“Google announced on Friday that it’s adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within and outside their domain.”
Google Voice now automatically switches between Wi-Fi and cellular
“Google Voice rarely sees big updates that aren’t primarily enterprise-facing these days, but it is now getting “intelligent network switching” to improve call quality. This feature should already be available for all Google Voice users, which presumably includes free accounts in the US.”
Why You Should Blur Your Home on Google Maps Right Now
“Google is ingrained in all of our lives, whether we like it or not, and it’s nowhere more apparent than with Google Maps.”
Google introduces “Continuous Scrolling” on desktop for Search
“Google is introducing a “Continuous Scrolling” feature on the desktop so users don’t have to navigate across pages to find the relevant search results for English-language queries in the U.S., expanding a feature the company has offered on mobile for some time.”
Google Messages has started letting some users react with any emoji
“Google has started letting some users of its Messages app react to text messages with any emoji, instead of limiting them to the standard set of seven that have been available in the app for a while now (via 9to5Google).”
Google Messages tests letting you react with any emoji
“After testing new delivered/read indicators and a photo picker redesign, Google Messages is beginning to roll out full emoji reactions for some users.”
Google Maps’ new Live View feature finally gives you a real reason to use AR
“Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read more. A couple of months ago, Google introduced new features that would be coming to Maps.”
YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ buttons barely work, study finds
“Even when users tell YouTube they aren’t interested in certain types of videos, similar recommendations keep coming, a new study by Mozilla found.”
Brave is bypassing Google AMP pages because they’re ‘harmful to users’
“Brave announced a new feature for its browser on Tuesday: De-AMP, which automatically jumps past any page rendered with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and instead takes users straight to the original website.”
A hands-on with the ‘new Gmail view’ web redesign: Sidebar woes [Gallery]
“At the start of last week, Google began rolling out the “new view” redesign of Gmail on the web. It has now hit our accounts, and here’s a look at how it works, as well as other details we’ve found while using it this afternoon.”