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vendredi 16 octobre 2020

Google Play Music is no longer available on Smart Speakers

Google is moving forward with its ‘death by 1000 cuts’ for Google Play Music after the service was removed from Google Assistant-powered smart speakers including the Google Nest Home range, and third party devices. This means that subscribers will automatically find their speakers set to YouTube Music by default from now on, with the Google Play Music option removed from settings. As ever, this can be overridden manually by a number of alternatives including Spotify, Tidal, and Deezer.

The company has made it clear that after several years of delays caused as it created feature parity for successor product YouTube Music, it would fully retire the service before the end of 2020. YouTube Music now allows you to transfer purchases from Google Play, and upload your own files, for streaming only. Alternatively, purchases can be downloaded to migrate away altogether, via Google Takeout.

However, rather than work to a hard end-date, Google has been turning off aspects of the service by product line, and sometimes by territory. Last week saw the end of support for Google Play Music on Wear OS devices, despite there being no YouTube Music app for wearables (yet).

There’s little doubt that after all the months of faffing about, Google is determined to finally press ahead with retirement for the service, which is just shy of its ninth birthday. Earlier in the month, Google stopped sales of mp3 downloads through the Google Play Store, as it goes all-in on streaming.

The next stage of the process will involve the gradual removal of access to the Google Play Music app and web portal, which is being done on a rolling basis, by region, throughout the remainder of the year. Google now considers the service depreciated and users are strongly advised to migrate soon, as they may lose access with no further notice.

Source: ArsTechnica

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Samsung rolls out One UI 2.5 to the Galaxy Note 9 with October 2020 security patches

Following the launch of the Galaxy Note 20 Series in August this year, Samsung started rolling out the One UI 2.5 update to older Galaxy devices. Since then, the update has made its way to quite a few devices, including the Galaxy S10 Series, Galaxy Note 10 Series, Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy Note 10 Lite, and the Galaxy Tab S6. As per a recent comment on our forums, the One UI 2.5 update has now started rolling out to the Galaxy Note 9.

The One UI 2.5 update for the Galaxy Note 9 (firmware version N960FXXU6FTJ3/ N960FOXM6FTJ2/N960FXXU6FTJ1) measures in at 820.76MB, and it includes the Android security patches for October 2020. The update also includes most of the new features that were introduced with the Galaxy Note 20 Series, including support for wireless DeX, new camera features like Single Take, improvements for the Samsung Keyboard app, and more.

Galaxy Note 9 One UI 2.5

As with the previous One UI 2.5 releases for other devices, the update may take a few days before it reaches all Galaxy Note 9 users. It’s also worth noting that One UI 2.5 is the last major update for the Galaxy Note 9, as the device wasn’t included in Samsung’s new policy of three generations of Android upgrades. However, the device will still receive monthly security updates for at least another year. In case you haven’t received the update yet, and you don’t wish to wait any longer, you can download the update package from the link below and manually flash it on your device.

Download One UI 2.5 for the Galaxy Note 9

Source: XDA Forums

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Google Sheets adds Smart Fill to automate spreadsheet data entry

Google Sheets has steadily gained new features over the past few months, including a dark theme, an offline indicator on PC, a new comment UI, and the ability to collaborate on Microsoft Excel files. Now, Google is adding yet another nifty feature to the service.

In a blog post, Google has announced they are rolling out Smart Fill, an AI-powered feature for Google Sheets that provides automated data entry suggestions based on context. The feature was first revealed back in June this year, with Google promising to bring it to the masses later this year.

Whenever Smart Fill detects a pattern, it generates the corresponding formulas and prompts you to fill in the rest of the column for you. The following Google GIF describes it much better how this feature actually works:

Smart Fill works similar to the Smart Compose feature, which Google first rolled out to Gmail users back in 2018, providing users with context-based auto-responses. It was subsequently brought to Gboard as well as Docs.

Google says in addition to data that is provided in a sheet, Smart Fill can also tap into Google’s Knowledge Graph to provide automated suggestions. As for Enterprise Plus users, the feature can use organization-only data to fill in details like email addresses of company employees.

The Smart Fill feature will be available for Enterprise, Nonprofits customers and users with personal Google Accounts. Google notes Smart Fill will be On by default for end users with no admin control over the feature. Google has already begun rolling out the Smart Fill functionality in Google Sheets, and it will be available to all Google Workspace and Google account users in the coming weeks.

