Google adds floating keyboard mode to Gboard for Android

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as informed in Users of Google's own Android keyboard app Gboard have a new option available to them. In an update that is rolling out, a new floating keyboard feature lets you move the location of the keyboard as you see fit. To switch to floating mode, you need to tap the menu at the highest left corner of the keyboard -- just as the time you switch Gboard to other modes. by the Floating option selected, you can then move the keyboard around the monitor by dragging it by the four arrows bulge at the bottom. You can download Gboard from Google Play, or you can just check for updates if you're alavailiable a user.

Google just quietly gave us a killer midrange Android option

At the same time, most of the significant software improvements introduced in new Pixel models make their method to previous Pixel models pretty quickly via over-the-air updates. Realistically, most Android manufacturers don't take ongoing backing seriously, even by their current-gen flagship phones. Where this really gets interesting, though, is the time you begain considering the bigger-picture implications of that Pixel phone distinction. The three-year window of rock-solid software backing gives the current-gen Pixel phone a leg up on other current-gen devices, y'see, but it alextremely gives the previous-gen Pixel phone a meaningful advantage over current flagships. After all, a Pixel 2 purchased this day going to continue get all software updates out of October of 2020 — and get them in a timely and high-priority manner.

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Here's how Google is revamping Gmail and Android security

Eager to change the conversation from their years-long exposure of consumer data via Google+ to the bright, shining future the company is providing, Google has announced some changes to the method permissions are approved for Android apps. "The consumer version of Google+ currently has low usage and engagement," Google admitted. When an application wants to access your Google account data — say your Gmail, Calendar and Drive contents for a third-party productivity app — you'll have to approve each one of those separately. The relatively short timeline here proposes that some apps may in fact shut down temporarily or permanently due to the rigors of the description process. Don't be surprised if early next year you get an update saying service may be interrupted due to Google description policies or the like.

Portugal courts rule Google can't remove Aptoide from users' Android phones

The verdict is said to ban Google's Play Protect software, the safety suite associated by the Play Store, from identifyting Aptoide as malware and removing it, occasionally without users' consent. Play Protect would display prompts urging the consumer to uninstall the app because it is unsafe and would prevent users from downloading any apps from the store. Aptoide says the ruling is applicable to 82 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and India. It hopes to recover some of the more than 2.2 million daily active users it has lost in the past 60 days. In July, the European Commission fined Google €4.3 billion for forcing Android device manufacturers to adopt the Chrome web browser and Google search as default apps if they wanted to license the Play Store, YouTube and other major Google apps.