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After Google had a comeback with Pixel 5, the flagship device without a flagship chip has sparked some discussions. It also raised doubts like would the company continue with this strategy or will eventually go back to using flagship chipsets. Now, rumour has come saying that the tech giant might have a surprise coming soon and it'll be a premium smartphone with a flagship chipset.

Google is working hard to bring new features and experiences to some of its platforms and applications. After announcing a new Gmail logo design together with upgrades for G Suite, the company moved on to adding several new features to YouTube a few days ago. Now, it's the turn for Google Play Store as users will get to compare apps soon!

Both iOS and Android started supporting dark mode at the system level last year and Google has rolled out dark modes for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google FIt as well as on its mobile app version over the past few months. Today, we found out that Google Chrome may finally be getting a dark mode soon.

Most of the voice assistants require you to say a phrase or word to wake them up before proceeding with making the request. Some users who frequently use a voice assistant through any smart device might find it annoying and wish they didn't have to do that. It is reported that Google is testing with a new feature that lets the Google's smart displays listen to your commands without the need of saying "Hey, Google" or "OK, Google" out loud.

Based on a statement by wabetainfo.com, it seems that the developers of WhatsApp could be planning on introducing Facial Recognition for Android smartphones in the future. While there is no official information in regards to when the feature will be officially available, there’s also no info on which smartphone will support it as well.

For most of us, Google Chrome is likely your Internet browser of choice. In fact, the latest data from Statcounter shows that over 66% of people with access to the Internet use Google Chrome as their browser. With that being the case, you may want to consider changing since some of its privacy features don't seem to work as intended.

Google has been adding new features to its online platforms overtime. The one feature that would be useful for many is probably add-ons and it's about to be added to Google Workspace. Yesterday, Google confirmed that Docs, Sheets, and Slides will be getting an update that enables add-ons.

Creator of the Stadium Full Screen Browser app has recently posted a tweet on the their Twitter account, stating that Apple will be removing the app from the Apple App Store. For those who are not in the know, the aforementioned app allows users to access Stadia, which is a Google cloud gaming service on their iOS device.

It seems that Yahoo has recently unveiled the Yahoo Lite app which can be downloaded via the Google Play Store starting from today onwards. The difference between the base app compared to the Lite is that the latter only takes up 1MB of space while maintaining the core functionality of the app.

Based on a statement by bloomberg, it seems that Google could be working with some sort of video integration which could allow content creators to advertise their products on their Youtube videos. But that’s not all, it seems that YouTube could be working closely with Shopify in order to facilitate the selling of products via Youtube.