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Google stops selling the Pixel 2 and 2 XL - Engadget

Google is no longer selling the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL through its store, in the hope you might instead buy the Pixel 3. As spotted by Android Police, the older devices are no longer visible on the Phones section of the Google Store, and if you try to visit the Pixel 2 page directly, you'll be redirected to the Pixel 3 listing. The devices are also no longer available through the Google Fi store.

The move might not come as too much of a surprise. Google discounted Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL over Valentine's Day, seemingly as part of an effort to shift some of the remaining stock. It removed the original Pixel from its store around this time last year, also about 18 months after announcing that handset. However, you can still find Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL at third-party retailers. It's an interesting strategy that stands in contrast to Apple, which continues to sell some of its handsets several years after release.

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2019-04-01 15:00:02Z
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Google just added the classic phone game 'Snake' to Google Maps as an April Fools' Day gag — here's how to play it - INSIDER

In honor of April Fools' Day, Google added a free game to Google Maps: Classic phone game "Snake."
Google's twist with its version of "Snake" is that you're controlling a subway train as it picks up passengers and visits landmarks.
"Snake" from Google is free, and available now through the end of the week.

What does classic phone game "Snake" have to do with the annual tomfoolery of April Fools' Day?

That's a good question that we can't answer, but the good news is this: Starting right now, you can play "Snake" within Google Maps as a free game. Or perhaps you're stuck at a desk all day? There's also a free version on the web!

Here's how to play "Snake" for free, care of Google:

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2019-04-01 14:32:47Z
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Gmail will do even more thinking for you with these 6 new features - MarketWatch

Now Gmail users can schedule when they send emails, choose from suggested subject lines and even get some tips for drafting messages in Spanish.

This isn’t an April Fools’ joke — the Alphabet-owned GOOGL, +1.74% email service is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Monday by rolling out some new features designed to get its 1.5 billion users to “email smarter” by spending less time composing messages.

Google claims its A.I.-powered “Smart Compose” predictive text feature, which makes suggestions for the rest of a word or phrase to save effort in writing messages, has already saved people from typing more than 1 billion characters each week (or enough to fill 1,000 copies of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy). Now it’s expanded those capabilities to subject lines and languages besides English. A Google rep told MarketWatch that prompts will pop up in the app and while composing messages, to guide users to take advantage of the new options.

See: The scientific way to slash the time you spend on work email by 50%

These are the Gmail features that will begin rolling out on April 1:

Scheduled send: Get an email off of your to-do list after business hours, on weekends or when the recipient is out of office — but without interrupting their downtime. Now you can write an email as you normally would (or while it’s on your mind), but schedule it to be sent once the recipient is back on the clock. It’s also helpful for sending emails at targeted times across time zones.

Suggested subject line: Gmail’s “Smart Compose” feature will be extended to suggest subject lines based on the email that you’ve written. If it prompts you with a suggestion that you like, just hit your tab key to accept it.

Smart Compose personalization: Gmail’s suggested text will now offer greetings and phrases that “sound more like you,” according to the press release. For example, if you often write “Hey Pav” over the more formal “Hi Pavel” in your emails, you’ll start getting “Hey Pav” as suggested personalized greetings when you start typing a greeting.

Smart Compose on mobile: The predictive text will also become available on the mobile app, so you can get contextual suggestions — for addresses, as well — as you type on the go. Swipe right to accept the suggestions.

Smart Compose in four new languages: Soon you can also get predictive text and suggested phrases in Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Dynamic email: Rather than getting “kicked out” of your inbox to another browser tab to learn more or get things done, dynamic email lets you take actions directly in emails. For example, you can: respond to a comment thread in Google Docs; browse hotel recommendations and travel deals; submit an RSVP and schedule an appointment; or fill out a questionnaire right from the email message.

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2019-04-01 14:20:00Z
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The world’s top Samsung insider just leaked a Galaxy Note 10 feature that’ll blow your mind - BGR

The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ were disappointing on every level last year, offering users a hardware design that was nearly identical to Samsung’s 2017 flagship phone lineup without any compelling new features to look forward to. As a result, estimates suggest it was Samsung’s worst-selling Galaxy S phone series since all the way back in 2012. Thankfully, Samsung more than made up for it with the new Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+, a trio of phones that were just released last month. They feature gorgeous new designs, upgraded cameras, and plenty of exciting new features. In other words, they’re everything the Galaxy S9 should have been.

A fourth new S10 model, the Galaxy S10 5G, is set to launch later this month with an even bigger display than the S10+. It’ll also feature a quad-lens camera array on the back instead of a triple-lens setup like the Galaxy S10 and S10+, as well as 5G connectivity. Then at some point later in the month, the Galaxy Fold will go on sale and become the first foldable smartphone available in most markets. But we’ve already seen all those phones, and eager Samsung fans want to know what’s next. While details surrounding the upcoming Galaxy Note 10 are still scarce, there have been a few leaks lately. But the biggest Galaxy Note 10 leak so far was just reported this morning by the world’s top Samsung insider, and it’s going to blow your mind.

Back in February we learned that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 10 will likely feature a quad-lens camera on the back. Then last month we found out that there will definitely be a 5G version of the Galaxy Note 10, and a rumor just last week said that the phone might feature a bold new design with no physical buttons at all. Those details are all compelling, but Monday morning’s Galaxy Note 10 leak blows them all away.

