🐛 Android Beta Feedback app will soon get a Material You Widget.

The latest app update v. 2.39 contains a hidden widget that includes multiple shortcuts:

• Bug shortcut — opens main page
• Lightning bolt shortcut — opens the issue report form page and immediately starts collecting logs for bugreport
• Page shortcut — doing the same as Lightning bolt shortcut
• Dots shortcut — opens apps list to report app specific issue
• Arrows shortcut — Opens 'Select Device' page to report an issue that involves more the one device.

The widget has several layouts depending on its size, as demonstrated in the screenshots. It is currently hidden behind the server-flag.

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💬 Google Messages will get 7 new features to celebrate 1 billion RCS users.

There are now more than one billion monthly active users who have RCS enabled in Google Messages. To celebrate reaching this milestone, Google Messages is introducing seven new new ways to express yourself :

1. Photomoji — lets you turn your favorite photos into a reaction using Google's AI right on your device. Simply select a photo, choose the object you want to turn into a photomoji, and tap the "Send" button. They'll be saved in a special tab for reuse, and your friends in group chats will also be able to use the photomoji you send.

2. Voice Moods, plus improved audio quality — Voice moods bring voice messages to life. With nine different emotions to choose from, the recipient will be able to hear your words along with a visual that expresses your feelings in the moment. Voice messages also have increased bitrate and sampling rate.

3. Screen Effects — when typing specific phrases like "it's snowing" or "I love you", you will see full-screen animations. Try to uncover all 15+ hidden Screen Effects prompt words.

4. Custom Bubbles — Customize the bubble color and backgrounds of your conversation and the person you’re communicating with.

5. Reaction Effects — ten popular emoji: 👍❤️ 😂😮😡👎💩🎉😠😢 will get special reaction animations on messages.

6. Animated Emoji

7. Profiles — you can personalize your profile name and the photo that accompanies your phone number. With Profiles, you can now define what you look like on Google services. This solves the problem of receiving messages from phone numbers not saved in your contacts, which can be especially useful in group chats so you know who everyone else in the group is.

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📷 New Pixel Camera update v.9.2 adds Night Sight Time Lapse for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.

Google Rolling out new Pixel Camera update that includes next new features:

• Night Sight in Time Lapse [exclusive to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro]. The camera app already allowed you to record short time lapse videos of about a second in Astrophotography mode. Now there will be a separate setting in Time Lapse mode that allows you to record longer Nigh Sight Time Lapse videos.
○ 1080p: 5-minute recording → 10-second video
○ 4K: 20-minute recording → 10-second video
• Customizing the "Palm timer" feature. The function itself was added in June this year, now with the settings "Always on" or only when the timer is active.
• Separate switch for Ultra HDR photos in advanced settings.

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