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mardi 16 juin 2020

Google partners with Parallels to bring full Windows app support to enterprise Chromebooks

While Chromebooks serve the needs of most average users, they aren’t for absolutely everyone just yet. There are plenty of great web apps, progressive web apps, Android apps, and even Linux apps to choose from, but there are still some applications missing on Chrome OS that a consumer or enterprise user will miss. Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used OS for PCs, so it’s important that Chrome OS offers similar or even the same apps. Google is partnering with Parallels to make that happen.

If you’re not familiar with Parallels, it’s a company that specializes in developing virtualization software that allows people to run full Windows installs on Mac PCs with Intel processors. Parallels Desktop is a popular choice among Mac power users who need the added flexibility of using Windows apps, and now the company behind that technology is branching out to Chrome OS as well. Parallels and Google announced joint plans to bring full Microsoft Windows app support to Chromebooks this Fall.

Before you get too excited, it should be noted there’s a pretty big catch with this announcement. Parallels for Chrome OS will only be available to Enterprise users, meaning Chromebooks that are managed and distributed by large companies. That’s a bummer for consumers who were hoping to run Photoshop or Microsoft Office on their Chromebook. Regardless, this is a big deal for the Chrome OS platform, as this advancement will hopefully open the door for the technology to be made available to consumers in the future.

Neither company has shared many details about how this will work or what the implementation will look like. The partnership will bring legacy application (including Microsoft Office desktop apps) support to Chromebooks, and Parallels says the integration will be “seamless.” Google told AndroidPolice that the feature will be based on Parallels Desktop and integrated natively into Chrome OS with full offline support. This means that the Parallels integration won’t simply be a Windows virtual machine running off the cloud with the Chromebook acting as a remote desktop client. In contrast, the previous (scrapped) attempt to bring Windows support to Chrome OS involved having Windows run off of a separate partition like Boot Camp on macOS.

This is an exciting development for Chrome OS, despite being somewhat limited in scope. There’s always the possibility that Parallels will eventually be available to consumers as well. Google says more information will be shared in the coming months.

Source 1: Parallels | Source 2: Google

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Gmail for Android and iOS will soon get a dedicated Google Meet tab

It’s no mystery that Google has been pushing Meet more and more in recent months. Due to the rise in demand for video calling apps, Google has rebranded the service and made it available to non-G Suite users. The company is now bringing Google Meet to its own tab in the Gmail app for Android and iOS.

In a move that will surely annoy some people, the Gmail app will get a new tab at the bottom of the screen for “Meet.” The tab shows a list of upcoming meetings and it has shortcuts to quickly start a meeting or join a meeting with a code. In addition, tapping on a link to a Google Meet meeting in Gmail will bring up a new preview screen with some information about the call before joining. This is where you can choose to use video/audio or to share your screen.

Of course, not everyone uses Google Meet, and having a large tab for it at the bottom of Gmail could be pretty annoying. Thankfully, Google realizes this and will allow people to hide the tab. To do this you can go to the Gmail settings, tap on your account, scroll down the screen, and uncheck “Meet.”

Google Meet is a nice video conferencing option, but in true Google fashion, things are getting a bit muddy with its video calling strategy. Google Duo recently just added the ability to do group video calls on the web with up to 32 people. Meet was originally for G Suite users only, but now that it’s open to everyone we have to wonder how Duo and Meet fit together.

Gmail (Free, Google Play) →

Source: Google

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Some Android apps on F-Droid will eventually lose access to Google Play purchases

If you’re interested in running free and open-source Android applications, then you’ve probably heard of F-Droid. While its limited catalog of apps makes it far from an actual alternative to the Google Play Store, F-Droid is the only app source out there that contains nothing but open-source Android apps. Every single app published on F-Droid’s official repository has to be completely open-source, meaning they can’t include any closed-source components. With Google’s recent requirement for developers to shift to Play Billing Library v3, developers with open-source projects on F-Droid are facing a problem. Per Marcel Bokhorst, the developer of NetGuard and FairEmail, developers who publish apps on both Google Play and F-Droid will need to start building a separate version of their app without the Play Billing Library.

