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Google adds contact photos to conversation threads in messages

In January, Google rolled out end-to-end encryption in group chats for messages app users enrolled in the beta programme

Google's new policy to let users delete their account data from app

Google has introduced a new "data deletion policy", which aims to empower users with greater clarity and control over their in-app data, requiring Android apps to allow users to delete their accounts

Google rolls out persistent filters 'search chips' in Drive on web

The search chips feature will be available to all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers

Google to expand gaming service 'Play Games' on PC to more regions

The programme will be expanding to Japan and countries in Europe in the upcoming months with several new games including Garena Free Fire, Ludo King, and MapleStory M

Tech giant Google to promote fewer employees to senior roles in 2023

The L6 distinction refers to the first layer of the workforce which is considered senior and normally consists of people with roughly ten years of experience

Alphabet's self-driving unit fires over 200 employees, 8% of its workforce

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo has sacked more than 200 employees in its second round of layoffs

Google working on new shortcut to quickly close tabs on Chrome: Report

The new shortcut is expected to be a mouse input, which will allow users to close the active tab with a double-click action

Google redesigns its Gboard app for Android, brings revamped toolbar

The major visual improvement is a revamped toolbar, allowing users to customize it with more than four options, and the voice search button can finally be removed

Google announces rolling out Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 devices

Last year in February, the company introduced the Privacy Sandbox on Android as an 'industry-wide initiative to raise the bar for user privacy and ensure continued access to free content and services'

YouTube rolls out 'Creator Music' for users to monetise licensed music

With this, those creators who don't want to buy a license upfront, they'll be able to use songs and share revenue with the track's artist and associated rights holders

Google announces AI-enabled updates to its search, maps, translate services

Google has announced a number of artificial intelligence-enabled updates across its products, including Search, Maps, and Translate, amid rising competition from Microsoft

Alphabet disappoints on sales as ad business slips after pandemic run-up

Pichai pointed to advertisers' more modest spending and the impact of foreign exchange rates abroad as drags on Alphabet's overall results

Google's parent Alphabet reports $76 bn in revenue, bets big on AI

The company said it would take a charge of between $1.9 billion and $2.3 billion related to the layoffs of 12,000 employees

Google may release upcoming Pixel Tablet Pro with Tensor G2 chip: Report

The first device is expected to be the Pixel Tablet and the second device is likely to be the one coming to market this year, which might be the Pro model

After iOS, Google allows Android users to lock incognito session on Chrome

The tech giant also mentioned that "Safety Check" will now alert users if it detects compromised passwords or harmful extensions

Google working on new 'Bluetooth Distance Measurement' API: Report

This feature was first spotted by Esper's Mishaal Rahman and the company has already started to add code for it to the Android open source project

Google-owned YouTube rolling out updates to TV's live guide, library

Updates to the library will help users to manage their content with improved content filtering and better organisational tools

Google rolls out support for 33 new offline languages on 'Translate' app

To download a language offline in Google Translate, simply tap the download button next to that language when picking which languages you are translating with the app

Google working on Fast Pair feature for styluses' low-charging notification

Multiple strings labelled with "fast-pair-stylus" were found inside the aforementioned Play services update for Wear OS

Google Meet users can now see speaker notes while presenting Slides

Users just have to click the new speaker notes button in the Slides controls bar in Meet to display their speaker notes within the call