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Google's New Update Now Allows Your Boss To Access Text Messages On Work Phones
- Wednesday December 3, 2025
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This update has sparked concerns about employee privacy, as employers can now access messages that were previously considered private.
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www.ndtv.com
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How to Link Your Android Phone With a Windows PC for Calling, Texting, and Sharing Photos
- Tuesday November 11, 2025
Connecting your Android phone to a Windows PC using Microsoft’s Phone Link app has several productivity and convenience benefits. It allows you to view and reply to text messages, manage notifications, make and attend calls, and access media on the Windows PC. You can also customise how Phone Link works by adjusting a few optional settings.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones
- Wednesday July 3, 2024
Microsoft Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. There are some criteria to adhere to before the feature can work as per the report, but after setting it up correctly, users can ask the AI to send a text message or summarise messages in the inbox. The featu...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft Phone Link App on Windows 11 to Gain Support for OCR Features: Report
- Tuesday May 28, 2024
Microsoft Phone Link app is set to introduce text-copying capabilities on Windows 11, according to a report. The feature would reportedly work using the optical character recognition (OCR) feature which is already present in several other apps, enabling users to copy text from images. It was spotted in a Preview Build version of Windows, as per the...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google Circle to Search Feature Updated With In-Line Text Translation
- Thursday April 4, 2024
Google's Circle to Search feature has been updated with a new translate button. The new functionality enables users to quickly get in-line translations of the text on their screen. The translate button on Circle to Search will be available on compatible Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones that already support the advanced search feature.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Spotted Working on Feature to Transcribe Voice Notes on Latest Android Beta Version
- Thursday March 21, 2024
WhatsApp is working on adding a new feature to transcribe voice notes, according to details shared by a feature tracker. The latest Android version of the app reveals a new feature that is in development, which will provide searchable text transcripts of voice notes, that could come in handy when listening to them is not an option. WhatsApp will al...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Gboard Tests 'Scan Text' Feature to Insert Text from Captured Images: How it Works
- Friday February 23, 2024
Gboard is getting a new Scan Text feature that will allow you to point your camera at text and quickly insert it into any app you are using. The optical character recognition feature is already available as part of Google Lens, but adding it to Gboard means that users can easily insert text without switching apps. The arrival of the feature on Andr...
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Begins Testing Ability to Share Status Updates From Web Interface, Companion Devices
- Tuesday December 26, 2023
WhatsApp Web is adding support for sharing photos and videos or text status updates, according to a feature tracker. Users will soon be able to post status updates from the web version or from linked 'companion' devices. WhatsApp currently allow users to send and receive messages, place calls, and view status other users' updates via companion devi...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Beeper Mini Now Requires Users to Access a Mac to Send Blue Bubble iMessage Texts From Android
- Wednesday December 20, 2023
Beeper Mini has had a busy two weeks. The messaging app first introduced iMessage support on Android phones without the need for an Apple ID earlier this month. Then, Apple sprang into action and blocked the company’s iMessage service citing security concerns. Beeper scrambled to get iMessages working on Android, eventually resuming service with ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Why This Leading Bank Has Blocked Staff From Texting On Their Work Phones
- Tuesday October 24, 2023
- World News | Swetha Gopinath and Harry Wilson, Bloomberg
HSBC Holdings Plc is blocking staff from texting on their work phones, in the latest fallout from regulatory probes into the industry's use of unauthorized communication methods.
