The day was filled with app updates for some of our favorite apps, with the biggest probably coming from Evernote. The popular note-taking app received its “most requested feature of all time,” Reminders. Users can finally add reminders to notes, set alarms, and pin notes to the top of note lists, so that their lives can either feel complete or on the verge of becoming complete at all times. The Evernote update also improved copy and paste, corrected photo orders, improved shortcuts, and improved Japanese support. 

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But like I said, Evernote wasn’t the only app to receive an update. Falcon Pro pushed out multi-account support (was previously in beta), improved the look with a flatter UI, introduced a black theme, added column swiping, and transition animations. It’s a solid update that beta testers have been enjoying for a few days.

Chrome Beta received an update as well, along with DashClock. Neither are significant, but wanted to make you aware.

The changelogs for each app are included below.

Evernote:

Reminder: 3 features in 1

• Alarms: Set due date and notifications for your notes
• Note based to-dos: Mark notes as done
• Pin notes: Order Reminder manually or by date

More Reminders features

• Create Reminders in any note view and note composer
• View Reminders by notebook
• Subscribe to Reminders in Shared and Business Notebooks

Other improvements

• Improved copy/paste in note view
• Corrected photo order in multi-shot camera
• Improved shortcuts functionality
• Improved Japanese support

Chrome Beta (fixes):

• 247034: Dangerous download infobar is shown for almost every download
• 244052: PDF file isn’t downloading with Flywheel enabled
• 178893: Multiple new tabs links displayed in tab history when tapping on NTP tabs

Falcon Pro:

•  NEW : Multi Account Support
• NEW : Flat design UI
• NEW : Black Theme
• NEW : Option to Swipe between columns (Android 3+)
• NEW : Transition animations (Android 3+)
• Bugfixes and improvements

DashClock:

• NEW! Translations for Greek, Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese
• Calendar extension now shows the current appointment if it started in the past 5 minutes
• Fixed a few issues related to all-day events
• Fixed a couple crashes

Play Links:  Evernote | Chrome Beta | Falcon Pro | DashClock

Evernote, Chrome Beta, Falcon Pro, and DashClock All Receive Updates is a post from: Droid Life

 

Today, Google’s Chrome Beta for Android received a most impressive update through the Play store. Included is the addition of Google Translate, allowing users to instantly translate full webpages to their native tongue, as well as options for controlling and limiting bandwidth consumption through the browser’s settings. 

Those two might be the features that have Kellen and myself excited the most, but they have also added an awesome “+” symbol in the top left to bring up new tabs (where has this been the whole time?!), fullscreen support for Android tablets, in addition to “mobile friendly” error pages.

What’s New:

• Google Translate: When you come across a page written in a language that isn’t in the same language as your phone or tablet, look for the translation bar
• Fullscreen on tablets: Simply scroll the page to dismiss the toolbar
• Support for fullscreen API
• New graph showing your estimated bandwidth savings when you use the experimental data compression feature
• Mobile friendly error pages

By enabling the bandwidth saving feature, each page you visit is optimized by Chrome, allowing for faster page loads (since less data is going back and forth) and you will probably see a huge difference in data consumption if you fancy yourself a hardcore web surfer.

You can go grab the update through Google Play and try it out for yourself.

Play Link

Via: Chrome Blog

Chrome Beta for Android Updated, Brings Google Translate and Bandwidth Management Settings is a post from: Droid Life

Chrome beta for Android received an update today that introduced two minor features that actually change the user experience in a semi-major way. For one, as you scroll down web pages, the toolbar will disappear so that you get a fullscreen view. All you need to do is swipe back up ever-so-slightly and it will then reappear, so that you can type in a new search query, change tabs, etc. Second, the omnibox (search box) now holds onto your search queries after you press “enter.” So when search results appear, you can quickly edit or add-on to search queries much easier. Previously, your search queries would show up in the Google Search box of the actual Google website – now they stay in the omnibox.

The rest of the new features and known issues are below. 

New features:

• Fullscreen on phones – Scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
• Simpler searching – Searching from the omnibox will keep your search query visible in the omnibox, making it easier to edit, and show more on your search result page.
• Client-side certificate support – You can now access sites that require you to use a certificate and Chrome will allow you to select an installed certificate
• Tab history on tablets – Long press the browser back button to view your tab history

Known Issues:

• Noticeable lag in text entry on some text fields
• chrome://history sometimes show duplicate items
• Opening tabs is sometimes slow
• Pages may flicker sometimes, especially during navigation

Play Link

Chrome Beta Update Introduces Fullscreen Browsing, Simpler Searches is a post from: Droid Life

In the newest build of Chrome Beta for Android that was released this afternoon, we finally get password and autofill syncing on mobile. Both are features that have been carried across desktops for some time, but continued to be highly requested for smartphones and tablets, as they eliminate tedious form filling and a need to use your memory. Today is a great day, especially for those of us that have grown tired of re-typing things on mobile that have become automatic on desktops.

We should point out that in order to test out syncing passwords, you’ll need to run the latest Chrome Beta for desktops as well. The feature will roll out in the coming days, so don’t get frustrated if you aren’t seeing it right away.

