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• Pixel's Car crash detection is now available in five additional countries, including India, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, and Switzerland.
• However, the regional expansion applies only to the Google Pixel 4a and later models as well as the Pixel Fold.
• The car safety feature was introduced to Pixel smartphones back in 2019 as a US-only functionality.

• Meta is rolling out an ad-free subscription option beginning in November for Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland.
• Users will be able to subscribe for €9.99/month on the web or €12.99/month on iOS or Android devices.
• The company is offering the ad-free plan to comply with “evolving European regulations.”

The authentication APIs from Google Identity Services on Android—which include One Tap sign-in, Credential Saving, Sign in with Google button and Sign-In for Android(GSI) — can all now be implemented using Credential Manager. This enables developers to integrate with a single API for their authentication journeys.

Since these APIs are now generally available in Credential Manager, these individual APIs will be deprecated in Google Identity Services.

• Android users can take advantage of the openness of their smartphone by sideloading apps outside the Google Play Store, but this can be risky due to potential malware.
• Google has introduced an enhanced version of Google Play Protect to provide better protection against malicious apps, including real-time scanning at the code-level.
• The new version of Google Play Protect will be rolled out in India first before expanding to the rest of the world, offering stronger protection for Android users globally.

• WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows users to send self-destructing voice messages, providing more privacy for sensitive conversations.
• The feature, currently available to beta testers, prevents recipients from forwarding, saving, recording, or exporting the voice note.
• While not officially available to all users yet, WhatsApp's track record suggests that this feature will eventually be widely implemented.