Following YouTube and YouTube Music, Google Photos is continuing the annual retrospectives with its 2025 Recap.

In addition to Android 16 QPR2, Google today is rolling out a pair of updates to the Messages (group chat warnings) and Phone (Urgent call reasons) apps. 

Google is making AI Mode more ubiquitous with a new design that transitions users from AI Overviews, while Gemini 3 Pro is expanding internationally.

In September, Google started testing a new document scanner on Android, and this Material 3 Expressive redesign is now seeing wider beta availability.

Back in July, Google widely introduced a redesign of the Android QR code scanner, but then rolled it back. The updated interface is now starting to reappear.

The Gemini for Home voice assistant started rolling out at the end of October, with Early Access availability currently quite limited. A trick today does not enable the new LLM-powered assistant, but does give you access to the new Gemini voices.

Over the years, the Google Weather Android “app” has seen infrequent updates, and the company looks to now be getting rid of it entirely for a Google Search experience that has just been redesigned.

Following last month’s announcement, the migration of Google Keep reminders to Google Tasks is slowly rolling out.

Google Messages for Android is redesigning how link and YouTube previews look inside conversations. 

Following the Android version in June, the Google Account page on the web has been redesigned and simplified with Material 3 Expressive elements.

Since the launch of Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro, Google looks to have limited what free users can access in response to high demand.

Following the Feature Drop announcement two weeks ago, Google Maps is rolling out Power Saving mode on the Pixel 10 series.

Google is testing an update to Circle to Search on Android that sees any follow-up queries routed to AI Mode with a new bottom search bar design. 

Following the announcement at the start of November, Google Maps is beginning to roll out navigation with Gemini. It joins availability in place listings, which is getting an update, and is coming soon to Lens.

Following our report at the start of this month, Google Photos for Android is rolling out its new gradient redesign of the homescreen icon. 

The latest version of Google Play services (25.46) is rolling out today, and the release notes preview new media and Find Hub features. As always, it takes some time for listed features to actually make their way to users.

The last visual update to the Gemini overlay introduced a four-color glow, and Google now looks to be switching to a fullscreen animation.

It’s not December yet, but YouTube Music is beginning to roll out its 2025 Recap with a pretty interesting “Ask about your listening” experience made possible by AI.

The latest edition of the Google Home releases notes today are not tied to a specific version of the app, and focus on Gemini for Home improvements.

Google Photos is testing a carousel redesign for the “Shortcuts” that appear at the top of the Collections tab on Android.

After adding the “Mark as read” action, Google is modernizing Gmail for Android notifications with photo previews. 

Last week, Gemini Live got a big model upgrade, and now a quality-of-life update improves the captions experience.

Google announced today that Android’s Quick Share now works with Apple’s AirDrop system on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to allow for easy file transfer between platforms/operating systems.

Google and Nvidia today announced GeForce Now Fast Pass, a streaming tier “built exclusively for Chromebook users.”