Android Update: Custom Stickers, Play Points, and Inclusive Apps

Google has announced new features for devices Android. One of them is the possibility of converting personalized texts into stickers. These can be done from the Gboard application (Google keyboard) and will only be available in the British and American English keyboard. Also, these personalized stickers can only be used with the use of short phrases.

Along with this new update, there are more than 1,600 stickers related to summer and the month of LGBTQ pride. These combinations are possible thanks to the tool “Emoji Kitchen” of Gboard, which allows you to mix two different emojis.

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GREATER ACCESSIBILITY

Another of the functions announced by Google is that of the sound amplifier, which allows users with hearing problems to use this application to filter the sounds of the environment in which they find themselves. The interface of this application will allow users to handle it more easily.

The “Lookout” application (translated into Spanish as “assisted vision”) also includes several improvements. The first one is that it is capable of working without an internet connection. In addition, this app allows users with visual disabilities to use the camera of their devices to indicate the information of everything that surrounds them. In addition, this application welcomes the new Images mode, which processes and contextualizes, that is, allows the user to listen to the description of a photo just by opening it on your device.

NEW FEATURES FOR PLAY PLAYPOINTS

Google Play Points is a loyalty program that allows users to earn points and rewards in the Google Play Store (virtual store operated by Google). For each purchase you make, you get points that you can exchange for prizes in different apps.

This new update on Play Points allows you to make purchases directly with the points, that is, it will have a function similar to a virtual currency. In addition, the user will be able to pay a part with points and another with the payment method of their choice.

Source: Elcomercio

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