Google Keep is an app from the Mountain View, California company that lets you quickly and easily jot down shopping lists, reminders, and more. The app keeps all of your notes synced across the cloud and you can access them from the iPhone, an Android phone, or the web.
Just got a new Android smartphone for the holidays? If it’s your first one, it could be a little intimidating, so to get you started, here are a few apps you should immediately install or set up on a new Android device. Alternatively, if you’re not already using these apps, it might be time to give them a shot!
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Android 14 is working on a new system setting for note-taking apps that now supports Google Keep, giving the app access from the lock screen and future support for your stylus too.
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Google’s Keep Notes app for Android is preparing to launch a new AI feature that makes it easy to generate a list, whether you’re deciding what to pack for a trip, preparing to go grocery shopping, or planning the steps to complete a task.
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Google Assistant’s legacy note and list system, including the Shopping List, is being replaced by Google Keep with a migration path that should be fairly straightforward.
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Google’s proprietary Shopping List experience is going away and moving all of its data to Google Keep. The move makes sense since lists are just as easy to create in Google’s list and notes app. This guide will take you through creating shopping lists in Google Keep.
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The latest example of generative AI inside Google apps is a “Magic Lists” feature for Keep that’s meant to be a “creative note-taking aid.”
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Over a year after we first spotted work on the feature, Google Keep for Android is finally rolling out the ability to format text.
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Google Keep’s newest feature – text formatting – is one that plays a big role in creating notes that are more complex and easy to follow. A small suite of options is added to the app and is very easy to use – here’s how.
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Google is in the process of adding a version history feature to Keep on the web that sounds quite basic.
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Over a year ago we spotted that Google Keep was laying the foundation for text formatting support, but in the time since the feature hasn’t appeared. Now, finally, it seems some progress is being made, as a new video shows Google Keep’s formatting options in action.
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Following the announcement earlier this month, Google Keep has rolled out the Single note Wear OS Tile, while making a few other visual tweaks to the Android app.
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In the coming weeks, Google is rolling out a trio of new features for Wear OS watches, including several new Tiles.
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In addition to a possible At a Glance complication powered by Assistant, Google Keep is working on a Wear OS tile that can be used to show a single note.
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Following the dual-pane redesign, Google Keep on Android tablets and foldables will soon let you open side-by-side notes.
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Following a redesign of the notes feed in December, Google Keep for Wear OS now offers two watch face complications.
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Google announced a “Single note” widget at the end of last month for Keep on Android, and it’s now widely rolling out.
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As we wait for the Pixel Tablet, Google continues to optimize its first-party apps for large screens. A byproduct of that work is a new Google Keep screenshot from the Pixel Tablet today.
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Following the dual-pane layout optimized for Android tablets (and Chromebooks) in November, Google Keep is getting a single note widget and a pair of Wear OS 3 complications.
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Keep is Google’s very own notes and lists app. Google Keep’s feature set is basic, though it offers a lot of functionality. This guide will take you through the main features you can use with Google Keep and why it’s become a default notes app for us.
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Back in Android 13’s earlier days, Google announced a new system-wide photo picker that could improve security and work across any app, but it’s only been adopted by one major app so far. Recently, though, Google has been pushing the photo picker on more Android apps, including Google Keep.
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Following two new tiles for sunset/sunrise and favorite contacts, Google Keep for Wear OS is beginning to roll out its updated notes feed.
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In recent months, Google has rolled out a Material You redesign and tile for Keep on Wear OS. Around that time, Google Keep looks to have dropped support for older Wear OS 2 devices.
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For the holidays, Wear OS is seeing a trio of new features, including two additional first-party Tiles and a more capable Google Keep app.
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Back in September, Google announced that Keep was getting a dual-pane view and it’s now more widely rolled out on Android tablets.
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