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The company is now accepting volunteers for Project Relate to contribute towards multi-year research with the goal of improving Google’s speech recognition algorithms. Google ultimately wants to make sure Assistant and the rest of its voice-based features are fully capable and inclusive of people with neurological conditions or speech impairments. “Project Relate is a continuation of years of research from both Google’s Speech and Research teams, made possible by over a million speech samples recorded by participants of our research effort,” Google said in a blog post (via)....

This comes after Google had decided to break out Hangouts into many different apps. Video calling and messaging apps were separate, for consumers and workspace users. So we went from Hangouts to Duo, Allo, Chat, and Meet. Now they’ll all be in one app. Google is hoping that by bringing Duo and Meet together, it can solve a big modern communication issue. “What’s been really important is understanding how people make the choice as to what tool they’re going to use, for what purpose, in what circumstance,” says Javier Soltero, the head of Google Workspace....

Google Fi calls have already received the end-to-end encryption for Android phones. Now, the company is rolling out its best security features for more users. Notably, according to a report by Android Central, Google Photos Locked Folder and Google One VPN services will be accessible by more users across the globe. Google Photos Locked Folder will also soon arrive for iOS users Google Photos Locked Folder will also soon arrive for iOS users...

Google last updated the Play Console app in July 2019. The company has sort of neglected the app in favor of the web version. It encouraged Android app developers to use the website for all the latest features and functionalities. The Android maker prioritized the web version of Play Console and expanded it into a feature-rich dashboard for developers. The app never got the latest features, slowly pushing it out of sight....

The tipster claims that he got that information from his sources at Google. He did say that Google may offer a preview of its foldable smartphone at the Pixel 6 event, but that the device won’t launch there. Google’s first foldable phone has been delayed, it won’t launch alongside the Pixel 6 Google’s first foldable phone has been delayed, it won’t launch alongside the Pixel 6 Google’s first foldable smartphone, rumored to be called the Pixel Fold, has been rumored to arrive in the fall....