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Google Messages Screen Effects are slowly rolling out

Google Messages Screen Effects are slowly rolling out

Screen Effects that briefly take over the Google Messages app are slowly rolling out with only a subset of triggers available. This expressive feature shows a fullscreen animation for a few seconds when you send or receive certain phrases: “I love you” and “Happy Valentine’s Day”: An outpouring of hearts and a dove(?) flying across your screen for good measure “Sounds good”: Various thumb ups from the left and right edges of the screen Google… Source link

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Android photo picker with Google Photos support rolling out

Android photo picker with Google Photos support rolling out

Google is officially rolling out support for Google Photos and other cloud backup apps in the Android photo picker. With Android 13, the redesigned system photo picker was just a “gateway to your local media library.” Google is now letting users access photos stored in the cloud from the same sheet-based UI: “Backed-up photos, also known as ‘cloud photos,’ will now be merged with your local ones in the photo picker, eliminating the need to switch between… Source link

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Bing Deep Search is rolling out to more users

Bing Deep Search is rolling out to more users

Microsoft’s Deep Search, an optional generative AI feature meant to help searchers with complex questions that don’t have simple answers, seems to have rolled out to more users today. I personally can see the “Deep Search” icon at the top right of the Bing search box after conducting a search in Bing. And I asked others and they can see it too. What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the “Deep Search” icon at the top right of the Bing search results page: When you… Source link

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First Chromecast with Google TV update of 2024 rolling out

First Chromecast with Google TV update of 2024 rolling out

Google is rolling out the first update of 2024 for the Chromecast with Google TV 4K. STTL.231114.004 (from STTE.230915.005.S1) bumps the Android security patch level to Dec 2023. You also get “other bug fixes and performance improvements” with this 148MB update that took longer than usual to install on my device. There’s no Chromecast Remote firmware update after installing. The last release was in early December with the October 2023 security patch. For… Source link

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