Google announced this week that it’s pulling the plug on two services: Google Podcasts and the Basic HTML version of Gmail (which lets you read your email like it’s 2004). While some folks may have preferred the classic Gmail experience for its simple, lightweight design, Google says users have had more than a decade to […]
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Lilbits: It’s Pixel leak season (Pixel 7a, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Fold)
Yesterday we saw hands-on photos of the Google Pixel 7a, a mid-range phone that Google hasn’t even announced yet. Today we’ve got a whole bunch of additional Pixel leaks. WinFuture reports that the Pixel 7a and the long-awaited Google Pixel Fold could go on sale in Europe as soon as the second week of June […]
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Gmail will force you to use the crowded new user interface soon
Earlier this year Google introduced a new user interface for Gmail on the web. It’s not really something anybody outside of Google asked for, as the biggest change is a new sidebar that shows icons for things like Google Chat, Spaces, and Meet. In recent months, Google has been suggesting users switch… but offering an […]
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Google Meet shortcuts added to Gmail app for Android (Here’s how to disable it)
Video communication tools have become more important than ever during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom has exploded in popularity. Facebook, Google, and Microsoft have added new features to their video chat and video conferencing tools. And Google decided to add Google Meet shortcuts to the Gmail app for Android so you won’t forget that Google […]
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Lilbits 364: A tiny AMD Ryzen PC
Small form-factor desktop computers have been around for ages, but we’ve seen a whole bunch of interesting models in recent years thanks to Intel’s NUC line of mini PCs and a whole slew of similarly-small models. What we don’t see a lot of are models with AMD processors. But that’s starting to change. In January […]
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Gmail turns 15, finally lets you schedule emails for future delivery
Today Google is an enormous company that makes the world’s most widely used operating system, software laptops, desktops, and tablets, speakers and displays powered by AI virtual assistants, media streamers, thermostats, security cameras, and WiFi routers, among other things. But fifteen years ago Google was pretty much just the world’s most popular search engine (and […]
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Google’s Inbox email app is shutting down
Google has two different Gmail apps. There’s the official Gmail app that ships with most smartphones, and a few years ago the company introduced an experimental new app called Inbox that let you interact with Gmail in a brand new way. Now Fast Company reports that Inbox is going away. Sort of. In a lot […]
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Have you emptied your Google Drive trash lately?
This week Google launched an update to its online storage service. It’s called Google One, and it gives Google users a single bucket of storage that they can use to keep photos, files, and Gmail messages in the cloud. Every user gets 15GB for free. Every now and then Google gives out some bonus storage […]
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Google to stop scanning Gmail for ad personalization
When Google first launched Gmail on April 1st, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools’ joke. The company best known for its search engine was offering 1GB of email storage at a time when competitors offered just a few megabytes. But Google had a strategy: the company would automatically scan your email messages […]
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Smart Reply lets Google answer emails for you (kind of)
Software is getting pretty good and guessing what you want to do based on context. That’s why keyboard software for smartphones can suggest words as you type and it’s how Gmail can show a message asking if you meant to include an attachment if you forget to add one to an email message you just […]