Jan 02, 2017 The Google Pixel has the cleanest and most powerful experience right out of the box, offering great battery life, zippy performance, and a truly wonderful camera. Snapseed, an app. The baked in Calendar app on Google Pixel powered by Google is a resourceful calendar widget, but apart from syncing birthdays and events from your Google profile, the calendar app is a simple and easy take. However, for people looking for a feature rich calendar app, the answer to your queries is Agenda Calendar Widget.
If you have ordered Google Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL and you want to know about some of the best apps you can install or use on your new device, do check out this article. As Google Pixel series come with stock Android, you can install almost any app available on Google Play Store and that is the advantage of having a Pixel device. Coming back to the point, Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are awesome in terms of features, and configuration. Therefore, do follow the following list.
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Top 10 Apps for Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
Google Pixel 4a(left), iPhone SE 2020 (Right) The mid-range market of 2020 is going to be an interesting affair to watch. With the likes of Google and Apple battling it out for the mid-range.
1] Android Auto
If you have a car with Android Auto support (nowadays, almost every car has this), you can start using Android Auto to get rid of every hustle you can expect while driving on a highway or anywhere. While driving, small things can distract you and Android Auto will let you focus on your driving by making other things easier. You can navigate through maps, use Google Assistant to check various things including calendar and so on. On the other hand, you can set reminders, check news and do many more.
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2] Snapseed
According to many professionals, and YouTubers, Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have the best camera so far. If you have captured a great photo, Snapseed can make your image even better with the help of smart adjustments. You can adjust brightness, contrast, blur effect and so on. Apart from that, it has some effects those will give your photo a professional touch, In case, you want to create a double exposure photograph, Snapseed would let you do that within moments. Talking about compatibility, you can download Snapseed for Android 4.4 or later version.
3] Evernote
Although Pixel devices have Google Keep, the very own note-taking app of Google, you can also install Evernote, which is a cross-platform note taking app available for Android. If you want to note taking app that is available for Windows, Mac, as well as Android, you can uninstall Google Keep and install Evernote. Although the free version of Evernote allows you to have the app on up to 2 devices, you can opt for the paid version and start using it on as many devices as you want. The user interface of Evernote is pretty good. The recent update has made it even better.
4] Twitter
There are thousands of people, who do not like Facebook but they like Twitter a lot and that is because Twitter is less complicated and more handy. If you are one of them and want to use Twitter, you can install the Twitter app, which is available for free on Google Play Store. This is meaningless to mention that Twitter app has a great user interface that allows you do almost everything you want. From making a tweet to read direct messages, the Twitter app for Android would let you do everything.
5] WhatsApp
It doesn’t matter where you are and what phone you are using, you can certainly install the WhatsApp app on your mobile. WhatsApp is one of the best instant messaging apps you can have on your mobile. Voice calling, video calling, document sharing, etc. are possible with the help of WhatsApp. You can also send and receive money through WhatsApp. The best thing is if you want to share something temporarily, you can use the WhatsApp Status feature. In case, you want to get more functionality, you can try using third-party WhatsApp apps such as GBWhatsApp and so on.
6] Turbo VPN
Nowadays, this is very important to mask your IP address whenever you are browsing any website. To do so, VPN apps would come in handy. There are tons of paid VPN apps available on the Google Play Store. However, if you want to use a free app with unlimited bandwidth, you can install Turbo VPN, which is available for Android 4.0.3 or later version and compatible with Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. You can get servers from various countries including US, UK, India, Argentina and more.
7] myMail
The Gmail app for Android is probably the best email client you can have on your Android device. However, if you want to try something new on your Pixel device, you can install myMail app, which is available for Android 2.3.3 or later version. myMail does support any IMAP enabled account. Apart from that, you can use Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, Aol, and so on. The user interface of myMail is pretty good and you should not have any problem if you are about to use it for the first time.
8] Poweramp
Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have good speakers but you need a better app than Google Play Music to unleash the full power. Poweramp is such an app that allows you to get better bass and sound. The drawback of this app is you will get an old-school user interface. However, feature-wise, Poweramp is one of the best music players for Android. However, you need to spend some money to unlock all the features of this app. Otherwise, you can install the free version. Regarding compatibility, you can install app on Android 2.3.3 or later version.
9] CamScanner
If you often need to scan a lot of documents, you can try using CamScanner, which is probably the handiest tool you can install on your Pixel phone. It doesn’t matter whether you have a doctor’s prescription, bill, or any hard copy of any document, you can certainly scan that turn it into a PDF. Following that, this is possible to share your file with anybody else via various mediums including email, Facebook, WhatsApp and so on. Apart from PDF, you can save the document in JPEG format as well. Although you can download CamScanner for free, you need to pay some money to unlock all the features of this app.
