You can now send messages to your friends on Google Stadia

Source: 9to5GoogleGoogle Stadia is the next Google service to getting messaging baked in, which is an essential feature for a lot of gamers.  Messaging is coming to every country Stadia supports—US, Germany, Canada, Finland, Denmark, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Ireland, the UK, and Spain.

It's expected to appear on the web app the next time you load it home. 9to5Google says you might need force stop the app on Android to get it. They didn't mention when iOS will get the feature as well.

LG Canada brings Aurora Red, Aurora Green variants of the Velvet 5G

If the Illusion Sunset and Aurora Grey colours of the LG Velvet 5G don't appeal to you, the Korean company brings two new options to Canada: Aurora Red and Aurora Green. The Aurora Red is available exclusively at Bell and Virgin in-store and online, and the Aurora Green is solely available at Telus and Koodo online.

The LG Velvet offers features like a new lightweight 3D Arc design, 48-megapixel main camera, a large 4,300mAh battery, and 5G support.

Call of Duty: Black Ops-Cold War is an 80's-era FPS extravaganza

The Call of Duty franchise has transcended a wide range of times and places. We've been to both world wars as well as a variety of one off locations and situations in Modern Warfare. This time around we gear up during the 80's and during the very tense and volatile Cold War between the USA and Russia. As expected, we get to immerse in team deathmatch and domination style battles as well as a truly gripping zombie killing session.

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Google introduces baby blue variant of the Pixel 4a in the US

The Pixel 4a in baby blue comes with an orange accent on the power button (Source: Google)

There were hints that Google planned on introducing another colour variant for the Pixel 4a. But it wasn't announced during the phone's launch. Now, we get confirmation of the baby blue Pixel 4a, which looks like it's a limited edition version available in the US. Unfortunately, it won't make its way here. It's offered at the same price in the US for US$349. Here, we only get the Just Black model for $679.

Source: The Verge