Gemini

I’m not really a huge fan of modern AI. For the past couple of years, it’s just been shoved into everything online, and usually not for the better. Google, though, has really hit its stride lately in finding incredible, out-of-the-box ways to use AI to just make things better, and there are a couple of key examples of this.

Following the last redesign in September, the Gemini app has a new look for its homepage and conversations, starting on Android.

Google is updating the Gemini app today with a better way to use photo-to-video generation by adding visual ingredients.

Google is getting ready for holiday shopping with a handful of new features led by agentic AI checkout and calling.

After previewing in August with the Pixel 10 launch, Gemini Live native audio output is now available on Android and iOS.

With the November 2025 Feature Drop, Google announced AI Notification Summaries for the latest Pixel phones. The capability is rolling out now, and here’s how it works.

After NotebookLM, Gemini, and Search, Audio Overviews are coming to Google Drive for conversational, podcast-style summaries of your PDFs.

Alongside the November 2025 Feature Drop, Google announced Private AI Compute to make Magic Cue on the Pixel 10 more powerful while remaining secure.

Google Photos is getting more AI with big updates today for the conversational “Help me edit” experience and Ask Photos search.

After first debuting in September for one series of devices, Gemini for TV is now coming to the Google TV Streamer.

Gemini for Google Home has arrived and, with it, a glimpse of Google’s view of the future of the smart home. But that future is still held back by the simple fact that, like anything with AI, it makes too many mistakes.

After a lengthy wait, Google has started rolling out Gemini access on Android Auto through the latest updates.

After adding PDF support in May, Gemini Deep Research can now directly tap information stored in your Gmail and Google Chat conversations, as well as Google Drive files.

Besides navigating with Gemini, Google Maps is rolling out other AI-powered features, like landmark-based navigation.

In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it’s now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS. Google equates this “hands-free, conversational driving experience” to having a “knowledgeable friend in the passenger seat who can confidently help you get where you’re going.”

With the Gemini for Home voice assistant, Google has updated the LED lights on the Home Mini, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio. 

Google Assistant is officially being shown the door, and Gemini is sneaking in through the back. As early access opens for users, adding Gemini to Google Home requires signing up – here’s how.

Alphabet today reported Q3 2025 earnings, and CEO Sundar Pichai shared that the Gemini app has over 650 million active users. 

The chat feature in NotebookLM is getting significant improvements today to “performance, quality, and contextual understanding,” as well as the ability to set goals.

In starting the Gemini for Home voice assistant preview today, Google also shared when Gemini for Google TV is coming to more devices, like the Google TV Streamer. 

As previewed alongside the Pixel Watch 4 launch in August, Google will begin rolling out a Public Preview of Fitbit Coach “starting tomorrow and over the next week” in the US. The idea is to leverage AI and Gemini models to give you a personal coach, just like how athletes have a team around them providing support.