Following the updated homescreen widget, Google Drive for Android is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign.
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Following the updated homescreen widget, Google Drive for Android is rolling out a Material 3 Expressive redesign.
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Gmail for Android’s Material 3 Expressive redesign continues with a new search app bar, while the “Mark as read” action in notifications is now widely rolling out.
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Similar to the iPhone, the Google Phone and Contacts apps are introducing customizable “calling cards” that some beta users are beginning to see.
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Following Messages and Phone, Google Contacts is getting Material 3 Expressive with a fairly straightforward redesign that is now widely rolling out.
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Google’s Tab Group tweaks continue with Chrome 139 for Android, which also makes a handful of other small changes across the browser.
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With how often trip-planning appears as a Gemini demo at various keynotes and developer conferences, it seemed like only a matter of time before Google Flights got some AI attention itself. Today, Google’s announcing an expansion of Flights to include AI-based cost-saving measures, but you’ll need to be pretty easy-going in your travel plans to use it.
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The Gemini app is widely rolling out a pair of big quality-of-life improvements on Android with search and direct copying.
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Alongside the app, Google Wallet’s NFC tap-to-pay animation is getting a M3 Expressive redesign.
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Pixel phones are getting a new card carousel overlay when you launch Google Wallet with a double-tap of the power button.
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Google Messages for Android has now rolled out Sensitive Content Warnings that blur nude images.
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After starting last month, Google is widely rolling out a Gemini homepage redesign on the web that introduces a Tools menu.
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Google’s goal is to build a “personal, proactive, and powerful assistant,” and Gemini is accomplishing that first tentpole today with “personal context.” The Gemini app is also getting a Temporary Chat capability.
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Amidst the Material 3 Expressive rollout, Google Keep for Android is rolling out “Sort by” options in a nice quality-of-life improvement.
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Google Home is testing a new automation editor that adds “flexibility and convenience to control your smart home with a refreshed look.”
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As mentioned in the release notes for Google Play services earlier this month, Gboard is adding the ability to browse “Autofill with Google.”
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After introducing the four-color glow, Google is beginning to roll out the next redesign of the Gemini overlay on Android.
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After testing in June, Google Search is now rolling out the ability to set your “Preferred Sources” for a more personalized Top Stories carousel in the US and India.
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This round, Google Home has released two release notes — version 3.37 and 3.38 — simultaneously with a focus on camera updates. This follows the last drop in late July.
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Google Pay is getting a handful of updates today centered around Chrome autofill, like expanded card benefit details.
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Google announced with the Find Hub rebrand that the Moto Tag would start getting the UWB (ultra-wideband) nearby finding update in May. The actual rollout started a month later, with wide availability now here.
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Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are the latest first-party apps to get various Material 3 Expressive tweaks.
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After starting in late June, Gemini Live on Android and iOS is now widely rolling out the ability to access Google apps like Keep and Tasks in real-time conversations.
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In the past few weeks or so, Google Wallet app on Android now requires that you grant the location permission to get “detailed receipts” with addresses and maps.
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Gemini’s switch from a blue-purple palette to the four Google colors on Android is now largely complete (with one small exception) following an update to the overlay.
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