Chrome OS users will be seeing an updated version hit their Chromebooks and other devices over the next few days. Build 44.0.2403.156 (Platform version: 7077.134.0) for those keeping score at home, was released yesterday and it is primarily a bug fix and stability improvement build. As with all Chrome OS updates, the release will be pushed down to devices automatically.
Like most devices today, it is pretty easy to take a screenshot on a Chromebook. Why would you want to take a screenshot? A lot of reasons. You may need to show a friend how to do something on their Chromebook (like, oh, show them how to take a screenshot 🙂 ) or if you need tech support from Google. Taking the screenshot is easy enough but getting it moved to your Google Drive take a bit more. I’ll guide you through.
Google has released an update to the Google Photos app for Android that brings the ability to reorder photos in an album and the ability to view shared albums within the app. The update comes on the heals of the update to the Google Photos website yesterday which brought the ability to reorder photos to it as well. This latest update is build 1.2.1.99.143001 for those keeping score at home and is available now in the Google Play Store.
It appears to have been a busy day for the Google Docs team. Earlier today they released an update to Google Sheets that bring auto-fill to cells and now they have updated Google Docs itself with a long, long time requested feature. You can now view print layouts from your Android phone or tablet. Like the update to Sheets, the release notes for this update to Docs only state that there are bug fixes and performance improvements. But once again the team took to Google+ to share the news of the new feature.
Google has released an important update to Google Sheets today that will help power users while on their Android phone or tablet. The latest update brings the ability to Auto-Fill cells and will auto switch the keyboard based on the content of the cell you are editing. These features should make a huge difference for users on mobile devices.
Google has dropped a couple of small updates in the Google Play Store for the Android Wear and Google Messenger apps for Android Phone. Both updates are in the bug fix and performance improvement categories so don’t look for any new features in either of the releases. In fact, the updates don’t even update the release notes.
Android Wear, the app that lets you sync up your Android Wear device to your phone, has been bumped to build 1.3.0.2171751 for those keeping score at home. It builds on the last major update to the app, just last week. In testing the update this morning with my Moto 360, I’m not seeing any changes in functionality and frankly, it was stable for me before this update so its a bit of a wash. If however you have been having issues, get this update and see if it addresses them for you.
Google has issues a small but important update to Google Photos today. The update only impacts the Google Photos website but gives users the ability to change the date of photos as well as some other album editing functions. Its another small, incremental step that Google has made to continue to evolve the service into a serious photo editing and storage solution, particularly for those who are deep into the Google ecosystem.
Google has announced they are rolling out an all new, all singing-and-dancing Wi-Fi router for the home. The new OnHub Wi-Fi router is designed for the home and using an array of 13 antenna, gives you the ultimate wireless experience without having to manually go configure things nor place it in strategic locations. The OnHub is designed to intelligently figure out what is the best connection for what you are doing and the surroundings.