The Google Home app is bucking the trend of how most first-party products lack meaningful update release notes.

After previously announcing and testing in January, Google TV is more widely rolling out Gemini-powered “News Briefs” on Ambient mode.

On average, Google updates Android’s Calculator app once a year, and version 8.7 in 2025 makes just one straightforward change.

Gemini Advanced is the paid version of the Gemini app with more capabilities, including early access to features, that’s available through the Google One AI Premium tier. As of April, here’s what you get when you pay $19.99 per month (in the US).

In October of 2023, the main YouTube app picked up “Stable volume,” and something similar — “Consistent volume” — is now coming to YouTube Music for Android and iOS.

After briefly detailing last week, Google is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview today. A “thinking budget” lets developers control how much reasoning occurs depending on the prompt and use case. 

After previously offering a 50% discount, Google is now giving US college students free Gemini Advanced and Google One AI Premium for 15 months.

Last week, Google started widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to Advanced subscribers, and the Project Astra-powered capabilities will soon be free for all Android users.

After previewing back in September, the Google Wallet Android app can now show the real-time status of trains, starting in two countries. 

With the latest Google Play services update, Android is rolling out a new security feature that automatically restarts (or auto-reboots) devices that have been “locked for 3 consecutive days.”

After testing started in earnest last October, Google Chrome is beginning to roll out the bottom address bar option on Android to the stable channel.

Given how excessive battery drain is one “one of the most significant frustrations for Android users,” Google is starting a new effort to help developers optimize the wake lock behavior of their apps.

Following images and audio, Google is bringing video generation powered by its Veo 2 model to the Gemini app if you’re an Advanced subscriber.

Historically, Google users around the world have visited country-specific sites like google.com.br (Brazil), google.fr (France), or google.co.uk (UK). Google Search is now getting rid of these country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) in favor of using google.com globally.

After previewing last month, the Google Photos app/Extension/integration is now rolling out to the Gemini app on Android.

As AI Mode testing continues, Google is trialing a new way to launch the generative experience from the Search bar on Android.

With the December 2024 Pixel Feature Drop, Google announced “updated navigation” for Emoji Kitchen, and this new Gboard Browse UI is more widely rolling out.