The very latest YouTube UI test or experiment is rolling out visual indicators for the most viewed portion of a video above the playback progress bar on mobile and desktop. Added to the regular YouTube Experiments page that indicates limited-time tests that are being trialed with the video streaming service, this new feature now appears…
When browsing the YouTube Music homepage on mobile and desktop, you may soon see a “From the community” section that surfaces user-generated playlists rather than the personally or automatically generated collections. The option appears to be rolling out now and has previously been spotted in the “Explore” tab, but this greater prominence for community-curated playlists…
Google applications on iOS have long been criticized for not feeling native to the platform. Earlier this year, the company’s designers reviewed their approach for developing iOS apps and opted for a change. Google apps on iOS have long looked and functioned near identically to their Android counterparts. That in itself is fine and the…
Google’s Material You rollout continues with the Play Store over the last 24 hours but this redesign is not too visually encompassing yet, while availability is currently quite limited. The Play Store’s initial Material You redesign is limited to the four main homescreen feeds. It starts with a pill-shaped search bar that allows your profile…
Yesterday’s Pixel 6 Pro assembly and disassembly videos have already been removed “due to a copyright claim by Google LLC.” However, the same YouTube channel this morning posted a “Pixel 6 assembly video.” The assembly process for Google’s smaller phone is not too different, starting with the bottom microphone assembly and then the top speaker…
UV Index data was added to the Wear OS Weather app back in April. Sometime in the past few months — if not weeks, Google Assistant also started showing UV Index on all its platforms. Asking “What’s the UV index” or other similar permutations, like appending a city and particular day, shows you a slick-looking…
Google’s Android TV platform got a notable boost earlier this year when Walmart announced two Onn-branded Android TV devices that had the lowest price we’ve ever seen in that ecosystem. Now, Walmart is further slashing prices, now starting these devices at just $15. In what appear to be permanent prices cuts both in-store and online,…
A leaked marketing site has given us more details on the Pixel 6’s performance and camera this weekend, but the biggest detail comes in the form of software. Google seems to be officially committing to supporting the Pixel 6 with 5 years of updates. A pair of marketing sites posted by Carphone Warehouse (via @evleaks) confirm that the…
We’re just 10 days away from the debut of the Pixel 6 and thanks to Google’s own official details as well as a plethora of leaks, we know a lot about these phones. Today, a marketing site is confirming several more details about the Pixel 6 including its charging speed, and more. A marketing site…