Apps & Services
Google Search Widget Have New Customizable Options With The New Update
Google app is getting a new update with a new feature for the search widget. These are new and exciting customization options introduced for the Google search widget, the one available with the official version of the Big G Google app.
The recently added customization options let you choose the colour of the Google logo and whether to display the complete name or just the initials. The personalization doesn’t stop there, though, as there are new options for the bar’s tint, outline, and required shape.
So let’s see how to access these customization options:
- Access the Widgets section of the Google app by pressing and pressing the home screen.
- Go to the Google widget section and select the one for the search bar.
- Tap the customize button once you add the widget to the home screen.
- Navigate through the customization options through the bottom menu.
The news we just saw is available to everyone who has updated the Google app to version 13.40. This search widget makes a lot of sense if you don’t own a Pixel and therefore if you can’t use the Pixel Launcher that integrates the search bar into the default home screen.
Google Maps play a key role in navigation, whether it is for smartphones, tablets, or Android Auto. It is a commonly used application on all Android devices for navigation. It provides several features that make the user more comfortable to take advantage of many new features that help them find easy routes. Google has started rolling out a new update that will enhance the 3D building functionality to make the experience easier.
3D buildings are available on Android Auto-like smartphones.
The 3D building feature provides a cool visualization of the building, giving you the experience of seeing the building’s design without going anywhere. This feature appeared on Google Maps for some time. Subsequently, this mode emerged as the new standard for both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and it is also compatible with Android devices and iPhones.
Now, with the latest update of Google Maps, version V125, a beta version, the 3D building feature is synchronized across all the user’s devices. When you open Google Maps, go to settings and activate or deactivate the show building in 3D toggle. It will keep remembering, and when you reconnect to Android Auto, you will find the synchronized option between two services.
How to take advantage of the new Google Map features
According to the information, the new feature has been spotted on the beta version, so the update will only be available for the users who have enrolled in the beta program of Google Maps. In case you haven’t enrolled yet, you can still do that by just going to the official Play Store page of Google Map, tapping on the join button, and once it finishes restoration, it will show a new update, so hit on it.
Samsung offers a Good Lock facility, especially for Galaxy users who desire more interface customization. Now its ‘Theme Park’ module will soon receive a new update.
Samsung, to enhance users’ customization experience, offers Good Lock and rolls out updates regularly to keep it up-to-date. The Korean giant has created, expanded, and updated over the years collections of tools that allow most ‘geeks’ to have a convenient experience. Now reports are revealing that the Theme Park module will soon receive an update or new features that will improve theme creation.
Samsung enhanced the Theme Park module last time with the arrival of One UI 6.0, which introduced a completely new architecture. Now again, Samsung is gearing up to offer a new update to Theme Park; this is being speculated upon by an announcement on Samsung’s community forum. The center point of the update will be making theme creation seamless and flawless instead of adding complex new features. This means Good Lock users will soon be able to bring their theme ideas to their devices more quickly.
The update is expected to arrive by the end of April, along with various improvements for enhancing the customization experience. The design and theme application processes will be faster after this update; the existing themes can also be modified and overwritten; and the current icon pack design will automatically be applied to newly installed applications.
The aim behind the forthcoming Theme Park update is just to make theme creation more user-friendly, effortless, and fast by eliminating unnecessary steps. This will enhance usability.
Although the update not only brings new features and improvements but also brings some functional limitations; for instance, you will lose the power to use images to customize themes for Keycap Style in your Samsung keyboard, and the support for the folder shape on the Home screen will no longer be available, the ‘Change color palette’ and ‘App-specific theme settings’ items will appear as not presently supported.
WhatsApp is the most commonly used application due to its intuitiveness and useful features. It is popular among all age groups. In the last few months, the developer team has done a very appreciative job of providing a whole new experience for the users by adding a bunch of new features. Now, to maintain its consistency, it has started rolling out chat filters.
What is a chat filter?
WhatsApp has rolled out a new chat filter feature installed at the top of chats, which allows users to separate chats into three categories: All, Unread, and Groups. When you tap on the All button, it displays all the chats. If you tap on the unread button, it will display only unread messages. Meanwhile, the third option, “Groups,” allows users to create focused-only groups.
However, the WhatsApp unread filter is not that useful because it simply displays the unread message without following any order. Simply put, it doesn’t display the message according to several unread messages for a particular chat. Additionally, the group filter is also not that useful for users who haven’t joined any communities or are members of multiple groups.
Where the chat filter is available for your device, you can use it from the chat tab. There will be three pil-shaped buttons labeled All, Unread, and Groups at the top of the chats tab.
According to the information, this feature may not be available automatically from the server side, and you will have to update the WhatsApp application to the latest version. You can do that via the Play Store.