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Apple Maps started offering a public web interface in beta testing last year. That web version of Maps is now compatible with Chrome on your Android phone. Apple Maps in Chrome still lacks some important desktop features, however. For years now, Apple and Google have been developing software and services for their users that fill the same niches. We’ve got Safari and Chrome, Apple Pay and Google Wallet, and countless others. Sometimes those efforts end up being extended across platform lines — you can run Gmail on an iPhone just fine — while others are much more locked down to that single ecosystem. Today we’re getting some news about at least one way the barriers between these worlds are starting to come down a little, as Apple Maps gets easier for non-Apple users to enjoy. Apple Maps has been available as a web service, just like Google Maps, through a beta test that began last summer. And while that opened the door for Apple’s mapping solution to PC users, the same wasn’t true on Android, where the site wasn’t compatible with the mobile Chrome browser.

Apple Maps started offering a public web interface in beta testing last year. That web version of Maps is now compatible with Chrome on your Android phone. Apple Maps in Chrome still lacks some important desktop features, however. For years now, Apple and Google have been developing software and services for their users that fill the same niches. We’ve got Safari and Chrome, Apple Pay and Google Wallet, and countless others. Sometimes those efforts end up being extended across platform lines — you can run Gmail on an iPhone just fine — while others are much more locked down to that single ecosystem. Today we’re getting some news about at least one way the barriers between these worlds are starting to come down a little, as Apple Maps gets easier for non-Apple users to enjoy. Apple Maps has been available as a web service, just like Google Maps, through a beta test that began last summer. And while that opened the door for Apple’s mapping solution to PC users, the same wasn’t true on Android, where the site wasn’t compatible with the mobile Chrome browser.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Chrome 135 brings an edge-to-edge layout to Android, letting web content extend behind the gesture bar. The update is rolling out gradually via a server-side switch. For now, it only works on small-screen devices using gesture navigation, not tablets or three-button navigation. Google is starting to roll out a more immersive look for Chrome on Android, bringing an edge-to-edge layout that uses more of your phone’s screen. The change was first debuted in testing last month, and it’s now beginning to reach more users as part of the Chrome 135 update. As 9to5Google demonstrated, the update lets Chrome draw content all the way down to the bottom of the screen, behind Android’s gesture navigation bar. That bar no longer appears on top of a solid background when scrolling. Instead, it floats transparently over web pages for a cleaner, full-screen feel.

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Spotify users are reporting that the shuffle feature on the Liked Songs playlists has possibly been fixed. Many users are experiencing truly random shuffling, including older songs. To experience better shuffling on Spotify, ensure you have turned off recommendation-based features such as Smart Shuffle. Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming platforms worldwide, but it’s far from perfect. One of the most common complaints from Spotify users is that the shuffle feature feels broken. Not anymore, though, as Spotify may have finally figured out the solution for the shuffle that didn’t shuffle enough. Many people, including me, add all of our favorite music to the Liked Songs playlist and play it on shuffle. This playlist eventually grows to hundreds and thousands of songs over the years. Despite the selection depth available, it always feels to me that Spotify keeps repeating from a narrow selection of newer songs within the giant playlist. Starting the playlist at random old songs only “fixes” the problem for a short while, and Spotify eventually goes back to fixating on newer liked songs.

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Spotify users are reporting that the shuffle feature on the Liked Songs playlists has possibly been fixed. Many users are experiencing truly random shuffling, including older songs. To experience better shuffling on Spotify, ensure you have turned off recommendation-based features such as Smart Shuffle. Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming platforms worldwide, but it’s far from perfect. One of the most common complaints from Spotify users is that the shuffle feature feels broken. Not anymore, though, as Spotify may have finally figured out the solution for the shuffle that didn’t shuffle enough. Many people, including me, add all of our favorite music to the Liked Songs playlist and play it on shuffle. This playlist eventually grows to hundreds and thousands of songs over the years. Despite the selection depth available, it always feels to me that Spotify keeps repeating from a narrow selection of newer songs within the giant playlist. Starting the playlist at random old songs only “fixes” the problem for a short while, and Spotify eventually goes back to fixating on newer liked songs.