Gmail updated with minor tweaks, plus new empty inbox and spam folder graphics [APK Download]

There's a new version of Gmail rolling out today with a number of small changes. You may or may not notice these tweaks to functionality, but you'll probably notice the new graphics Google has added for an empty inbox or spam folder. It's kind of like Inbox.

You can see the new graphics above. In addition to that, Gmail 6.9.11.134426830 includes the following.

• Get search results faster online or offline – now with your non-Google accounts
• Add a new account more easily
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

As usual, we've got the APK available on APK Mirror.

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Sphero's Star Wars Force Band lets you control BB-8 using motion gestures

The Force Awakens is approaching a year old, but by Star Wars standards, the merchandising is only just beginning. A particularly new offering is the Star Wars Force Band, which lets you control Sphero's tiny BB-8 droid that has been rolling around since the film hit theaters. But instead of doing so using an on-screen interface, you use the Force.

In this case, the Force responds to wrist movement detected by Sphero's $79 band.

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Text-to-speech v3.10 adds options to change voice intonation and boost its volume above other apps [APK Download]

The Text-to-speech app doesn't see many major updates throughout the year, but when it does, there's often something interesting to see when it happens. Version 3.10 began rolling out yesterday and it comes bearing a pair of new settings to intelligently alter volume based on existing audio playback and to control the intonation of synthesized voices. As always, we've got a link below to grab the latest apk if you aren't among the first to get it straight from Google.

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Flipboard reaches 500 Million installs on the Play Store

I don't "read" news anymore. If you saw what my Gmail inbox looks like every morning, you'd understand why reading something, anything really, other than the 300 or so emails we get at Android Police every day is a bit of an optimistic dream that I stopped entertaining a long time ago. I do listen to news though, in the form of podcasts that I've cherry-picked to my preferences and that I enjoy while driving or walking.

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Dimensions For Google’s Larger Pixel XL Phone Revealed

We're less than a week away from Google's October 4 event and now we have yet another leak regarding the company's upcoming product.

As you all know, Google is expected release their first series of Pixel phones this year, the Pixel and Pixel XL, both manufactured by HTC. While the dimensions for the smaller Pixel have already been leaked, it was time for the same to be done for Pixel XL.

Onleaks has generously published a new render of the phone alongside its dimensions and they are as follows: 154.72mm height, 75.74mm width, 7.3mm thick on the bottom and 8.5mm on the top.

Check out Onleaks video showing a 360-degree render of the phone.

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The latest versions of Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides allow you to restore deleted files

Like countless other people, I've accidentally deleted files I didn't mean to get rid of; it's frustrating, but you can usually find these files in a "Trash" or "Recycle Bin" folder and restore them. Until today, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides users on Android who accidentally deleted documents they were working on were forced to exit their current app, open Drive, slide out the hamburger menu, click "Trash", and retrieve their work there.

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Google Maps gets new hands-free voice commands

Google Maps has long had a microphone button so you could give voice commands, but the "OK Google" hotword would trigger the standard Google overlay. Now Google has announced that the "OK Google" hotword triggers hands-free voice commands in Maps itself.

If you want to give it a shot, make sure you're on the latest version of Google Maps and the Google app. Then hit the three-dot menu button followed by Settings, then "OK Google" detection and enable "OK Google" during navigation.

You can ask things like "When is my ETA?" "How is traffic?" and control your destination by saying "Avoid tolls" and "Show alternate routes." Commands for texting, calling, and playing music work as normal.

Hands-free voice commands are definitely important, as even a split-second of paying attention to your phone is a lot of distance when it comes to traveling at 70 MPH. Stay safe and talk to your phone.

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