#GPSU

Google Play services v24.11 (2024-03-20)

Changelog -

✓ Device Connectivity
• [Phone] With this new feature, you can now pair your wearable devices with a new phone.

✓ Wallet
• [Phone] With this new feature, you can now pin and go to your payment methods from the home screen when you touch and hold the Wallet app icon.
• [Phone, Wear] With this new feature, you can now use Wallet in Guernsey, Morocco, Bermuda, and Bahrain.

✓ System Management
• [Phone] With this new feature, you’ll see a new UI when you create a profile or sign-in to Play Games Services.
• [Auto, PC, Phone, TV, Wear] Updates to system management services that improve Device Performance.

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#Whatsapp

International Payments on WhatsApp through UPI for Indian users.

This is currently not available for users. But WhatsApp might be working on it as I couldn't find anything on Google about it.

Apps like Phonepe, GPay and some others already support this.

If anyone is aware of this thing already please let me know in comments.

#Whatsapp

#GoogleMessages

Coming Soon

Some new strings added in latest beta as well.

• Satellite messaging ended
• Satellite messaging ended unexpectedly
• "You're messaging by satellite. %1$s"
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#WhatsApp

WhatsApp is working on a new Status Composer UI where you will be able to post a text, image or video status from the same UI.

Version - 2.24.7.16 beta

#WhatsApp #Android

#GoogleMessages

Google Messages brings a new logout screen to warn what features you could lose if you logout

📝 Read | Screenshots - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Google-Messages-New-Logout-Screen.html?m=1

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#WhatsApp

WhatsApp Group Events 🕡 - Recent changes and everything you need to know (With screenshots and video)

• Read on my blog - -https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Whatsapp-Group-Events-All-New-Features-Explained.html

#WhatsApp #Android

#GoogleKeep

Google Keep again tests a new note creation fab and this time it is similar to Google Calendar

📝 - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Google-keep-tests-another-fab-button-for-new-notes.html

The old flag still works for this new fab :p

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#GoogleContacts

Google Contact tests Google Play Store style search bar

📝 Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Google-Contacts-Search-Bar-Revamp.html?m=1

Enable on you rooted device -

📦 Package -
com.google.android.contacts#com.google.android.contacts

🏳️ Flag - 45619663

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In addition to above change, there is a new UI for adding and editing new contacts.

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#Whatsapp

WhatsApp might be testing a new In-call UI Bottom Bar

📝 Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Whatsapp-new-in-call-ui-bottom-bar.html

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As I shared back in February about importing passwords from CSV files in the Google Password Manager, the change will roll out to everyone with Play Service v24.12

Google just pushed a beta update for 24.12, so stable version is also near for release.

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#GoogleChat

Google Chat is working on a new "Announcements" feature which will allow you to "Broadcast and share updates with your groups"

There isn't much info about it yet.

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If any Android/Tech based news website in interested in getting updates directly from me about upcoming/existing features and changes in Google apps and other things which I regularly share on my Telegram and Twitter/X can contact me for discussion (This is not going to be free)

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#X

X/Twitter is adding the "Articles" tab in the Android app (already available on web) . The articles will still need to be published from the web version by premium users.

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#X

On X, the NSFW communities will be labelled with "adult content" and you will also see "18+" in red if any community contains adult content when searching for communities.

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#X

The explore tab in the Android App for X is getting topics in the communities explore tab. It's been already spotted before for the web version.

Doesn't seem to work yet.

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#X

X/Twitter is getting rid of the profile pronouns feature. It's been removed in the latest beta version of X for Android.

Left - Old | Right - New

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#TikTok

Tiktok is copying the Collaboration feature of Instagram, an APK teardown.

📝 Read - https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/blog-post.html?m=1

#DownvoteOnly

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