American tech giant Google's keyboard app for Android, Gboard, which has been the staple for messaging and typing on millions if not billions of devices out there, is now getting a redesign.
According to 9to5Google, Google is developing a darker dark option for its Android search app (via Android Police). This new tint isn't the same as the one seen in Google's recent desktop test of a pitch-black dark mode. Rather, the one seen in the mobile app is a shade deeper than the standard dark gray, but not quite black.
There was a pitch-black search page for a brief while on the desktop, but it quickly changed to dark gray. The new dark option in Google's mobile app may be more appealing to users who have OLED screens and want to preserve battery life, or who simply enjoy dark mode.
The new shade is available in Google's latest 13.8 beta in the Google Play Store, which you can get via APKMirror, an archive that allows Android users to download items that aren't readily available on their device, or go the official route by joining the beta test group, according to Android Police.
After confirming that it was testing dark mode on desktops last...
The Gmail app for Android has now surpassed 10 billion installations, making it the fourth app to do so. Google Play Services, YouTube, and Google Maps are the other three Google Play store apps to surpass the milestone of over 10 billion installations. Since its inception in April 2004, Google's email service has been extremely popular. Gmail has just received a slew of new features from Google.
The most recent is an enhancement to Gmail's Undo Send tool, which allows users to go back in time and recall emails. Android Police was the first to notice Gmail's admission into the 10 billion-plus download club. It also showed how Google Play Services was the first app to surpass 10 billion downloads, followed by YouTube and Google Maps in that order.
Gmail is the fourth Google Play store app to reach this milestone. Gmail has a lot of nice features now. Google's mail service has included the ability to reverse a sent email in several time periods – 5 seconds,...
