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Google Now on Tap Gets a Tap-To-Select Text Option and It’s Awesome (Updated)

Kellen June 1, 2016 37

A new change to Google Now on Tap began rolling out this week, one that should instantly turn it into a much more useful tool in almost any situation, because it gives you some control over what is being analyzed on the screen. Take a look at the screenshots...

Google Already Lets You Play Podcasts From Within the Google App

Kellen April 20, 2016 28

With podcasts launching in Google Play Music earlier this week, Google is already making it easier than ever to find and play them. Google is issuing a (behind-the-scenes) update to the Google App today that will allow for the finding and playing of podcasts...

Question of the Day: Do You Use Google Now on Tap?

Kellen February 25, 2016 201

At Google I/O last year, one of the highlights of the entire show was without a doubt the demo for Google Now on Tap. During the brief performance, if you will, Google showed that Google Now had grown into an on demand-like service that was capable of doing...

This is the New Google Weather, and It’s Awesome

Kellen January 21, 2016 85

A new weather experience is coming to your Android phone today, and I think you are really going to enjoy it. The new experience is arriving through a Google app update that hit our phones, though that could be initially through the beta channel before it...

Google App Re-Introduces “Allow Rotation” to Home Screens, Auto Tweaks Icon Sizes

Kellen January 13, 2016 27

Back in the Android M Developer Preview 2, Google briefly enabled an option in the Google App's settings of "Allow rotation," which gave phones the ability to rotate home screens into landscape, assuming they were also using the Google Now Launcher. Then, in...

Google Now on Tap Gets Quick Flight and Order Tracking, Related Articles, and More Languages

Kellen December 15, 2015 16

Over the coming days, you will start to see new features in Google Now on Tap that make the tool more useful in the moment than ever, well, assuming you deal with flights or package tracking on a regular basis. In a way, this is Google taking you out of the...

Google App Update Introduces Quick Screen Sharing Feature to Now on Tap

Kellen December 11, 2015 47

Ever wanted to quickly snap a screenshot of something and then share with a friend, only you don't have the fingers necessary to do Android's simultaneous press of Power+Volume Down? Or maybe you just don't want to do that action, then go find the notification...