Guest PaulOBrien Posted June 27, 2012 Report Posted June 27, 2012 In line with Google I/O kicking off in San Francisco, Google has updated a raft of it's Android applications, with Chrome, Currents, Earth, Play Books, Plus and YouTube among those getting a new release.<br /> <br /> In detail...<br /> Chrome has now shed it's Beta tag and is set to become the default browser on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean<br />Currents has a shiny new icon (strangely losing the 'Google colours')<br />Earth has 'bug fixes' (groan)<br />Play Books gets a number of fixes / features:Add bookmarks to a page by tapping the top right corner or using the menu.<br />Stream video and audio embedded in books.<br />Support fixed-layout EPUBs (on Honeycomb or higher), SVG images(on Honeycomb or higher), and original fonts.<br />Enable or disable auto text-to-speech in "Settings" menu.<br />Enable or disable downloading via WiFi only in "Settings" menu.<br />Links in books now works.<br />Bug fixes.[*]Plus gets an entirely overhauled UI in both Phone and Tablet form<br /> [*]YouTube also gets a new UI, an option to preload videos while on WiFi and charging for smooth playback on the go and the ability to turn your phone into a remote, to play YouTube videos on other devices.<br /> All are available to download now from the Google Play Store.<br /> <br /> Click here to view the item
Guest gavtaylor Posted June 27, 2012 Report Posted June 27, 2012 Google Maps too, now with Offline mode - http://google-latlong.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/go-offline-with-google-maps-for-android.html
Guest GuyOverThere Posted June 28, 2012 Report Posted June 28, 2012 And... still no chrome for gingerbread devices :(
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