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Google Pay can now create a virtual version of your Citibank card
More payment options are always welcome
You can't help but feel a little scared when you have to enter your credit card information when buying something online. You hear about big companies such as AT&T suffering a data breach and wonder if your information will ever be a part of one. Even Roku is reeling from a data breach that exposed user credentials. It's good to hear that Google has added support for another virtual card to give users more options.
Google's YouTube TV stands out among the streaming services offering live TV channels without cable, especially in the US. It offers access to over 100+ live TV channels, the ability to record shows and sports events with unlimited DVR storage, and add-ons to elevate your cord-cutting experience. Cross-platform availability isn't an issue. Google offers YouTube TV apps on Android, iPhone, smart TV platforms, and all the major streaming devices.
How to get the most out of your YouTube Music subscription
Get the most out of your monthly subscription cost
If you love YouTube Music and want to make the most of it, consider getting a subscription. A YouTube Music subscription has many benefits, but you'll want to ensure you're getting your money's worth. You can enjoy all the perks of YouTube Music Premium whether you sign up for it directly or as part of YouTube Premium. You can also switch from Spotify Premium to YouTube Music Premium.
What is Google Classroom?
Technological advances have put online learning in the spotlight, but what is Google Classroom that children are being asked to use?
Google's learning platform, Google Classroom, simplifies creating, sharing, and grading assignments. It makes sharing files between teachers and students easy. It's the perfect companion for student-friendly Chromebooks. Whether you're a student or a teacher, knowing the service's ins and outs before sharing assignments is helpful.
How to access Google Drive on any device
You can access Google Drive on almost any device, but the best way to access it changes by platform
Google Drive is one of the most-used cloud storage services in the world and comes as a standard app on Android phones. It's versatile, has a decent amount of free storage, and is great for consumers and businesses. There are options to upgrade the storage thanks to affordable Google One plans, which are a great option for people using one of the best budget Android phones that may not have much onboard storage.
The Google Nest Hub is in its second iteration, taking a great smart display and making it better. It's one of the best Google Assistant smart displays you can get, helping with everything from showing cookie recipes to controlling your smart home. It can also play YouTube videos, a useful feature when you need help fixing a leaky faucet or baking a cake. Here's how to watch YouTube videos on a Google Nest Hub display.
Google has serious user trust issues — it's high time it changed that perception
Perhaps it should work on changing its reputation
Google, perhaps more than any other company, is responsible for the character of the internet today. Its search engine controls over 80% of the market. YouTube is the gold standard for video distribution, and Google's ad platform is only rivaled by Facebook's in terms of market dominance. The Android operating system controls over 70% of the global mobile market, and ChromeOS has similar numbers in the educational market. Google is one of the most successful companies in history, with some of the most successful products under its belt, and yet the road to this success is littered with the graves of hundreds of failed or abandoned products and services, and this doesn't even get into the years of poor support across its many products.
YouTube Music: Everything you need to know about Google's streaming music service
How does YTMusic compare to the competition and is it worth the switch?
YouTube is the most popular online video streaming platform. Still, its music streaming counterpart isn't as well known, especially when compared to Spotify. YouTube Music has much to offer, including exclusive features, such as transforming covers, live performances, and other video content on YouTube into songs. Users can effortlessly play these tracks, add them to playlists, and download them for offline listening.
Google Keep is the best note-taking app despite being underappreciated for everything it does. There might be more powerful note-taking apps, but where Google Keep shines is its simplicity, with awesome powers hidden under the surface. You can use it to create shopping lists, save web links, jot down thoughts, read the text in pictures, collaborate on notes, and set reminders.
How to make a Google Survey
Get responses for your research — without actually meeting the participants
Whether you need to get customer feedback or brainstorm ideas for hanging out, Google Forms is a handy tool for gathering people's opinions about anything. It lets you create custom questions in minutes, including multiple-choice, short-answer, and checkbox questions, to build a survey anyone would want to complete.
How often does Google Maps update Street View?
