{"id":798079,"date":"2021-02-24T10:04:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2021\/02\/24\/google-rolls-out-dark-mode-for-maps-other-features-on-android\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:04:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:04:45","slug":"google-rolls-out-dark-mode-for-maps-other-features-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2021\/02\/24\/google-rolls-out-dark-mode-for-maps-other-features-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Google rolls out dark mode for Maps, other features on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps is now getting a full-fledged dark mode on Android, the feature has been in testing since September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These days, we are all experiencing a bit of screen fatigue. With the dark themes in Google Maps soon expanding to all Android users globally, you can give your eyes a much-needed break and save on battery life,&#8221; the company said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Once your Google Maps has been updated, you can turn it on for your entire phone by heading to Settings > Theme and pick Always In Dark Theme.<\/p>\n<p>The company also introduced some updates to Android Auto. In addition to custom wallpapers, Android Auto is now going to feature games as well.<\/p>\n<p>For longer drives, you and your passengers can stay entertained with voice-activated games like trivia and &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;. Just say, &#8220;Hey Google, play a game&#8221; to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Android Auto is also getting a split-screen feature that will put Maps side by side with media controls,<\/p>\n<p>Google is also rolling out Password Checkup to Android to help alert you about potential leaks or data breaches that may have exposed your existing passwords to hackers.<\/p>\n<p>Password Checkup will be rolling out to devices with Android 9 and above, and will automatically check passwords already saved in Android along with any new ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps is now getting a full-fledged dark mode on Android, the feature has been in testing since September 2020. &#8220;These days, we are all experiencing a bit of screen fatigue. With the dark themes in Google Maps soon expanding to all Android users globally, you can give your eyes a much-needed break and save on battery life,&#8221; the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Once your Google Maps has been updated, you can turn it on for your entire phone by heading to Settings > Theme and pick Always In Dark Theme. The company also introduced some updates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}