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Without Google Mobile Services (GMS), it’s harder for Huawei to keep up with other devices from another brands with the services. Although the Chinese smartphone manufacturer is trying to make the most out of its Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), it may still take some time for the services to be mature. Recently, we have found out Huawei is sourcing from India to develop alternative Google apps and services, and promised they will be ready by the end of this year.

The rollout of version 79 for Google Chrome has been halted, due to a bug that's causing deletion of data for certain apps.

There was once upon a time when mankind knew not about the world outside of his surroundings. Today, much of our world has been mapped out, with Google claiming that Google Maps now covers up to 98% of the world's populated areas. The platform now provides us with a closer look at more of the known world than ever before.

If there's one feature that many travellers want on their smartphones, it's language interpretation. Google first rolled this out for smart speaker or display with Google Assistant, which was a weird choice since those aren't as portable. But according to 9to5Google, we are finally getting the feature on Android and iOS smartphones.

With the year 2019 coming to an end, Google has recently unveiled the top trending searches from Malaysia in the year 2019 starting off with the top searched movie which is the Joker, followed by Captain Marvel as well as the Avengers: Endgame which was released this year. On to the music category, Senorita by Shawn Mendes was the most searched, while Mimpi by K-Clique as well as Memories by Maroon 5 were the second and third most search music of the year.

In the next big Google Search update, the company plans to make looking through news and stories easier. By applying the latest in machine learning technology to top stories, Google should be able to make it so that relevant stories are group together.

Google is looking to bolster security awareness by adding a new feature into the Chrome browser. Through the new feature, users will be alerted if their username and password has been stolen during a data breach. This feature was previously available separately through a Chrome extension.

If you store a lot of images on your phone, chances are you're familiar with the use of Google Photos to manage them. The app is also great for quick edits like cropping or adding filters. Now, Google thinks it's a good idea to add a chat feature into it as well.

Are you a fan of board games? Then, have you ever heard of Go? Go is one of the most ancient and complicated board games in the world. Obviously the players need to be really smart to play the game, but the former champion of the game, Lee Se-dol, stated that he is retiring as he is 'not smart enough' to beat his AI opponent.

Do you know Google Assistant can help you to purchase movie tickets? Not only that, you can just do it with using your voice. How does it work you may ask, it all thanks to Google Duplex, a human-sounding AI-based voice service. Now, Google Duplex can be used on the web to buy movie tickets! However, the feature is only available in the US and the UK for now.