Google adds more new features and changes to Android Play System update
The month of August has started and Google Play System is getting better as the company has updated it. It introduces a range of exciting new features and enhancements for Android devices, ensuring a smoother and enriched experience.
In account management, users can now create Family groups with a better user interface, simplifying digital sharing among family members. The Google Kids Space opt-in flow is migrated to a web-based version, streamlining the setup process for parents.
In the Google Play Store, users can now see real-time notifications for new events, updates, offers, and content while browsing. The display designs for events and updates are refreshed, and a “Screen reader-friendly” tag enhances accessibility. Users with limited storage space benefit from improved app installation, and more informative videos about apps and games are available.
Furthermore, Google enhances wallet management with visual updates, easier sharing of valuables, and improved notification autofill for new cards.
The update also focuses on system management, device connectivity, and utilities, with stability, battery life, and performance improvements for various devices.
Google Pay app has been updated on Android devices to introduce a new feature, Open Wallet. This new shortcut improves security and user experience, making digital payments more accessible and secure.
Now, users can authenticate more frequently, ensuring safer transactions. Located at the bottom of the screen, the ‘Open Wallet’ button of Google Pay lets users quickly view their past transactions, including the amounts and locations. This is a change from the previous design, which showed only the payment card and the app’s logo.
The Open Wallet shortcut is similar to Apple Pay, which shows the default payment card and other cards with a double click. Apple Pay also provides fast access to passes through a system-wide shortcut.
Google Wallet offers similar accessibility through a lock screen shortcut or a Quick Settings Tile. Previously, Google placed ‘Cards & Passes’ in the power menu on Android 11 to show user-friendly features.
Google Maps has updated its Wear OS Tile to enhance navigation for wearable device users. The fresh update introduces a direct shortcut to the map view to make it easier for users to access maps and transit information quickly.
With the new update, the Search button has been replaced with a Map button, allowing users to access the map view directly. This view not only shows locations but also serves as a simple compass, a feature not available on the Pixel Watch.
Previously, the Google Maps app Tile included a Search button that opened the app’s main feed and showed recent searches and nearby points of interest on Wear OS devices. But now, you can directly go to the map view.
Users can tap on locations for details and see transit stop schedules. To exit the map view, there’s a close button on the left side. This new change enhances the user experience on Wear OS devices, providing more efficient ways to navigate.
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Google is enhancing its productivity tools with a new feature that will merge Google Keep reminders with Google Tasks, making it simpler to keep track of what you need to do. However, this change will rollout gradually over the next year.
Google Keep is a user-friendly app that lets individuals quickly note down ideas, create checklists, and set reminders. It also offers features like photo capture, voice recording, and drawing. Reminders can be added based on specific times or locations to provide timely prompts.
The upcoming change will see these reminders automatically transferred to Google Tasks. This will allow users to view, modify, and complete their reminders not just in Keep, but also in Calendar, Tasks, and Assistant.
With this new change, Google Tasks will become the single solution for all reminders within the Google Workspace. No matter where a reminder is created, whether it’s through Keep, Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Docs, or the Assistant, it will be synchronized and manageable in Google Tasks.
By integrating reminders into Google Tasks, users will get a more organized and accessible task management system.
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