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
AT&T

Google launches Drive File Stream to solve time-consuming file syncing and disk-space usage problems

Back in March this year, Google introduced a new enterprise-focused desktop application – dubbed Drive File Stream – for users of its Drive cloud storage service. The selling point...
Sep 07, 2017 1 Min Read
AT&T

[Updated] Backup and Sync's new version (3.36) is out, fixes 'macOS High Sierra compatibility' and 'folder duplication' issues

Update (January 06): Google has officially confirmed that with the client’s latest version 3.39 it’s now possible to exclude Apple Photos Library metadata from syncing. Here’...
Sep 07, 2017 3 Min Read
AT&T

Dumb Backup and Sync can't recognize pre-uploaded stuff on Google Drive, creates duplicates [Update: fixed]

We have also compiled a detailed list of Backup and Sync related existing issues. You can access the complete story here. Update 2 (September 07): We tested the new Backup...
Sep 07, 2017 2 Min Read
AT&T

Drive not working on macOS (High Sierra), Google says APFS support incoming [update: fixed]

We have also compiled a detailed list of Backup and Sync related existing issues. You can access the complete story here. Update 2 (September 07): For users complaining about Drive...
Sep 07, 2017 1 Min Read