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Google Now is Back! Well, Sort of in Google Assistant’s New Visual Snapshot

Kellen July 17, 2018 30

Google Now was easily one of the best features I think that Google has ever released on Android. Its awareness of your day made commutes, flight status checks, and sports score updates more convenient. Of course, it has long-been killed (or buried away) in...

Great: Ads Showing Up in the Google Feed

Kellen May 25, 2018 30

As if the Google Feed, formerly known as Google Now, couldn't fall further into the hole of questionable Google decisions that ruin perfectly great products, some users are now seeing ads in-between article cards. Great! Exactly what we were looking for. We...

LOL at This Awful New Google Feed

Kellen April 19, 2018 33

Ignore that top photo. Google frequently likes to test things that involve the Google app, which means everything from search bar launcher locations and stupid text within them to the Feed and the never-ending-suckification of it. Today, Pixel owners are...

Google Opinion Rewards Survey Asks for My Thoughts on Google Feed…

Kellen December 21, 2017 63

Most Google Opinion Rewards surveys I get are all based on previous businesses or locations it thinks I've stopped at in recent days and whether or not I made a purchase at them. Rarely do I get anything fun to answer that could involve a product or service or...

Who Else Misses Google Now?

Kellen November 28, 2017 200

Back on June 28, 2012, I wrote an article titled "Google Now is Awesome." Today, if I were to write a follow-up to that article, I'd probably title it, "WTF happened to Google Now and what is this dumpster fire that Google has forced upon us in its place?" If...

Google Now Feed Loses Card-Swiping and Nerds are Losing Their Minds

Kellen August 17, 2017 78

Google has been making numerous adjustments to the Google App and its Feed (formerly Google Now) for most of 2017. We've seen things like new panels emerge with a separation of your interests and daily schedule, shortcuts to popular Google Search tools, and...

Google Now Provides Pollen Forecasts in Search

Tim August 16, 2017 6

For all you folks suffering from pollen allergies, Google is now providing pollen forecasts via Google Search. To fire up the forecast, simply say, "Pollen forecast" into Google, then get all of the info delivered right to you. The forecast shows five days,...

Nova Launcher Gains Google Now Side Panel

Kellen June 14, 2017 58

Nova Launcher, the launcher that we've been followers of for years and have yet to find reason to switch off of, gained a feature that the purist of pure Android elitists have been begging for - Google Now panel access. This would be the left-situated Now...