After previously saying not to expect the second-gen AirTag until at least the end of 2024, now supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has updated this prediction. His post today states “the mass production schedule for AirTag 2 has been postponed to 2025.”
Instead of individually changing the skin tone and gender of each emoji on Gboard, you can now make these changes once, and they’ll automatically apply to every compatible emoji. The feature is rolling out today for Gboard on Android.
After letting users in Maryland upload their IDs and driver’s licenses to Google Wallet, now Google is expanding support to include digital IDs from Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia (via 9to5Google).
That’s not the only update coming to Google Wallet, as some users also see the option to upload a custom pass. This lets you save a gym membership, library card, parking pass, and more by adding a photo of the pass with its barcode or QR code.
PayPal’s mobile app now lets you keep track of shipping updates for all your online orders. You can track packages automatically by linking the Gmail address you use to place your orders. PayPal notes that it’s working to support more email services and that you can manually enter an item’s tracking number as well.
In response to a post on Threads by The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri says the blocking of “covid” searches is only temporary and that the platform is “working on it:”
I don’t have an ETA to give you unfortunately, but it is temporary and we are working on it. We’re just getting pulled in a lot of directions at once right now. The biggest safety focus right now is managing content responsibly given the war in Israel in Gaza.
Shortly after Threads rolled out its search feature, Lorenz reported that Threads is blocking searches related to “covid” and “long covid.” Mosseri has previously said that Threads is “not going to do anything to encourage” politics or “hard news.”
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