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YouTube Music’s playlists are considered as one of its biggest draws and it appears that Google is testing a UI redesign for them in its mobile app. A user from France has shared on Reddit that the YouTube playlist interface on his Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 and it has been changed significantly. And it seems to be a test for further update.
In the new user interface the top of the playlist shows name of the person who is its creator and when the playlist was last updated. The cover art has been centralized and below that is the name of playlist in large font. Up next is the list of other buttons like download, add to library, share, play and overflow appearing in straight line. The shuffle feature seems to be missing from the list. The changes have appeared in the playlist section and not for the albums. In the earlier testing phase it is still unclear if the changes will be made only to the playlists or of it will extend to other sections of YouTube Music. With the changes the user interface has got a clean look with control options in single line thus making it simple to navigate. The changes will also apply to self-made of community generated playlists as well as YouTube Music’s creations.

If you have been part of any organization that operates on WhatsApp you can probably testify that 256 participant limit is a bit annoying one about this platform. It forces the management with loads of members to spread the resources thin, thus creating as well as managing multiple groups. Now it will be changed as Meta owned platform gets an update that will double participant limit on each of your group. WhatsApp has recently announced a series of new features arriving on the service. including expanding the group chat sizes. Now users will be able to add up to 512 people to a group. The feature is not widely available at the moment but it is slowly trickling to the users, It is still very far from 200,000 participants limit available on Telegram users through subgroups but still it is a welcoming step taken by them.
WhatsApp is also working on Communities which is another way of managing the group chats efficiently. A community will appear as new tab within the app. It will have many groups, letting the admins to send announcements as well as updates to all the participants in a single go. WhatsApp communities has been in the pipeline since last year but official announcement came last month. Aside from these in-progress features, WhatsApp has rolled out two new additions i.e. reactions and an increased file sharing size limit. Now you can send up to 2GB of files at once on WhatsApp which is a massive jump from the previous limit of 100MB. Reactions allow the users to respond directly to any message with six different emojis without crowding the chat with individual replies.

Google has said to its Translate users that an upcoming policy which was changed in 2020 may finally be taking place in 2022. This is not the first time the company was late to its own party. Few years ago it is reported on a warning prompt users were seeing on Translate telling them that the search history on the service would soon only be available for those who are logged into their Google account. Now users can save individual searches to individual devices which was better for privacy but not so good for continuity across the platforms.
Until yesterday people began collecting tips about new prompt telling users to either back up their Translate search history to their Google account, manage their activity logging or continue by using Translate without an account. Users can temporarily use app without an account by hitting their account avatar located at the top-right corner and then hit the down arrow next to their account information in order to switch it up. Id people want to sync their search history to cloud, they will have to make sure that the Web & App Activity control setting is turned on in Google account settings. Cloud synced Translate histories sync every few hours so that the locally-recorded histories remain local and up-to-date.

Spotify Stations is there for quite some time now and its app is offering users with a streamlined experience designed to mimic the sort of hands-off listening that you have get from a traditional radio station. it has gone through substantial changes as it has been seen come to new markets. Unfortunately now it is time to take this station down as Spotify shares word with testers that is shuttering Stations.
Spotify inform the users that they will be able to import their existing stations into the primary app and will continue to listen to them there. What is a bit confusing here is that what this move will spell for the creation of future stations and if we will see all old functionality migrate over Spotify proper. The fans of Stations have praised its ability to generate the radio feeds which are based on multiple artists or tracks rather than focusing on a single point of inspiration.

In the consumer tech market, Google and Amazon are termed as opposing camps. The reality on the other hand for the many shoppers who are building their smart homes up is that they are mixing as well as matching their Ring doorbells with their Nest Thermostats or putting an Echo in one room and Google Assistant speaker in the other.
Google is pushing the 2021 model Nest products as having best compatibility with Alexa for live view streaming but users can pair up their older Nest cameras and their thermostats for voice control. There are no restrictions Which Nest Thermostat models can be integrated with Alexa skill. Only Nest Doorbell will support doorbell press announcements. Nest device owners who are looking forward to use Alexa can install the skill for free from Amazon then go to Google Home app settings on a managing device and hit partner Connections, then Amazon Alexa.

Microsoft Edge has been improved greatly and since the browser has started using Chromium as its base and the company began adding its own enhancements on top, it actually provides nice browsing experience. Despite Microsoft;s best efforts and the fact that it is growing, Chrome still has got an indisputable market lead. The attempt to bridge the gap and get you switch while also enhancing your security and privacy includes in-browser VPN.
The feature was detailed on Microsoft support page. It is known as Microsoft Edge Secure Network and it is meant as means to equip yourself from insecure networks and shady websites. The feature is in a preview stage at the moment, you will require to log in with your Microsoft account for using it then head to the settings panel and then click “Secure Network” to turn it on. The VPN will provide you 1GB of free data each month. It is not clear whether you will be able to get or buy more data but free wording is indicating that might become a possibility in the future. It is far from browser only now a days equipped with a VPN. Opera has also got one and if you will pay, you can get an official VPN running in your Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome instances.

Snap Inc. is the team that has developed Snapchat but it is also famous for making hardware. It released Spectacles lineup of smart glasses in 2016 and has also seen several iterations since then include an AR-based pair that is yet to be released. The newest product from Snapchat is Pixy which is a small yellow drone that is meant to be a flying camera. Pixy is not a big piece of plastic like other drones especially drones from DJI. It is a small device with four tiny propellers. It fits into your palm and weighs 101 grams. It has not got any controller or SD clot. It has got a camera dial which will allow you to set how the drone will fly, while the photos and recordings will be saved into your memories of Snapchat app.
It has got pre-configured flight paths which include a floating mode which is an option to orbit around you. It has also got an option to follow you as you walk or run. Whenever you want to stop the recording all you need to do is to place your hand beneath the drone and it will land in your palm. When it comes to battery, you can have five to eight flights before the battery is depleted. Pixy is not a replacement of a proper drone, but if you need to upload videos from different perspective to your social media account then it is a great alternative. It has also got a strap in order to take it around you wherever you go. It costs $230 and you can also add a portable battery charger for an extra $20.