Welcome to the 479th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week:
- Nearby Share is now available for Android and Windows, albeit in beta. It lets you send files from your Android phone to your Windows PC. It’s pretty simple to use. You download and install the Windows app and then follow the instructions. Hit the link to learn more.
- Google Drive instituted a file limit on users. Granted, it was five million files, but some users got caught off-guard and were asked to remove files from the service to get under the new limit. Google has since rescinded that limit and stated that they’re working to optimize in different ways.
- Microsoft is moving right along with its AI push. This week saw the addition of Bing Chat to SwiftKey Keyboard. This is an AI chatbot function that is basically the same as Bing Chat, along with another feature that helps you draft more polite or professional correspondence. The feature is in the beta version of SwiftKey right now, which is available in the Google Play Store.
- Meanwhile, Google is putting the pedal to the metal with its own AI efforts. Google is restructuring the virtual assistant team to focus more on Bard development. This is obviously to integrate Bard with Google Assistant and other products, so we’ll keep an eye out. Google also confirmed this week that an AI chatbot is coming to Google Search, but we don’t know when exactly. Search did get a new feature to help save money on flights and hotels, though, so it’s still putting along just fine.
- Some Google Play policy changes came through the pipes this week. The first is a policy that will prevent personal loan apps from accessing sensitive user data, and it starts on May 31, 2023. The other forces app developers to give users a way to permanently delete their account data on any app. Hit the links to learn more about each change.
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