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Google Play named its best apps of 2021 and they reflect the year we’ve had. Lots of choices to help deal with pandemic induced stress including mindfulness apps, games and streaming services. Apps we featured: Balance personalized meditation app (get a free year, $70 value, if you sign up by the end of 2021) Rabit for forming new habits Blossom to identify plants and flowers by taking a picture of them Donut County for a fun, whimsical physics-based game good for… Source link

People who use Messages may stop feeling like texting pariahs. Screenshot by CNET … Source link

If you’ve ever texted with an Android user, you know how conversations can quickly get overrun with “Jason laughed at” this or “Roman liked” that messages. As soon as an Android user joins a group conversation, Apple’s iMessage reaction expressions turn to text prompts so no one misses out on what’s happening. That’s changing thanks to the latest Google Messages update that’s rolling out. According to 9to5Google, who previously dug through the APK for a beta version… Source link

This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2021, our list of ideas, by topic, by recipient and by price, to help you discover the perfect gift.

What does Google’s parent company Alphabet want with robots? Well, it would like them to clean up around the office, for a start. The company announced today that its Everyday Robots Project — a team within its experimental X labs dedicated to creating “a general-purpose learning robot” — has moved some of its prototype machines out of the lab and into Google’s Bay Area campuses to carry out some light custodial tasks. “We are now operating a fleet of more than 100 robot… Source link

People gather for picnics beside the Harbour Bridge in the suburb of Kirribilli on September 19, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Covid-19 restrictions have eased for people in NSW who are fully vaccinated. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images San Francisco, London, Montreal, Paris, and New York have all developed a reputation for being hotbeds of artificial intelligence research over the years. Sydney and Melbourne, Australia’s two biggest cities, have not. But that could be about to… Source link

Google’s Pixel phones have a lot going for them. Juan Garzon/CNET … Source link

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Google is adding a handful of new features to Google Maps in time for the holiday season, which collectively should make getting around a slightly less fraught experience. The new features were announced in a blog post today. A new “Area Busyness” feature provides information on how popular neighborhoods are rather than just specific destinations, while the app’s “Directory” tab is rolling out globally to give more info on the stores and amenities inside locations like malls and… Source link

What’s inside Google’s new Android 12 operating system for phones? We found some tricks that fly under the radar.  James Martin/CNET … Source link