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.
The latest WhatsApp beta is hinting at more emoji reactions
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.
YouTube TV has added new comedy and true crime channels to its lineup
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.
WhatsApp could soon allow you create polls in group chats
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 now automatically switches Gboard language in a new update
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.
WhatsApp is launching a new Camera interface in Android beta version
WhatsApp is busy in tweaking the features and functions with some new options for the messaging and are testing a feature of sharing the files as large as 2GB. WhatsApp is undoubtedly the most famous messaging app in the world as it has mpre than 5 billion Play Store downloads. Yet the updates to the WhatsApp features do not roll out to everyone at once and there are 2 billion monthly active users so a new camera interface has been introduced for Android users which was there for iOS devices for months.
According to some reports, some of the users are seeing a new and updated camera interface in the updates to the latest WhatsApp beta version for Android. It includes new look when selecting the media as well. The media bar of camera which has been removed in iOS has been restored.
WhatsApp is making it simpler and easier than ever to chat with new contacts
More than a decade ago from a humble beginnings on the iPhone, WhatsApp has grown to a must have messaging app for all and sundry. In USA it is the No. 1 messaging platform at the moment and despite being banned in China, it is still the No. 1 messaging app all around the globe. It has got more than 2 billion monthly users and 5 Billion Play Store downloads.
WhatsApp has improved the user experience to a great degree and now in addition to the new emoji and updated voice messaging which were released in this week now beta users are starting to see new tools to interact with phone numbers sent in the messages. Now when tapping a number from a chat, the previous behavior was to send that number to your dialer app so that you could get a call going. After this, WhtsApp presents a pop-up dialog first. The app checks to see if the line is associated with any WhatsApp account and if so provides you the option to start a chat with the user. This feature is showing up in the beta 2.22.8.22 release at the moment for Android and is currently rolling out.