The pull-to-refresh gesture that’s so common in mobile apps now works in Chrome.
It’s bundled with version 41, which is hitting the ay Store now. You can use it to reload a page get the newest update without needing to hit the menu button then tapping the refresh icon. An A teardown also hints at some future features, like support for a kid-friendly version of Chrome, much like the recently released YouTube Kids app.
ll down on any page in Chrome to refresh the content.
Chrome isn’t the only app getting some love. ay Music has some visual adjustments, making the notification bar translucent changing the language from ay Music “l Access” to “Unlimited.”
’s Material Design-friendly texting app, Messenger, now supports animated GIFs reorganizes some of the settings in the version 12 update.
If you have a Nexus or ay ition device you’ll want to make sure you get the newest version of Device Assist, which adds in some more help cards streamlines some of the navigation.
Most of these updates should be in the ay Store now. If not, you can head to A Mirror, which hosts the As so you can download them without delay.
The impact on you: Android aficionados often refer to “Update dnesday” as the the usual timeframe when updates its core apps. In practice they tend to roll out a little later, or may just spring a new release at some other time. Either way, Android is never boring as perpetually tinkers with its core apps services.
