Welcome to the 496th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week:
- Google is disabling all links in YouTube Shorts. The reason is to get rid of link spam. YouTube is adding a new method to add links in September of 2023, so this is more of a temporary thing rather than a permanent ban on links. You’ll see be able to see links in comments, videos, and descriptions, but you won’t be able to click on them.
- Gboard may let you use generative AI for proofreading and emojis soon. The latest beta includes a few generative AI features. The most prevalent of which is proofreading. Essentially, Google will store the text you write on Google servers for 60 days in order to provide proofreading suggestions. That’s a little much, but if that’s something you want, it may come to the regular version of Gboard soon.
- Android 14 is adding some new security features that introduce two new changes. The first is preventing the phone from dropping to a 2G connection. The other is protecting voice and SMS traffic if the carrier doesn’t encrypt them automatically. It benefits end users because 2G networks in particular are fairly common for stealing information, and most carriers have abandoned 2G anyway. You can read more at the link.
- Google Messages now encrypts all RCS chats automatically and by default. That includes group RCS chats. This is good news because one of the benefits of using RCS is its ability to be end-to-end encrypted, and now everyone gets it without needing to dig into the settings. Overall, though, it’s a minor change that many people may not notice.
- WhatsApp is rolling out its screen-sharing feature to more users this week. The rollout is affecting Android, iOS, and Windows users who have the latest stable release of WhatsApp. This is part of WhatsApp’s push to be more useful for work environments, similar to Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Hit the link to learn more.
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