
Last updated: January 10th, 2023 at 06:34 UTC+01:00 Pixel smartphones have already picked up the latest Android security updates. Now, Google has detailed all the changes that it will bring to your devices with the January 2023 Play System updates. The update basically packs under-the-hood improvements to make your devices perform smoother and also brings improvements to Play Protect. The overhaul of the Play Games user profile is one of the major changes or highlights of this new Google… Source link
Read More »Google improving Docs voice typing & expanding browser support
Google Docs has offered voice typing on the web since 2015 and the input method is now set to pick up “enhancements” that will also improve automatic captions in Google Slides. When viewing a Google Doc, Tools > Voice Typing opens a floating microphone that accepts input until you click again. You can also edit and format with your voice. The upcoming update will “reduce transcription errors and minimize lost audio,” but Google doesn’t provide any specific examples. Google… Source link
Read More »Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters
Google is adding a feature to Google Docs that lets you see non-printing characters such as spaces, tabs, and various types of breaks, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The option, which will be available in the View menu, can help make editing a document easier by showing you exactly how its formatted rather than making you rely purely on what you can see to tell whether something is a tab or a bunch of spaces. It can also be more helpful when troubleshooting messed up… Source link
Read More »Google Pixel Watch January 2023 update rolling out
Over a month after the last patch, the Google Pixel Watch is getting a new on-device OTA update to the January 2023 security patch. This update takes you to the January 5, 2023 security patch level. RWD9.220429.073 is the new build number with a RWD9.220429.073.J1 variant for watches in Japan and Taiwan. Google’s changelog highlights one key fix related to older clock faces that don’t use the Jetpack Watch Face library: Fix to address 3rd party watch faces turning off after 15… Source link
Read More »Google is experimenting with automatically themed icons in Pixel Launcher
Automatically themed icons in the Pixel Launcher? Yes please. Google just released Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 for the Google Pixel series, and while there aren’t a lot of user-facing features on the surface, people are already spotting some interesting changes. According to the folks over on the Google News Telegram, Google is experimenting with a feature that would see apps have an automatically generated themed icon if it doesn’t have one already. … Source link
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