Google's home screen search widget on Pixel phones is already a powerful tool, and Google could be giving it some new voice output.

Google is set to introduce a new “Favorites” widget for its Home app on Android. The widget is currently hidden in the Google Home app version 3.18.1.4. It will allow users to control their smart ...

The app is called Action Blocks. Its main benefit is that it turns repetitive voice commands into one-tap buttons, eliminating the need to speak and reducing wait times. Developed for accessibility, ...

The Google Search widget on Android just leveled up. It gained a small yet notable feature that may or may not change how you use your phone. I enabled it as soon as I learned it existed, and while it ...

Google Contacts just updated the Individual contact widget with the ability to display notifications, and it’s now readying a “Besties Widget.” About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve ...

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After testing last year, the Google app on Android will now let you set a custom Shortcut in the Search widget. If you have the Search widget on your homescreen (this is different from the Pixel ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Rarely do we see updates to apps that add minor changes that turn out to be a big deal, but I think we may ...

Google Contacts is getting a new feature that allows it to get notification alerts in widgets for individual contacts. So, now you can access important alerts related to that contact from one place, ...

Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make it easier for app developers to reach their users. Widgets, which offer at-a-glance views of an app’s most ...