Google Play Billing Library version lifecycle. Source: Google.

So why is this happening? As it turns out, Google stopped uploading the source code for its Play Billing Library after version 2.0.3. There have been 4 versions since 2.0.3 that are, thus, closed-source. This has not been a problem until now since apps could use the older Play Billing Library v2 just fine, but since Google will soon require developers who publish apps on Google Play to move to v3 (still closed-source), that’s where we start to run into problems.

There is no free software method for Play Store purchases: Developers need to use Google’s libraries in order to allow users to make purchases through Google Play. Developers shouldn’t have too much of an issue building a version of their app with the Play Billing Library for Google Play and a version of their app without the Play Billing Library for F-Droid since Gradle allows product flavors with different source code sets, though. However, this change will be a bit inconvenient for users downloading apps from F-Droid as they won’t be able to use Google Play for purchases. If you don’t have the Google Play Store, then this may not be much of a problem for you since you likely don’t use Google Play billing anyway. If you use F-Droid as merely an alternative app provider, then the apps that will be affected by this change are probably also available on the Google Play Store.

F-Droid Website

FairEmail - open source, privacy oriented email (Free⁺, Google Play) →

FairEmail (Free, F-Droid) →

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Google’s new Block Store library will make it easier to sign into apps on new devices

One area where Android has lagged behind iOS is the ability to migrate to another device and land in the same state as you started off, at least in the context of your app data. The problem is more prominent when you migrate to a new phone from a different OEM, as specific OEM backup and restore solutions are often tailored towards that particular ecosystem. Google has been attempting to take a crack at this problem by leveraging the Google Play Services framework and Google Drive to provide a built-in backup manager service for Google’s Android. This built-in solution backs up contacts, call history, text messages, and certain application data and device settings to Google Drive automatically, but it still is an incomplete solution since it logs out signed-in accounts (and is opt-out). With Android 11, the device migration situation is set to improve, thanks to the new Block Store library.

Android 11 News on XDA

Google has been detailing some of the upcoming changes in Android 11 through short videos on the official Android Developers YouTube channel. In a recent video titled “Identity on Android: What’s new in sign-in”, Googler Vishnu Kalugotla has summarized two new APIs that are part of the Google Identity Services Library: One Tap and Block Store.

One Tap was announced a few months ago as a library that focuses on making it easier to sign in or sign up for a service in just one tap using your Google account.

The focus in this article is on Block Store, though. Block Store is a token-based sign-in mechanism that is built on top of Google’s existing Backup and Restore infrastructure. The current infrastructure lets developers choose to have select private app files backed up to a user’s Google Drive account. Block Store is designed to make it possible to restore login credentials for apps when restoring apps and data on a new phone during the setup process. Instead of storing the username and password in an encrypted form, Block Store involves saving an app-specific user authentication token in an encrypted form.

While the adoption of Block Store will not completely emulate the seamless backup and restore experience of iOS, it will hopefully reduce the friction of migrating devices frequently. Users would still need to open up every app to let the setup complete itself, but at the very least, you would no longer need to input your sign-in details again for every app service on your phone.

The challenge, though, comes in the adoption of this library, as its use is optional. Developers retain the choice of whether they want to store their users’ credentials or if they would prefer them signing in afresh. This means that there is a chance that apps will not adopt this system. So in the end, the migration process on Android may still continue to be a pain. But hopefully, making such a solution available to developers will perhaps lead to greater adoption, and make setting up a new device easier for users to some extent.

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[Update 5: Groups of 32 on Web] Group video calling in Google Duo goes live globally

Update 5 (6/16/20 @ 12:05 PM ET): Google Duo group calls on the web can now have up to 32 participants.

Update 4 (3/27/20 @ 3:30 PM ET): Google Duo now supports group video calls with up to 12 participants.

