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Company hopes to launch driverless delivery service vehicles in new year Uploaded: Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 9:21 am 2 Time to read: about 2 minutes With a new permit issued by the DMV on Dec. 23, Nuro can commercialize and profit off its delivery service to Bay Area residents. Courtesy Nuro. The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued its first autonomous vehicle deployment permit to Nuro, a Mountain View-based technology company, bringing the state much closer to driverless delivery services...

autoevolution 20 Dec 2020, 17:48 UTC · by 1 photo While most people stick with the likes of Google Maps, Waze, Spotify, or YouTube Music, there are plenty of other apps already compatible with Android Auto and available for download from the Google Play Store. The Mountain View-based search giant is working around the clock to bring even more apps to the world of Android Auto, which is why the company unlocked the platform for new categories earlier this year. In other words, third-party...

Gizmochina Google Camera Go debuted on Nokia 1.3 that was announced back in March 2020. A month later, the search giant was found to be working on HDR feature for this application. Now, eight months later, this feature is finally available for users. Android Go Edition is a stripped-down version of the regular Android operating system for entry-level smartphones. It is designed for devices with 2GB or lower RAM. Most of these handsets are sold in developing nations as they are targeted at first...

autoevolution 18 Dec 2020, 9:20 UTC · by 1 photo This week, Google joined forces with SIXT to bring its taxi service right to Android and iPhone users within the app, thus making it easier to see the route and the fares for a ride from Google Maps. For the time being, this new integration is only available in Germany, but the goal is to bring the same partnership to more regions in the coming months. After getting SIXT information on Google Maps, users are automatically redirected to SIX...

autoevolution 18 Dec 2020, 8:43 UTC · by 1 photo But until recently, Android Auto had one big problem: the platform came with a series of limitations that prevented third-party developers from bringing their apps in the car, thus forcing users to stick with the likes of Google Maps and Waze. This is all changing now, as Google is opening up Android Auto to more categories of apps, including navigation, parking, and charging apps. After launching the Android for Cars App Library in beta i...

autoevolution 17 Dec 2020, 9:40 UTC · by 1 photo Needless to say, India is one of Google’s largest markets, and the Mountain View-based search giant has continuously been looking into ways to polish its products even further in this market. As a result, Google announced at its L10n event this year that it’s adding support for more Indian languages in its products while also making it easier for users to switch from one dialect to another in Google Maps. In Google search, for example,...

Google Photos to add 3D effect to your pictures Updated: Updated: The new type of image, ‘cinematic photos’, will appear as part of Photos’ memories feature. Share Article The new type of image, ‘cinematic photos’, will appear as part of Photos’ memories feature. (Subscribe to our Todays Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google on Tuesday said it is adding a feature to Photos app that will make regular images to appear as...

Google Allows Gmail Users to Open Microsoft Office Docs in the Mail Interface Dec 10, 2020 18:28 GMT      Users can reply to emails with the file using the original format While Google already allowed Gmail users to edit Microsoft Office documents they receive on email, the whole thing relied on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides and required the data to be imported in Google Drive. Needless to say, while this worked pretty smoothly, it wasn’t necessarily the most convenient experience, an...