Google Assistant Extends Voice Commands to Android Apps to Perform Tasks

You can now say “Hey Google” to perform specific tasks on Android appsThis feature has been added to around 30 of the top appsGoogle Assistant has also added two new English voices Google Assistant is extending voice commands to Android apps. Now, you can say “Hey Google,” to not just open, but even perform specific

Google Maps Gets New Layer to Show COVID-19 Hotspots

Data used in the COVID-19 layer comes from sources including the New York Times and Wikipedia.

Google Silently Releases a Waze Redesign on Both Android and iPhone

Waze continues to be one of the two top navigation apps out there (together with Google Maps, of course), and the parent company keeps working on additional functionality for both Android devices and iPhones. And today, the Google-owned company has silently released a new beta build that previews an interface update coming to Waze users

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Microsoft to rebrand Bing search engine for better visibility.

Microsoft is working to rebrand its search engine Bing and the developer community has witnessed visible changes to the service in the recent past. There’s no official announcement to date but Microsoft has either expanded what appears to be A/B testing – where some people see the old Bing brand and logo and some see “Microsoft Bing” – or has