Update 3 (5/23/19 @ 3:50 PM ET): Google Duo group video calling with up to 8 people is now rolling out globally, plus some new features.

Update 2 (5/21/19 @ 9:00 AM ET): Group size limit increased to 8 people.

Update 1 (5/8/19 @ 1:20 PM ET): Group video calling in Google Duo is now rolling out in the US, Canada, and India.

Google was at the disadvantage of being late when it launched Allo and Duo to compete against the much older existing heavyweights. As a result, Google Allo, the online messaging service collapsed under the pressure of giants like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram, but Google Duo has sustained the pressure for delivering video calling as its primary feature – an experience similar to Apple’s Facetime. To make up to its competitors, Duo has been added with additional features like audio calling, 30-second-long video messages, support for web browsers and tablets. Meanwhile, another new functionality making its way to the app is Group video calling, which was spotted late last year and is now live in select regions.

Di bulan Ramadan nanti mau video call lancar rame – rame sama teman dan keluarga?

Good news!! #GoogleDUO sekarang bisa group call sampai dengan 4 orang loh. Yuk, cobain langsung Google DUO di Android kamu! pic.twitter.com/Yo7nQg6FdX

— Google Indonesia (@Google_IDN) April 24, 2019

Google Indonesia tweeted out the good news that Duo will now support group video calling in the preparation of the upcoming month of Ramadan but we’re yet to come across any report of the new feature being available in any other country. For now, Duo allows a maximum of four participants just like WhatsApp, which is decent for a start, if not as good as Facebook Messenger or Facetime.

From the teaser shared by Google, it looks like users can only add members before the call and not during it. There’s a dedicated button for ending calls and another for creating new groups, but we’re not sure if creating a new group will cut the existing call or just put it on hold – even though former is more likely.

We’ll be obliged to inform you once we spot the Duo’s group video calling in other regions of the world. Earlier previews of the features suggested the upcoming functionality will allow users to group to seven people and even save these groups. Meanwhile, we can also expect audio-based conference calling will also be supported but similar functionality via Google Home devices might take a little longer.

Update 1: Rolling out in US, Canada, and India

Google Duo group calling was originally only available in Indonesia. The rollout has been very slow, but we’re finally getting it in more countries. It’s now available in the US, Canada, and India. Simply swipe down to create a group, which can be up to 3 other people. The number of people that can be in a group call should be increasing soon.

Source: 9to5Google

Update 2: Limit increased to 8 people per group

Confirming the above-mentioned leak by Android Police, the limit for group calling is now being increased to eight from four previously. This means that users will now be able to add up to seven others in a group audio or video call. The update was shared by Justin Uberti, Google engineer and the lead for Google Duo.

We can confirm that the feature is now available to users in India. Meanwhile, we also expect Google to roll the feature in currently left out regions, soon.

Update 3: Rolling out globally + New Features

It only took a couple of days for Google to finish rolling out 8-member group calling to the rest of the world. They’ve also announced a few new features as well. Data Saving mode is available in Indonesia, India, and Brazil. It works with WiFi and mobile networks and it will also save data the person you’re calling. Video messages now have customization options that include text, emojis, and drawing. These features will be rolling out in the next few days.

Source: Google

Update 4: Group Size Increased to 12

We are grateful that Duo is helping users see their loved ones all around the world. We recognize group calling is particularly critical right now. We have increased group calling from 8 participants to 12 effective today. More to come. #AllInThisTogether #COVID19

— Sanaz (@sanazahari) March 27, 2020

After expanding group calling to 8 people last May, Google is now bumping the Duo video call limit to 12 people. Video calling is very important right now as a large portion of the population is working from home. This change is effective starting today, as announced by Sanaz Ahari, Sr. Director of Product & Design at Google.

