Google is now rolling out a quite useful feature for Android users who don’t have Facebook. The Google Contacts app can now send notifications when contacts have their birthdays. Once birthday notifications are available on your app, you’ll be able to add users’ birthdays, and a cake icon will appear next to people without birthdays. […]
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The new Google Home app is released for everyone
Google has now started rolling out its updated Google Home app for all users. The new app features a new layout with five tabs. The app opens directly in the Favorites tab where you can pin your most used devices, actions, and automations, and view different spaces where devices are automatically grouped into categories such […]
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Google Maps introduces Immersive View for routes
Last year, Google introduced something called “Immersive View” to Google Maps, a mode where users could view map images in a more immersive way. Now, Google is introducing this feature for entire routes on Google Maps. With “Immersive View for routes” on Google Maps, you can check out your entire route as it may appear […]
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Sam Altman’s crypto venture Worldcoin releases World App
Worldcoin, the crypto company founded by OpenAI’s founder Sam Altman, has released its app “World App” in a public version. World App is described as a very simple crypto wallet that can also be used as an ID at services that accept Worldcoin’s so-called “World ID” as an ID, currently a very small number of […]
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Now you can open and close the garage door in Google Home
Google continues to improve its Home app with support for various smart devices and the latest addition is support for opening and closing garage doors with a new control feature. It has previously been possible to see the status of a garage door in the app, but users had to use Google Assistant to actually […]
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Android will soon separate volume for ringtones and notifications
Currently, on Google’s Pixel and several other Android phones, the volume for ringtones and notifications is controlled using the same settings. However, it seems like this is about to change. According to Google’s “Issue Tracker” website, the requested feature will soon be available in a future version. This would allow users to adjust the volume […]
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A Guide to Editing Photos on Your Phone
Due to the important role pictures play in terms of memory and aesthetics, would it not be cool to capture those moments in the most visually-appealing way possible? Well, photo editing can make that happen. Editing your pictures can take them from basic to extraordinary. The right photo editing apps can enhance the colors, lighting, […]
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Samsung releases new photo editing app
Samsung has now released its photo editing app, Galaxy Enhance-X, in the final version for the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. With this AI-driven app, users can adjust and enhance brightness, sharpness, HDR, colors, or adjust facial features in any image with just one click. The app is available for download for […]
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Google’s Now Playing feature gets statistics
Google appears to be expanding its “Now Playing” feature on Pixel phones with a new “Summary” tab that compiles the songs you’ve heard. The feature listens to ambient sounds and matches them with a song database stored locally on your device to identify the music. “Now Playing” has previously shown a history of identified songs […]
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Marvel releases training app
Marvel has partnered with the company Six to Start, resulting in the story-based training app “Marvel Move.” In the Marvel Move app, the user will be prompted to move by performing certain missions involving characters from the Marvel universe. This includes stories featuring Thor and Loki, Hulk, X-Men, Daredevil, as well as Doctor Strange and […]
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Best Music Streaming Services in 2023: Comparing Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, and More
Music holds a special place in our hearts, reaching us on a level that words simply cannot. Today, the internet offers a variety of music streaming services like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music, making it easier than ever to access our favorite tunes. It’s no surprise that the music industry is booming. In fact, the […]
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Now, 12 percent of all Android devices are running Android 13
Google no longer releases statistics on which Android versions are most popular each month, but it can still be interesting to see how the latest version is doing when Google does release statistics. The last time we heard about Android 13, which is the latest version, the operating system was only installed on 5 percent […]
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Truecaller introduces Live Caller ID for iPhone
The app Truecaller, which can verify contacts and block unwanted communication, is now receiving a major update on iOS. One of the new features is that for the first time with the app, users can get “a complete Live Caller ID experience” on iPhone. The app has received a new integration with Siri that allows […]
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Spotify for iOS gets a new widget
Spotify for iOS finally gets support for widgets on the lock and home screens on iOS and iPadOS. There has previously been a widget with your most recently played music that you can add to your home screen. Now the app also gets a Spotify icon that can be added to the top of the […]
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Pixelmator Photo becomes Photomator
The app Pixelmator Photo for iPhone and iPad is now becoming Photomator, and will also be released as a Mac app. However, that’s not the only new thing in today’s update (2.3), the app also gets new AI features that allow users to, among other things, select a photo’s background or sky with the touch […]
