WebUser – 21 August 2019

6 21 Aug - 3 Sept 2019

G

oogle hasredesigned the

desktop version of its image

search, making it easierto

findrelevant pictures and view

information about them. Now when

you searchfor an image and clicka

result, it appears in a separate panel

on the right-hand side of the page

andremains there whileyou continue

scrolling. Google says this makes it

easierto compare images without

losingyour place.

If the item you are searching

for is a product that you canbuy,

the information below the image

preview will includeits price,

availa bility and a retaile r, along

with two lines of description. The

search engine also flags upany

revi ews, and you canshare or save

the image with a single click.

Google’s aim is to get us to click

bit.ly/insta
Interactive videostor ytellingusually involveschoosing
yourown path at key moments,butInstagramification, a
new online documentaryby the BBC,alsotakes moodand
persona l preferencesinto account.
Powered by BBC R&D’s web-basedStoryFormertool, the
progr ammeasksyou to complete a five-quest ion survey to
determin e the film’s direction. The Beebsays future shows
could source information fromyourpast interactions.
Asyou watchInstagramification, you can skipsections–
which willbea relief if co nstant talk of “thegram” proves
too grating – anddiscover how yoursurvey answers steer
what you see.Byviewing,you agree to accept th e use of
cookies.The BBC says it co llectsinformation about how you
interact, soit can workonfuture progr ammes and
understandho w muchorlittlefilmin g isneeded.

http://www.google.com/fit

GoogleFit has long

beenableto track

yourdai ly activity

using anap p on

yourphone or

smartwatch, and

now you can use it to

monitorho w well

you’re sleeping,too.

The latestupda te

letsyou connect

third-partysleep

appsanduse their sharedinformation to create chartsof

yoursleep patterns. You can alsoedit andaddto the data,

anden joy the convenience of havingit all inone place.

Ontop of th at, iOS users can now get workout-route

maps,which were once availableonly inFit for Andr oid.

These grabdatafroma Googlesmartwatch, AppleWatch

andotherconnectedappsto track yourdai ly fitness.

Finally, asiscu stom ary these days, GoogleFit isgetting

a DarkModeat last. Ifyou decide to check yourfitnessand

sleep data late at night, you shouldfindthe app mucheasier

onyoureyesthanthe previously dazz lingwhite version.

through to relevant stores, and

developersare being encouragedto

take advantage of the feature.

The redesign also gives smartphone

users a new way to visit pages directly

fromGoogleImages. Select an image

and, as long as the website supports

Accelerated Mobile

Pages, you’ll see a

preview at the

bottom of the screen

that you canswipe

up to load the page.

http://www.google.co.uk/imghp

Find and compare images

faster in Google

Watch a personalised

Instagram documentary

Track your sleep patterns

using Google Fit

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