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Old Google Pay App Now Just a Payment Machine

Kellen July 21, 2021 10

About a month ago, Google said that it was close to stripping the old Google Pay of any useful feature, leaving you little reason to keep it on your phone. We noted at the time that the only real feature remaining was the NFC payment portion, where you could...

Google Maps Helps You Avoid Transit Crowds, Leave Better Reviews, Reminisce on the Good Old Days

Kellen July 21, 2021 9

We still very much live in a world where a global pandemic is alive and well. Depending on where you reside and whether or not the community you live in cares about one another, your day may be quite different from those in the state, county, or country over....

Tip: Turn Off RCS “Chat” When You Switch Phones or Else…

Kellen July 20, 2021 32

Now that Verizon has committed to RCS with Google, the three major US carriers are all onboard. RCS is here (unlike 5G) and will be a big part of your messaging experience going forward, assuming you have an Android phone. And while RCS is great and a big...

Verizon Joins AT&T, T-Mobile in Switching to Google Messages and RCS

Kellen July 20, 2021 48

Google has done it. It might have taken more years than any of us predicted, but here we are. Google won the RCS battle in the US. All three big US carriers have now announced that they will pre-load Google Messages on their Android phones and use Google's RCS...

The Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) are Gone

Kellen July 19, 2021 34

A couple of weeks ago, just as the Pixel Buds A-Series launched, Google told us that the Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) were soldout in the US and Canada, and that only a few countries or third-party retailers might still have stock. They also told us that the US and...

‘Heads Up’ is Rolling Out to More Android Phones

Tim July 19, 2021 5

Heads Up, a part of Digital Wellbeing, is reported to be rolling out to more Android phones thanks to an app update. For Pixel folks, they have had this feature for a bit, but if you're tired of nearly walking into something because your face is buried deep in...

Google Play Just Got Way Better for Wear OS Users

Tim July 19, 2021 3

With the new Wear OS platform inbound, we're starting to see Google give its wearable OS a bit of love. After all of these years, it's about freakin' time. This week, Google is introducing improvements for Google Play, aimed at making the entire app...

Google Hangouts Takes Another Step Towards the End

Kellen July 19, 2021 15

Google Hangouts continues to creep towards its quiet death, reaching a new phase today that takes us one step closer to the end. Google is telling its Workspace (GSuite) customers that we are entering phase 4 and that means it's time to make a decision or...