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Google's music and video streaming platform YouTube Music is getting more popular with every day go by and has a very popular feature called offline mixtape (for premium users).   YouTube Music - Offline Mixtape Now, an improved feature over the offline mixtape called ' Smart Downloads (premium feature) '  has been introduced which  automatically downloads user specific songs based on history.  The basic difference here is no manual intervention of user is required to save songs for offline usage. It is important to note that offline mixtape allows you to save up to 100 songs and if you want to save more than 100 songs smart downloads will automatically replace the basic offline mixtape. This feature is quite useful for the ones who tend to forget about saving music for offline listening, but not for the ones who are very choosy about offline listening. On the other hand, Netflix does offer smart downloads which would download the next episode of a series

Anti-spam service provider,  Truecaller has rolled out much-speculated VoIP calling feature with the recent update and this feature is available for all Truecaller users.  In addition to the anti-spam feature for calls, dialer and text messages, Treucaller has few other features such as call recording, flash, and mobile payments. With VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), now Truecaller users can make high-quality voice calls to Android and iOS users (may get delayed for iOS users) just like Google Duo and Whatsapp using mobile data and Wi-Fi networks. Truecaller also stated that its users make over 180 million outgoing calls in a day using inbuilt dialer.

In this digital life, all of us have been reading and hearing about the data breach and hacking, etc.   Have you ever wondered if your email account was hacked?? if yes, you should read further. Mozilla corporation had introduced an online tool " Firefox Monitor " which helps to know if your online accounts were hacked or breached and you can get alerted if your information appears in a new hack. Features of Firefox Monitor: Know if your online account is a part of a breach: Use the below link and enter email address to know if your account is exposed to a data breach. https://monitor.firefox.com/ Monitor your email (s) for future data breaches: Using a Firefox account, you will be able to get updated about the future data breaches pertaining to your account. If you want to monitor more than your primary email account, logging to Firefox account and go to monitor preferences . Now, enter the new email address and opt for the  send verification lin

The News app from Google is one of the best News apps in the Play Store since it organizes what's important to you according to your preference to keep you up-to-date. With the recent update, the app has got UI improvements and full coverage, easy sharing, and etc. Now, no need to go back and forth to switch between different news articles. Just open an article, then swipe left or right to switch to next news or next page and it just feels Android Pie multitasking on the news app. Google News - News Switcher If you want to know more in-depth about a particular story, just tap on full coverage which would fetch different news articles relevant to the same topic. The 3-dot menu has been moved to bottom which makes convenient to share and save for later news articles.     Google News - 3Dot Menu My Activity :  This feature helps you find the history of News on App and Web and lets you manage the history. You will be able to see the read news articl

In a recent update, Google has rolled out a new feature Speedometer  into the Maps app. Google Maps To enable the feature, use the below path. Maps > Hamburger Menu > Settings > Navigation Settings > Driving Options > Speedometer Now, the maps will show the speed at which vehicle is being driven while in navigation mode. Speed metrics are shown automatically based on the location. If you wish to change the metrics use below path . Maps > Hamburger Menu > Settings > Navigation Settings > Map Display > Distance Units The speed shown on the maps is almost the same as the actual digital speedometer of a vehicle, in fact, the difference was just 2-3 kilometers as we have tested this out. Speedometer - Google Maps What are the uses of this speedometer? Obviously, know how fast are you moving along with the navigation. Get notified when exceeding speed limits. This is may come in the feature, sounds interesting: Get a weekly or monthl

Glide typing: This feature (swipe typing) is well known on Gboard and helps to type faster compared to the traditional typing. Just slide your finger from letter to letter. In case of this isn't working, use below path to enable it. Settings > Gilde Typing > Enable Glide typing Using Spacebar as a Trackpad: This is a very useful feature if you want to reach another part of a sentence to modify a word(s) from the endpoint. Just long press on the spacebar and keep right or left without leaving the spacebar. Gesture Cursor Control - Gboard In case of this isn't working, use below path to enable it. Settings > Gilde Typing > Enable Gesture cursor control Deleting a Word or a Sentence: Using this feature, deleting a word or a sentence can be done quickly. In order to do this, slide left from the delete button (a quick slide will delete a word and long slide to the left will delete the entire sentence). Gesture Delete - Gboard In case of this isn

Google Chrome has recently received an update to version 75 which included features such as native dark theme password generator and etc. Google Chrome - Dark Theme (V.75) The Dark theme was available in v.74 but with a twist, means to enable the Dark theme users to have to enable flag. Use the below path to enable Dark Theme in v.74. In address bar type " chrome://flags" > load the page > search for dark theme > enable > relaunch the chrome (twice if required) Google Chrome - Dark Theme (V.74) Now with version 75 (75.0.3770.67), default dark theme feature is available in settings. Just enabling will activate the Dark theme in Chrome. Google Chrome - Dark Theme (V.75) Another exciting feature is the  Password Generator,  now with Chrome's built-in password manager users will be able to generate strong passwords. Just by typing any password in the password field, the suggestion will be shown automatically.  The Web Share A

Wondering how to turn on or off the auto-play video preview in YouTube?? Just read further to know how. By default, the YouTube app auto-plays the video preview when the device connected to a Wi-Fi network. If you want to do any changes to this default setting, use the below path. Open Google App > More > General Settings Auto-Play Video Preview on YouTube (Android) Choose ' Never' to completely disable this feature Choose ' On Wi-Fi and mobile data' to view the auto video preview on the YouTube app. The ' never' option would help to save significant data when you have limited data to use. 

Everyone knows how to use an Android-powered Smartphone since it is very is easy to operate. But do we know how much data Google store/collect from each Android user and from its services such as Gmail, Maps, Chrome, etc?  This is just to give a brief idea of how to be control of our privacy. Open Google App > More > Below menu  Google App - Menu Search activity: By tapping in this option users will be able to see the search history (web and app) to a particular account and this day wise break up of the history can be seen and users allowed to delete the search history if they choose to. It is important to note that incognito or private search isn't shown here.  Collections: Here users can see all the saved data from the apps such as maps (saved locations, favorite places, and want to go), favorite pages/news, and photos, etc.  Personal Search: This shows in-depth search history such as frequently contacted contacts, recently opened apps, the recent em

In the last three years, we have seen Mobile technology getting closer and closer to the REAL BEZEL-LESS phones with solutions such as notches (bathtub, dew-drop and etc), pop-up camera, slider (old-school), hole punch,  and swivel camera. But all these aren't the actual solutions to make a real Bezel-less phone. In a  Twitter post , OPPO has shown off working " under-display " camera technology which would make future Oppo phone(s) actual bezel-less which means the display will be a notch-free or no moving tech will be involved such as pop-up camera and swivel camera. For those seeking the perfect, notchless smartphone screen experience – prepare to be amazed. 📲 You are taking a very first look at our under-display selfie camera technology. RT! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/FrqB6RiJaY — OPPO (@oppo) June 3, 2019 OPPO - Under Display Camera technology (Credits: OPPO) In the past, Oppo is known for its innovations such as swivel camera, VOOC