Android Advisor - UK (2021-08)

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8 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 88

GOOGLE I/O 2021


If you’d like, you’ll be able to remove photos
from Google’s Moments feature.

the majority of them again. That’s why
Google invented Google Memories, an
existing feature that resurfaces older

photos on a given day or topic. Google
is now going to tweak this by adding
what it calls ‘Little patterns’, which look
for a number of related photos, such as
images from birthday parties or hikes,
and show them together.
Google also knows that for some,
memories can be painful – whether it
be of an ex-partner, a deceased loved
one, or the time before a transgendered
person transitioned. For these examples,
you’ll have the option of excluding a
specific person, photo or time period.
Google also said that it worked with
people of colour to reassess how its
cameras take photos of Black people;
how its cameras adjust for exposure and
white balance;
and how portrait
mode separates
Black hair from
the background.
This feature will
arrive on Android
12 and Google
Pixelphones
thisautumn.

GOOGLE’S
PRODUCTIVITY
AND ‘SMART
CANVAS’
It’s taken a long
time to evolve

When open Edge tabs are pinned to the Taskbar, you’ll be able to see
previews of each, as well as where they are in open windows.
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