Google Sheets (Free, Google Play) →

Source: Google Workspace

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Source: Google Workspace

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Google releases Android for Cars App Library to let developers create apps for Android Auto

Earlier this year in August, Google announced that it had started working with the developers behind a couple of prominent navigation, parking, and electric vehicle charging apps to bring new categories of apps to Android Auto. The collaboration has resulted in the new Android for Cars App Library, and the company is now releasing an open beta version of the library for any app developer to use.

ChargePoint, SpotHero, and Sygic apps for Android Auto

According to a recent post on the Android Developers Blog, the Android for Cars App Library will allow developers to design, develop, and test their own navigation, parking, and charging apps on Android Auto. Google has divided the open beta release into three phases to help developers every step of the way. For the design phase, the company has released design guidelines and app quality guidelines to ensure that new apps are optimized for the platform and follow the best safety practices.

DHU simulating an instrument cluster, a widescreen head unit, and a touchpad

Once developers finalize a design, they can then move on to the development phase. For this phase, Google has provided a developer guide to make it easier for developers to build their apps for the platform. And finally, in the testing phase, developers will be able to test their apps on the Android Auto Desktop Head Unit emulator that simulates a car infotainment display. To further streamline the process, Google has updated the emulator with support for multiple screen sizes, displaying information in the instrument cluster, and simulating vehicles with touchpad input.

If you’re interested in bringing your app to Android Auto, you can get started with the Android for Cars App Library by following this link. App developed with the new library will be published on the Google Play Store in the coming months.

Source: Android Developer Blog

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Google releases Android for Cars App Library to let developers create apps for Android Auto

ChargePoint, SpotHero, and Sygic apps for Android Auto

DHU simulating an instrument cluster, a widescreen head unit, and a touchpad

Source: Android Developer Blog

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Keys Cafe is a new Good Lock module to customize the Samsung Keyboard app

Samsung recently released two new Good Lock modules called Pentastic and Wonderland. The Pentastic module allowed users to theme the Galaxy Note’s S Pen, while the Wonderland module allowed users to create live wallpapers. Shortly after the modules were released, Samsung teased another module called Keys Cafe, which would allow users to customize the Samsung Keyboard app. Now, the company has finally released the module on the Samsung Galaxy Store.

The new Keys Cafe Good Lock module is available for all Samsung devices running One UI 2.5, and it lets you customize almost every aspect of the Samsung Keyboard app. As you can see in the attached screenshots, the module includes three main options — Make your own keyboard, Style your own keyboard, and Play keyboard game.

The ‘Make your own keyboard’ option allows you to customize the key layout of the Samsung Keyboard app and add/remove function keys, special characters, emoji, frequently used words, kaomoji, and more. It also gives you the option to customize the keyboard’s width and height as per your preference.

Add special characters to the Samsung Keyboard app

Add emoji row in Keys Cafe Good Lock module

Layout customization in Keys Cafe Good Lock module

The ‘Style your own keyboard’ option in Keys Cafe presents you with a couple of premade themes for the keyboard, and it also gives you the option to create a custom theme with the colors of your choice. But to create your own theme, you’ll need to download the Theme Park Good Lock module on your device. The option also lets you add custom animation effects and color effects to the keyboard.

Add color effects to keys in Samsung Keyboard

Add motion effects to keys in Samsung Keyboard app

And finally, the ‘Play keyboard game’ option includes two typing games to help you improve typing speed and accuracy on mobile. It offers a Sentence Practice game, which brings up short phrases that you have to type as fast and accurately as you can. Based on your performance, the game delivers an accuracy and typing speed score.

Play typing games in Keys Cafe Good Lock

The second game, called Word Rain, has words raining down on the screen, and you have to type them as fast as you can. It works pretty much like the zty.pe typing game, and any words that hit the bottom of the screen increase the water level until the character at the bottom drowns, and the game ends.

Word rain game Keys Cafe Samsung Good Lock

If you’re interested in trying out the new Key Cafe Good Lock module, you can download it on your Samsung device by following the link below. Do note that the module will only work on devices running One UI 2.5 or later, and you may also need to update to the latest version of the Samsung Keyboard app.

Download Keys Cafe from the Samsung Galaxy Store

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