There are a lot of great things Google has brought to the table over the years, including Search, Maps, and the Google Pixel smartphone (its cameras, anyway). Unfortunately, it's also an apex predator often accused of mining and collecting personal data in questionable ways.
A case in point is the GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app file that gets installed on Macs in the presence of Google apps such as Chrome and Google Earth.
First discovered by Wireda decade ago, the pesky file runs in the background and supports software patching and updating. Unfortunately, it also grabs your computer's hardware information, usage frequency, the number of active profiles on your computer, and more.
Recently, it's been rearing its ugly head again with the update to macOS Catalina. With the new Catalina security settings in place, updaters you may not have even known were there are being spotlighted, asking if you're OK with what they're doing. The first time you open Chrome on your Mac, you may see a notification asking if you want to run GoogleSoftwareUpdater.app, noting that Google installed it at a previous time. If you click 'OK,' you're back to what you've always been doing. If you click 'Cancel,' you have a new set of annoyances to deal with.
The folks over at E-Thinkers say what Google claims the file does is 'harmless.' However, because of how it's been designed, it 'behaves like a malware.'
What will you think if I'm telling you that there is a piece of software that:
- it installs in your computer without explicit asking for your permission, nor giving the options to decline it;
- it frequently sending data back to Google without your knowledge;
- it can't be configured via a settings menu;
- there is no uninstallation tool for you;
- and it will re-install by itself if you delete it.'
I would agree, which is why removing GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app permanently might be the best course of action for most Mac users. However, because the tool's main objective is to automatically update Google software in the background, a better solution might be to change how often Google can check for those updates.
Warning: This guide is for expert-level users. If you don't have a comfortable understanding of Terminal, low-level systems, and security, stay away. Otherwise, as a responsible adult: proceed at your own risk.
Confirming GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app
Before attempting to delete or adjust the Google file, you should confirm its existence on your computer. Hint: If you have a Google product installed, it's almost certainly there somewhere!
E-Tinkers first published each of the following steps in January 2018. Apparent changes made by Google required an update released in July 2019.
To confirm GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app is installed, you'll need to bring up Terminal.
- Selection Go on the Mac toolbar.
- Choose Utilities.
Click Terminal.
- Type of the following command syntax:
defaults read com.google.Keystone.Agent.plist. Hit Return. You should see a screen like the following; if you don't, the file isn't installed:
Source: E-Tinkers
Adjusting how often GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app runs
In the screenshot above, note the checkInternal setting. This shows how often Google checks your computer for software updates in seconds. In the example above, Google checks every five hours (3,600 x 5 = 18,000 seconds) by default. You can adjust this time by changing it using Terminal. By changing how often the updater check for software updates, you can continue to use your Google apps, but only run it once in a while.
- Selection Go on the Mac toolbar.
- Choose Utilities.
Click Terminal.
Type of the following command syntax:
defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 604800where the check now happens every 24 hours.
If you change the checkInternal to 0, Google's no longer sending data, which E-Tinkers rightly notes is sufficient for most users.
For those who don't like how Google uses the GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app on Mac, uninstalling might be the best option.
To uninstall GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app
You can disable GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app by using the command syntax: sudo rm -R ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/. Unfortunately, with this solution, it will quickly return if you once again run a Google app on your Mac.
Because of this, you need to take different steps to uninstall the app. These steps will prevent Google apps from reinstalling the update again by creating a dummy file with the same name:
- Selection Go on the Mac toolbar.
- Choose Utilities.
Click Terminal.
Type of the following command syntax:
sudo touch ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdatesudo chmod 444 ~/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate
One final step
In July, E-Tinkers determined Google had changed a setting so GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app would install on the global level on a Mac if a user deleted it at the user level. Therefore, you should also run this command in Terminal:
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sudo touch /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate
sudo chmod 444 /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate
Is GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app really gone?
To confirm the Google app is now removed from your computer:
- Launch Google Chome.
Type
chrome://helpin the URL. You should see the following:
It's light's out for GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app on your computer!
What about updates?
If you want to update a Google app on your Mac after following the steps above, you'll need to delete it, then install it again from the Google website. You'll once again need to delete GoogleSoftwareUpdate.app after doing so, however.
Any questions?
Let us know if you have any questions about the steps offered in this post below.
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Eligible users can now apply to receive a cash payment from Apple as part of the $500 million settlement for its part in the iPhone slowdown controversy, 'batterygate'.