Just how outdated or up-to-date is your city's Street View
Street View changes how we perceive locations around the world. With 3D imagery, we can confidently plan our trips. Google Street View launched in 2007 and began with a select few cities in the US. Today, Google Street View has captured over 220 billion images across 100 countries to bring 360 images to Google Maps, ranging from individual streets to notable landmarks. Now you can bring up Street View from within Google Maps to get all onsite details of any place (with Street View activated). But the question is: how often does Google Maps update Street View, and when can you expect the next update? You can find all these details on any trusty Android tablet, phone, and web browser.
Managing your electronic mail is easy on Gmail, thanks to its robust organization features like sorting important messages into labels. If you frequently forward emails to different accounts, Gmail can help you relieve some stress with its neat automation feature. You can automatically deliver specific or all incoming messages to another email address. Whether you want to combine emails from your work and personal account, let someone manage your messages, or back up to a secondary account, here's how to set up automatic email forwarding in Gmail.
Google Jamboard is a versatile digital whiteboard for students, educators, and professionals to collaborate in real time. One key feature of the service is the ability to duplicate slides, allowing you to create copies of your content for various purposes. This article explains how to do this on your top-of-the-line Android tablet or computer.
How to cancel YouTube Premium on Android, iOS, or on the website
You may cancel if you can tolerate a few ads
YouTube Premium is an excellent streaming service for music and videos. However, the free YouTube with ads is a great option for those who can't justify paying for another subscription service. Whether you're considering downgrading to YouTube Music Premium or ending your YouTube subscription, you'll want to cancel your subscription without hassle.
How to delete or pause your YouTube watch and search histories on your computer, phone, or tablet
Stop YouTube from tracking your watch and search history!
If you're unhappy with YouTube's recommendations or want to wipe your YouTube history clean, clearing your data is the way to go. However, this only removes the data on your Google account. If you want to clean your data stored on Google's servers, you'll delete your Google account and data.
How to disable autoplay in YouTube’s home and subscriptions feeds
Take back control of your YouTube feed
If you're over 18, YouTube autoplays its videos by default. This can be a pain because you can't control what YouTube plays next. Even worse, if you're watching the YouTube app on your shiny new tablet, autoplay videos can suck up your data without you realizing it.
How to download a YouTube video
Watch your favorite videos on your phone or laptop without an internet connection
If you're in for a long flight or headed somewhere without an internet connection, you may want to download a few videos. And while it's easier to download Netflix videos than ones on YouTube, the process isn't terribly complex. There are two ways to download videos: through the YouTube app or with a third-party tool. Downloading through the YouTube app requires a YouTube Premium subscription, while using third-party tools is free, it comes with the cost of convenience and reliability.
Apple brings HomePod one step closer to full-featured YouTube Music support
Siri support for AirPlay is coming to YouTube Music
Apple's WWDC event kicked off yesterday. The majority of the keynote event was, of course, news for Apple's core audience, including details about new Mac hardware and the hotly anticipated (and wildly expensive) Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset. But tucked away in the corner of a single slide was a little morsel of good news for YouTube Music subscribers: as spotted by an eagle-eyed Redditor, Google's music streaming service is picking up support for Siri playback on HomePod speakers.
YouTube kills misinformation policy aimed at US elections
The decision comes ahead of the 2024 elections
YouTube can be an incredible place to discover and learn about new things, but with the huge number of people posting informative content every day, it can be perilously difficult to consistently point viewers in the direction of reliable sources, and away from those that publish misinformation. After a slew of videos spread false rumors regarding the results of the 2020 US presidential elections, YouTube enacted a policy that allowed it to remove videos that promoted lies about those results. Just over two years later, and with another election cycle looming, the video hosting platform is now walking that policy back.
YouTube Music now automatically connects to Nest speakers when music is playing
Start playback with your voice, then control it with your phone
You can't make a new feature for a streaming music app without addressing the 500-million-subscriber elephant in the room: Spotify sets the tone for the industry, and rightfully so. A laundry list of useful functionality like Spotify Connect, which lets you seamlessly control playback as you transition from one device to another, has other apps perpetually playing catch-up. YouTube Music has been hard at work on this front, and is now testing a way to make Google Cast devices like the Nest Audio easier to control.