News & Reviews:   Google

The policy changes to the Apple App Store has been an inconvenience for a few companies. Back in August, Apple announced that Google Stadia wasn't allowed on the App Store due to a certain policy. But it looks like Google has finally got a workaround that will bring the platform to iOS.

As far as software updates go for Android phone, they unfortunately don't last very long. At most, it can live up to 3 years with a pure stock Android OS but nowadays they don't really hang around in Malaysia anymore (because Motorola "died" and there are no Pixel phones here officially). Also, Android users would have to wait for a long time for a new software update on customized Android updates.

Back in November, Google announced a new storage policy on your Google accounts which includes Gmail and Google Drive. In an effort to make more space and eventually merging all the accounts together, Google just recently introduced refreshed Google One plans for Malaysians but only for the 10TB, 20TB and 30TB plans.

If you use Google Photos, you should be familiar with its Memories feature. It essentially lets you review the best photos uploaded to your cloud storage, so it feels like you're reliving your 'memories'. Now, Google is adding the new Cinematic photos feature on top of it.

After Facebook facing issues with some of its platforms not responding last week, it looks like Google is the next to have problems as some of its services are currently down including YouTube, Google Drive, Google Assistant, and more.

As we're entering 2021, many analysts and tipsters have started to reveal what we can expect from the smartphone market next year. According to a source, Google, Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo are going to announce their own foldable smartphones in the second half of the year. This comes as a surprise knowing that we'll get a Pixel foldable from Google soon! Well, maybe not Malaysia.

Different companies lead into the holiday season in different ways, some with discount sales and some with new products. So, what about Google? A Google Play Store sales would have been nice, but it looks like Google is going to bring some new features to Android instead. Six of them, in fact.

Just yesterday, Apple released their App Store Best of 2020 and Top Mobile Games list which we saw Genshin Impact winning the best iPhone Game of the Year. Google followed up shortly after that with their own Best of 2020 in the Google Play Store and yes, Genshin Impact was chosen as the Best Game of 2020 by the Play Store editors. 

Most of us use Google Maps for navigation or to find places. But occasionally you look up a place like restaurants to see if it's good, right? Well, Google wants to make that easier for you with a new feature added to the platform in the latest update.

Converting PDF files to any text file can be troublesome sometimes, especially those that come with images. Today, Google begins to roll out a Google Docs update to make the process an easier and simpler one. The new update will benefit the conversion of a PDF file to a Google Docs file by bringing improvements in image imports, text styles, and formatting and layout conversion.