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Category Archives: Google
Something strange might happen to the Google Pixel Fold 2 – Digital Trends
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Google begins removing California news from search in response to Journalism Preservation Act – Sacramento Bee
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I tested the Google Pixel’s Long Exposure photo mode and it’s another reason to leave my pro mirrorless camera at … – TechRadar
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Google's Long Exposure photo mode is actually decent. There, I said it. Photographer me is putting his neck on the line by saying that another smartphone computational photography mode, recently given its own tab in Google's revamped Camera app, is one less reason to use a 'proper' camera and mine's a TechRadar-approved best mirrorless camera, no less.
I was on a short family break at the coast recently and set an early alarm to sneak out for a little solo time at first light at a secluded cove nearby. It would be me, the gentle lapping waves, and hopefully a little color in the sky. Of course, I would take a camera too.
Hot tea in a travel flask, banana, notepad and pen, mirrorless camera, two pro lenses covering the 24-200mm focal length between them, an ND filter plus a tripod, and I was good to go. Oh, and the Google Pixel 6 was in my pocket.
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A steep descent through a wooded area and the sheltered east-facing cove came into view. I've learned the importance of enjoying nature first before taking a camera out of the bag, especially given my screen-intensive day job.
After grounding myself in the peace and unrushed pace of the quiet sunrise I started moving around the beach looking for compositions that caught my eye, for photos that would transport me back to what it was like being there.
Sunrise was lovely not award-winning, but adding a splash of color. The outgoing tide was steadily revealing more of the beach. Small waves crashed against the clay-red sandy incline, climbed up the beach a little, and then retreated around small rocks, creating interesting patterns.
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I've taken a few long exposure seascape photos down the years, and love the technique, especially for accentuating the movement of water as it retreats around rocks. I take a quick snap of the scene on the Pixel 6 and it occurs to me that I've not properly used its Long Exposure photo mode yet, now prominent in the camera app with its own tab.
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The Long Exposure photo mode blurs movement, while keeping still objects sharp. The creative technique can be used in several ways, with blurring moving water a popular choice. Having observed the water trails, I line up the picture and take the snap.
It works a little like Night Sight you need to keep your phone as steady as possible while the long exposure is captured. That way the still objects in this case the rocks, cliff faces, and untouched sand remain sharp. This computational photography mode is like a pro mirrorless camera's in-body image stabilization on steroids.
The phone stores both the regular photo and the long exposure effect image (I've included both versions of every image for comparison). I have to say, the effect in this scenario is convincing (see above), similar to what I'd expect from my mirrorless camera which remains in the bag 50 meters away up the beach.
Whatever camera you use for long exposure photography (be it mirrorless or a cameraphone) in this context of accentuating retreating ocean waters you need to keep trying and trying and trying to get the shot. Timing is so hard.
Your best bet is starting the capture with the wave at its peak up the beach and just as the water starts to retreat. That way the natural path back to the ocean, be it straight or snaking around rocks, is accentuated and depicts the tidal energy.
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Google Pixel's Long Exposure mode isn't perfect detail is usually softer than in the standard version but it's pretty darn good and convincing enough that I didn't really need to bring my mirrorless camera, tripod, and ND filters along for the ride. If I owned the OM System OM-1 II (or OM-1), I could use that camera's Live ND computational photography mode instead and leave the tripod and ND filters behind.
I haven't lost faith in my 'proper' camera, far from it. Towards the end of my time at the beach, while still alone, a playful seal popped its head up like a floating rock. I steamed back up the beach to my bag, grabbed the camera with a 70-200mm lens, and got a few photos that far exceed what I could possibly hope to get with the Pixel 6 though some of today's best cameraphones might have done a decent job.
I'll also still use my 'proper' camera with tripod and ND filters for long exposure photography, too. It's just that now I might think twice if lugging all of that gear to get the creative effect is worth it when I have the computational mode in a device that slips into my pocket.
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iOS 18Apple Issues New Blow To Google With Bold AI Privacy Decision – Forbes
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Google Will Open Its Magic Editor AI Photo Tools to Everyone for Free, With a Catch – CNET
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Google Wallet ‘verify it’s you’ request appears minutes after unlock – 9to5Google
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Users have noticed in recent weeks that Google is requiring device unlocks for every tap-to-pay transaction regardless of the amount. At the same time, Google Wallet appears to be testing a second change related to more frequent verification.
Officially, Google says your credit and debit card wont be charged for retail payments unless youve recently used a verification method, like your fingerprint or PIN.
While the support documents dont specify the exact duration of recently, people myself included have noticed it get shorter.
To give an example: When Im in line at the supermarket, I unlock and use my phone until I get to the register. Usually, the phone is still active (screen on) when its time to pay. This week, when I tapped the terminal, my Pixel 8 asked me to authenticate again. In the past, Ive never had to verify during this specific tap-to-pay situation.
Since then, Ive found that three minutes after initially unlocking via fingerprint, Google Wallet wants me to re-authenticate.
In fact, in testing with a timer, Ive noticed a new For your security, you need to verify its you before paying prompt at the top of the Google Wallet app. This is only appearing on that Pixel 8 where I encountered the change.