Google Duo - High Quality Video Calls (Free, Google Play) →

Update 5: Groups of 32 on Web

1/Today one of our most requested features for Duo, group calling on the web with up to 32 people, is starting to roll out on the latest version of Chrome. pic.twitter.com/hjnL96iVcz

— Sanaz (@sanazahari) June 16, 2020

Google Duo group video calls were added to the web version back in May with an initial limit of 12 people. Today, group calls on the web can now have up to 32 participants. This is rolling out to the latest version for Chrome. In addition, you can install Duo as a progressive web app (PWA) by clicking “Install” in the top right of the address bar. This brings Duo up to speed with many other popular video calling apps.

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 specs leak reveals battery size, dimensions, and more

We’ve been tracking the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 for a little while now and the announcement should be coming later this summer. Samsung has been focusing on the Active series as of late, but this will be a follow-up to the original Galaxy Watch from 2018 (yes, they are skipping the “Galaxy Watch 2” name). A new leak reveals even more of the specifications.

There have already been a number of rumors about the features coming with the Galaxy Watch 3. It will allegedly retain the physical rotating bezel from the original, which was ditched in the Active series. We’ve heard there will be two different sizes: 41mm and 54mm, both with a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-only and LTE variant. Other leaks have revealed titanium and stainless steel models, Gorilla Glass DX displays, 5ATM water resistance, MIL-STD-810G durability rating, and GPS support.

Now let’s get to the new information. The 41mm Galaxy Watch 3 will allegedly have a 1.2-inch display while the 45mm model will have a 1.4-inch display. The physical size of the watches will be 45 x 46.2 x 11.1 mm and 41 x 42.5 x 11.3 mm, respectively. For those keeping track, that makes the Watch 3 smaller than the original, but with slightly larger displays. What won’t be larger is the battery capacities. The 41mm model will have a 247mAh battery, while the 45mm model has a 340mAh battery. Both models will have 1GB of RAM and launch with Tizen OS 5.5.

In terms of health sensors, the Galaxy Watch 3 should be about the same as the Watch Active 2. That means it will have a heart-rate monitor with 8 pulse-reading photodiodes, support for blood pressure monitoring, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor. We’re not sure if the ECG sensor will be live at launch, though Samsung did recently get approval for the feature in Korea. All in all, this sounds like a pretty nice watch for people looking for a more traditional watch aesthetic.

Source: SamMobile

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Motorola Edge+ users are seeing some severe display issues

Motorola made a big splash in April with the Motorola Edge series, marking its return to the flagship market. The company had primarily been focusing on mid-range and low-end devices (they continue to pump those out), which is what made the Edge a big deal. Flagships can bring new things to worry about, though, and now it appears Motorola has a pretty gnarly display issue on its hands.

Late last month, a Motorola Edge+ owner posted on Motorola’s support forums about a display issue. The user was seeing pretty serious purple spots around the edges of the display after using the phone for long periods of time. The spots would disappear after letting the phone rest for a while, but they’d come back again. Many other users have reported this issue as the thread is now over 8 pages long. You can see how serious the problem is in the images below.

A Motorola forum admin has been addressing the issue and said a software update would be coming to fix the issue. That software update started rolling out on Verizon last week, and it did indeed mention “improved display contrast and clarity” in the changelog. So did it fix the issue for Motorola Edge+ users? Kinda.

Several Motorola Edge+ users who were experiencing the display issue installed the update right away. For some, it seemed to resolve the problem and the display was back to normal. Not everyone has been so lucky, though. Some users are still seeing the purple spots and green tinting after watching videos or using the phone for long periods. Even replacement phones are having the same issues.

Motorola Edge+ XDA Forums

This morning, the Motorola forum admin posted another update, saying the display issues may be “too advanced to be resolved” with a software update in some cases. They do believe the update can fix the problem for many Motorola Edge+ users, but not everyone. Users who still have the problem after the update are urged to exchange the phone with Verizon.

As you can clearly see in the images, this is a very serious issue. It’s unfortunate that a $1,000+ phone has such severe problems that may not even be fixable in some cases. We’ll keep an eye on this situation to see if Motorola has a better solution.

Source: Support Forums | Via: Droid-Life

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