Google Clock v.7.2 adds an improved experience on big-screen devices.

Following the Calculator, Google is improving the Clock app on tablets and big screen devices, as promised.

In the new version, the bottom navigation bar has now turned into a side navigation rail (even in portrait mode). Meanwhile, all app pages (except settings) now use a two-column layout.

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YouTube Music getting Spring Recap ’22 with playlist and shareable stats.

Earlier YouTube Music began offering an extensive year-in-review summary at the end of 2021, and now looks to be rolling out Spring Recap ’22. YouTube Music is advertising this summary with a “Spring Recap is here” card in the Home feed. Visually optimized for social media stories and posts, cards include:

• Spring: Summary card with top artist and song, as well as total minutes listened
• Top spring songs: Top 5
• Top spring albums: 5
• Top spring artists: 5
• Top spring genres: 3
• Top spring playlist: Just 1

🔗 u/BlaBlaMukul via 9to5Google

The YouTube app for Android and iOS now turns your smartphone into a second display for your TV.

For this feature to work, YouTube on your TV and your smartphone must be running under the same account. You must first open the YouTube app and then on your smartphone, where you will automatically be presented with a dialog box with a blue "Connect" button.
You can then easily interact with the video playing on your TV - read its description, leave comments, subscribe or share the video.

The experience will be about the same as if you were running a video on your TV using the casting feature of the YouTube app on your phone.

YouTube is also testing a pop-up prompt on TV that suggests you connect your mobile device and browse and shop the products featured in videos.

🔗 YouTube Blog

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Google preps Assistant settings redesign that’s shorter and better organized.

In the latest beta version of the Google app, 9to5Google has managed to enable a new design of the Google Assistant settings. At the very top there is a search bar with an account switch on the right, which is consistent with Material Design 2. The settings are now grouped into three main sections that reflect common actions:

• Customize your Assistant: General, Access your Assistant, Accessibility, Assistant devices, Languages, Assistant voice & sounds, Your information, At a Glance;
• Get things done: Continued Conversation, Home & family, Notes & Lists, Reminders, Routines, Shortcuts;
• Manage apps & services: Preferred apps & services and Your apps;

Several settings have been combined into high-level groups/pages.
• “Home & family” : Home control, Face Match, Family Bell, Assignable reminders, and Parental controls (new).
• “Preferred apps & services”: Calendar, Music, Podcasts, Videos, and more

🔗 9to5Google

Google's getting rid of Assistant's location-based and assigned reminders.

Google updated its support page for Assistant reminders, retitling it to remove "assign" from the original headline, and to add a blurb about the feature going away soon, but you can still use it in Google Chat and Gmail.

In the same support document, Google also details that location-based reminders are going away soon too (It allowed you to set reminders when you reach certain places), but you can still set routines for a location. However, Google Keep has a similar feature.

Also, you will be warned about the removal of this function by the assistant itself.

🔗 Android Police | Support Page