Google Photos now lets you easily find your recently uploaded pictures on Android

Google Photos is one of the best apps to preserve and relive your memories, and it keeps getting better with each update. Google recently rolled out a redesign to the Photos app on Android and iOS, adding a simplified bottom bar, a map view, and a new rounded logo. With the update, Google Photos also received a Search tab at the bottom to look up images based on the location, scene, or faces of recognized people in them instead of scrolling through the feed. Another clever feature was added to the Search page and it lets you look up images that have been recently uploaded to Google Photos’ online storage or shared with a contact.

The Recently Added filter is available on the Search tab under the Your Activity heading right below the Things sections. When you tap on it, the recently uploaded images show up and are sorted by date of upload and not the date of capturing.

The feature can be really useful in cases when the EXIF data is corrupt or unavailable, the image is old, or taken with a camera and uploaded to Photos externally. It should also be useful if you prefer keeping the automatic backup off and selectively upload only the images you need or want to save for the future.

Images by Dr. Rita El Khoury/ Android Police

Interestingly, the Recently Added filter has been available on the Google Photos website for about two years now. As for the mobile apps, David Lieb, product lead at Google Photos assured that the feature would be “coming soon” last year – and it is finally here; don’t mind the year-long delay!

Coming soon if not available for you already!

— David Lieb (@dflieb) July 3, 2019

Do note that to be able to use the feature, you must have the redesigned Google Photos app. It is gradually rolling out to users but not available for everyone. Although it is a server-side switch, you must be running at least version 5 of the Photos app. My personal and work accounts are still running the older UI – and if yours haven’t updated either, that makes the two of us waiting for a bunch of new features.

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Via: Android Police

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Chrome OS now supports Google’s Nearby Share file sharing feature

Google has been working on its answer to Apple’s AirDrop for a while now, but it finally became available last month. “Nearby Share” is a feature that works through Google Play Services to bring native proximity sharing to nearly all Android devices. There was evidence to suggest it would support Chrome OS too, and now it’s working.

Nearby Share was spotted on Chromebooks back in June and it will most likely work with other desktop platforms through the Chrome browser. It’s now possible to get the feature working on Chrome OS by enabling a couple of flags. You’ll first need to enable the “Nearby Share” flag and then the “Share Sheet” flag as well. Once both have been flipped on, you’ll see “Nearby Share” appear in the “Connected devices” section of the Settings.

Now all you have to do is find something to share in the File Manager and select the share icon. “Nearby Share” will appear in the list of services that are available to share with. From there, it’s just a matter of choosing a device in your proximity with Nearby Share enabled and sending the file to it. The other device will then be asked to accept the file.

The feature is still a little rough around the edges for Chrome OS, but this shows it will eventually work. Nearby Share is an exciting feature and the addition of Chromebooks and other platforms through the browser will make it that much more useful. No more sending files through messaging apps or creating shareable links from cloud storage.

To get Nearby Share on your Android device, you can sign up to be a beta tester for Google Play Services. You can do that by simply visiting the Play Store listing and opting into the beta. After that, you’ll need to wait for a bit until an update appears. Once you have the beta installed, you should see “Nearby Share” in the share sheet when sharing from apps.

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Source: Chrome Story

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Meet the Power Bagel, a Unique Power Strip That Fits in Your Pocket

Finding power sockets is a constant preoccupation when traveling. When your phone is charging, your laptop needs juice or your camera is dying. With the MOGICS Power Bagel, one wall socket is enough to keep multiple devices charged. This unique bagel-shaped power strip has five AC sockets and two USB ports, yet it’s small enough to fit in your pocket. You can grab it now for only $36.95 at the XDA Developers Depot.

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Traditional power strips are long, bulky beasts that take up a significant amount of space in your luggage. In contrast, the Power Bagel measures only three inches across and just over an inch thick.

When you reach your destination, you simply pull out the three-foot cord concealed within the ring. A stepped auto-lock mechanism lets you adjust the length of the cord, and blue lights indicate when the power is flowing.

The AC sockets on the Power Bagel are universal, meaning they can handle US, EU, AU, and US plugs. In addition, the ring shape lets you use larger adapters (e.g. your laptop charger) without obstructing the other sockets. Meanwhile, the two USB sockets offer fast charging for mobile devices.

This accessory raised over $140k on Kickstarter, and now it’s available for anyone to purchase.

It’s normally priced at $49, but you can get the MOGICS Power Bagel now for just $36.95.