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The first beta version of Android 14 is here
Google has now released the first beta version of Android 14, as previously we have only seen preview versions that were intended only for developers. This beta version is more stable and can be installed by users as a regular OTA update, as long as they have a Pixel 4a or newer device. One of […]
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Strava gets Spotify integration
Now, the popular running app Strava finally supports Spotify, so you don’t have to open and control two different apps if you want to listen to music during your runs. When Spotify is added to Strava, users get a widget at the bottom of the screen where they can select and pause music. Strava has […]
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Android to soon automatically archive apps
Google is launching a new feature that should make it easier for Android users to free up space without uninstalling any apps. Currently, users get a pop-up asking if they want to uninstall an app to make space for another one if their device is low on storage. But with the new feature, which will […]
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Google Now Launcher, the home screen app, stops working
Google Now Launcher, which was launched with Nexus 5 and released for all Android phones in early 2014, will stop working in April. This is unlikely to affect many users, as most now use some other so-called “launcher”, and Google stopped supporting the app six years ago. But it is only now that it actually […]
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It will be easier to delete your data in Android apps
Google has updated its guidelines for Android developers, which among other things means that it should be easier for users to delete data stored via apps developed for Android. In an update to the new guidelines, Google writes, among other things: For apps that enable app account creation, developers will soon need to provide an […]
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Spotify scraps Spotify Live
Music Ally reports that Spotify is now shutting down its Clubhouse competitor, Spotify Live, the service where users could start their own audio broadcasts and allow listeners to participate in the conversation. A spokesperson for Spotify tells Music Ally that they are now shutting down Spotify Live: After a period of experimentation and learnings around […]
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Apple releases Apple Music Classical
Apple has just released maybe the ultimate classical music streaming experience that any Apple Music subscriber is able to use without any additional costs and is available for easy download on the App Store. Apple Music Classical is essentially a standalone music streaming app whose sole purpose is to deliver the listening experience that the […]
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Now you can get ChatGPT on your Apple Watch
Petey is a new app for the Apple Watch that was released earlier this month, which allows users to have a small AI assistant on their wrist. Petey uses OpenAI’s language model GPT to answer users’ questions, which means that you can have ChatGPT on your wrist in practice. In the latest update of Petey, […]
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Google search will show more information about heatwaves
Google is now launching new features to help people keep track of heatwaves. This includes new warnings about extreme heat in search, AI-driven tools to manage higher temperatures, and support for organizations working to manage extreme weather events. Every year, extreme heat kills almost 500,000 people and the number of deaths is increasing, according to […]
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Spotify releases even more mixes
Spotify likes to find things that they believe suit you, and they’re actually quite good at it. Now they’re taking mixes one step further, and you can find some new ones if you go to Search and then Made for you. If the ones there aren’t good enough, you can search for a time, activity, […]
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Today Apple Music Classical is launched
Today, Apple is finally releasing its highly anticipated app specifically designed for classical music – Apple Music Classical. Since Apple acquired the company Primesonic in 2021, there have been rumors that Apple would release its own app for classical music, which it is now doing. The new app is said to offer the world’s largest […]
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Duolingo to develop a music app
TechCrunch reports that Duolingo is developing an app where users can learn to create music in one way or another. There is currently not much information about how the app will work. Whether the idea behind the app is for users to learn to play instruments or write new music or both is still unclear. […]
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Hipstamatic launches social media app
Hipstamatic has released a new version of its app that includes a social media service that resembles how Instagram used to work. With Hipstamatic’s new app, users can share photos in a chronological feed and view photos from the contacts they add. However, there is a limitation that allows users to follow only 99 people, […]
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Google blocks apps from Chinese Pinduoduo
Yesterday, Google began flagging more apps from Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo as malware in the Play Store. Users attempting to install, or who have already installed, apps from the company have reportedly received a warning on their device. Over the past few weeks, several Chinese security researchers have accused Pinduoduo, which is a growing e-commerce […]
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Microsoft plans to launch an app store for mobile games
Microsoft confirms the rumor that emerged last fall that the company is planning to start an app store for mobile games, a store that could compete with Google Play Store and App Store. In an interview with the Financial Times, Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer says they believe upcoming regulations from authorities around the world […]