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As Google explains, Speaker labels are an optional Recorder feature that, if enabled, will “automatically detect and label each speaker when recording”. Speakers are identified in real time with the app automatically starting a new line within your transcripts on each speaker switch. The labels appear as Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc. in the transcript. They are color-coded to make it easy to distinguish between multiple speakers. You can also edit and change the name of each speaker in a recording....

The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private This happens all the time: You search up fishing poles on the web, then five minutes later, all of your social media accounts and web searches are filled with ads promoting fishing poles. This means that when you searched for the fishing poles, that search was logged and given to an advertising agency that then funneled those ads right to you....

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....

Do note that both of these smartphones reached the end of their support cycle back in May. This is literally the last update they will receive, unless something completely unexpected happens. The Pixel 3a & 3a XL are now receiving their final update The Pixel 3a & 3a XL are now receiving their final update Google did not explicitly mention the Pixel 3a or 3a XL as part of the September update, as this update technically goes as far as the Pixel 4 series....

Google shows you how you can improve your battery life on a Pixel phone Google shows you how you can improve your battery life on a Pixel phone This is a regular how-to video, basically, which shows you how to enable Adaptive Battery, Battery Saver, and Extreme Battery Saver. That’s basically it. Along the way, it does explain those modes briefly. An Adaptive Battery mode is something you should have on all the time, basically....