5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week – Android Apps Weekly

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Published on August 19, 2023 Category: , , , , ,
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Welcome to the 497th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines this week:

  • Google had a couple of AI announcements this week. The first is a new feature where AI will summarize longer articles into a summary that is quicker for the reader to understand directly in Search. The other is from an anonymous source that says Google is working on a new AI, dubbed Gemini. Rumor is that it’ll be available for developers and potentially consumers later this year. Hit the links to learn more.
  • Google may kill off Assistant on older Wear OS smartwatches. The rumor says that Assistant would be turned off on devices running Wear OS 2 and older. It’s a curious move considering that Wear OS 2 devices launched just a few short years ago, and even more curious since watches that old wouldn’t expect to get many more updates anyway.
  • WhatsApp announced a couple of new features this week. The first is AI-generated stickers, where users can create a sticker by describing one. That’s right in line with the swatch of AI-generated art that’s come out this year. The second new feature is the ability to schedule group calls. It’s an extension of an already existing feature, but it’s nice to have options.
  • X CEO Lina Yaccarino opened up to CNBC this week about the name change from Twitter to X. According to her, it’s because the platform intends to add things like video calls, peer-to-peer payments, and other new features that would be very un-Twitter-like, hence the name change. You can click the link to learn more.
  • YouTube is testing yet another anti-adblocker. This one has a countdown timer. YouTube has spent a good percentage of 2023 getting users to watch ads on YouTube. This new countdown timer would give the user 30-60 seconds of warning before stopping the video until the adblocker is turned off or until the user signs up for YouTube Premium. It’s an understandable maneuver, but not a desirable one.
 

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