News & Reviews:   Google

When it comes to software, you sometimes get improved performance and new features. But an update could also screw some things over unintentionally, like the latest Google app update for Pixel devices.

Another month and another top trending search list from Google here in Malaysia, this time around for April 2023. Number 1 on the list has to be the Earthquake alert that everyone recently got about the 6.2 magnitude earthquake near North Sumatra. It’s certainly raised a lot of questions about Malaysia’s earthquake readiness.

Today, Google announced that the Nearby Share function is now possible between your Android device and Windows computer. For those who don't know, using Nearby Share allows Android users to share media files, documents and more, so it's great to see it available on Windows. 

Not a big fan of voice assistants? Maybe AI chatbots would work better for you. Google unveiled the Bard chatbot back in March, but it hasn't quite seen the success that ChatGPT has so far. Well, maybe putting it in Android devices could change that.

Today, Google announced that the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) will be expanded in Gmail. Introduced in 2021, this new update will now have a checkmark icon from senders to show verifications, just like the blue ticks from Facebook and Twitter.

In this upcoming WhatsApp update, WABetainfo.com reported that there would be a new sharing status update of Facebook Story for WhatsApp. Currently available in beta for Android 2.23.9.22 on the Google Play Store, here's what we know so far.

Google’s first foldable smartphone, the Google Pixel Fold has long been in the rumour mills. Now, we may just receive confirmed details about the device and its launch date thanks to alleged internal documents from Google.

Google is reportedly working on improving the ‘Find My Device’ feature on Android devices. Maybe coming to Google Pixel smartphones in the near future, the feature allows users to track their devices even when they are powered off.

With the recent advancement in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology such as ChatGPT, many are looking over their shoulders in fear of being made obsolete at their workplace. Well, the Ministry of Human Resources has allayed such fears, claiming that AI won’t reduce job opportunities.

Sharing files between Android devices and Microsoft Windows PCs has just gotten easier recently thanks to Google’s Nearby Share app for the latter. Now available in beta, users can test it out by downloading it from the Android website here.