Weekly Issue: 2024-18

A creative and likely useful way to streamline your YouTube watching experience is potentially on the way.

The latest version of ChromeOS (M124) is out with a couple of nice upgrades, including faster split screen setup and a new web traffic prioritization feature. The update brings other updates with it as well, like a settings UI refresh and updated gesture controls.

Chromebook deals come and go all the time. We all know this, but this week’s lineup is one of the better ones we’ve seen in the last few months.

We’re only 10 days away from one of Google’s biggest days of the year: I/O 2024. At the yearly developer conference, Google announces new features, shows off upcoming tech, and generally sets the bar for what is to come in the Google ecosystem for the coming year.

Thanks to Scroll-Driven Animations you can track the scroll progress of one element and use that as the driver of an animation on any element. In this short, Bramus has recreated a ScrollSpy using only a few lines of code.

Remember the Cover Flow interface which allowed you to flick through a list of album covers while they rotated in 3D? Thanks to Scroll-Driven Animations you can now recreate this User Interface in a very performant way using only HTML and CSS!

In a bit of awkward timing with March Madness now all wrapped up, YouTube has decided that now is the time for YouTube TV’s Multiview feature to arrive on Android phones.

With Google I/O 2024 just around the corner, rumors are swirling about the imminent arrival of the Pixel 8A. But don’t let that deter you from considering the still-amazing Google Pixel 7A, a phone that continues to offer remarkable value long after its initial release.

The Dev channel has been updated to 126.0.6452.3 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Walmart has a new Google TV streaming box in the works, and though it’s yet to be officially announced, early units are already showing up on store shelves.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Dev 126 (126.0.6452.4) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

We’ve already talked a bit about ChromeOS 124 this week, and as I assumed would be the case, the official update post over in the Chromebook Support Forum outlines a few additions to the OS that may not be readily noticeable for most users.

In this tenth and final episode of “Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, show host Bramus looks back at what this series has brought … and is also looking forward to what you are going to build with Scroll-Driven Animations. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 1:20 – Outro Resources: Demo: Text-Reveal → https://goo.

In this ninth episode of “Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, show host Bramus goes full experimental and uses Scroll-Driven Animations to detect the active scroll speed and the directionality of scroll.

In this eighth episode of “Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, show host Bramus shows how to animate external objects such as 3D models, video elements, etc. on scroll.

In this seventh episode of “Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, show host Bramus shows how you can scroll an element in a different direction than the scrolling one.

In this sixth episode of “Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, show host Bramus teaches you how to add dynamic scroll shadow indicators to visually signal scrollable content. These indicators appear and disappear as you scroll, and are only injected if the box can actually scroll.

In this fifth episode of “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations” show host Bramus shows how to the timeline lookup mechanism works, where it can fail to work properly, and how to work around that by using named timelines or simply swapping out an `overflow: hidden` with an `overflow: clip`.

In this fourth episode of “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations” show host Bramus shows how to attach a Scroll-Driven Animation to only a part of a Scroll Timeline/View Timeline. In CSS this can be done using the animation-range property, and in JavaScript using the rangeStart + rangeEnd animation options.

In this third episode of “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations” show host Bramus digs into the View Timeline, a type of animation timeline that tracks a subject’s relative position within its scroller’s scrollport.

In this second episode of “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations” show host Bramus digs into the Scroll Timeline, a new type of animation timeline that tracks a scroller from start to finish.

Introducing “Unleash the power of Scroll-Driven Animations”, a free video course that teaches you all about Scroll-Driven Animations in CSS or JavaScript.

Introduction One challenge with any distributed system, including Workflows, is ensuring that requests sent from one service to another are processed exactly once, when needed; for example, when placing a customer order in a shipping queue, withdrawing funds from a bank account, or processing a payment.

In the realm of modern application design, developers have a range of choices available to them for crafting architectures that are not only simple, but also scalable, performant and resilient.

The intricate hierarchical data structures in data warehouses and lakes sourced from diverse origins can make data modeling a protracted and error-prone process.

More pieces are falling into place with the upcoming Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE, and I couldn’t be more excited for it.

Google is rolling out ChromeOS 124 with a handful of notable features for Chromebooks over the coming weeks. 

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.26) for Android. It’s now available on Google Play.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog, and for details on web platform updates, check here.

The Beta channel has been updated to 125.0.6422.26 for Windows, Mac and Linux.A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Google is making a big push to get everyone reading and listening more with a bunch of exciting new features in Google Play Books. Whether you’re an avid reader like me or trying to get your kids hooked on books, there’s something in this update for you.

Passwords are a problem. They’re often too easy to guess, hack, and steal through phishing attacks.

As enterprise strategic use cases for AI adoption increases, secure and reliable connectivity is more crucial than ever. Get ready to explore several private connections options for your Vertex AI workloads!

We’re excited to announce the release of a quickstart solution and reference architecture for retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications, designed to accelerate your journey to production.

Hi everyone! We’ve just released Chrome Beta 125 (125.0.6422.21) for iOS; it’ll become available on App Store in the next few days.You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.Krishna GovindGoogle Chrome

For years I’ve been using Google Photos and heavily relying on the ‘Enhance’ feature to take my decent photos and make them look amazing.