In the coming weeks, a new Gmail feature will show live package tracking updates for order confirmation emails as a label under the sender’s name in the inbox (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Justine Calma / The Verge:
Google expands its flood forecasting and wildfire tracking services, adding a Flood Hub globally and improved wildfire tracking in more countries  —  Google announced a big expansion of its flood forecasting and wildfire tracking services today.  It launched a tool called Flood Hub globally …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Instagram says it’s exploring the ability to repost other users’ posts in Feed and plans to test the feature “soon with a small number of people”  —  Instagram is gearing up to give users the ability to repost other users’ posts, the social network confirmed to TechCrunch.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight more videos, launches a collage editor, and will let users share Memories with friends and family  —  As consumer social apps shift their focus to video for social expression and adopt more creative tools, like those for collage-making …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Alexa gains smart home features like a multi-camera view; Amazon says Alexa triggers 30%+ of users’ smart home interactions without users saying anything  —  Amazon today announced a number of new smart features designed to allow Alexa device owners to better control their smart home …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp announces Communities, a group messaging feature for larger, more structured groups of up to 1,024 people, rolling out worldwide in the coming months  —  WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Substack announces Chat, which lets writers host discussions with their subscribers, available in the Substack iOS app and coming to Android soon  —  Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover is the newsletter platform Substack.