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Google Photos is one of the most popular online photo sharing and storage services in the world thanks to its integration with other Google services. While users mostly use its app version, the service is also available on the web and now, the latter has become even more convenient with a new ‘Backed up’ section.

Google Maps for iOS recently rolled out a quality-of-life update that makes it easier for users to share their current real-time location. Now, instead of navigating through the menu, you can just easily tap the blue dot signifying your current position on Google Maps to access and execute actions based on your current GPS location on the app.

Google Senior Vice President (VP) Prabhakar Raghavan has revealed that TikTok and Instagram are becoming competitors to its core services, Search and Maps. During a discussion about the evolution of search, Prabhakar revealed that younger users are now turning to TikTok and Instagram instead of Google services for discovery purposes.

New smartphones are all the rage these days due to the pandemic but there are also plenty of users who are still using old Android phones. If you happen to be still using an old Android OS, you won't be able to opt into Google services soon.

If you're currently facing some Google-related issues on your smartphone, you're not alone. According to a report, many Android users keep receiving pop up interferes on their devices telling them some of the Google services have stopped working.

Since Huawei was placed on the US Entity list last year, Google was banned from working with the company. Recently, Google has reportedly applied for a license with the US government to be able to work with Huawei again.

Yes, the trade war is still on-going which unfortunately placed Huawei in an awkward situation. Starting from the Mate 30 series onward, they won't be able to use any Google mobile services (GMS) but according to new insights from Fred Wangfei, a Huawei executive, he said that the company probably won't return to using GMS even if the ban is lifted by the US government.

In this latest news, Huawei fans and consumers may have to face some bad news on the upcoming Mate 30 series. According to Reuters, the Mate 30 series will not be launching with pre-installed Google apps and services. This was also confirmed by Google for both the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro from orders by the White House in the USA.