Play Link

Via:  Google Chrome Blog

New Chrome Beta for Android Brings Saved Passwords and Autofill to Mobile is a post from: Droid Life

If tinkering in Chrome is something that warms your pants, then be sure to install the latest version of Chrome Beta for Android, as it added support for “chrome://flags” and its experimental features. In this section, you’ll see a number of items listed, some of which work in Android, others that are desktop specific. Things like disabling deferred 2D canvas, adding an FPS counter, and WebGL are some of your choices.

To access this new section, simply type in “chrome://flags” in the address bar of Chrome Beta.

Play Link

Via:  Chrome Releases

Chrome Beta for Android Adds Support for Experimental Features is a post from: Droid Life

Chrome Beta on Android received its third update in under a week, today. As usual, it contains a list of fixes and another list of bugs. We aren’t seeing any new features, so be sure to update to at least get on a more stable build. 

Here are the fixes:

• 165783: Enable compositing scrollable frames on Android
• 168368: Chrome progress bar should be displayed as soon as the user clicks a link
• 165244 - Text handler jumps or disappears when moving
• 162486 - iframe scrolling broken

Here are the known issues:

• 170436 - When upgrading, Chrome icon is not getting updated
• 170653 - Scroll position is reset momentarily when double-tapping in footer/gutter on some pages
• Sometimes flickering and graphical glitches are observed while opening new tab
• Frequent freeze on devices with specific versions of Qualcomm GPU driver
• Text autosizing may break formatting on some sites
• Video continues playing after exiting fullscreen on android phones
• [HTC Droid DNA] Getting crash on tabswitcher mode
• 163439 - yahoo.com page links are not working
• 166233 - Cannot submit comments on facebook posts or pictures
• 158633: Tap disambiguation overaggressive

Via:  Chrome Releases

Chrome Beta Updated to Build 25.0.1364.37 – Here is the Changelog is a post from: Droid Life

After hitting the Google Play store last week with a laundry list of bugs, we were eagerly anticipating the first update to Chrome Beta on Android. That update is now live and certainly fixes a bunch of bugs. As with any beta, though, it introduces another list of issues.

Jump through to see the entire list of fixes and new issues. Hit up the direct play link to install the beta. 

This update contains a number of fixes, including:

• 164632 - Edit Bookmark is broken
• 167351 - Youtube video controls are lost after returning from fullscreen
• 167016 - Some Samsung Galaxy S2 freezes
• 168062 - Double tapping on non-zoomable sites scrolls the page to the top briefly before returning to original position
• 167379 - Sometimes tabswitcher is frozen
• 166998 - Tab content stretched out while returning to it through side swipe gesture
• 168632 - Crash – Stack Signature: TabAndroidImpl::FromWebContents
• 168388 - Sync signed in info text’s font size is too small
• 168430 - Bookmark star icon doesn’t turn grey/white immediately after bookmarking URL /deleting URL from bookmarks

Known Issues:

• Performance is sluggish, noticeably on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S
• Frequent freeze on devices with specific versions of Qualcomm GPU driver
• Text autosizing may break formatting on some sites
• Video continues playing after exiting fullscreen on android phones
• [HTC Droid DNA] Getting crash on tabswitcher mode
• 163439 - yahoo.com page links are not working
• 166233 - Cannot submit comments on facebook posts or pictures
• 165244 - Text handler jumps or disappears when moving
• 162486 - iframe scrolling broken
• 158633: Tap disambiguation overaggressive
• 169910 - Flickering while opening new tab

Play Link

Via:  Chrome Releases

Chrome Beta Receives First Update – Fixes and Introduces a Number of Bugs is a post from: Droid Life

Google Chrome came out of “beta” back in June, as it had become a stable enough product. But since Google is continuing to create new features for it, they still need a platform to be able to test, similarly to what they do with Chrome for desktops. So today, they introduced Chrome Beta, again, as a way to get new features in your hands and to fix issues much faster.

In the release notes, they mention that this build brings a “slew of updates and improvements” over the stable channel build that you are already running, however, they didn’t provide any specifics. They did go ahead and tell you what’s broken, though, more than likely to keep down the complaints. 

Here is the full list of known bugs:

• Performance is sluggish, noticeably on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S
• Frequent freeze on devices with specific versions of Qualcomm GPU driver
• Text autosizing may break formatting on some sites
• 164632 - Editing bookmark feature is broken
• 165244 - Text position handler jumps or disappears when moving
• 163439 - Clicking on links in yahoo.com not navigating on Nexus 7
• 166233 - Unable to submit comments on Facebook posts in desktop version of Facebook
• 165244 - Text handler jumps or disappears when moving
• 167351 - Youtube video controls are lost after returning from fullscreen video mode
• 162486 - iframe scrolling broken

To grab Chrome Beta, hit up the direct Play Link below. And keep in mind that a direct link is the only way you’ll find it, as they have removed it from search results in the Play Store.

Play Link

Via:  Google Chrome | Chrome Releases

Google Introduces New Chrome Beta Program to Help With Issues and to Test New Features is a post from: Droid Life