My daughter is about to finish kindergarten. Recently, to my delight, she’s started reading books out loud to her baby brother. When she struggles with a word, we work together to help her sound it out. She’s proud to have moved on to “big words” and has grown more confident in her reading abilities.When I…
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5 new ways to add more to Google Wallet
When we launched Google Wallet last summer, we set out to create a new digital wallet that prioritizes convenience, security and privacy. Most importantly, we wanted to build an experience that’s accessible to anyone, anywhere. Here’s how we’ve been working to make that vision a reality.Easily save passes to Wallet from an imageOne of my…
Connect on the go and learn new skills with new Android features
A few weeks ago at Google I/O, we announced features that can make Android devices more helpful, secure and expressive. We’re introducing these throughout this year within regular updates, ensuring your devices keep improving in between our yearly OS releases.Today, we are announcing seven new updates and features rolling out now to help you learn…
5 ways you can personalize your smartwatch with Wear OS
Smartwatches are a great way to stay connected, healthy and productive, but they can also be a great way to express your personal style. With an unrivaled selection of customization features and unique ways to interact with apps, Wear OS empowers you to create a smartwatch experience that is truly one-of-a-kind.Here are some of the…
A sustainable solution helped a small town cool its data center
Inge van Ditshuizen grew up ice skating on the canals in the Netherlands, a joyful part of her childhood. Two winters ago, she went ice skating outside with her eight-year-old daughter. “There was just this one weekend in that year that we could ice skate,” Inge says. “And my daughter was saying, ‘Mommy, mommy, this…
How we designed and built the Pixel Fold’s hinge
George is a Pixel Product Manager, most recently for the Pixel Fold, and he’s been working on the foldables team at Google since its inception. Introduced at Google I/O, the Pixel Fold is our first foldable phone. It’s also our thinnest phone ever when it’s unfolded, and when folded, the thinnest of its kind on…
Android Enterprise improves customer and employee experiences at Leroy Merlin
Editor’s note: Today’s post is from the Digital Tech and Data Department at Leroy Merlin España, a leading retailer of renovation and interior design goods in Europe.At Leroy Merlin España, our 18,000 employees are committed to providing the best possible customer service. So to help them more easily assist Leroy Merlin shoppers, we decided to…
Ballroom and beyond: how Google is celebrating Pride
Last year, my beautiful son came out. I watched how the world struggled to honor him in his Blackness and queerness. I watched as he tried to make sense of himself, to love himself, in the face of constant vitriol that tells Black, brown, queer and trans kids that they are other, that they do…
TAG Bulletin: Q2 2023
Threat Analysis Group Spyware vendors use 0-days and n-days against popular platforms Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) tracks actors involved in information operations (IO), government backed attacks and financially motivated abuse. For years, TAG has… Source
Our 5 Doodle for Google Finalists share their stories of gratitude
Over the past 15 years of the Doodle for Google student contest, we’ve been incredibly grateful for all the students who have submitted their artwork. So for this year’s prompt, we asked students across the United States to illustrate their answers to their prompt, “I am grateful for…”Once we reviewed the tens of thousands of…