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Google Assistant finally gets the ability to read and reply to messages on Telegram, WhatsApp, and other third-party messaging services. Until now the functionality was restricted to SMS texts and Hangouts. In some cases Google Assistant let you send messages but was restricted from reading the new messages. If you say “read my message” to Google Assistant, then it will read all new messages across communication platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and others....

Both Microsoft Edge and Chrome were built using Chromium, and while Chrome has historically been the more popular browser option, Edge is quickly, well, edging up to the competition. It’s currently the second most popular browser option — falling just behind (you guessed it) Google Chrome — and new updates may make it a stiff competitor for the top spot. RELATED: How to choose your favorite web browser. Let’s take a look at the recent and upcoming changes to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and how these moves could change your browsing experience....

It has been over a month since Google unveiled brand new features for the Google Home and Google Assistant, all in the effort of making conversations with the digital personal assistant easier and more fluent. Today, Google announced that it is rolling out its Continued Conversations feature. This will make handling certain, specific tasks a lot easier because you won’t have to constantly invoke the “Hey, Google” or “Ok, Google” trigger phrase to make the digital assistant start listening for what you want to do....

Google is updating its smart speaker lineup to offer support for a new language, expanding its availability to more devices. Today, Google is announcing it is adding Spanish to the list of supported languages for the smart speaker lineup. That means if you have a Google Home, Home Mini, or Home Max, you can now change the language of choice to Spanish, with key phrases being supported. This rollout falls in line with Google launching the Google Home and Home Mini in Spain recently (with Spanish support available right out of the gate)....

Your phone is probably loaded with memes, screenshots and other junk hiding the photos you actually care about. Tap or click here for steps to find and delete pesky duplicate photos. Surely there are some you’d like to keep private, too. If you have an Android phone and use Google Photos, there’s a new way to keep some of your photos out of your photo gallery. The Google Photos Locked Folder is coming to more Android phones and we’ll show you how to set it up....

Google is already rumored to announce a bunch of new hardware at its October 4th event. Leaks point to the company unveiling the new Pixel smartphones, Chromecast Ultra, Google Home, Google Wi-Fi, and more. However, it looks like the biggest announcement from the company is going to be something completely else, something about which we have heard very little of so far. The rumored merger of Android and ChromeOS. While rumors surrounding ChromeOS and Android have been floating around for the last couple of years, it looks like Google is finally ready to go public with its plans this year....

Google Messages Got New Exciting Features This new update of Messages will help people in more personal and expressive ways. In an online post, they said, 1. Express Your Feelings Now, you can react instantly to the messages like photos, videos, or chat messages which you receive from your friends or family. Choose the animated expressions by doing a long press on the message. You will see emojis, like love, surprise, laughter, sadness, anger, and dislike....

Google keeps experimenting with search results in Google Search for Android in a bid to deliver a better user experience. As a part of its latest experiment, the company has made it possible to directly install apps on your Android device from the search results. Up until now, searching for an app through the Google Search bar in Android brought up a dedicated card for that app in search results, tapping on which redirected one to the Play Store....

Well, if we talk about the list of best desktop operating systems, without any doubt, it will be Windows dominates the list. Microsoft’s Windows 10 is the most used and best desktop operating system. The operating system is now powering the majority of desktop computers and laptops. Microsoft’s Windows provides users with far more features and options than all other desktop operating systems. However, like all desktop operating systems, Windows has a few bugs....

The perfect selfie mode works wonders: it takes three shots of your face—facing forward, facing to the side, facing downward— then magically morphs it into the perfect version of yourself. Afterwards, you can individually adjust elements like face shape eye brightness. From then on, whenever you snap a selfie, the “perfect selfie” mode will use those settings to ensure you look pristine in every photo—even if you’re taking it with a friend....

Snapchat twirled the whole world when it was released with so many image effects that were never seen before. This tremendous action by the developers was hugely accepted by the people, and the result was that the Snapchat user base reached millions. Now, after a long time since the release of Snapchat, numerous additions have been added to its functionality and features. This has become the never-ending trust by the developers, and the users are assured to be provided with the support of more upcoming lures....

If you are amongst those who like to pin tens of programs to the taskbar, then you might like the idea of a secondary taskbar. Although Windows 10 doesn’t have a secondary taskbar, you can use a third-party tool to add an extra taskbar on the operating system. There’s software available on the web known as ‘Switch’ that lets you add a secondary taskbar on Windows 10. Your second taskbar can be used to pink apps and folders, just like the primary taskbar....

A portable display can have an enormous impact on what you do while on the go. For example, if you’re working on a laptop, the second screen lets you multitask more efficiently. And a larger screen makes it easier to work, take online classes, or stream content. This 15.6-inch monitor from Desklab offers the best of both worlds. This 4K display features genuine LED backlighting for low blue light and vivid colors, while the anti-glare and low flicker rate can help with eye strain....

Mail Backup X’s Individual Edition works with all of the leading email platforms, including Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and more. You can save up to triple the amount of space you’re currently using by highly compressing your archives, but they can still be searched quickly, allowing you to view emails when you need to. You can have mirror backup for all of your messages using either a USB drive or a cloud platform like Google Drive, One Drive, or Dropbox....

However, in recent times this has been a major investment chapter of the tech giant Google in order to improve its system. But is Android as safe as other systems today? The Android security guard says yes. Among the various mobile operating systems, Android has always been considered one of the most insecure. Over the last few years, several security issues have arisen, affecting a large number of users. Having the notion of this problem, the tech giant Google has made a great investment in security in the latest versions of its operating system, in order to protect its users....

The Wall Street Journal reports that more than 500 employees at Waze will join Google’s Geo organization, which is responsible for Maps, Earth and Street View. The move is happening today. There are no redundancies as part of the move, but Waze CEO Neha Parikh will leave her role after a transition period, a Google spokeswoman told WSJ. Also: How to change the navigation voice in Waze Google is tightening its belt along with the rest of the tech sector in the face of uncertain macroeconomic conditions....

Google Home was unveiled in October of last year, and went on sale in the United States in November. For those in the United Kingdom that have wanted to get their house outfitted with Home, the wait has been long. But it looks like it’s coming to an end soon. BBC‘s Rory Cellan-Jones has tweeted out this morning that Google’s Vice President of hardware, Rick Osterloh has confirmed Home will launch sometime this Spring....

Yesterday Google started rolling out the over-the-air (OTA) update for Android 7.0 Nougat for some Nexus devices, and a couple of others. But, unlike Google, the company didn’t release the factory images for all of those devices at the same time. Instead, like the rest of the release of Android 7.0 Nougat, Google has taken a bit of an unorthodox approach from how it typically handles these types of updates....

Earlier this month, Google confirmed key Pixel 6 features. The company also revealed the device in its full glory. Quite a lot is changed on the design front, including a more prominent battery bump that runs along horizontally. However, we couldn’t spot the fingerprint sensor on Pixel 6. The latest leak reveals that Pixel 6 will most likely come equipped with an under-display or in-display fingerprint sensor. Hiroshi Lockheimer is a founding member of the Android team....

We regularly use Google services like Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive etc. But, what if I tell you that Google’s login page can allow hackers to automatically download files on your computer, once the victim presses the Sign in Button. Aidan Woods, a British security researcher had found a vulnerability on Google’s login page that simply allows hackers to download files on user’s computer as soon as the victim clicks on “Sign in” button The problem occurs because Google allows “continue=[link]” parameter in every Google’s login page URL....