Google Meet is rolling out a long-awaited feature that enables users to enhance their appearance during video calls. This new feature, known as "portrait touch-up," was announced in a recent Google Workspace update and is currently available to early adopters on mobile devices. The extended rollout to all remaining accounts is set to commence on October 28th. Additionally, Google has plans to bring this feature to Google Meet on the web by the end of 2023.
Google Ships Android 14 With Grab Bag of Customization Options
04.10.2023 - 15:51 / pcmag.com
The latest version of Android brings both new lock-screen widgets and a new set of locks for some of your data. And like previous updates, most users of Google’s mobile operating system will have to wait to see what these features look like on their own devices.
Android 14, released Wednesday, looks to follow the pattern of last year’s Android 13 in bringing a grab-bag of updated bits. The headline description on Google’s post by engineering VP Dave Burke: “More customization, control and accessibility features.”
The most visible customization options—a major part of Google’s pitch for Android 14 at its I/O developer conference this May—govern how lock screens look and work. For example, you’ll be able to redo yours by picking one of Google’s new templates, then tweaking its layout to add custom shortcuts to whatever apps you might want to jump into after unlocking the phone.
Burke’s post also notes that the new templates can use AI routines to respond to changing conditions: “For example, if the weather is suddenly taking a turn for the worse, your lock screen weather widget will become more prominent.”
Health and medical apps, meanwhile, will be able to stash your data in a new Health Connect enclave that Google says keeps it “securely encrypted on your phone, which ensures Google or anyone else can't see or use it for any other purpose.”
Two other privacy features will give you additional oversight of how much of your info gets exposed to individual apps. The location-tracking controls that Google has tightened notably in recent years will now include notifications if an app’s developer has reported to Google that it can share location data with third parties. And a separate post for developers notes that Android 14 will let you respond to an app’s request for access to your photos and videos by limiting that reach to the pics and clips you select.
But despite recent changes, Android still doesn’t have a privacy defense as comprehensive as Apple’s strict App Tracking Transparency, which requires apps to get your permission before seeing what you’re up to in other companies’ apps and sites.
That developer post also highlights an Android 14 feature that users of third-party password managers have been waiting for: the ability to save passkeys for sites that offer this more secure upgrade from passwords.
And as Google advertised when it first delivered a developer preview of Android 14 in February, this release adds new assistance for people with limited visibility or hearing, such as quicker ways to magnify text without making headings awkwardly large as well as the option to replace audio notifications by having the front screen or the back camera light up with “flash notifications.”
In
The website gametalkz.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Top Authors
Popular Topics
gamespot.com
18.10.2023 / 17:41
Microsoft Won't Revive Activision Blizzard Games For Game Pass If It's A Cash Grab
«The amount of franchises that we now have in our portfolio is kind of inspiring; it's daunting.»
gamedeveloper.com
18.10.2023 / 15:43
Work With Indies donating all October revenue to Palestinians in need of humanitarian aid
Indie job board Work With Indies has pledged to donate 100 percent of revenue made during October to organizations providing humanitarian assistance to families in Palestine.
gamesindustry.biz
17.10.2023 / 14:01
Work With Indies donating 100% of revenue to help Palestine
Games job board Work With Indies will donate 100% of its revenue to organisations providing aid to Palestine.
screenrant.com
13.10.2023 / 10:39
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: How To Assassinate Qabiha (Without Getting Caught)
In , the final Head of the Order must be found and eliminated to free Baghdad, which turns out to be the former concubine of the Caliphate, Qabiha. Qabiha is a clever woman, and the Palace is well protected when Basim seeks to infiltrate it. Doing so without getting caught will be easier said than done, and once inside the Palace, it is quite challenging to leave it without being followed by every Guard in the vicinity.
mmorpg.com
12.10.2023 / 23:47
Star Stable Launches on Android, With 50k Downloads in First Hour, and Opens Halloween
Star Stable Online is now available on Android, completing the planned cross-platform releases. The game is also in the Halloween spirit.
mmorpg.com
12.10.2023 / 19:27
World of Warships Collaboration With Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and Halloween Are On the Way
World of Warships is celebrating Halloween and collaborating with fantasy strategy title Heroes of Might and Magic III. Expect six new themed commanders with voiceovers, a special map, and a special DLC bundle. Aside from the collaboration, the Halloween themed update introduces an updated operation, several new Japanese battleships, and much more on the way.
gameranx.com
12.10.2023 / 18:27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III PC Trailer Boasts 500+ Customization Options
Call of Duty players are counting down the days before they can finally get their hands on the latest installment. We know the next game will continue on the Modern Warfare series, so while we wait for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to launch into the marketplace, we have a new marketing trailer to check out. It’s a brief trailer, but it does highlight some of the features you can expect to have for this game on the PC platform. Included is the fact that you’ll have over 500 customization options.
gameinformer.com
12.10.2023 / 13:17
AC Mirage Player Count In Line With Origins And Odyssey, Biggest New-Gen Ubisoft Launch
Assassin's Creed Mirage hit PlayStation, Xbox, and PC last week and both critics and fans alike are quite happy with the series return to its roots. Unlike Assassin's Creed Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, in which Basim is featured, Mirage is a smaller, more condensed adventure, unlike the prior open-world RPGs. Now, roughly a week later, Ubisoft has revealed that Mirage's player count is in line with Origins and Odyssey. Plus, Mirage is Ubisoft's biggest new-gen launch in terms of sales.
eurogamer.net
12.10.2023 / 10:27
Assassin's Creed Mirage player numbers "in line" with Origins, Odyssey
Ubisoft seems happy with Assassin's Creed Mirage, which it says has similar play numbers at launch as recent games such as Origins and Odyssey.
screenrant.com
12.10.2023 / 10:23
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: How To Assassinate Al-Mardikhwar (Without Getting Caught)
A hallmark of any game in the series, Basim must eliminate targets throughout , one of those being Al-Mardikhwar. This target is one of the Order members at the end of the multiple Investigations that began at the Sharqiyah Bureau for the Hidden Ones in Baghdad. Finding and eliminating him will take some creativity from Basim, as well as help from the Rebels.
ign.com
11.10.2023 / 18:31
Assassin's Creed Mirage Player Count Is 'in Line' With Origins and Odyssey's Launches, Ubisoft Says
Ubisoft has revealed some details about the debut of Assassin's Creed Mirage, saying its player count is "in line" with the previous launches like Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey.