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After starting its rollout in Korea last week, Samsung is now bringing One UI 7 to the Galaxy S23 series and Galaxy Tab S10 series in the US market.

One of the best things about Google Photos has always been its useful ability to search through your library, but the company’s focus on AI introduced an admittedly impressive, but annoying new experience to search. But there’s a little known shortcut in Google Photos that allows users to quickly jump back into classic search.

Odds are, your personal data and footprint are all over the internet, with various malicious actors trying to get at personal information that you really should have access to. There are a couple of ways to cover that footprint that data brokers and other institutions can’t access it, and it’s surprisingly easy.

Welcome to episode 51 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, we do our initial Google I/O 2025 preview.

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After testing earlier this year, Google is now widely rolling out a Material 3 redesign of Gmail on iPhone and iPad. 

Following Keep last year, Gmail on Android tablets and foldables now has an adjustable dual-pane layout. This is also available in the Google Chat app.

Later this year, Google will stop supporting the 1st and 2nd generation Nest Learning Thermostat. This will result in a trio of changes, though Google is offering upgrade discounts to existing owners.

After a false start last year, Google TV has rolled out its redesigned and vastly superior Freeplay app to all devices.

Google has officially confirmed that the Assistant “Driving Mode” bar that appears at the bottom of Google Maps navigation on Android is no longer available.

Google might be forced to sell its Chrome browser, and while it’s hard to imagine anyone else running the ship, there’s plenty of interest from Google’s competition in OpenAI, Perplexity, and Yahoo.

Following the April 2025 update for Google Pixel devices, more and more users are running into problems with delayed notifications, an issue that was already affecting many.

Google’s most expensive smartphone isn’t devoid of accessories, but getting high-quality options for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold isn’t as easy as it is for other phones. Here are some of our favorite options to pair with the phone-tablet hybrid.

As the rollout continues, Google is making Veo 2 more prominent in Gemini’s prompt bar, with the web app also seeing other tweaks today.

At the start of April, Google released the latest Android distribution numbers. The last update was 11 months earlier, with Android 15 making its debut in these stats.

Alphabet today announced Q1 2025 earnings with $90.23 billion in revenue. These numbers range from January to March.

After testing got underway earlier this year, Google Maps for Android is widely rolling out a redesign of the “You” and “Contribute” tabs that embrace sheets.

Motorola is adding to its “Things” lineup with two new products, the Moto Buds Loop and the Watch Fit, which will release at some point, for some amount of money.

A new function in Google Photos is starting to roll out that gives users a last chance to edit photos before they’re shared. The new “Quick Edit” page will now appear in Google Photos after hitting the share button.