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Google Pay adds support for 15 more banks across Europe, Asia, and Australia

Hagop Kavafian

Whether it's adding support for more banks or public transit cards, Google Pay is expanding, both in the US and across the world. The service continues to grow as fifteen more European, Asian, and Australian banks' payment cards now work with it.

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Spotify will soon let you share control of your music queue with others

Jules Wang

A good party should be an open party. Namely, it should have a few open things: an open door, an open bar (or two), and an open jukebox. That last bit can get more awkward than one would like as people fumble around with a computer or figure out how to connect their phones to the Wi-Fi network. Well, Spotify is cooking up a new feature that will let other users take control of a host's playlist with a simple scan of a code or tap of a link.

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Acer Chromebook Spin 13 is now $699 ($120 off) on Amazon

Corbin Davenport

The Acer Chromebook Spin 13 is one of the most premium Chromebooks you can buy, with a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a high-resolution IPS screen. The original price of $820 for the Core i5/8GB RAM model was a bit high, but now you can get it for $699 from Amazon.

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New Google media device with battery shows up at the FCC, possibly a Home follow-up... or not

Rita El Khoury

Google has been very active at the FCC in May. We've seen the Nest Hub Max get approval, a new mysterious Bluetooth-only device, and now a third product has been approved by the FCC, in the Google Home family. What it is though is a riddle as different parts of the filing point to different explanations.

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Epix Now streaming service now available on Android TV

Taylor Kerns
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Samsung Internet Browser Beta can stop autoplaying videos, QR code reader also added [APK Download]

Scott Scrivens

Samsung updated the beta version of its Internet Browser app earlier this month, adding a notification manager and home screen shortcut renaming. A couple of extra items have been snuck onto the same changelog, one of which is sure to be very popular — there's a new feature that can prevent videos from autoplaying.

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Choose which days of the week you want Digital Wellbeing to wind down your phone [APK Download]

Rita El Khoury

One of the pillar features of Digital Wellbeing is the ability to "wind down" your device. That means switching the display to grayscale to make time-sink apps like social media ones less visually appealing, and turning on Do Not Disturb to stop notifications from waking you up or grabbing your attention. However, this setting was the same for every day — you couldn't disable it on Saturdays but keep it running every other day. But now you can.

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Google Docs finally lets you adjust margins per section and add section breaks

Manuel Vonau

Just about one or two decades ago, we would've laughed anyone off who'd say that we will be editing our text documents in the browser one day. And even if we believed him or her, we would‘ve never thought that a web app could replace native programs for many people and companies. Yet here we are today with Google Drive, which barely stands still and continuously receives new features – just like this Thursday, when the company announced the addition of new formatting tools, including the option to adjust page margins per section and section breaks.

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[Update: Now for Pixel 3a and 3a XL] Google Lookout uses AI to help visually-impaired people navigate the world

Rita El Khoury

I can't imagine having to navigate today's world while visually impaired. From streets to people to items, and even trivial things like preparing a sandwich or knowing the proper toilet sign in a restaurant, it would all be infinitely more difficult without sight, and I have a lot of admiration for those who have to handle these situations every day. Smartphones can make some of this easier, especially with AI at the helm. If Google Lens can identify a dog's breed from a photo, there's nothing stopping it from using the same tech to help visually-impaired people, and that's where Lookout comes in.

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Chrome Web Store will ban extensions with deceptive installation tactics starting July 1st

Manuel Vonau

Browser extensions have always been a two-edged sword. On the one hand, they offer invaluable services to power users by enabling them to customize their web surfing experience as needed, but on the other hand, I still remember the toolbars of old and how some more regular users added dozens to their browsers, bugging down their machines. Many people don't even know that they've installed them, as they're offered with deceptive tactics. Thus, Google has already removed the often-abused inline installation option from Chromium last year. And on Thursday, the company also announced that it's further restricting deceptive installation tactics.

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