Google Chat - New Features

7 New Features Coming Soon to Google Chat

Google Chat is still out there doing its messaging thing, even as Google puts most of its energy into pushing RCS and Messages and there are countless other messaging apps you could use. Hangouts users who made the switch over to Chat do exist and have kept...

Updated Google Weather Includes ML-Powered Nowcast

2020 was a bad year. Obviously, COVID was a top issue, but for Android users, there was also the news that Apple had acquired Dark Sky and intended to make the service exclusive to iOS via its own weather application. That has all taken place already, with...
Google Lens

Google Lens is Here to Identify Your Skin Rash

Google detailed this morning in a blog post that it is bringing the ability to recognize skin conditions using Google Lens. Before we go any further, you should never use Lens to diagnose and treat health conditions, please leave that work to the professionals...
Google Play Books

Google Play Books Gets a Fancy New Logo

I don't think I've opened Google Play Books in 7 or 8 years, but that streak has since ended, as I did so today to check out the new logo/icon that's rolling out. It is very much a modernized take on the old logo that still fits the app's long-running identity...
Pixel Emoji Wallpaper - Android 14

Pixel’s Amazing Emoji Wallpaper Sneaks Out Early

First revealed in an early build of Android 14 back in March before going official at Google I/O a few weeks ago, the upcoming Emoji Wallpaper for Pixel phones is one of the features we're most looking forward to for this year. We're a sucker for cute emoji,...