Tag: Google

Google now supports passkeys allowing passwordless experience. Also, when using passkey you don't need to use 2FA to sign in to your account.

Passkeys created on Apple devices are synced through iCloud Keychain, making it easier to sign in from any device.

As per 9to5Mac, for passkeys to work, user should be using:

• Google: Chrome 109+, Android 9+, ChromeOS 109+
• Apple: Safari 16+, iOS 16, macOS Ventura
• Microsoft: Edge 109+, Windows 10/11

In order to set up passkey for your account, follow this link.

Google Blog: The beginning of the end of the password

Apple Developer: Passkeys

References:

• You can now use passkeys to sign into your Google Account
• Google Announces Support for Account Passkeys

In 2020, G Suite became Google Workspace as part of a mass reorganization of the company’s apps for the “future of work.” Various plans were migrated over, and Google is now finally getting rid of the G Suite legacy free edition.

After getting free Gmail, Drive, Docs, and other apps for the past several years, companies will need to start paying for those Google services and the ability to use your own custom domain. They have until May 1 to select a new plan or Google will move them to tier selected based on the last usage.

This was a long time coming, and it’s unclear how many people were still using Google Workspace for free. I rather expect that this change will affect more individuals than companies that have already migrated to paid plans because of natural growth.

Following many other tech companies in recent days, Waymo and Google announced today that it’s no longer having an in-person presence at CES 2022 due to the “quickly evolving COVID infection rates.” This follows Meta (Facebook), Amazon, and Lenovo also pulling out over the past few days.

The screenshot Google shared today shows inbox widget with three recent emails that note the sender and subject. They also recently added Picture-in-Picture support to Meet. The last upcoming update will see Google Sheets add support for shortcuts. This also shows that Google is now actively updating their apps now after long brake caused by Apple policy changes.

Google is now gradually removing Material Design components from its apps. Google sees current iOS design unique enough to avoid mixing it with Material Design. Users will see less custom components and more system-looking elements in Google apps.