As part of several safety updates today, Google is updating Circle to Search and Lens with “About this image.” The company is also working to combat explicit fake imagery.
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Gemini in Google Messages exited beta at I/O 2024 last month and now features a double FAB design.
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If Gboard for Android looks ever so slightly different in recent days, it’s because the button for accessing the various keyboard tools is now themed with Dynamic Color in dark mode.
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Google Photos recently made its AI editing tools free and the company is out with an interesting blog about tips and best practices. Of note is a section explaining the difference between Magic Eraser and the erase tool in Magic Editor.
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Following last week’s announcement, Google Play’s new content recommendations “Collections” widget is starting to see broader availability (server-side rollout) in the US.
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An interesting change to Files by Google on Android today changes the behavior of the “Recents” carousel at the top of the app.
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Google’s work on optimizing Gmail for Android tablets and foldables continues with a new formatting bar and Smart Compose.
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Besides partnering with NBC and Team USA, Google is celebrating the Paris 2024 Olympics across its major services.
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Google Drive is adding automatically generated captions to videos you upload. This is already widely rolled out.
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At I/O 2024, Gemini Advanced started using 1.5 Pro and Google is now upgrading the free version of Gemini with 1.5 Flash.
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After adding public transit directions earlier this year, Google Maps for Wear OS now has a redesigned Tile and two new complications.
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YouTube for Android is testing a redesign of the miniplayer that serves as an in-app picture-in-picture (PiP).
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After rolling out a custom camera earlier this year, Google Messages now offer face filters.
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Last year, desktop Chrome replaced the downloads bar for a new tray UI in the top-right corner and Google is now detailing how that redesign allows for more security warnings.
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Back in March, Google Lens introduced the highly-requested ability to save your Visual Search History, and it has now gotten a big UI update.
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While “Google TV” has a clear future as seen with the upcoming “Streamer,” it is losing the ability to buy television shows on all platforms and form factors.
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After rolling out some Material 3 tweaks, Google Photos on the web is adding the “Documents” section that’s already available on Android and iOS.
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YouTube Music for Android is rolling out a long-awaited “Sound Search” feature that lets you “Play, sing, or hum a song” to find it.
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At I/O 2024, Google said Gemini Live would offer ten natural-sounding voices instead of just the one we’re currently limited to, and testing appears to be underway.
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Cash App announced today that it will soon be a “preferred alternative payment option when checking out” in the Google Play Store on Android.
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After initially being limited to Google Assistant-level commands, activating Gemini on the Android lockscreen now lets you ask “general questions.”
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After expanding Markdown syntax support in 2022, Google Docs is adding some “highly-requested features” to improve interoperability “with other Markdown supporting tools.”
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Back in November, Google Search Labs launched a Notes experiment and it’s now coming to an end with the feature ultimately not launching.
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Gemini today offers six first-party extensions and it’s now getting a seventh from Data Commons, which is a Google initiative that aims to organize “the world’s publicly available data and makes it more accessible and useful.”
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