September 2017 - Page 2 of 3

Google Allo's integration with phone contacts broken, fix being worked on

Back in August, an update was rolled out to Google Allo messaging app (v15) which integrated the app with contacts on one’s mobile. Basically, the feature gave users the...

Sep 21, 2017 1 Min Read

AT&T

Google accepts Backup and Sync issue with non-ASCII characters in profile folder name on Windows [update: fixed]

Update (September 21): Google has fixed the Non-ASCII character issue. Affected users are suggested to download the latest version (3.36.6884.5911) of Backup and Sync (updated on...

Sep 21, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos

You can now initiate a call directly from within Gmail

Tired of copy-pasting contact information received in emails to other apps? Not anymore, if you are on Gmail. Google’s latest update has given its mail client the ability...

Sep 19, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos

Cutting edge: Google's new payments app Tez uses sound to send/receive money

As you might already know, Google has launched a new digital payments app – dubbed Tez – today (read more about it here). One feature of Tez that stands out...

Sep 18, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos

Google wants Indians to pay their 'auto, chai, and sabzi-walas' with new Tez app

Google has entered the lucrative digital payments market in India. The company has launched a new service called Tez, which lets users make payments and transfer funds. The service is...

Sep 18, 2017 2 Min Read

AT&T

BREAKING: Google has failed to completely fix Backup and Sync's file duplication issue [update: fixed]

Update (September 21) : Google has silently pushed out a new update to Backup and Sync, bumping the application’s version from 3.36.6721.3394 to 3.36.6884...

Sep 18, 2017 2 Min Read

AT&T

Google fixes Backup and Sync's issue with non-ASCII characters in Windows profile folder name

Google has fixed the Non-ASCII character issue. Affected users are suggested to download the latest version (3.36.6884.5911) of Backup and Sync (updated on September 20). This...

Sep 15, 2017 0 Min Read

AT&T

Breaking: Google's Backup and Sync client for Photos/Drive gets ability to exclude screenshots and RAW files (but it's faulty) [updated]

Update (November 21): Backup and Sync is finally going to get the ability to exclude any type of files. For more info head here Original story below: Google’s...

Sep 14, 2017 2 Min Read

Huawei

Google Allo's voice messaging feature is broken on LG V20 smartphone

Are you an LG V20 owner who uses Google’s Allo smart messaging app? Have you been facing issues with recording/sending voice messages during Allo chats? If yes...

Sep 14, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos

Google Allo Web client updated with ability to search emoji, stickers, and GIFs

Less than a month after Google released a Web client for its Allo smart messaging app, the company has pushed out an update to the application. While there’s...

Sep 13, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos

Google Photos to support iOS’ new camera formats soon [update: HEIF and HEVC support arrives]

UPDATE 2 (September 08): Google has confirmed that Photos’ iOS client now supports both HEIF and HEVC camera formats. The confirmation came in the from of a tweet from...

Sep 08, 2017 0 Min Read

AT&T

Google is pulling the plug on old Drive client (Mac/PC)

Before Backup and Sync came into picture, Google Drive and Google Photos had separate client applications on Mac/PC. These were the general clients available to both Gsuite and non...

Sep 07, 2017 0 Min Read