Google has been a big proponent of HTTPS over the years and today announced its latest efforts in Chrome for “HTTPS by default.”

In development since March of 2022, desktop Chrome is now rolling out a side panel that gives you persistent access to Google Search results.

For several years now, Chrome has offered a custom share sheet, but the mobile browser is now adopting the system version on Android 14. 

The biggest update to Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) since its launch will let the AI appear outside Search results and be accessible when you’re just browsing the web.

While there have been modernizations, YouTube’s music streaming service has remained functionally and visually the same since its launch. YouTube Music is now getting its biggest shakeup in years with a “Samples” tab that is meant to be a new way to discover personalized video content.

A curious change to Google Maps on Android and iOS means you can no longer tap to hide the search and bottom bar, as well as other UI elements, to focus entirely on the map. 

Previewed last year, Google is now offering an e-signature feature in Docs and Drive for Workspace Individual customers, while it’s coming soon to select tiers.

To better address the security patch gap, Google announced today that Chrome is now adopting weekly Stable channel updates.

Following last month’s announcement, Google Calendar for Android is now rolling out a Material You redesign of its two homescreen widgets.

After testing group end-to-end encryption for the past few months, Google Messages has now fully rolled it out and is enabling RCS by default.

Following the Material You redesign, GPay is readying another change that consolidates the app to just two tabs in the bottom bar.

Google Search has a number of built-in tools from its dictionary to a metronome and multi-sided die, with the most recent addition letting you check grammar on mobile and desktop.

Back in February, Google announced that Assistant would gain a Lens-powered “Search screen” feature that’s a true “What’s on my screen” replacement. We’re now seeing it rolled out on more Android devices.

As we spotted earlier this year, Google is introducing a more visual and granular way to customize Gboard for Android with “Resize.”

Google Lab Sessions are collaborations between “visionaries from all realms of human endeavor” and the company’s latest AI technology. Today, Google released TextFX as an “experiment to demonstrate how generative language technologies can empower the creativity and workflows of artists and creators” with Lupe Fiasco.

For years, files you download would appear in a bar at the bottom of Chrome, but Google is now changing the desktop browser’s UI so you get a download tray instead. 

Following the acquisition and Pixel Watch, Google is now thoroughly redesigning the Fitbit companion app on Android and iOS with Material You.