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View this email in your browser You can now use your Google Play Points toward merchandise, DoorDash, Instacart, and more Exciting news for anyone who collects their weekly Google Play Points! In addition to being able to spend your points as a direct payment option in the Play Store, Google just announced in a Keyword Blog post that it’s adding new ways to gain value once you’ve accumulated enough and hope to try something outside […] Read More Google Meet to let you minimize distractions by turning off video feeds from other participants Google Meet is getting a new feature that will let you turn off the video feed from other participants during a call. This can be a great way to cut distractions visually and focus on just the presenter, but also a nice way to avoid destroying any mobile data cap you may have if you’re […] Read More Pixel Fold availability date, weight, and price confirmed by credible new source As we rapidly approach Google I/O 2023, it’s not surprising that more details about some of the hardware we expect at the event are continuing to leak out. As a recap, we fully expect to see the Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet (and it’s optional smart speaker stand), and Pixel Fold all arrive on May 10th […] Read More The Chrome Cast 223: An open discussion about Generative AI For this episode of The Chrome Cast, we decided to try something a bit different (and there’s a bit of a twist ending to it, too). Instead of taking on the week’s news and discussing it, we wanted to tackle a particular content area, and there’s none more interesting and groundbreaking than the field of […] Read More Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise is getting a Pokémon Go-style game for the real world Niantic, the creator of the massively popular Pokémon Go location-based game that got everyone and their mom to walk around in the real world for several years, is partnering with Capcom to develop a new title called Monster Hunter Now. The game will be a “real-world hunting action” role-playing game for phones and will combine […] Read More If you are looking for ChromeOS 112 on your Chromebook, you aren't alone Since the inception of the 4-week Chrome and ChromeOS update cycles, we’ve not seen too many major delays when new versions arrive. There are a couple reasons for this: first, with 4-week updates, there are smaller changes from one version to the next; and second, if you are a bit late (like we are right […] Read More Google's 'Now Playing' feature for Pixel phones to give deeper insights into the songs you hear The ‘Now Playing’ feature on your Pixel phone is one of those niceties that you forget about 99% of the time, but that 1% of the time when you’re at a restaurant and someone asks what song you think this is and you glance over at your phone and say “hehe, this is Happy by […] Read More ChromeOS Global Media Controls Material You updates are coming together nicely The ChromeOS Global Media Controls have largely been marked by small changes along the way as ChromeOS has developed. At the end of the day, if you use this beneficial little part of the ChromeOS shelf, you likely know that you can quickly and easily control any media currently playing on your Chromebook from this […] Read More This deal on the 8GB Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 is insane My absolute favorite ChromeOS tablet of all time is hands-down Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet 5. The OLED-toting detachable is even more desirable when you can find it on sale which seems to happen quite a bit over at Best Buy. Even right now, you can pick up the Snapdragon-powered Chromebook at a $100 discount which is […] Read More After 25 years, Google is building a new search engine, and it's powered by artificial intelligence During a recent interview with 60 Minutes, Google and Alphabet’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, confirmed that the company is developing a new AI-powered search engine to outpace Microsoft and OpenAI. In the interview, he was asked if by embracing Bard and other AI roadmaps, he was killing his cash cow. Pichai stated in response that while […] Read More Join our Patreon community and get access to things like behind-the-scenes footage, early access to videos, private Discord server access, an ad-free experience on the mobile and desktop versions of the website, your name listed on all our YouTube videos, and monthly live stream Q&A. CLICK HERE to be a part of our community.  Copyright © 2023 Unboxed Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Unboxed Media 111 W Dixie Ave Ste 200 Elizabethtown, KY 42701-1410 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.