Pixel 4 came up with a face unlock feature in 2019 and Google seemed to soon think better this security measure and 4a and 5 functioned with the fingerprint sensors feature. In late 2021 Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro came out and there was no sign that face unlock was making its way back. Now reports are that Google may be planning to add the feature back into a future Android build.
Few people have encountered a face unlock option and they said that face unlock choice has appeared during the “Choose a screen lock” step of setting up the phone which is when users select alternate ways to unlock screens. The Face option showed with choices to set a password, PIN or pattern. The “face” feature has been buried inside a section of the security-related code since 2021 however, it only popped up as an option.

WhatsApp has been experimenting with the available features continuously. Just recently yhe users came to know that they had be able to hide the media shared in self-destructing chats from the photo gallery of their phone. No so long ago few users received the ability to share the files as large as 2GB. Now there is an upcoming feature introduced that might dovetail really well with sharing the larger files.

WhatsApp is introducing a feature that allows the users to monitor when a document has been transferred fully. The latest beta versions of the app for iOS, Android and Web show the time of arrival when sharing the files so you will know when your document is available to open. The desktop version of ETA monitor was there last month and Android and iOS beta testers just received it.

YouTube Music is famous for coming up with changes every now and then. Google is tweaking the app regularly in order to make it more competitive with its rivals like Apple Music and Spotify. Many of these changes are small and go unnoticed but many changes have major impact on how people use the app. It is streamlining the user exploration at the moment though it may have the Explore tab redundant in the process.
YouTube Music for Android as well as iOS has got an Explore section near Home feed. The change could have to do with the YouTube setting the stage to spotlight its podcast section which it may have to do to stay in running for user attention diverted by the offerings of Apple and Spotify. On a conclusive note we can say that it is heartening to keep YouTube Music as long as redundancies along the way like two exploration methods that lead you to same things.

Message reactions are present in WhatsApp for some time now. The other messaging app of Meta i.e. Facebook Messenger and Instagram have had reactions for quite some time now and they have the competitors like Telegram, Twitter, Signal and iMessage. According to some reports now we have the knowledge how WhatsApp’s take on this feature will look on your phone as well as on your PC. But if want to try it out you may soon be able to do it.
After a limited rollout some days ago, WhatsApp has started testing the reactions with limited set of random beta users. The message reactions are live for some people after updating to the beta version 2.22.8.3 but they were disabled soon after. Now after a few weeks. WhatsApp is rolling out the reactions to some beta users once again. It has also been reported that WhatsApp might expand the number of eligible emoji reactions beyond just the core like, laugh, love, surprised, folded hands and sad emoji.

Streaming cable services like Hulu, Sling and YouTube TV are turning into regular commercial television. They are adding more channels alongside occasional price increases. Though there are still many key differences from traditional cable TV providers. YouTube TV has added to its lineup of networks and the choices include many cable stalwarts. YouTube TV has took to Twitter and said that they are adding five new channels to its lineup.
These channels are G4 TV, Recipe.TV, The Weather Channel, Justice Central and Comedy.TV. With these new additions one can say that YouTube is getting serious about providing more content of cord-cutters who are not sure about seeking the alternative to traditional cable or satellite.
The Weather Channel is broadcasting for 40 years and is as big as cable mainstay as CNN. Recipe.TV is an impressive source for cooking enthusiasts. G4TV is another channel which was canceled in 2014 due to its small viewership. Justice Central is another channel which focuses on the endless true crime wave. Comedy.TV has been around for quite some time now but it is a low profile network.

Now a days most of the social media platforms are supporting the polls these days like Twitter, Facebook, and Telegram etc. WhatsApp is the main exception and it is weird one as it is the defacto standard messenger on most of the countries. So now being able to conduct the polls right there would be very handy. It seems WhatsApp is working on the polls. After following each screenshots of the feature we have now had the chance to take a closer look at it.
The latest update of WhatsApp beta for iOS has got the traces of feature that lets you to make the polls within the group chats. When creating a poll you need to enter a question with 12 possible answers. It is possible to rearrange them to you preferences. The report also say that only the group members should be able to see the polls and results. Though this feature has been spotted for the iOS app but we can expect it to arrive on Android soon. Apart from this, WhatsApp is also working on many new features and updates which include pause and resume function for voice messages and a revamped interface for the voice calls.

Google Translate is a very handy tool when you need to quickly check the meaning of any unfamiliar word or for translating whole sentences. one of the minor issues is to switch between your default keyboard to that of foreign language anytime you need to type in Translate. This app is now receiving an update that will solve this issue.
The recent update of Google Translate adds the ability for Gboard on Android to switch your language when you input text in a language different from your default. Lets say you have English as your selected Gboard language, if you launch Google Translate and select Arabic, as your ‘Translate from’ language, Gboard will automatically switch to Arabic keyboard as soon as you open the text field to start typing. Similarly if you change to different language, say French, the keyboard will auto-switch from whatever language it was in before to French. Gboard will switch back to your default language after you exit the translation screen. Previously you have to tap the globe icon located on the left of the space bar if the language to be translated was one of your selected system languages. Otherwise you had to go into Gboard settings to select it manually. This update makes the things much more simple. When it comes to revamps we are still looking for Google’s promised update that will enhance “instant translation”, imported photo translation and captured image translation on Android.