Last week I wrote about a very cool feature coming to some Android phones right now that I really want Apple to steal for the iPhone 11. That feature, which is about to debut on a new Oppo smartphone, is 10x hybrid zoom. It combines optical zoom with enhanced digital zoom to enable shockingly clear zoomed photos. The image samples in this post will blow you away, but it appears as though they’re nothing compared to what’s coming on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 later this year.

The Galaxy Note10 will feature a 100x optical hybrid zoom camera and a 1/1.2" 192MP camera. 😛

— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) April 1, 2019

According to Samsung insider Ice Universe, the Galaxy Note 10 will feature “a 100x optical hybrid zoom camera and a 1/1.2″ 192MP camera.” Those aren’t typos. That’s 100x hybrid zoom… and a whopping 192 megapixels. If the leak is accurate — and Ice Universe is almost always accurate when he leaks inside information about unreleased smartphones — it’ll give the Galaxy Note 10 a huge selling point beyond the exciting new features we already expect, such as a new all-screen design, an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, and nifty new S Pen features. If the Galaxy Note 10 that can take 100x zoomed photos that are anywhere near as clear as the 10x image samples we mentioned above, it is absolutely going to blow people’s minds.

Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 10 at some point in August 2019, so we’ll undoubtedly see plenty more leaks before it hits store shelves.

Image Source: Zach Epstein, BGR

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2019-04-01 12:51:00Z
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Gmail Now Lets You Schedule Emails, Launches Improved Smart Compose - Thurrott.com

To celebrate Gmail’s 15th birthday, Google is making its email service more assistive. The company is launching a couple of new features today that will help you get more done with Gmail.

The main new feature is the Schedule Send feature, and it essentially allows you to schedule emails to be sent at a particular time. The feature allows you to send an email next morning, next afternoon, on a certain day, or you can simply pick the exact date and time you want to send the email. You won’t have to have the Gmail app open after scheduling the email for it to actually be sent, as that’s all done on the backend.

Gmail is also improving its Smart Compose feature. The feature was previously limited to Pixel 3 devices and it’s now coming to all Android devices, with an iOS release expected soon as well. Smart Compose also now remembers what kind of greetings you prefer to use on your emails, so if you frequently type “Ello” or “Ahoy” it will remember that and start your emails with that. And it’s also now capable of suggesting email subjects based on the content of your email. Last but not least, Smart Compose now works with Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.

Google also announced support for new interactive emails on Gmail last week.

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https://www.thurrott.com/google/204105/gmail-now-lets-you-schedule-emails-launches-improved-smart-compose

2019-04-01 12:12:40Z
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Google Maps revives Snake for an April Fools game - Android Police

April Fools is an annual highlight at Google (right on par with Google I/O), with the company directing many resources to develop the most elaborate Easter eggs. Google Maps is almost certainly always a part of the yearly festivities: After 2015's resurrection of Pac Man and last year's Where's Waldo, this time around we're invited to play good old Snake on our favorite mapping service.

While gameplay hasn't changed (you swipe to the direction you want or use the arrow keys on your desktop), Google's visuals differ a bit from the original 1997 Nokia hit (who would've thought?!). Your snake is an 8-bit train that grows longer with each person you pick up from a city or the world, depending on which map you play on.

That's right, you can choose seven different 8-bit-ified places to play on — Cairo, São Paulo, London, Sydney, San Francisco, Tokyo, and World. Each map has different trains and landmarks you can pick up along people. For example, in London, you pass the London Eye, the Tower Bridge, and Big Ben, all while your "train" is actually a classic London red double-decker bus. You get one point per person you pick up, and bonus points for each sight you visit. A break for a black tea will be rewarded, too.

On the World map, you visit country-defining landmarks such as the Great Wall of China or the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro — and interestingly, you travel by train, not by airplane. Maybe Google wants to nudge us towards more environmentally-friendly transport (but how are we going to cross oceans?), or a plane growing longer would've looked too ridiculous. I guess it's the latter.

To start the game in the Google Maps app, head to the hamburger menu and tap Play Snake. If that's too much of a hassle to you, we've got you covered: just visit snake.googlemaps.com on your mobile or desktop browser.

Price: Free

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https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/01/google-maps-revives-snake-for-an-april-fools-game/

2019-04-01 11:48:00Z
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Gmail can schedule messages to send them at a better time - Engadget

Google is marking Gmail's 15th birthday (yes, April 1st) with some genuinely useful additions rather than pranks. To start, it's introducing an option to schedule sending your messages so that they'll arrive at a better time. If you need to write a company message late at night but would rather not bug a coworker off-hours, you can delay the email until your colleague is back in the office.

Smart Compose is also learning to adapt to your personal style. The AI-guided feature now knows how to recognize your usual greetings -- if you open with a "hey" or "hello," you won't have to repeat yourself every time. The feature can also suggest subject lines based on the body text. And while the expansion technically started earlier in March, Google has confirmed that Smart Compose is now available on Android beyond the Pixel 3 (iOS is coming soon) and works in French, Italian, Portugese and Spanish.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/01/gmail-smart-compose-and-scheduled-email/

2019-04-01 10:41:42Z
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