Google Search for Android gets voice actions to launch camera

 

Google has added new voice commands to Google Search for Android that lets you launch the camera app to take a photo or record a video by speaking respective commands. Google Search already has an option to open apps just by saying “Open Instagram” or “Open Facebook”. With the new “take a photo” or “take a video” commands, Google Search will launch the camera app in the preferred mode.
These new voice actions just takes you to the video or camera mode, but you have to press the shutter button or recording option. In some devices like Moto G, there are two separate buttons to capture images and record videos, so both these commands takes you to the same camera interface, you get when you open the camera. Since most phones have lock screen shortcut to launch the camera quickly, it would be easier to launch the camera, instead of using these voice actions.
Hope we can expect something like “take a selfie” option to launch the front-facing camera in future.

 

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Google Search for Android gets voice actions to launch camera

 

Google has added new voice commands to Google Search for Android that lets you launch the camera app to take a photo or record a video by speaking respective commands. Google Search already has an option to open apps just by saying “Open Instagram” or “Open Facebook”. With the new “take a photo” or “take a video” commands, Google Search will launch the camera app in the preferred mode.
These new voice actions just takes you to the video or camera mode, but you have to press the shutter button or recording option. In some devices like Moto G, there are two separate buttons to capture images and record videos, so both these commands takes you to the same camera interface, you get when you open the camera. Since most phones have lock screen shortcut to launch the camera quickly, it would be easier to launch the camera, instead of using these voice actions.
Hope we can expect something like “take a selfie” option to launch the front-facing camera in future.

 

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Google Play Store 4.6.16

Google Play Store 4.6.16 becoming available with batch app installing

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We’re always happy to see new updates and we’re now seeing the rollout of a new update from Google for the Play Store. This update bumps it up to version 4.6.16 and includes some nice features that should make the experience a whole lot better. One of our personal favorites is the ability to batch install apps. This should make life a whole lot easier whenever you’re loading all of your apps onto a new phone.

Another notable feature is that of new password options. Previously, there was an on/off toggle dealing with requiring passwords for purchases. That’s been replaced by three options: all purchases, every thirty minutes, or never. While most of us probably won’t notice this a whole lot, it should be good for parents with kids who often use their phones.

A few other updates were also thrown in such as some revised wording, ridding the settings overflow button and instead moving it to the slide-in menu, and after all these years, we finally have an option to manually check for updates to the Google Play Store. Nothing mind-blowing in this update, but it’s continued work towards a better Play Store.

Let us know when you see the update.

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Google Play Store 4.6.16

Google Play Store 4.6.16 becoming available with batch app installing

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We’re always happy to see new updates and we’re now seeing the rollout of a new update from Google for the Play Store. This update bumps it up to version 4.6.16 and includes some nice features that should make the experience a whole lot better. One of our personal favorites is the ability to batch install apps. This should make life a whole lot easier whenever you’re loading all of your apps onto a new phone.

Another notable feature is that of new password options. Previously, there was an on/off toggle dealing with requiring passwords for purchases. That’s been replaced by three options: all purchases, every thirty minutes, or never. While most of us probably won’t notice this a whole lot, it should be good for parents with kids who often use their phones.

A few other updates were also thrown in such as some revised wording, ridding the settings overflow button and instead moving it to the slide-in menu, and after all these years, we finally have an option to manually check for updates to the Google Play Store. Nothing mind-blowing in this update, but it’s continued work towards a better Play Store.

Let us know when you see the update.

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