Seemingly to outdo itself from two years ago, Google today announced the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in an early teaser well ahead of the formal launch later this year. While Google is keeping some specifics close to its chest, we’re getting a pretty good idea of what the Pixel 6 specs will bring…
In this week’s top stories: Google sends out another wave of “Pixel Superfans” invites, Assistant readies a way to skip saying “Hey Google,” Messages rolls out a new attachments picker, and more. Google has sent out another wave of invitations to the exclusive club of “Pixel Superfans” this week. Members get access to special events…
Google wants to build tools for the future of (hybrid) work with Workspace. To that end, Google Workspace is acquiring the team behind Playspace. Playspace calls itself a “dedicated, flexible spaces for meetings, brainstorms, team hangs, and everything in between.” The team behind it was responsible for the popular Mailbox email client on iOS and…
Google is working with Antmicro on a “Human Presence Sensor” for upcoming Chromebooks, which could be used for face unlock or other long-awaited Chrome OS features. Earlier this year, in a blog post celebrating 10 years of Chromebooks, Google included a small teaser of what’s next for Chrome OS. In it, there’s a promise of…
While people like desktop Tab Groups, the reception is much chillier in Chrome for Android. Google is fortunately listening to feedback and is “experimenting with changes to this feature’s behavior.” For a few months after the feature’s launch in February, users could disable Tab Groups via a Chrome flag. That option was eventually removed, signaling…
The past week on Google Stadia saw the surprise debut of ARK: Survival Evolved, but elsewhere, there’s good news for college football fans in EA Madden, as well as updates going around for other titles. Stadia Changelog is a weekly series on 9to5Google where we round up some of the Stadia news that we wouldn’t otherwise be…
Outside of Stadia this week, there were some notable announcements in cloud gaming. That includes a big wave of Final Fantasy titles launching on PlayStation Now and more new games on Xbox Game Pass. Bandwidth is 9to5Google’s weekly look at the cloud gaming market beyond Google’s own Stadia platform. Every Friday, we take a look…
It’s now time to head into Labor Day weekend with all of the best Android game and app deals in tow. You’ll find a host of new price drops in our Android, Google, and Chromebook hubs including Google Pixel 4 and the Razer Kishi Android Controller, but for now it’s on to the apps. Today’s…
Earlier this year, the “Weather Frog” became available on Assistant Smart Displays as a delightful new Photo Frame background. Google testing has now inadvertently revealed that “Character” Nest Hub clocks are in development. Saying, “Hey Google, change photo frame” (or manually navigating via settings) on your Smart Display this morning reveals a new “Characters” menu…