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One UI 6.1.1 fixes Material You theming issues in Google apps

While Samsung’s Android 14-based One UI 6.0 brought many new features, it also introduced an issue where the software couldn’t apply the Material You theming to Google apps. For example, in Color Palette, if you chose a color, or if One UI 6.0 selected one automatically that matches the wallpaper, it applied that to all […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

Google Drive gets new filters on Android phones for better usability

Google Drive is among the best cloud storage solutions for a reason. It is extremely reliable, and Google keeps adding new features to the app on all the popular platforms. In a recent move, Google added new filters to the Google Drive app on Android. However, this feature was released a month after it was […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Google Drive gets video playback and search upgrades

Google has announced two new upgrades for Google Drive: faster loading and buffering times for videos and new options for searching files. Let's take a look. Google Drive will now load videos faster Google is “enabling the generation and playback of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) video transcodes for all new videos uploaded to […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
9 months ago

Google Docs makes it a bit faster to share documents with a new dropdown

To facilitate sharing, Google Docs is gaining a new feature that will make real-time collaboration in Google Docs more convenient and speedier. Google Docs is integrating a new dropdown menu in the Share button that takes over the entire screen. Clicking on the Google Docs Share button will display a dropdown with quick actions, i.e., […]

By Sagar Naresh
11 months ago

Google will start deleting inactive accounts later this week

Google announced back in May that it would start hacking away at inactive accounts by the end of this year, and it's finally time. By the end of this week/from December, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years. Google will not be deleting all eligible accounts at once but will […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
1 year ago

Google Drive for Desktop files mysteriously vanished for some users

If you're one of the many people who rely on Google Drive for cloud storage, you may want to check and see if any of your uploaded files are missing. Many reports have emerged online about a mysterious issue that's caused files saved in Google Drive to vanish for some users. Google had initially not […]

By Adnan Farooqui
1 year ago

Google Drive gets a better document scanner for Android phones

The Google Drive app is getting a much better document scanner for Android devices (via 9To5Google). But that's not the only new thing that is coming to the app. Earlier this week, we also reported that it is also getting a slightly tweaked home page design, easier navigation, more information about files, and a new […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Google Drive’s Android app now works even better on foldables, tablets

With the launch of Android 12L, Google promised to improve its apps for foldable smartphones and tablets. The company is following up with its promise and has already revamped most of its popular apps to suit the big-screen devices. Now, Google has released another update to the Google Drive app that makes it better on […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Google Drive gets two-page layout for PDFs on tablets, foldables

Since the launch of Android 12L two years ago, Google has been bringing several improvements to its first-party apps to take full advantage of bigger screens on foldable phones and tablets. Now, the company's app is getting even more changes and features to improve users' productivity. Google Drive is getting a two-page layout for its PDF […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

Google Drive download issues will be fixed once third-party cookies are gone

Back in May, Google announced it was preparing to phase out third-party cookies from its Chrome browser. Now, Google has announced a similar change for Drive. Starting January 2, 2024, Google Drive will no longer require third-party cookies to serve downloads. This change is in line with the third-party cookie policy change for Chrome. Google […]

By Mihai Matei
1 year ago

Google Drive now makes better use of your Galaxy Tab’s big screen

Google's first-party apps are steadily gaining redesigned interfaces and UI changes that better adapt to the device's screen size. However, Google Drive didn't have an optimized design for Android tablets. Thankfully, that is changing as Google is rolling out a new update for the Google Drive app that brings a redesigned UI. This new UI design […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Android’s Nearby Share feature gets self sharing feature and more with a major update

Google debuted the Nearby Share feature two years ago. It is Google's take on Apple's popular file-sharing feature called AirDrop. While the feature was barebones in the past, according to a new official post, Google has added a slew of features to Nearby Share as a part of a major upgrade. Nearby Share is getting […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

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