1 month ago | By AndroidPhoneFans

Google has recently introduced a new change to how users can browse web content within Android apps. Usually, most Android apps will display web content within the app via the Webview component or custom tabs through Chrome, should a user open an internet link while using a specific app, although most of the time this takes up a user's entire screen. This will all change soon though, thanks to a few upcoming tweaks from Google. As such, Chrome will now give developers more control over tab height with Partial Custom Tabs - tabs can now be customized the tab for a partial overlay, enabling...
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Uber's audio recording safety feature now available in Canada

1 month ago | By MobileSyrup

Uber riders and drivers in Canada can now access a safety feature that allows trips to be audio recorded.
Users can set up the feature in the app's Safety Toolkit and start a a recording by hitting the blue shield icon on the map screen and tapping 'start.' Users can control when they want to start or stop a recording. If riders and drivers don't end a recording on their own, Uber says the recording will stop after the trip is complete.
Audio files are encrupted and stored on the device of the person making the recording. Uber's team can only access the file if users report safety...
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WhatsApp Android app gets some small but very useful changes

1 month ago | By TechRadar

WhatsApp is making some minor changes to its Android app, although they're clearly handy additions (even if one of them is still in beta testing right now). The tweaks inbound with the latest release version of the Android client include the ability to add captions when sharing a document via WhatsApp, as WABetaInfo reports. Along with that comes a big increase in the number of photos and videos you can send at once in a conversation. Previously, the limit for this was 30 pieces of media, but that has been upped to 100 (which should be plenty enough for anyone - we'd hope). Another change...
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Google improves in-app browsers, now they can share the screen with the app

1 month ago | By GSMArena

Many Android apps display web content within themselves - this keeps the user from bouncing back and forth between the app and the browser, for example, when tapping on a link in Gmail. One way to do this is to use the WebView component, but Google believes that Custom Tabs are the better solution and it has now made them even better with a couple of improvements.
The first is Partial Custom Tabs. Instead of filling the whole screen, the web content can now only cover half, which improves the multitasking experience since you can still use the app. You...
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