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Entertainment Space on Android Tablets As the name tells, Entertainment Space is essentially a one-stop solution for all your favorite movies, TV shows, games, and books. Google aims to remove the friction of switching between apps to watch the next episode of Office to jumping into a Call of Duty Mobile match with your friends. “Once you sign in to your subscription apps, Entertainment Space will show you your content in one place and tailored for you,” says James Bender, Product Manager, Google Play in the official blog post....

For the uninitiated, personal playlists refer to the playlists that users create as per their music preference. While it is a basic feature that you would assume to work by default on any music streaming service, YouTube Music didn’t support it through Assistant so far. Although delayed, it is good to see the feature making its way to YouTube Music now. To test if this feature is available for you, you can try saying “Hey Google, play playlist”....

WearOS 3.0 First Look Revealed Google recently shared a new Wear OS 3.0 emulator image for developers and Reddit user u/amoledwatchfaces has shared screenshots to show off what the new UI will look like. While the screenshots don’t hint at a major design change (it looks similar to the current Wear OS version), there are a few changes that feel refreshing. It is shown that the Settings menu now has more toggles next to the various options with a gradient design....

Google Hangouts Is Dying! Google has revealed that Hangouts users will now start seeing an in-app notification asking them to move to Google Chat either in Gmail or the standalone Chat app. Those using Hangouts’ Chrome extension will also get a notification to switch to the Chat web app or Chat on the web. In July, people using Hangouts in Gmail will automatically be updated to Chat. Hangouts on the web will continue to work until this fall....

As you can see in the image below, Google Maps is indeed rolling out the dark theme along with support for the map interface. The UI elements have gained a mix of different shades of gray. From the image, it is evident that the implementation is quite neat and pleasing to the eyes while preserving much-needed details. Image: u/BrokenFuckenArm / Reddit According to user reports on Reddit, Google Maps is gaining dark mode along with a dedicated option to change the UI to light, dark, or respect Android’s system-wide theme....

As spotted by XDA’s Mishaal Rahman, Android 11’s source code released on AOSP hints at a new audio stream for virtual assistants such as Google Assistant and Bixby. Once enabled, you will be able to tweak the volume level of the virtual assistant of your choice. This happens irrespective of other media volume settings. — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) September 8, 2020 “New stream type: AUDIO_STREAM_ASSISTANT. This is intended to be used by a virtual assistant like Google Assistant, Bixby, etc....

You Can Now Use Google Pay in Hinglish Hinglish on Google Pay comes in addition to the existing Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. With the option enabled, some options on the app will be shown in Hinglish. So, “New Payment” will become “Naya Payment,” “Show transaction history” will become “Transaction History Dekhein,” and so on. This language option can easily be opted for and doesn’t require a lot of steps....

Google Pixel Foldable Release Timeline Last night, WinFuture’s Roland Quandt tweeted about the Pixel foldable missing in action during the Pixel 7 series launch. To this, DSCC (Display Supply Chain Consultants) analyst Ross Young responded with a Pixel foldable release timeline. Young said that foldable panel shipments to Google will start in January 2023, and the foldable should arrive sometime in Q1 2023. Q1— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) October 6, 2022...

According to Android Police, the change is live in Hangouts version 36.0.340725045. Once you update to this version, you will find a banner at the top that reads, “Video calls in Hangouts now use Google Meet. This gives you live captions, screen sharing, and more.” While the update completely removes the old video calling experience for groups, it still works on personal one-on-one chats. If you open the calling interface on personal chats, you will see three options – Share a Meet video call link [New], Call [person] with video, and Call [person] with audio-only....

The feat was achieved by a YouTuber and GTA V speedrunner who goes by the name UnNameD. The player used a GTA 5 mod called One-Hit Knockout that sets the health points (HP) of the player to 1. And if you thought that it was difficult for UnNameD to end the game with that HP, I don’t know how you’d feel when I say that he completed the title in only 9 hours, which is simply nuts....

