If you’re a Google Pay user, you should see a new banner that says “Set up your Google Pay balance for contactless payments and more” under the “Balance” section in the app. Tapping it will take you through the setup process, including a few terms & conditions pages. The app will then require you to set a PIN for the virtual card and you’re all set. The virtual Google Pay Balance Card is now ready for use....

The guidelines begin with “Basic compatibility” pertaining to notifications. This talks of enabling support for “MessagingStyle notifications” for direct replies and conversations. The second set of guidelines is known as “Better: Full support for Wear OS”. Here, Google asks developers to ensure their apps are compatible with square or round display shapes for Wear OS 3. Google also recommends making text large and “glanceable” under the Layout section, while asking devs to test their apps on emulators like Wear OS Square 1....

Available on the Pixel 4, 4 XL, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5, adaptive charging kicks in automatically when you plug in your phone to charge overnight. However, it has a couple of requirements. Firstly, your phone has to start charging after 9 PM. You also must set an alarm for between 5-10 AM. If you meet these requirements, your phone charges at the normal speed (supported fast charging speed) overnight till the battery reaches 80 percent....

That being said, M. Brandon Lee from This Is Tech Today shared some images of the new Pixel Stand, along with pricing, and some additional details regarding the device. Google’s new Pixel Stand leaks with specs & pricing Google’s new Pixel Stand leaks with specs & pricing You can see the Pixel Stand in the images provided below, along with its specifications. This Pixel Stand seems bulky, and it has an active cooling fan built-in....

With the new Google Voice feature, you would be able to set custom incoming call settings. Moreover, you can set custom call rules that would help you screen contacts. The screening custom rule would help Google Voice understand which contacts you want to screen and which contacts you want to ignore. All this can be done via a new setting added on Google Voice. Further, you would also be able to set different custom rules for call forwarding on your various devices....