Update 115 puts an end to third-party cookies, WhatsApp and Samsung Wallet land on the Galaxy Watch 6, Google Play is the victim of a very annoying bug, this is the recap ‘of the week.
Google Chrome users will be happy to hear that third-party cookies are gone. As for those who swear by WhatsApp, two good news this week: you can now send messages to unknown contacts without adding them to your directory, and the messaging application is coming to the Galaxy Watch 6. Finally, find out how to counter the bug currently affecting the Google Play Store.
Cookies will finally disappear from Google Chrome
With its update 115, Google is rolling out the ” Privacy Sandbox which could end the use of third-party cookies. If the pubs will not disappear from the Web, the Mountain View firm seems to be looking for a way to collect information for marketing purposes in a group rather than individually. Thus, the companies that display the advertisements will have access to less personal data than before and Internet users will no longer be individually identifiable.
Read: Google Chrome: the announced end of cookies starts with this update
Communication improves on WhatsApp
The WhatsApp user experience takes another leap forward with an important and practical new feature. It will now be easier to communicate with an unknown contact on the messaging app. Indeed, you no longer need to save the phone number of an unknown person to start a conversation with them, you can send messages even to unregistered contacts.
Read: WhatsApp now lets you chat with someone without adding their number
Pixels still victims of a new technical problem
There are more and more dissatisfied owners of their Pixel. Indeed, a recent Android update seems to have brought a new technical problem. Several applications, all included in Google Mobile Services, are victims of a bug. Search, Maps, Drive, YouTube or even Gmail are affected and crash as soon as they are launched. For the moment, there is no way to go back to an earlier version, so you will have to wait until a patch is deployed.
Read: Pixels can’t launch Google apps anymore due to recent Android update
Galaxy Watch 6: short recap of new features
A few days before the presentation of the Galaxy Watch 6, we now know that future connected watches from Samsung should be full of applications. Indeed, this new range should accommodate Thermo Check, Samsung Wallet and WhatsApp. This is the first time that the messaging application will be present on a connected watch.
Read: WhatsApp, Samsung Wallet: the Galaxy Watch 6 is full of applications six days before its formalization
Google Play victim of a huge bug
While it is great to have all the services centralized in one place in the Play Store subscriptions and payments page, it becomes more critical when the service bugs. Indeed, the subscription management page no longer works and prevents users from seeing the list of their services and applications. Go to our dedicated news to find out how to work around this bug.
Read: Google Play is the victim of a big bug, subscriptions and payments have disappeared
Our tests of the week
Asus Zenbook 15 OLED: an excellent ultra-portable
Asus offers here an elegant and practical ultra-portable, thanks to its premium design and its thin and light format. We love its keyboard, very pleasant to use and its beautiful OLED screen. It is a quiet, powerful computer that offers good value for money. Beware, this is not a perfect computer. We regret that the audio part is so catastrophic and that the screen calibration was not more careful.
Read: Asus Zenbook 15 OLED review: the best 15-inch ultra-portable on the market
Honor 90: great improvements over its predecessor
Certainly, we would have liked to discover a charger in the box and the audio part is very limited, the fact remains that the Honor 90 is a very good smartphone, versatile and powerful. In-game battery life is good and the screen has been vastly improved over its predecessor. On the photo side, the shots of the main sensor are very satisfactory and the selfies are natural. On the other hand, the night mode is useless and the digital zoom loses effectiveness beyond the 5x ratio.
Read: Honor 90 test: a significantly improved value for money