The message did not appear on two other Pixel phones that I had side-by-side during the at-home tests unlock phone via fingerprint, keep the screen active, and open/close Google Wallet at 1, 2, and 3-minute intervals until the verify its you prompt appears Ive performed.
This suggests Google is either still testing this behavior or has yet to widely roll it out.
For comparison, Apple Pay on the iPhone requires that you authenticate every tap-to-pay transaction. Android and Google Wallet is moving closer in that direction, but is still providing more leeway.
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The Google Pixel 8a leaks twice, hinting at its design, and four color options – TechRadar
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Nothing is official yet, but if we had to make an educated guess, we'd say the Google Pixel 8a is going to be unveiled on the first day of Google I/O 2024, which is May 14. Now two new leaks have given us more of an idea about what to expect from the handset.
To begin with we've got leaked renders of the Pixel 8a courtesy of Android Headlines. There are four colors on show here, apparently called Mint, Porcelain, Obsidian, and Bay (or light green, pale gray, dark gray, and light blue, as they're otherwise known).
These colors are similar to the ones we saw for the Google Pixel 7a, though Mint appears to have replaced Coral (orange). Mint is an option on the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro, though here it looks a lot more garish which might just be due to the way the image is edited.
As Android Headlines points out, we also got a paler Mint color with the Google Pixel 6a in 2022, so this wouldn't be a first for the mid-range series. We noticed that the Pixel 6a was recently removed from sale on the Google Store, leaving space for the Pixel 8a.
The renders we can see here back up previous leaks: the design is similar to the Pixel 8 and indeed the Pixel 7a. It's possible that the corners are going to be slightly more curved, but there's not a lot in it, and this is a phone that still looks very much like a Pixel.
Google may have already revealed the Pixel 8a design in an advert for Google Fi Wireless, and the picture in that ad does match the renders from Android Headlines. The colors seem plausible too provided that green gets toned down a bit.
Elsewhere in Pixel 8a leak news, serial tipster Evan Blass has spotted some Pixel 8a tutorials have gone live on the website of a US carrier not ideal from Google's perspective. How long they remain up remains to be seen.
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Another potential upgrade we've heard about is a bump to a 120Hz screen, though the Tensor G3 chip may be underclocked to keep the phone below the Pixel 8 in terms of performance. In around a month's time, all should be revealed.
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Google working to prevent accidental Circle to Search activations – 9to5Google
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The latest Made by Google Podcast episode talks to the development team behind Circle to Search (CtS).
The team spent a ton of time thinking about what is the fastest way to access, because we knew that could make or break the product. It was important to them that you could access it anywhere across the OS. They of course landed on long-pressing the gesture bar (referred to as the home handled today) or home button to activate Circle to Search.
With 3-button navigation, CtS replaces Assistant activation, with users having to use the app shortcut, power button, or hotword. Some that use gesture navigation with its wide but short touch target, complain about accidentally triggering Circle to Search. Fortunately, Google is aware of this:
We still have further to go, and were working a lot on making sure its triggered when you want, [and] its not triggered when you dont want.
Also of note is explicit acknowledgment that Circle to Search actually works with Lens.
A lot of the technology is in fact Lens, the visual searching capabilities, OCR on the screen. The key differences are rarely that its universally available.
The animation that sweeps across your screen is called the shimmer, while development on CtS started around January of 2023. Google acknowledges that tapping to select (like in Lens) is faster than circling, but that the team found the circle to be delightful. Circle to Search also accepts highlighting (or crossing out text) and squiggling over. The team is finding that copying text is an increasingly popular use case.
And so when youre doing a circle, we have very, very finely tuned the region selection over lots and lots of testing so that its extremely accurate.
Besides launching in-line translation, Google has a lot more planned for Circle to Search: we have lots of ideas about what to do. One thing that was suggested is a merging of both the Search result page with the Lens result page, and thats going to be rolling out over many, many months.
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Did you even use the Google One VPN? [Poll] – 9to5Google
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In the months to come, Google will be shutting down the VPN that was available as a part of Google One. Theres been plenty of outcry surrounding the shutdown, but did you even use it?
The Google One VPN first made its debut in 2020 as a layer of protection for Android devices, and later also made its way to iOS and desktop platforms too. Much of the appeal of the system is that it is very simply to use and also incredibly affordable, as its available through even the cheapest Google One plans.
However, Google says that the reason Ones VPN is shutting down is that hardly anyone was using it.
Google didnt provide any numbers on how many people were using the VPN service, so its hard to quantify just how underused it was. Google One as a whole has around 100 million subscribers, and its safe to assume that most of them are subscribed for the sake of additional storage on their Google accounts.
While there were many perks to the Google One VPN, its important to think about the context of what the product was. Google was distributing this as an add-on to the subscription rather than a standalone product, and given the main focus of One is storage, its reasonable to think that that vast majority of users didnt even know this VPN is an option.
And for those more versed on what a VPN is, Google Ones offering doesnt really stack up to competitors. While its drastically cheaper, other VPNs have more features, such as the ability to spoof your location. Google didnt offer that, and its a big part of the appeal for many users.
Googles VPN offerings wont be disappearing entirely. The company is still going to offer this functionality on Pixels, but this is still a considerable loss for those who were enjoying the service on other devices.
Were you a fan of the Google One VPN? Did you use it regularly, or not at all? Vote in the poll below!
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