 

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Call of Duty: Mobile Season 8 update brings new Highrise map, Juggernaut multiplayer mode, and Katana operator skill

Call of Duty – the popular first-person shooter franchise by Activision – was made available on Android and iOS in 2019 featuring battle royale and fast-paced team deathmatch modes. Call of Duty: Mobile has received a couple of updates over the last several months following its release, adding a slew of new maps and modes to keep users engaged in the gameplay. Tencent’s TiMi Studios – the developer behind COD Mobile – has now released another major update to the game bringing a new Highrise map, Katana operator skill, and Juggernaut multiplayer mode along with Battle Pass Season 8 “The Forge,” that is filled with characters, events, and items with a post-apocalyptic theme.

Highrise Map

The first notable addition is the new Highrise map with several points of counterattack at a construction site on top of a skyscraper. Highrise a mid-sized map with a mix of office buildings, closed quarters, and open rooftops including a helipad. The multi-floor layout and intricate placement of objects make the Highrise map engaging. It is available for a variety of modes including Attack of the Undead, Kill Confirmed, Team Death Match, Search & Destroy, Domination, as well as the new Juggernaut mode.

Juggernaut mode

Taking about Juggernaut, this mode brings a 5 vs 1 gameplay in which five players combine forces to bring down one mighty Juggernaut. The player to annihilate the Juggernaut takes its place and becomes the Juggernaut itself while the remaining players try to take it down. The first player to reach the score limit wins the match. Here’s a preview of the mode:

Katana operator skill

The third major feature that Call of Duty: Mobile gets with the update is the Katana operator skill that lets you wield the traditional Japanese sword in samurai style. The skill can be activated even through smoke and a single melee attack is enough to strike the enemy down. For the duration that the Katana operator is active, players will go into a third-person view but without any impact on the general vulnerability towards gunshots or any other form of ballistics.

New weapon, Battle Pass benefits, and more

In addition to these changes, the update brings a new short-to-mid range assault rifle, the DR-H, with high damage but high recoil. The update also brings a bunch of new skins, both – common and rare – with the new Season 8 Battle Pass. As usual, there is a variety of items that can be won in the free as well as the paid versions of the Battle pass in Call of Duty: Mobile.

 

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Gboard prepares a Google Lens shortcut, dark/light themes that follow system, and Google Assistant dictation support

Google’s Gboard is among the most popular keyboard apps and is constantly updated with new features. Recently, Google added support for Android 11’s emojis on Gboard, just a week after activating Smart Compose predictions messaging apps. Now, Google is preparing to add a Google Lens shortcut, Google Assistant dictation, and support for automatic switching between light and dark themes on Gboard.

An APK teardown can often predict features that may arrive in a future update of an application, but it is possible that any of the features we mention here may not make it in a future release. This is because these features are currently unimplemented in the live build and may be pulled at any time by the developers in a future build.

We spotted references to the features coming to Gboard version 9.6.3 beta that came in earlier this week adding with Android 11’s emoji. The following new strings were found part of the latest beta version of the Gboard app, hinting at new dictation feature possibly to replace the current voice typing feature:

<string name="nga_clear_button_description">Clear Button</string>
<string name="nga_clear_text">Clear</string>
<string name="nga_close_button_description">Close Button</string>
<string name="nga_close_text">Close</string>
<string name="nga_onboarding_close_button_description">Close</string>
<string name="nga_onboarding_mic_button_description">Mic Button</string>
<string name="nga_search_button_description">Search Button</string>
<string name="nga_search_text">Search</string>
<string name="nga_send_button_description">Send Button</string>
<string name="nga_send_text">Send</string>
<string name="nga_start_dictating_default">Speak now to type hands free</string>

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In addition to the typing with Google Assistant, Google is also adding a new “Default Black” theme to complement the “Default White” theme. 9to5Google showcased this by reverse-engineering the newly added features in the latest build. The new black theme comes without the colored enter key and may receive a “System Auto” feature in the theme to switch between the Default Light and Dark themes automatically.

In addition, Google is adding Google Sans font to replace Roboto on the letter keys in Gboard.

9to5Google also highlighted the new shortcut for Google Lens and Google Assistant in the shortcuts row above the numbers row on Gboard. As per their report, the Google Lens shortcut only launches the app and there is no deeper integration for it. Meanwhile, the Assistant shortcut, which has been in works since Gboard 8.5 from last year, is still inactive. However, as the above set of strings spotted by us may suggest, the feature may finally start working soon.

To get these features before most of the users, you can sign up for the Gboard beta either by clicking here or by scrolling down on the Google Play Store listing and tapping on “Join” under the Beta section.

