Apps log: Google VPN, Soor, YouTube and other new features

Updates

• Safari:Technology Preview 139
• Tweetbot: new widgets
• Apple Music:new radio from Abba
• YouTube
  • video player interface makeover
  • l’interface picture-in-picture (Picture in pictureon iOS) could reach more people
• Google Chrome: new icon

You might also wonder, "did you consider sth. more different?" We did! E.g., we explored introducing more negative space. However, in context, the white required a stroke that shrunk the icon overall, and made it more difficult to recognize, especially next to other Google apps.pic.twitter.com/9BYZVbAlbf

— Elvin 🌈 (@elvin_not_11)February 4, 2022

• Messenger: support for end-to-end encryption for all users, in calls and by messages (details)
• Xcode:version 13.3 beta
• WhatsApp(beta):
  • dual-factor authentication is coming
  • custom wallpapers for calls
  • pause voice messages
• Twitter:
  • NFT profile photos
  • the social network is considering the possibility of posting articles (long format) on its platform

Twitter is working on “Twitter Articles” and the ability to create one within Twitter

Possibility a new longform format on Twitterpic.twitter.com/Srk3E6R5sz

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane)February 2, 2022

App discovery

• Google One VPN: new virtual private network for Google One subscribers available on iOS and iPadOS
• Case: to create mixtapes with others from Apple Music
• Log: to manage applications for job offers at several companies at the same time

ITS LAUNCH DAY 🚀 Log is an app built to help you track your job applications, even down to the technical rounds and questions.

I hope it’ll make a great companion during your next job search!

Log is now available for free, let me know what you think 🥳https://t.co/DQ2wkABfil pic.twitter.com/ToeXptHjwc

— Richard🔅 (@riccqi)February 3, 2022

• Carrot: an original weather client for iPhone
• Soor: a third-party client for Apple Music for less than 7 euros
• CleanShot X: for professional screenshots on Mac

Other news

• Grindrhas been removed from the App Store in China (source)
• Apple Newswould be the No. 1 news app in the United Kingdom, according tothis study
• WhatsAppwill have to answer to Europe because of its confidentiality policy (details)
• Disney+will arrive in42 new countriesthis summer

Also read,the previous edition of our apps journal.