News & Reviews:   Google

At one point, Android tablets were devices that no one cared for. But they have seen a revival of sorts this year, with more brands starting to release both mid-range and flagship models. As such, Google is looking to make UI improvements for it.

A tale as old as time, transferring your WhatsApp chat history between an iPhone and Android device can be a real pain in the ass. But thankfully, Google has been working on that in Android 12 for a while now and they have done it. According to Google, it is now possible with Android 12 using a cable.

Last month, the US courts finally released their ruling on the Epic Games vs Apple saga. The final result? Neither side came out with a solid win. Apple is trying to appeal the ruling as expected, but Google seems to be taking a step back with its service fees instead.

Besides the newly announced Google Pixel 6 series, Google also announced a new Pixel Pass plan that comes with the phones together. Created as a "solution" for new Pixel 6 series users, it is an all-in-one plan for extra storage, ad-free videos in YouTube, music and mobile games.

Android 12 will soon be rolling out globally and recently, Google just dropped compatibility documentation for the latest software In case you didn't know, Google often release a note for each Android update of hardware information that developers need to know. 

If you watch a lot of YouTube videos, you probably know how unreliable the auto-captioning feature is. It's not available on all channels and doesn't even caption in English most of the time. Fortunately, YouTube has an update to solve this.

A few days ago, Google had officially announced Android 12 by uploading its source code to Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Not long after, Chinese smartphone brand, Xiaomi, was quick to kick start its beta program for the Mi 11, Mi 11 Pro, and Mi 11 Ultra. However, the bad news is, the early build of the operating system update seems to be turning the devices into bricks.

Google is the most used search engine globally, and it's been a fact for some time. However, the company was recently tangled up with a $5 billion antitrust fine from the EU, claiming that Google needs to stop forcing Android smartphone makers to pre-install Chrome and Google search. To fight against it, Google showed some statistics that prove people use Google by choice, not by force.

For those who don't know, Google Lens is a feature that is available on some Android smartphones. Thought to be an exclusive tech for Android phones, Google just announced that this technology is coming soon to the Google Chrome web browser.

For those who didn't know, Google's Wear OS 3.0 brought cool features to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. One of them is offline music, which was eventually added to Wear OS 2.0 devices. Spotify got this update last month, and now YouTube Music has the same update.