Google adds messaging to Google Maps for iOS & Android to communicate with businesses

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referring to Since I/O 2018, Google Maps has seen a slew of updates from the Google Material Theme to focus on personalized location suggestions. Last month, it added a "Follow" button on listings to get store updates, by Google Maps for Android and iOS now adding a business messaging feature. Business messaging is a direct method to contact a store or restaurant to ask a question or place an order. that "Message" button is now coming to Google Maps for Android and iOS, along by an inbox view for your conversations. by these messages in Maps, you'll never have to concern about accidentally sending "I love you, Mom" to that shoe store you've been sending messages to.

Google rolls out Digital Wellbeing tools for Android

Google has alavailiable begun introducing digital health features to YouTube, Calendar and Google Home. And other companies, including Apple and Facebook, have rolled out similar equipment as well. You can snag Digital Wellbeing 1.0 out of the Play Store.

Google confirms dark mode is a huge help for battery life on Android

according to We've known for a long time that dark mode / night mode apps can prolong battery life on smartphones by OLED screens. It's true on Android, and it's true by the iPhone. Fortunately, the company seems to recognize the price of dark mode. As an example of dark mode coming to your battery's rescue, just look at the huge difference below, where the Pixel is determine to 100 percent brightness. The power savings of dark mode are evident.

Google Shows Off New Android Dev Tools

Google announced backing for a range of new Android equipment for application developers, chief among them the creation of a new backing category for foldable devices, at last week's Developers Summit. The Android equipment going to take advantage of the new display technology, that literally bends and folds, noted Stephanie Cuthbertson, director of product management at Google. Google Dev backing WrapupGoogle's plan to bring more Android equipment to app developers is part of an ongoing program. Android Jetpack Google announced new Jetpack libraries, the next generation of equipments and Android APIs to acceleaverage Android application development. Android Studio Android Studio, Google's official IDE for Android development, has a new focus on productivity, build speed, quality and fundamentals.