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How to send full-size images and videos on WhatsApp

The alternative ways, however, don't come without a few downsides

WhatsApp is used every day by billions of people around the world to send millions of supremely paramount memes and cat videos. Those little media files may work well to lighten up your mood on a boring workday, but they are immensely stressful for WhatsApp servers. That’s why the messaging app heavily compresses those files to save some bandwidth and reduce loading times for its users.

Sure, doing that does help WhatsApp go easy on your phone storage and mobile data, but it often renders those media files unusable outside the app.

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More free Chromecasts with Google TVs are up for grabs for YouTube TV subscribers

Just in time to pay a little more each month for 4K

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More free Chromecasts

YouTube TV isn't nearly as affordable as it used to be, and its new 4K Plus plan adds another surcharge onto your plan. If you're looking to get a little more bang for your buck, Google is giving away free streaming dongles, including its newest Chromecast with Google TV device, to current subscribers.

In June, subscribers received email notifications for a free TiVo Stream 4K dongles (worth $40) — most likely in reaction to the service being blocked on Roku.

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Google looks to be getting ready to copy Apple Health's best feature

It could help you track your medical records, lab results, and more

Keeping track of your health and fitness is a whole lot more manageable these days. Thanks to phones and smartwatches, tracking your heart rate, caloric intake, exercise goals, and other metrics is easier than ever. Google is testing out a new application focusing on medical records, in order to give users a better understanding of their health and well-being.

The app is, fittingly, called Google Health, and according to 91mobiles, it's in an early testing phase.

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You might not have to send your high-res WhatsApp videos as documents for much longer

The latest beta version for Android includes new quality options

These days, messaging apps are as important as ever. Being able to quickly and reliably contact anyone in your life is essential — it's why Google continues to boost its RCS capabilities. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging clients worldwide, but it has its fair share of limitations. Video files have always been compressed unless sent as a document, but a future update to the app might finally add quality options.

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How to scan documents and photos into PDFs on Android

Your phone is more than capable, and we've got the best app for the job

Scanning PDFs is one of the most annoying things many of us have to deal with in our personal and professional lives. Be it mortgage documents, a car loan, or other sensitive paperwork you need to preserve and share in a secure digital format, Adobe's ubiquitous PDF is a reality of dealing in docs in the modern world. Fortunately, you don't need a hardware scanner or big, bulky multifunction printer to digitize your paper documents: all you need is a smartphone, an app, and a couple of minutes.

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Google Photos is getting a Memories widget on Android, so you can relive the past right from your home screen

Months after Google released a similar widget for iOS

Android 12 is completely revitalizing widgets, and even though a public release won't be available until this fall, we're already starting to see the effects. Spotify is working on revamping its music player, Chrome is testing out a new quick action search widget, and now, it's time for Google Photos to do the same.

The folks at 9to5Google were able to discover and enable a new widget in development for the photo storage app.

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Opera devs beg you to use their browser, even on Chrome OS

They're talking abnout the Android version, installed from the Play Store

The people at Opera really want you to use their browser. That's been true for over 25 years, but today they'd really like you to use Opera on Chrome OS. If that seems a bit incongruous — "Isn't the entire operating system the browser?" — what they mean is that the Android version of Opera has been optimized for Chromebooks and other Chrome OS devices. You can install it via the Play Store.

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All the games on Google Stadia (Update: Streets of Rage 4 and Darkwood)

Now in a handy dandy searchable table

Google's cloud gaming service, Stadia, began trialing on November 19 (2019), and even though you needed a $130 Founder's Edition kit to gain access, Google eventually opened the floodgates to everyone in August (2020). So far, many games have been announced for the service, and we expect more of them to pop up as we go along. Of course, it can be a difficult to keep track of things in this fast-moving industry, so we've got you covered with a handy list of all the titles that have been announced for Stadia.

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