At launch, the only spoken notifications available on the Pixel Buds Pro 2 are from messaging apps, but Google is planning to upgrade the alert experience with Gemini.
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Google has confirmed that all Google Pixel Buds will get access to the Gemini LLM as part of an update to how AI assistants work on Bluetooth earbuds.
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The Gemini Extension for Google Calendar is starting to roll out for some accounts on Android and the web client.
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To encourage business and enterprise use, Google is now letting paid Workspace tiers access the standalone Gemini app.
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Following the web, Google is giving the Gemini app on Android a greatly simplified homescreen.
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Last week, Google announced that Gemini Live is beginning to roll out for free users, and it’s now hitting the first Android devices.
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After rolling out to mobile for some, the Gemini Extensions for Google Keep and Tasks are now available in gemini.google.com.
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In addition to Keep and Tasks, Google announced a Calendar Gemini Extension earlier this year, and we now have more details about what it can do.
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After coming to Advanced subscribers a month ago, Gemini Live is now starting to roll out to free users on Android.
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Following the desktop launch last month, Gems are now available in the mobile app, while there might be a Gemini homepage redesign.
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Gemini Advanced today is letting users give out three 4-month trials to the subscription.
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After being previewed at I/O 2024 in May, Google Photos is now rolling out “early access” to Ask Photos to select US users on Android and iOS.
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Following Gmail, Drive, Docs/Sheets/Slides, and Meet, Gemini is coming to Google Forms with “Help me create a form.”
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Intel has launched its latest generation of laptop chips, “Lunar Lake,” with the promise of massive performance and battery life gains.
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Following Live and more Extensions, the Gemini mobile app is rolling out support for file uploads instead of having to use gemini.google.com. This requires Gemini Advanced.
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Google appears to be working on a couple of new Android Auto features, with further support for “local media” from your car continuing to be developed alongside hints that Gemini Live may be supported in the car.
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Like the Screenshots app, Recorder is using Gemini Nano with Multimodality on the Pixel 9 series. Google shared more details about the integration earlier this week.
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Last month, the Gemini free tier was upgraded with 1.5 Flash and Google now says those responses are “up to 50% faster.”
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Following the preview at I/O 2024 in May, Gemini is rolling out Gems, as well as Imagen 3, to Advanced subscribers.
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In addition to Live and the floating overlay panel, the Pixel 9 series debuted the Google Keep and Tasks Gemini Extensions.
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Google Meet previewed “Takes notes for me” a year ago and this Gemini feature is now rolling out to Workspace customers.
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I’ve still not found myself using generative AI regularly, even as Gemini takes over any and every Google product as of late. With the Pixel 9 series, AI is more important than ever, but I find myself frustrated by the same fundamental flaw in generative AI that even the Pixel 9 can’t escape.
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Following Live earlier this week, Gemini is also starting to roll out the floating overlay panel on Android, with a glow being the telltale sign you have it.
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Google is updating Help me write in Gmail with a “Polish” draft feature on Android, iOS, and the web.
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