Google Drive's video player is getting a Material Design 3 makeover! 🎉
That means smoother, more intuitive controls. You'll also get:

- More control: Rewind and fast forward buttons for precise playback.
- Playback speed: Watch at your own pace.

Google Calendar just got a fresh new look! ✨Here's what's new:

- Modernized controls: Buttons, dialogs, and sidebars are more up-to-date and easier to use. 🖱️
- Crisp iconography: The icons are clear, sharp, and give a fresh feel. 👁️
- Improved typography: Text is easier to read thanks to Google's custom fonts. 🔤
- Light & dark mode: Choose the mode that suits your eyes and saves your battery! ☀️🌑

Google added new AI info for photos edited with tools like Magic Editor, Magic Eraser and Zoom Enhance etc which states if generative AI or Google AI tools have been used to edit a photo.

This is a step forward towards transparency.

Threads widely rolling out the ability to "Archive posts" 🗃️.

Users can also unarchive or manage archived posts under Settings > Archive.

Archived post will sometimes remain visible in Fediverse servers even though Threads will send a delete request.

Threads decluttering the new thread tab by stacking up additional attachment types (GIF, Polls & Voice) into a ➕ drop-down button.

📁 Signal introducing "Chat Folder" basically chat filters feature in Signal which will let you group chats.

🗺️: Settings > Chats > Chat Folder

New Look for Avatars is now available on Instagram! ✨

Meta is rolling out updated avatars with more detailed looks and customization options across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp with the ability to create multiple variants of avatars and switch between them easily.

#WhatsApp testing a new reminder notification for status updates 🔔.

This will occasionally send notifications whenever a favorite contact or contacts that you interact frequently post a status update.

⚠️ Sri Lankan cyber security firms noticed a surge in WhatsApp hacking incidents:

How it works:
They compromise the user’s WhatsApp account through the verification code. Then they'll target the user’s contacts with requests for financial help.

Prevention:
Enable Two factor authentication and passkeys under Account settings

Source: https://www.newswire.lk/2024/10/28/sri-lanka-faces-surge-in-whatsapp-account-hacks-heres-how-it-happens/

Gemini now lets users run and edit code with an inline Jupyter notebook similar to colab. Only works with Python for now.

Gemini now does code citation which cites the exact part of code with where it's source which is a very welcoming change.

Instagram is Down it's not just you. There is an issue in sending messages and so on.

🔥 Gemini 1.5 Pro is coming to GitHub Copilot! 🔥

Get ready to supercharge your coding with the power of Google's next-gen AI model, right inside your favorite IDEs like VS Code.

🤯 1 million token context window means Copilot can understand and work with up to 1500 pages of your code at once.

🗓️ Available in the coming weeks!

Similarly Claude is also available in GitHub Copilot.

GitHub Copilot gives users the choice of models users can choose more AI models in GitHub Chat such as Gemini, Claude and GPT.

Also GitHub Spark is here the AI-native tool to build applications entirely in natural language.

Sparks are fully functional micro apps that can integrate AI features and external data sources without requiring any management of cloud resources.

ChatGPT search is now available to everyone. Just tap on that 🌐 button and try it out.

Gmail is getting a new "Polish" shortcut in web and mobile which will use Gemini to improve the content.

The Polish shortcut will appear for drafts with 12+ words, and pressing the shortcut text or typing Ctrl+H will automatically show a polished email output.

Instagram is widely rolling out prompts for Notes. This will let users create a prompt topic where the mutual friends can respond with their own Notes.

Instagram DM for creators getting more organized with new Sort& Filter options.

🆕 Arc browser for Android added two new search widgets.

Claude ai launched a bunch of new updates to various platforms:

- Windows and Mac app.
- Ability to understand images in PDFs.
- Voice typing for mobile apps.
- Wide rollout of their flagship model.

WhatsApp is testing more emojis (12) for a message reaction which shows 6 recently used emojis when swipe through.