The change has been teased since April, then in May we learned from Google that the new limit would be 32. In June, the 32-person capacity showed up on Duo on the web, and now it’s finally live in the Android app as well.
Google video chatroom app Meet has notched its 100-millionth download after 3 years on the market, doubling its install count in just 50 days…
It hit the 50-million mark by the middle of the month and has only rocketed since then…
A Top Paid Android App – Scanner Radio Pro Fire and Police Scanner
Listen to live audio from over 7,000 fire and police scanners, weather radios, amateur radio repeaters, air traffic and marine radios from around the world. Turn on notifications to receive alerts anytime a scanner has more than 2000 listeners (find out about major events as they’re breaking).
Source: Google Play – Scanner Radio Pro Fire and Police Scanner
Here are the best parental control apps for Android and some other methods in case you need further control…
Parental controls on phones evolved a lot over the years. Back in the day, devices had kid modes that turned off the UI basically entirely, trapping the child in a specific app. Unfortunately, kid mode is easy to work around and it doesn’t work really well. There are better alternatives out there anyway.
A new Chrome for Android experiment, first spotted by Android Police, will add a tab strip to the bottom of the Chrome window…
The tab strip is faster, easier, and closer to your fingers than the old window-switcher button. The favicons provide context about what tabs are open and what tabs are easy to close, and the growing line of tabs encourages you to actually close unwanted tabs.
Perform a data connection speedtest on your phone using Speedtest by Ookla…
Discover your download, upload and ping/ Stay private and secure with our free Speedtest VPN; Real-time graphs show connection consistency; The only internet connection test capable of accurately measuring 5G; Mobile carrier coverage maps; Test with a single connection to simulate downloading a file or multiple connections to understand max speed; Troubleshoot or verify the speed you were promised; Track past tests with detailed reporting; Easily share your results
Source: Google Play – Speedtest by Ookla
Google Chrome on Android appears to be getting a new text selection feature that enables the browser to define words with a tap…
That means that users can now get a whole lot of information for words with very little action, helping them to understand the full context of the text better.
f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time…
When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
(Available for Windows Mac iPhone/iPad Android)
The Facebook Lite app is small, allowing you to save space on your phone and use Facebook in 2G conditions…
Many of the classic features of Facebook are available on the app, such as sharing to a Timeline, liking photos, searching for people, and editing your profile and groups.
