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For clarity, screen searching with Google Lens allows users to effectively perform all Google Lens functions on a screen capture of what the phone is presently displaying. For instance, translating or copying text. Or performing searches, completing computations, or more from the on-screen image. But it only works in select apps such as Google Chrome, Twitter, and a handful of others. What does this change bring to searching screens with Google Lens?...

“This feature gives meeting hosts more control over their meetings by letting them decide when they want to allow different levels of participation from attendees, for example to address disruptive participants,” Google said of the feature. Google is rolling out this feature gradually, but it should reach all users over the next few weeks. The feature requires the most recent version of the Google Meet or the Gmail app. The company said it would bring this feature to both iOS and Android customers....

When you’re composing a message, you have the option to attach a photo. Well, when you tap the “add photo” button, you’ll see a photo picker with a tiled view. The first tile is actually a live viewfinder showing what your camera sees. You can quickly snap a photo and add it to your message. After doing that, your camera should shut down. However, that’s not the case. Because of this bug, Google Messages doesn’t close down the camera; it stays on in the background....

In a recent report by 9to5Google, the Material You makeover is arriving for the Google One Android app. Not only this, but a dark theme, which was the need of the hour, is also arriving for the app. For those who don’t know, Google One is a subscription service that lets you expand your cloud storage along with a few extra perks. With Google One, you can manage your membership, automatically back up your phone’s data, access Google Store rewards, contact support with one tap, and much more....

This growth is “fueled by a rebound in spending on digital ads and growth in its cloud business,” the report says. “Alphabet is the top performer this year among the five biggest US tech stocks by sales.” Alphabet became only the third US company to hit the market value of $2 trillion, joining Apple and Microsoft in this exclusive club, though it has dropped below that figure since. Apple was the first to break this barrier, having achieved the milestone in April last year....