Google Search has redesigned its built-in stopwatch and timer tools, featuring a light blue background and shortcuts to quickly add time increments. The timer allows users to pause, reset, and enter fullscreen mode or mute/unmute, while the stopwatch features a circular indicator with pause and reset options. Both tools are available on mobile devices.

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Google Maps is rolling out a redesigned pin shape and color, replacing the iconic pin shape with a shorter and more rounded design. The new pins have a white background and an inner circle housing the category icon, matching the existing design for stars, flags, and hearts. Some pins have changed colors, such as the museum pin now being purple instead of teal, and the zoo pin going lighter.

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Gmail is rolling out a redesigned 'Quick Reply' feature for conversations on Android, allowing users to respond quickly with large pill-shaped buttons for Reply, Reply all, and Forward. The update is now widely available for personal Google Accounts and Workspace Individual Subscribers, except for those enrolled in Workspace Labs. The redesign will be available for other Workspace customers in the coming weeks, and will be brought to Gmail for iOS later this year.

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Google Meet is rolling out its 'Take notes for me' feature to Workspace customers, allowing users to enable it from a new pencil icon in the top-right corner of the web version. The feature can take notes on behalf of the user, providing a summary of the meeting and latest updates. This can be helpful for users who are late to a meeting or want to focus on the conversation.

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YouTube Music has rolled out its AI-generated conversational radio feature to wider availability, allowing US YouTube Premium subscribers to ask for music in any way they like. The feature, which was tested in July, prompts users to ask for music with a fullscreen chat UI and 14 music suggestions.

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Google Tasks for Android has received a Material update, bringing Material You theming to the app. The update, part of version 2023.01.30.50551367.0, includes a comprehensive makeover with changing accent colors. The app integrates with Calendar and Gmail, and the update is rolling out to users.

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Google Tasks has been updated with a substantial redesign, replacing the bottom app bar with a floating action button. The main list interface has been overhauled with a card motif, featuring active tasks at the top and a separate card for completed tasks. Sorting options and overflow menus for renaming and deleting tasks are now located in the top-right corner.

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Google Workspace Business Starter tier has switched to pooled storage, offering a total storage of 30 GB times the number of End Users. Admins can set per-user storage limits. Shared drives are set to launch, providing easy discoverability, less time spent requesting access to files, and easy collaboration.

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Google has released Chrome 128 for Android, which introduces haptic feedback when pulling to refresh a page. The vibration is only triggered when pulling down from the top of a page, and is currently available on Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices. The update also includes the ability to color-code Tab Groups on Android, with saved groupings from desktop to follow soon.

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Google Meet has introduced an automatic Picture-in-Picture experience for desktop Chrome, which will open when you switch tabs during a meeting. This feature was previously manually activated from the overflow menu. The update aims to ensure the meeting stays visible and accessible while taking notes or viewing related documents.

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