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Google blocked over a million dangerous apps last year, they never made it to Google Play Google blocked over a million dangerous apps last year, they never made it to Google Play The company used an improved process, both manual and automatic, in order to achieve this. It blocked over a million policy-violating apps from ever getting published on the Google Play Store in 2021. To be more accurate, Google mentioned that the number was closer to 1....

In its current form, Google Chrome displays a speaker icon on the tab strip. It appears when that tab starts playing audio. This serves as an indicator of where the sound is coming from. You can right-click on the tab and select “Mute site” to stop the sound. Alternatively, you can visit the browser’s Global Media Controls to pause the audio or video that’s playing. But both of these methods require two....

This update could also optimize some existing features for improved performance. We have seen other manufacturers roll out such day-one software updates to new devices in the past, so it’s not a surprise. Google says your Pixel 6 or 6 Pro will automatically download the new software in the background after you have completed the phone setup. Once the download completes, it will prompt you to reboot the phone. It could take up to more than 30 minutes for the installation process to complete....

Additionally, Google Meet now also allows you to customize your video feed with various light and color filters. You get several more stylized static backgrounds as well, in case animated backgrounds aren’t your type of thing. Google says the new backgrounds and styles are now rolling out on the web version of Google Meet. The company doesn’t tell when they will arrive on mobile apps. It took Google several months to bring the first batch of video backgrounds on Meet to the Android app....

The Nudges feature in Google Messages is available under Settings > General > Suggestions. You get two toggles: “suggest reply reminders” and “suggest follow-up reminders”. When enabled, the former will move messages that may need a reply to the top of your inbox. So whenever you open Messages, you will see all the threads that you haven’t replied to yet up top. The latter option, meanwhile, will similarly highlight conversations that you may have already responded to but need to follow up on....