Google actually started testing this redesign way back in November last year. It didn’t really arrive to users until recently, and it only arrived to a limited number of them. Well, it seems like it’s rolling out in general now. Google Play Store web redesign seems to be rolling out widely Google Play Store web redesign seems to be rolling out widely This is quite a considerable redesign we’re looking at here....
The guidelines begin with “Basic compatibility” pertaining to notifications. This talks of enabling support for “MessagingStyle notifications” for direct replies and conversations. The second set of guidelines is known as “Better: Full support for Wear OS”. Here, Google asks developers to ensure their apps are compatible with square or round display shapes for Wear OS 3. Google also recommends making text large and “glanceable” under the Layout section, while asking devs to test their apps on emulators like Wear OS Square 1....
The company has long asked users to enable 2-step verification to boost account security. However, a majority of the users haven’t made the switch yet. With this in mind, Google is taking a more proactive approach to bolster the security of account owners. An extension of this feature will be to ask YouTube creators to enable 2-step verification on their accounts. We recently learned about YouTube’s plans to mandate this security standard for creators in the YouTube Partner Program....
This feature lets you free up storage space by archiving the apps. Apparently, this would negate the need to uninstall apps from your Android device. However, Google did not reveal much information about when it plans to launch this new app archiving feature for Android, but it said that it has laid the foundation for developer adoption. So, it may take a few months before it actually rolls out. Anyways, coming back to the feature, Google notes that the app archiving feature has been implemented as an alternative to uninstalling apps....
Google, like some other companies out there, have two embargoes on these phones, so we are only able to talk about certain things for now. In this hands on, do not expect to hear about battery life (it hasn’t been long enough anyways), the camera, or software. That will all be in the full review in the very near future. But join us as we go hands on with the new Google Pixel 6....
