Aug 6, 2021

📲 Test #190 - The duck ate all my emails!

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The duck ate all my emails - and I am pretty happy about that! DuckDuckGo released the first 1000 invites for its Email Protection beta feature. It can prevent your email from being tracked and anonymise it in addition. Last week I saw lots of threads where people were asking for invite codes and even found a Discord server with 2k people waiting for someone who can share an invite with them. However, the only way to get it now is to wait for a new invites wave. From what I know, the next bunch will bring the next 5000 invites to those who opted-in. Did you? 🧐

What’s new?

📲 DuckDuckGo email protection beta is out for first users.
📲 Google Phone app is pushing the call recording feature to more Android users.
📲 Discord now allows creating and browsing Threads under channels on Android.

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Top features to test this week

DuckDuckGo email protection beta is out for first users

📩 In order to check if you got it or not, you can open the app and see if you will receive a push notification with the announcement.

How to use @duck.com address to protect your real email:

Open a web page in the DuckDuckGo browser that asks for your email.
Wait for a Duck logo to appear next to the email field.
Tap on the Duck logo icon.
Choose if you want to use your permanent @duck.com email address or a randomly generated one.
press submit and check an email that you configured for redirection in the Email Protection settings.

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Google Phone app is pushing the call recording feature to more Android users

The call recording feature for Google Phones app was announced and released to some users quite a while ago. However, the adoption of this feature isn’t going very fast and its availability is still limited. Recently, there was another rollout wave that brought this feature to more users. In addition to that, the call recording feature is only available on select phones in certain regions.

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Discord made threads feature available on Android

There you can start a thread via a long tap on the channel name. This feature is not enabled on all community servers yet but will arrive on August 17. Some community servers could have it enabled in the early access mode.

After navigating to the channel thread section you will see the list of active and archived threads. If you have permission, from there you will be able to create a thread yourself.

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C - Chrome

Chrome 93 Beta is all about convenience, progressive web apps, and glimpses of Material You

C - Clubhouse

Clubhouse now allows users to use backchannels without leaving a voice room on Android

D - Discord

Discord now allows creating and browsing Threads under channels on Android

D - DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo email protection beta is out for first users

F - Facebook

Facebook reorganised its settings view so you can access them faster

F - Facebook Business Suite

Facebook Business Suite now supports news feed for Pages on Android

G - Gboard

G - Gmail

Gmail for Android rolls out tweaked colors for automatic labels, including updates, promotions

G - Google Assistant

Google Assistant adds Accessibility settings for ‘mic notification’ on Android

G - Google Pay

Google Pay gets Aussies ready for digital vaccine cards

G - Google Phone

Google Phone app is pushing the call recording feature to more Android users

G - Google Photos

Google Photos’ new widget is starting to roll out

G - Google Translate

Google Translate is testing a much-needed redesign that could launch on the Pixel 6

I - Instagram

M - Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge 92 for Android rolling out with the unified codebase

R - Reddit

Reddit’s new update allows users to control spam messages, further increasing the user experience and safety the previous updates brought about

S - Spotify

Spotify is testing a bargain-bin tier to lift its most annoying restrictions

S - SwiftKey Keyboard

SwiftKey Keyboard beta now can sync your clipboard with other Windows devices

T - TikTok

TikTok is testing a Snapchat-style stories feature

T - Twitter

V - Vivaldi

Vivaldi update adds a “stay in browser” option and lets you turn off tab groups

W - Waze

Waze now lets you use Master Chief’s voice as your guide

W - WhatsApp

Y - YouTube

YouTube is adding a new video scrubbing gesture

Other apps

Games

💣 My Friend Pedro lands on Android as a slingshot-based platformer, and it’s pretty good

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