Apps & Services
Google Wallet Ending Support for older Galaxy Phones & Wear OS Watches
Your secure and private digital wallet, ‘Google Wallet’, is dropping support for old Android and Wear OS versions, starting next month.
Google Wallet is a digital wallet facility on Android that allows you to quickly access payment cards, passes, tickets, keys, or IDs that you choose to store on it. Google Pay plays an essential role in helping you manage your money and your finances. The new support document reveals that from June 10, Google Wallet will only support Android smartphones that at least run Android 9 or higher. It means you can use Google Wallet on Samsung devices released in or around 2014, including the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Tab E 9.6.
“Google Wallet will require Android 9 or higher on your phone and OS 2.x or higher on your smartwatch.”
While using Google Wallet on your smartwatch, your watch should be running on Wear OS 2.x or higher. The good news is that Samsung Galaxy Watches with Wear OS are all compatible with the latest Wear OS 4, so none will be impacted by this change.
Google Wallet says the reason behind this new change is that “security updates aren’t available for Android versions below 9.”
Another support page, which is yet to be updated, shows Android 7.0 as the basic requirement. When Google Walled debuted in 2022, Android 5.0 was listed. With this new change, users who are using Android Nougat (7.0, 7.1) and Oreo (8.0, 8.1) are impacted. As reported by Android Studio, Android 9 Pie has a cumulative distribution of 86.4%.
Whereas, at launch, Wear OS 2 was based on Android 8.0 Oreo but was later updated to Android 9.0 Pie. Previously, Google ended Play Services support back in August 2023 for Android KitKat.
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Google has rolled out a new update for Android devices. With this update, the company aims to enhance the services that are served by Google’s applications, including the Google Play Store and Google Play Services. Now, with the latest development, the Google Play Store is getting a new update.
Google Play system July 2024 update: what’s new?
Google has provided some new enhancements to the working of the most important application of the device, which is the Google Play Store. According to the official changelog, the Google Play Store will now have more protection against threats. Now it allows users to send new apps for full threat analysis. With this functionality, users will get more protection against threats.
It is worth noticing that Google has only published the details about the upcoming changes in the Google Play Store, but the availability of the update will vary for Android devices. To take advantage of the new feature, you should keep an eye on the update for the built-in applications. In the coming days, Google will provide some more changes for the other related in-built applications.
To check the latest update for the Google Play Store, you just need to follow these simple steps: Open the Google Play Store, then tap on the Profile icon from the top right. Now you will enter the settings for the Play Store version.
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Apps & Services
Telegram June 2024 update brings mini app bar, stars for content monetization and more
Telegram has rolled out a fresh update for users. With the latest update, the company has introduced several new features that will elevate the user experience and provide new ways to earn money from Telegram. Telegram is aggressively trying to make its place in the social media market against WhatsApp. To do that, the developer team regularly brings new features with fresh updates.
Telegram June 2024 Update
With the latest update, Telegram has brought some new features. Let’s explore all of them: Minimizable mini app bar: now users will be able to minimize the mini app into a bar at the bottom of the screen for quick access and reduced loading times. To minimize the app, you just need to swipe left on its title, and to reopen it, simply tap on the bar and choose the desired application.
Telegram stars and TonCoin: now that Telgam has introduced a new way to earn money for users, stars can be used to unlock photos and videos from channels or purchase digital goods from bots. The stars can also be exchanged for toncoin or used for discounted telegram ad promotion.
Apart from this, users will be convinced to search for content through Telegram, which will allow them to search for stores by hashtag or location tag. Public stores with location tags can improve visibility for businesses like bars and restaurants.
For premium users, Telegram will provide a link widget store. With this facility, users can add customizable link widgets to their stories to capture the user’s attention.
Telegram has already started rolling out the update for Android smartphones. To check for the update, you just need to go to the Google Play Store, then search for Telegram. If it shows a new update available, then tap on the update button and wait until it installs on the smartphone.
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Samsung is upgrading its SmartThings era by adding more convenient and advanced compatibility and functionalities, as it is introducing Matter 1.2 support for smart home control.
Samsung’s SmartThings will soon get an upgraded version, as the giant has announced that it is looking forward to including Matter 1.2 support. This will take your smart home to new heights, as new functionality will permit you to control almost everything you have connected to your network.
The report says the latest update, Matter 1.2, will make smart home management easier. This version builds on the basic, fundamental capabilities of controlling devices outside of a set ecosystem. The brand has announced that SamrtThings has now been certified for the Matter 1.2 SDK. The devices listed above and others are now compatible with Matter and are set up via SmartThings.
The early adoption meant that devices like lightbulbs and switches could be controlled since they only needed an “on” or “off” state to be conveyed through Matter’s data highways. Whereas the Korean giant makes advanced technological appliances, their necessity depends on users adopting the SamrtThigns ecosystem. This limits their earnest request since not everyone wants to be locked into a specific platform.
Matter 1.2 will permit those devices to be utilized in ecosystems such as Google Home or Apple HomeKit. Alongside those changes, Samsung is also rolling out shareable routines and changing the Device Control UI on Galaxy devices. According to the company, the new UI will house bigger device cards and have the ability to create new home pages that house just the devices users want.
However, the Korean giant has yet to mention exactly when a new Device Control page will be available or show off the new UI. It’s also not clear if this new design will arrive with a new version of Android, a One UI update, or something else.
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