The exact purpose of the new variant isn’t immediately clear. There is some speculation that it will be a secondary version of the app that’s already available in some regions. Or, conversely, that it will signal the rollout to further regions. That’s while potentially replacing the current version of the app. The latter seems more likely since the ‘new’ app shares the same name. The app is slated to arrive generally sometime this month....

Traveling for thousands of miles without money, paying for food and accommodation with nothing but your photography. It sounds like a great adventure, but also like a scary task full of challenges. Australian photographer Edwina Robertson did it. She recently finished her 3-month trip around the most rural and regional areas of Australia. She dove for 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles), trading her photography for food and accommodation. Her dog Jordie was her only companion, and she shared with us some photos and details of this amazing journey....

Apart from being in love with photography, I am also completely enchanted by music. My photos are often inspired by music or song lyrics, and I love the way these two forms of art intertwine. Unfortunately, I can’t play any instrument, although I’ve tried. And I’m a terrible singer. But, this made me think about people who are equally good at both these forms of art. So I started looking for musicians who are also photographers, and I made some fantastic discoveries....

Whenever someone asks me what inspires me as a photographer, one of the answers is always music. I love it when different forms of arts intertwine, and I know many photographers who are inspired by music just like I am. But it appears that photography inspires musicians as well. Some of them take photos, and others write songs about it. I already wrote about great musicians who are also great photographers (twice)....

As part of the redesign, users will start seeing a standard list of icons instead of the older grid view. This entire section also has rounded corners now, which is in line with other Material You apps. 9to5Google notes that the “Sounds” section on Pixel devices formerly utilized the Pixel’s original wallpaper picking screen. The “Currently set” tone is shown at the top while there are nine additional collections to check out....