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Stronger, brighter and more consistent: Google’s Play app icons get a refresh

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Google has announced updates to all of their "Play" app icons, bringing a consistent design that brings the Play brand out more across the whole line up. The "Play" brand is the heart of Google's...

New OK Google feature now live in Australia

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Starting a few weeks ago we started to hear reports from the USA that you could now ask Google to add an item to your shopping list, all you have to do is initate...

Google is testing yet another messaging platform

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It's safe to assume that at any point in time Google has dozens if not hundreds of projects and products in various stages of developing, testing or even shuttering, all before we ever hear...

Google’s ‘Materialised’ Contacts now available for Apps users

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In March 2015, Google took the covers off their updated Material Design Contacts app for the web. Unfortunately, for those on Google Apps accounts this updated version wasn't available. No so anymore, as of...

Google extends their Pinterest like photo starring feature to the desktop

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In December Google announced a Pinterest-like feature that allows users to "star" an image and then curate those saved images into collections of tags from Android and iOS devices. Today they have announced that...

Google Maps adds “Search This Area” button; makes streets clearer in navigation

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A couple of enhancements have popped up in Google Maps in the last week giving users a better experience searching specific areas of the map, and making it easier to see streets in turn-by-turn...

Google Weather gives you a quick shortcut to access your local weather

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Google is rolling out a new feature that allows some users to access one of the most commonly searched mobile terms; your local weather. When you search for your local weather using Google Now,...

Google is about to launch YouTube Connect, a live-streaming video service to rival Periscope

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It looks as if Google has been building its own answer to popular Twitter application Periscope, under the YouTube brand, known simply as YouTube Connect. It's an unsurprising development, given the popularity of Periscope,...

Android Pay coming …. to the UK

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Google has announced today that they will be expanding Android Pay into the United Kingdom in "the next few months". Google also announced back in December that Australia would be getting Android Pay in...

Asus’ original ZenWatch gets Android Wear 6.0.1 update

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It would seems that the day has come for the original Asus ZenWatch to receive the latest Android Wear version of 6.0.1. The update, which I received over the weekend on my Zen Watch, has...

Google introduce customisable map stickers for Home and Work

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It's not Wednesday anywhere in the world but that hasn't stopped Google's Maps team launching a new whimsical feature for Google Maps on Android, customisable stickers for you home and work locations on maps. Simply...

Google expands Hangout video calls up to 25 participants (but still doesn’t confirm you...

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In what amounts to an incremental update, Google has expanded the maximum number of concurrent connections for a Google Hangouts video call from 15 to 25 people. The update is automatic so if...

You can get OTA updates after manually flashing Android N

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After a surprise drop of the Android N developer preview only a couple of days ago there has been a flurry of activity. Many users hurried to grab the factory images and flash...

Google Photos updates with easier, faster navigation

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Google is releasing an update to Google Photos today which features improved design and performance enhancements. We love Google Photos, it's perhaps one of the most seamless photo management and backup solutions, and in...

The countdown to Google I/O 2016 begins, site goes live ahead of 18-20 May...

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Google's annual developer conference, Google IO, is coming around again, and it's just over two months away (77 days, to be precise). Google have updated their events website and Google IO 2016 is now...

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