Google is rolling out Assistant in Maps for iOS
Google’s voice-activated Assistant feature can now help you navigate in Google Maps for iPhone and iPad, play music, reply to messages and more.
Google Chrome is gaining proper support for macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode
We’re expecting official support for Mojave’s Dark Mode in Chrome 73 for Mac, to be released some time in early 2019.
Chrome for iOS finally lets you copy website images to the clipboard
The inexplicable lack of the Copy Image action in Chrome for iOS’s contextual menu has been addressed at long last. Now you can easily copy any selected website image to the system clipboard on your iPhone and iPad.
Kuo: Google and Amazon working on competing AirPod-alike wireless earbuds for 2019 launch
Apple’s popular accessory could face stiff competition in 2019 as Google and Amazon are believed to be targeting the market for wireless earbuds that Apple’s helped mainstream.
Apple Music for Android gaining bottom navigation bar and proper tablet support
The Android edition of Apple Music is getting proper tablet support while ditching the hamburger menu for navigation in favor of a bottom navigation bar, like on iPad.
The inexpensive Google Fi phone service finally expands to iPhone, with caveats
Google Fi (formerly known as Project Fi), the search giant’s inexpensive and super-simple cellphone service, on Wednesday expanded to a broader range of devices, including Apple’s iPhones, nearly four years after making its debut in 2015.
YouTube launches half-priced Music and Premium subscriptions for US students
Google today launched lower-cost subscription plans for US college students who’d like to watch their favorite YouTube clips without advertising or take advantage of YouTube’s music streaming service, called YouTube Music.
European privacy regulators could take action against Google over location tracking
Google is already being scrutinized in the US over allegedly tracking smartphone users regardless of their privacy settings. Now it could be facing a similar lawsuit in Europe.
Google Assistant now supports Siri Shortcuts
“Hey Siri. OK Google.” No, really. With Siri Shortcuts support in Google’s AI helper, you can now assign a custom phrase such as “OK Google” or “Hey Google” to open the Assistant app just by asking Siri.
Experience an uncompromising dark mode in Google Maps with Dark GMaps
Dark GMaps is a proper dark mode implementation for the Google Maps app on jailbroken iOS devices.
Software glitch adds an extra notch on some Google Pixel 3 XL handsets
For some early Google Pixel 3 XL device owners, there are actually two notches present thanks to a weird software glitch.
Apple iBeacon and similar technology hasn’t caught on despite early promises
Remember Apple’s iBeacon technology? It and similar products haven’t caught on despite lofty promises that were made over the past five years.