News by: Liam Spradlin,,25 Sep 2013
Youtube
- new permission for receiving data from the internet, which it uses to give you new video notifications.
- front page also shows a promoted video front and center now.
- new contextual menu that allows users to share and add to select lists, rather than simply adding to "watch later."
- Users can also clear their watch history right from the overflow menu up top.
Google Search
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- better language processing.
- wider recognition for TV programming.
- Search added the ability to detect when you're watching live television on an internet-enabled TV.
- the TV detection card has switched from asking "Watching live TV?" to "Watching TV," adding that "Live TV broadcasts and some recorded programs can be detected," versus the previous "Only live TV broadcasts can be detected."
- the latest update also has a subtle tablet UI tweak. Namely, there's a smaller margin on either side of cards when viewing them in portrait mode. This gives the cards a slightly more spacey feel, but opens up the potential for more dense cards in future iterations, and brings the tablet experience closer to its phone-bound counterpart.
news source: androidpolice.com
Google Play Books
- Google bringing Play Books availability to nine new places: Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and New Zealand.
