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The company is trying to illustrate that its dominance in the search business is mainly due to its superior product. Google has drawn the attention of regulators on multiple occasions for its practices. It is currently appealing a $5 billion fine imposed by the EU over its alleged anti-competitive practices with Android. Google’s lawyers gave out the information at the EU General Court Google’s lawyers gave out the information at the EU General Court...

The mass majority of Google apps look wildly different now from how they did just a year ago. They were all given the Material You paint job, and we’re all familiar with that aesthetic. While this is true, Google has still been making changes to its apps after the big overhaul. The Google Contacts app just got a redesign The Google Contacts app just got a redesign The changes continue with the Google Contacts app....

This update rolls the December update in with the January security patch. So it’s liable to be a pretty big update when you do get it on your device. Downloading the OTA image from Google’s website comes in at about 1.9GB. That’s typically the size of a full, new version of Android. But given the many bug fixes in this update, this should not come as a surprise. The update is not yet showing up on my Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, but it shouldn’t be too far out....

This is the first time since 2019, that Google I/O has returned to the Shoreline Amphitheater, which sits right next door to the Google Plex. As 2020, the event was cancelled, and in 2021, it was all virtual, taking place at various places around the Google Plex. So what can we expect from Google I/O 2022 this year? Well, we don’t really know, other than Android 13. And that’s because there hasn’t been a lot of leaks for I/O....

The Pixel 6a, as most of you know, got announced during Google I/O last month. The phone is not set to arrive until late July. It will become available to pre-order on July 21, and go on sale on July 28. Because of that, we didn’t see much content about the device. Google did show the phone during Google I/O and everything. It also shared the details. In addition to that, the company’s promo video got discovered, and leaked out ahead of time....