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www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Working on Notification Shortcut to Block Senders With a Single Tap on Android: Report
- Tuesday January 17, 2023
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new block shortcut feature for Android for a future update. It will enable users to block an unwanted or unknown contact from sending text messages directly from the notification bar. WhatsApp currently lets users reply to a chat or mark it as read from the notification bar.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google Assistant's Real-Time Translation Interpreter Mode Now Rolling Out to All Android, iOS Users
- Friday December 13, 2019
- Tasneem Akolawala
The Interpreter Mode is already working on Android phones, but if you’re not seeing it immediately, it should arrive soon. To use it on iOS, download the latest Google Assistant app from the App Store.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp on Jio Phone: WhatsApp Says Working With Reliance Jio to Curb Fake News Menace
- Wednesday September 26, 2018
- Reuters
Jio this month gave its more than 25 million Jio Phone customers, many of them first-time internet users, access to WhatsApp at a time when the messaging service is battling false and incendiary texts and videos circulating on its platform.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google's New Update Now Allows Your Boss To Access Text Messages On Work Phones
- Wednesday December 3, 2025
- Feature |
This update has sparked concerns about employee privacy, as employers can now access messages that were previously considered private.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
How to Link Your Android Phone With a Windows PC for Calling, Texting, and Sharing Photos
- Tuesday November 11, 2025
Connecting your Android phone to a Windows PC using Microsoft’s Phone Link app has several productivity and convenience benefits. It allows you to view and reply to text messages, manage notifications, make and attend calls, and access media on the Windows PC. You can also customise how Phone Link works by adjusting a few optional settings.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones
- Wednesday July 3, 2024
Microsoft Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. There are some criteria to adhere to before the feature can work as per the report, but after setting it up correctly, users can ask the AI to send a text message or summarise messages in the inbox. The featu...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft Phone Link App on Windows 11 to Gain Support for OCR Features: Report
- Tuesday May 28, 2024
Microsoft Phone Link app is set to introduce text-copying capabilities on Windows 11, according to a report. The feature would reportedly work using the optical character recognition (OCR) feature which is already present in several other apps, enabling users to copy text from images. It was spotted in a Preview Build version of Windows, as per the...
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www.gadgets360.com
-
Google Circle to Search Feature Updated With In-Line Text Translation
- Thursday April 4, 2024
Google's Circle to Search feature has been updated with a new translate button. The new functionality enables users to quickly get in-line translations of the text on their screen. The translate button on Circle to Search will be available on compatible Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones that already support the advanced search feature.
-
www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Spotted Working on Feature to Transcribe Voice Notes on Latest Android Beta Version
- Thursday March 21, 2024
WhatsApp is working on adding a new feature to transcribe voice notes, according to details shared by a feature tracker. The latest Android version of the app reveals a new feature that is in development, which will provide searchable text transcripts of voice notes, that could come in handy when listening to them is not an option. WhatsApp will al...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Gboard Tests 'Scan Text' Feature to Insert Text from Captured Images: How it Works
- Friday February 23, 2024
Gboard is getting a new Scan Text feature that will allow you to point your camera at text and quickly insert it into any app you are using. The optical character recognition feature is already available as part of Google Lens, but adding it to Gboard means that users can easily insert text without switching apps. The arrival of the feature on Andr...
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Begins Testing Ability to Share Status Updates From Web Interface, Companion Devices
- Tuesday December 26, 2023
WhatsApp Web is adding support for sharing photos and videos or text status updates, according to a feature tracker. Users will soon be able to post status updates from the web version or from linked 'companion' devices. WhatsApp currently allow users to send and receive messages, place calls, and view status other users' updates via companion devi...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Beeper Mini Now Requires Users to Access a Mac to Send Blue Bubble iMessage Texts From Android
- Wednesday December 20, 2023
Beeper Mini has had a busy two weeks. The messaging app first introduced iMessage support on Android phones without the need for an Apple ID earlier this month. Then, Apple sprang into action and blocked the company’s iMessage service citing security concerns. Beeper scrambled to get iMessages working on Android, eventually resuming service with ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Why This Leading Bank Has Blocked Staff From Texting On Their Work Phones
- Tuesday October 24, 2023
- World News | Swetha Gopinath and Harry Wilson, Bloomberg
HSBC Holdings Plc is blocking staff from texting on their work phones, in the latest fallout from regulatory probes into the industry's use of unauthorized communication methods.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp Working on Notification Shortcut to Block Senders With a Single Tap on Android: Report
- Tuesday January 17, 2023
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new block shortcut feature for Android for a future update. It will enable users to block an unwanted or unknown contact from sending text messages directly from the notification bar. WhatsApp currently lets users reply to a chat or mark it as read from the notification bar.
-
www.gadgets360.com
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Google Assistant's Real-Time Translation Interpreter Mode Now Rolling Out to All Android, iOS Users
- Friday December 13, 2019
- Tasneem Akolawala
The Interpreter Mode is already working on Android phones, but if you’re not seeing it immediately, it should arrive soon. To use it on iOS, download the latest Google Assistant app from the App Store.
-
www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp on Jio Phone: WhatsApp Says Working With Reliance Jio to Curb Fake News Menace
- Wednesday September 26, 2018
- Reuters
Jio this month gave its more than 25 million Jio Phone customers, many of them first-time internet users, access to WhatsApp at a time when the messaging service is battling false and incendiary texts and videos circulating on its platform.
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www.gadgets360.com