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Google Messages Will Let You “Delete for Everyone” in a Group Now

Kellen May 9, 2025 2

Sending a message with an error to the wrong chat or with enough misspellings that you'd be embarrassed can often be fixed in many messaging platforms thanks to a "delete for everyone" feature. Telegram has this for sure, and it now appears that a similar...

Google’s Gallery App With 1 Billion Downloads Surprises Pixel Owners With Its Existence

Kellen May 8, 2025 11

Back in 2019, when Google was still pushing its "Go" apps as slim apps meant for phones without much storage or RAM, they gave us app called "Gallery Go." At that time, the pitch for this app was to give people a photos and videos app that was lightweight,...

Chrome Gets Gemini Nano on Desktop to Fight Scams, Warnings for Notifications on Android

Kellen May 8, 2025 1

I'm not sure I will ever be convinced that AI is a tool I should use when planning a vacation or when in need of recommendations for an outing. I'm certainly not about to use AI to create a fake world or experience through a picture I've taken. I am an AI...

Google Maps and Gemini are Ready to Start Using Your Screenshots

Kellen May 7, 2025 2

Google really wants you to take screenshots of stuff. It's obvious that they have found ways to use those images and pull lots of info from them using AI, so they keep suggesting different places for you to try and take advantage. In today's example, Google...

Pixel’s New “Battery Health Indicator” Feature Not Coming to Older Devices Beyond Pixel 8a

Kellen May 7, 2025 6

With the release of Android 16 Beta 3 back in early March, followed by the launch of the Pixel 9a, Google introduced a new battery feature to the Pixel line called "Battery Health" or Battery Health Indicator. The feature would be used going forward to show...

Pixel 6 and Pixel 8 Devices Get New Bootloader in May Update That Won’t Allow Rolling Back

Kellen May 6, 2025 1

As a part of the May 2025 update for Pixel devices, Google has added a note/warning to the factory image page, letting owners of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 8 know that they are getting a new bootloader and can't rollback to older versions of Android 15 once they...

May 2025 Android Security Update Available for Google Pixel Devices

Kellen May 6, 2025 9

There was a part of me that thought we may not see a traditional May Android 15 security update for Pixel devices, knowing that Google is likely to release stable Android 16 in a couple of weeks at Google I/O. That part of me was wrong, as Google has done just...

YouTube Premium 2-Person Plan Could Lower Your Price

Kellen May 6, 2025 5

YouTube Premium already has 4 different plans in the US that touch on various price points. You can pay a price to get all of the YouTube experience, without ads and YouTube Music tacked on as a bonus, plus you could extend all of that to a family of 5 for a...