Disable Flash Messages in iPhone (2022) While the steps differ a bit between operators when disabling flash messages on Android, the steps you have to follow on iPhones are considerably easier. Follow along as we discuss the step-by-step guide to disable flash messages on iPhone. Steps to Turn off Flash SMS (Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Jio, etc) On your iPhone, go to Settings -> Mobile Data -> SIM Applications. Here, you will see options such as ‘Airtel Now!...

For the uninitiated, the Amazfit Neo features a retro design with a a 1.2-inch square shaped monochrome LCD display, which is likely to be appealing to people who like old school watches. Despite the aged look, the Amazfit Neo doesn’t fall short in terms of features. The smartwatch is Bluetooth 5.0 LE-enabled and offers activity tracking, heart rate monitoring, and sleep monitoring. It also offers three sports modes and Huami’s PAI health analysis system, along with water resistance up to 50 meters....

Instagram to Soon Get Candid Challenges! Known reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi has spotted the new Candid Challenges feature, which is candidly inspired by the BeReal app. This feature will send notifications to people for them to post on the platform and this will be a limited-period thingy. #Instagram is working on IG Candid Challenges, a feature inspired by @BeReal_App 👀ℹ️ Add other’s IG Candid to your story tray. And everyday at a different time, get a notification to capture and share a Photo in 2 Minutes....

Create 60-second Reels on Instagram Instagram announced that creators can now record 60-second Reels through its Twitter handle using the Galaxy brain meme that dates back to 2017. You can check the announcement tweet below, but honestly, there’s not a lot to see there. — Instagram (@instagram) July 27, 2021 To create Reels longer than 30 seconds, you have to set the length of the video before you start recording it....

Instagram Wants You to Spend More Time on It It is revealed that the daily limit now starts at 30 minutes and can go up to 3 hours on Instagram. The ‘Daily Limit’ section’s UI has also seen some changes as the maximum option now shows at the top, maybe as an attempt for users to choose the highest limit option. The feature has started rolling out now and I was able to access it on my iPhone....

Windows 11 Release Date Set for October According to a report by Windows Latest, the recent release notes of DCH GPU driver 30.0.100.9684 reveals that Microsoft could start rolling out Windows 11 to everyone in October, which is only about three months away. In the release notes, Microsoft refers to Windows 11 as the “October 2021 Update – version 21H2”. Now, for the unaware, Microsoft labels Windows build in a YYMM format in which the YY depicts the year in two-digit format and the MM represents the month of the expected release....

The Cupertino giant started rolling out the developer beta of iOS 14.5 today and with this update, users will be able to unlock their iPhones using FaceID while their faces are covered with masks. However, there is one catch. The user must also own and wear an Apple Watch for this feature to work. In the past Apple rolled out an iOS update that brought up the passcode screen faster when unlocking a device if it detects a mask....

First, Apple has improved the App Library. Where earlier you may have seen some app categories being decidedly weird in their naming, the company is fixing that today. There are new categories now, such as “Travel”, “Shopping & Food”, and “Productivity & Finance”. Compared to earlier category names, such as “Lifestyle”, these are definitely better. I would still rather have a separate “Finance” category by the way. It just makes more sense to have all your banking apps in a category separate from things like Gmail....

iQOO Z6 5G: Specs and Features The iQOO Z6 goes for some cosmetic changes and features a 2.5D flat frame design. It has ended up with a much wider rear camera island, as compared to the iQOO Z5 and the iQOO Z3. The camera hump holds two big camera housings a small one, along with an LED flash and a 5G branding. The rest of the back panel is simple and just carries the iQOO branding at the bottom....

According to a report from Hollywood Reporter, the actor, who played the role of the “Joker” pretty disappointingly in “Suicide Squad”, especially after the portrayal of the character by the legendary Heath Ledger, has been spotted in the re-shoots of Zack Snyder’s final Justice League movie which is set to hit HBO Max in the upcoming year. As per the reports, it is not quite clear what will be the role of the “Joker” in Snyder’s version of the DC film....