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Google Fi’s Unlimited Data Plan brings 22GB LTE and free international calling The new unlimited plan proceeds along the same lines as other unlimited plans from other MVNOs and parent carriers, with “unlimited” being held to 22GB with expected LTE quality, that is. After 22GB, video streaming quality is lowered to 480p (paltry when compared to the standard expectation of at least 720p) and data speeds are throttled. Again, the data speed throttling is typical at 22GB with most carriers, including Google’s data partner in its Fi service, US Cellular....

Google and Citigroup (the bank that was working with Google for these bank accounts) have confirmed this report. So it is true that this is killed. A Google spokesperson stated that they are shifting focus to “delivering digital enablement for banks and other financial services providers rather than us serving as the provider of these services.” Citigroup confirmed that around 10,000 people were joining the waitlist each week, and that it had over 400,000 people on the waitlist....

Google Maps is adding Immersive View for select cities Google Maps is adding Immersive View for select cities Starting with Immersive View, Google had previously teased this feature during its I/O 2022 conference in May. It began rolling out part of this experience in July with photorealistic 3D aerial views of around 100 popular landmarks around the world. The company has now expanded the feature to over 250 landmarks. Google Maps offers 360-degree models of the Empire State Building in New York City, Big Ben in London, Alcatraz in San Francisco, Tokyo Tower and Skytree in Tokyo, Acropolis in Athens, the Oracle Park stadium in San Francisco, and many more popular landmarks....

Notably, the ‘Your Memories’ feature was introduced by Google back in August to the Google Photos app. The Material You design would allow users to customize the shape of the widgets you might have noticed in Pixel 6 promos. According to the latest report by 9To5Google, some new strings for different widget sizes and shapes for Google Photos were found with app version 5.63. If these strings are any indication, then you could soon select Google Photos ‘Your Memories’ widgets in sizes ranging from 1×2 to 5×5....

The Google Pixel 6 series will be made in China because of COVID-19, it seems The Google Pixel 6 series will be made in China because of COVID-19, it seems According to a report by Nikkei, COVID-19 in Asia are making it difficult for Google to move the production to Vietnam. Various new restrictions are taking place, which complicates things. The Google Pixel 5 has seen similar problems last year. That device was also supposed to be made in Vietnam, but ended up being assembled in China....