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The update aims to enhance the user experience by having more queries and displayed text in Spanish, according to Google’s The Keyword blog. Users can add or change the language to Spanish by going to Languages in Assistant settings, which is located on the Google Home app. Doing so also changes the top navigation tabs and cards on the device into Spanish. New commands have been made available that the devices can understand, like telling them to play a Spanish rock music playlist or look up Mexican recipes....

9to5Google dug into the newest beta update for Google Messages and found what looks to be an intended alternative to the app approaching iMessage reactions. Android users who are messaging back and forth with iPhone users currently see these reactions as short text messages, but this potential change could do away with that. Instead, it’s looking like Google intends to have the Google Messages app replace these iMessage reaction texts with emoji....

A new Google update is adding Matter protocol functionality to your smart home setup—if you use Google Nest devices—making it simpler to manage multiple connected items. This extends to Fast Pair on Android devices as well, which is intended to make connecting new smart devices about as simple as connecting earbuds or headphones. The purpose of the Matter protocol is to provide a more generalized, universal smart home setup that allows the same experience across all of your devices regardless of the manufacturer....

Reasons Why Your iPhone Won’t Turn Off The most likely reasons why your iPhone won’t turn off are: It’s frozen due to software problems.The Sleep/Wake button is broken.The screen is broken and isn’t responding to taps. How to Fix an iPhone that Won’t Power Off Before you try any of these steps, first you should try the standard way of turning off your iPhone. For older iPhone models, hold down the Sleep/Wake button and then swipe the Power Off slider....

How to Set the Windows Desktop Background Changing the Windows desktop background is easy. There are two methods, depending on whether the image is currently open. With the photo open, right-click or tap-and-hold it, and then choose Set as > Background, or in older versions of Windows, Set as > Set as background or Set as desktop background. Alternatively, perform a similar step in File Explorer: right-click the image and select Set as desktop background....

How Much RAM Do I Need For Gaming? Although every gamer and gaming PC has different needs for the types of games they play, a general rule of thumb about RAM can apply to broad categories. 8GB: If you’re looking to play older games, indie games, or those with less demanding specifications, 8GB is enough to get by. It’ll have enough to run the operating system and background apps and leave a few gigabytes of RAM leftover for the games....

How to See If You Can Add a Website to Your TikTok Bio Some users already have the ability to add a clickable link in their bio. To see if the ability is already there, tap the Me tab and then tap Edit Profile. If you have the ability to add a clickable link, you will have an option in here that says Website. If you do not have that option, you can change your account to give you that option (see below)....

How Do I Add Apps to My Smartwatch? Add apps to your Galaxy smartwatch using the Galaxy Wearable companion app. How to Manage Apps on a Galaxy Watch Once you’ve downloaded apps on your device, the Galaxy Wearable app offers fast customization. Set app-specific preferences from the Apps tile that include rotary or list views, custom or newest-first arrangement, app settings (if available), and hidden apps from the Manage apps screen....

Add Bullet Points in Excel With Shortcut Keys One of the easiest ways to add bullet points in Excel is using keyboard shortcut keys. Add Bullet Points in Excel Using Symbols If you prefer using your mouse rather than the keyboard to add bullet points in Excel, then Symbols is a great way to go. Using symbols to add bullet points in Excel is ideal if you don’t want to have to remember which shortcuts let you insert specific bullet styles....

Open a Photo If you have an image with snow on the ground, that might be a good choice, but you can produce fun and surreal effects by adding fake snow to all sorts of photos. Go to File > Open and navigate to your selected image and click on it to select it before clicking the Open button. Add a New Layer The first step is to add a new layer that will become the first part of our fake snow effect....

Download Your Facebook Information on the Web Whether you’re planning to delete your Facebook account or want a backup of all your data from the social network, you can have your own offline copy of the photos and other content you posted to the social media site in one folder that you can easily store on a CD, DVD, or computer. Here’s how to download an archive of all your content on Facebook from a web browser:...

Importing Video Clips The first thing to do is import your video clips. Fortunately, the Quik app has this feature built right in (so there’s no need to worry about using yet another application). Here’s how to import video clips into Quik. After Quik finishes the import, you’re ready to create. Creating a Video With your files imported, here’s how to create a video: At this point, all of your highlights will have automatically been added to the new video (in the order you selected start/end points)....

Cancel a Meeting To cancel a meeting and remove it from the calendar in the Outlook desktop app: Cancel an Individual Recurring Meeting When you only need to cancel one meeting in a set of recurring meetings, select that meeting on the calendar to remove it. To cancel an individual meeting in a set of recurring meetings: Cancel Future Recurring Meetings If you set up a series of meetings that recur until a date in the future and you want to cancel all those meetings, send a meeting update with a new end date for the series....

It’s easy to customize and change your Activity goals at any time to make them more challenging or realistic. How to Change Your Activity Goals The Activity app makes it easy to customize one activity goal or all three. How to View the Number of Steps You’ve Taken in a Day The Apple Watch tracks steps and stairs climbed, but unlike the Fitbit and some other activity trackers, this is not its primary function....

How to Adjust Brightness in Windows 11 Windows 11 provides a number of ways to adjust the brightness of the screen on laptops and tablets, including methods to directly increase or decrease the brightness, and methods that adjust automatically based on battery life and ambient light conditions. Additionally, most Windows 11 laptops have keyboard shortcut keys to adjust the brightness of the screen. Windows 11 desktop computers with external monitors can’t use any of the native brightness controls, and Windows 11 laptops aren’t able to adjust the brightness of external displays either....

Defaulting to Settings Using the Settings app to change your default program preferences is easy and quick. Microsoft recommends using this method, as the Control Panel is being phased out. Fall Back to the Control Panel Sometimes, however, changing your web browser or email program just isn’t enough. For those times it’s easiest to use the Control Panel for swapping defaults. Scroll down to the bottom of the Default apps screen and you’ll see three choices you can click on:...

How Do I Change My Lock Screen Picture on My Mac? Enabling a lock screen on your Mac when you’re not using it is the easiest way to protect your data and prevent unwanted users from snooping around. If you already lock your Mac on a regular basis and want to personalize it, you can start by changing the lock screen on your Mac with a picture of your choice. To get started, you’ll first need to download the image you want to use for your customized lock screen and adjust its size to best match your Mac’s resolution....

How to Change the Owner on a Chromebook You should change the owner on your Chromebook before you sell it or give it away. If you don’t, the new user could access your personal files or information. The only way to remove the owner from a Chromebook is to perform a factory reset. To Powerwash your Chromebook: What to Do Before You Change Owners on a Chromebook Before powerwashing and parting with your Chromebook, make sure Chrome OS is set to sync with your Google account so that all of your app data is backed up to the cloud....

What Happens if You Change the Region on Your iPhone? If you’re moving to a new country or region, you need to update your iPhone to match your new location. Doing so is easy, but the implications are more complex. The region your iPhone is set to should match the region/country where you live. That’s because the region determines what features, content, and services are available. For instance, not all apps or movies are available in all countries, and different laws in each country mean that some features of the iPhone—such as iMessage, Find My, or FaceTime—are not available....

Change the Wallpaper To change the image used in the background of the home screen of an Android phone: Use a Shortcut to Change the Wallpaper To change the look of your home screen even more quickly: Find New Wallpapers To find an unlimited number of wallpapers, search Google Play for wallpapers. You’ll find several free apps available for download with thousands of free wallpapers. Find wallpaper images on the web from sites such as Unsplash....