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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

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

What way to ring in the new year with a fresh Google Ads update? On January 4, Google emailed advertisers who currently have the auto-applied suggestion “remove redundant keywords” enabled on their accounts. The email stated starting January 19, Google will begin removing redundant keywords across different match types. First reported by Robert Brady via Twitter, advertisers quickly took to numerous social media outlets to share their concerns over the new update. What’s… Source link

The Google Pixel’s January update is here, and it adds a new spatial audio feature for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 7, and 7 Pro phones. Android researcher Mishaal Rahman has verified that a toggle for the feature is appearing in the settings menu of the Pixel 6 Pro with the stable update, which is rolling out now to Pixel devices. There are technically two different kinds of spatial audio support eventually coming to Pixel phones. The one that’s rolling out now as part of January’s update is… Source link

Google’s first Android update of the year is now starting to roll out to supported Pixels, and as usual it will take a few weeks for it to reach all of the devices out there in the wild. On the security side, there are around 40 fixes. There are also a few bug fixes and feature additions. Static Spatial Audio, for example, is now live for the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 7, and Pixel 7 Pro. This will provide surround sound for any connected headset. The Pixel Buds Pro will receive an… Source link

(Adding details from the hearing, background) By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined a request by Google to block an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform, dealing the U.S. firm a setback in a key growth market. In October, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android… Source link

Welcome to a new year and also to the first Google Pixel update of the year. Google kicked off 2023 by releasing the January Android security patch and update for the Pixel 4a up through the Pixel 7. I know this may seem like a day late and a weird Tuesday release, but there was an observed holiday in there. Since this isn’t a big quarterly update, we aren’t actually expecting much in this build. Since we got a Pixel Feature Drop in December that brought to public a Quarterly… Source link

(Adds background, Kudrin detail) By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the… Source link

Google is now rolling out two different Google search algorithm updates simultaneously, the December 2022 helpful content system and the December 2022 link spam update. The helpful content update started on December 5th, and the link spam update started on December 14th. Both updates are not finished rolling out, in fact, Google said that the helpful content update “is going to take longer” to complete than the two-week timeline previously… Source link

A new list view will make controlling your smart home devices easier The Google Home app has become increasingly cluttered over the years as it has grown in features to control more smart home devices — including additional support for devices under the company’s Nest brand. To address this, Google announced a redesigned Home app, which was made available to members of the Public Preview program in October. The revamp also includes a Google Home app for… Source link