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[Update: Screenshots] Google Chrome’s media controls can soon be popped out into a floating overlay

Update 1 (07/10/2020 @ 04:32 AM ET): Google Chrome’s media controls have been pictured in their pop-out floating avatar. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on June 29, 2020, is preserved below.

Google has been working on revamped media controls for Chrome for a while now, and they recently went live in the Stable version earlier this year. The global media controls allow you to manage whatever media is playing right from the toolbar instead of navigating away from your current tab to the tab/window that’s playing the media. Soon, it looks like those media controls will get even handier.

Recently, a feature request for the global media controls was picked up and added to the Chromium code. The request simply states: “Add ability to drag a notification out of the dialog.” This would make it possible to detach the controls from the toolbar and put them anywhere on the screen. The request goes on to explain: “We want the user to be able to click and drag a notification out of the media dialog and into an always-on-top overlay.”

Credits: Chrome Story

The second part of the description is key as it will allow the controls to stay on top. This is important because otherwise, you would have to keep opening the global media controls every time you wanted to control media playback since the controls lose focus when you click away right now. The code for this feature has already been added to Chrome, and there will be a flag that will soon be able to enable this feature on the Canary channel. The flag can be found at chrome://flags/#global-media-controls. 

If you’re someone that keeps a lot of tabs open (which most of us probably are), Chrome’s media controls are a real time saver. Having the shortcut in the toolbar means you never have to worry about which tab is playing media. Putting the controls in a floating window saves you from that extra click. Is it a huge deal? Maybe not, but it’s a nice option. We look forward to seeing the feature rollout.

Source 1: Chromium Gerrit | Source 2: Bug Tracker | Via: Chrome Story

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Update: Screenshots of Google Chrome’s floating media controls

Through a flag, we’ve managed to enable Google Chrome’s floating media controls.

The flag can be found at chrome://flags/#global-media-controls.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ tablets leak online in new images

Despite the global decline in tablet sales, Samsung is still indulging in the flagship tablets market. We reviewed the Galaxy Tab S6 last year and hailed it the “the best tablet Android has to offer.” Samsung has been preparing to upgrade the tablet with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 that comes in two sizes this time; the 11-inch model is likely to be called the Galaxy Tab S7 and the bigger 12.4-inch model the Tab S7+. We’ve also seen digital renders of the Galaxy Tab S7 duo and learned about the 120Hz display that the tablets will sport in response to the iPad Pro. Now, a series of recent leaks reveal marketing and live images of the tablets while another gives us an insight into their specifications.

Starting with the images first, we have images from the certification of the Galaxy Tab S7+ (model number SM-T976N) by the Safety Korea certification body via Twitter user @_the_tech_guy. The image from the front of the tablet discloses bezels of the same size as the Galaxy Tab S6 and a camera placed along the longer edge of the device so that you can use the tablet for video calls while continuing to use the tablet in landscape mode.

The image from the back of the tablet shows dual cameras, a magnetic strip to hold the S Pen stylus, and an AKG branding, confirming that the speakers will be tuned by the sound engineering company that is now owned by Samsung.

Seasoned leaker Evan Blass (also known as @evleaks) also shared an image of the Galaxy Tab S7 that appears to be from the marketing collaterals for the tablet. The image, however, does not accompany any claim from the leaker about the specifications.

Meanwhile, SamMobile does report the specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ will include the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus mobile platform. The chipset will be complemented by 6GB or 8GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage along with a microSD card slot for expanding it further. The 5G variant of the Galaxy Tab S7+ will only support sub-6GHz 5G signals.

The 12.4-inch AMOLED display on the Galaxy Tab S7+ will bear a resolution of 2800 x 1752 pixels and also feature an in-display fingerprint scanner like the previous generation. Additionally, the S Pen will come with improved responsiveness and pointer functionality just like the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 series. Furthermore, there will be a huge 10,090mAh battery with support for fast charging at up to 45W.

The tablet will be equipped with the same 13MP+5MP camera setup on the back and 8MP on the front. It is expected to run Samsung’s One UI 2.5 on top of Android 10.

It is reasonable to expect that Samsung will launch the Galaxy Tab S7 and the S7+ at the Samsung Unpacked event in August where it reveals the Note 20 trio. However, Vietnamese tipster @Boby25846908 suggests that the Galaxy Tab S7+ and the Watch 3 will be launched at a separate event two weeks after the Unpacked gala. We’ll update you with more information once we learn about Samsung’s plans.

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Source: Patreon/Evan Blass(locked)

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