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Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Double-tapping the Google Photos search icon brings back classic search.

9to5Google says the shortcut is a quick alternative to tapping “Switch to classic search” after initiating an “Ask Photos” search. Ask Photos, which Google started testing last year, uses AI to understand your pictures and enables search terms like “What did we eat at the hotel in Stanley?” but it’s rather slow in operation compared to “classic” search, according to the outlet.

The double-tap trick only works on Android, according to 9to5Google.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Chrome could suffer apart from Google, says Google.

Testifying in the Google Search antitrust trial yesterday, Chrome general manager Parisa Tabriz said Chrome’s features and functionality owe to its “interdependencies” on other parts of the company, reports Bloomberg. She reportedly said over 90 percent of Chromium code has originated from Google since 2015.

Noting Android’s reliance on Chromium, Bloomberg writes that earlier in the day, a computer science expert for the DOJ said even if it sold Chrome, Google would be motivated “to make sure the source code is well-maintained.”

Is Google’s smart tag network any good yet?

I tested trackers from Motorola, Pebblebee, and Chipolo to find out what’s changed in the 12 months since launch.

Dominic Preston
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David Pierce
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Lauren Feiner