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According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has hired Mustafa Suleyman, one of the cofounders of Google’s DeepMind, to lead its consumer AI initiatives.

Following the February announcement, Android’s new cloud photo picker, which supports Google Photos and other apps, is more widely rolling out.

According to a new report, Google’s upcoming Pixel 8a is getting a 120Hz display, Tensor G3, display output, and wider availability around the globe too.

Google Lens is rolling out the highly-requested ability to save your Visual Search History so that you can return to any analyzed image in the future.

Disabled by default, notification snoozing is one of the biggest Android features that flies under the radar. It’s a feature that allows you to temporarily dismiss notifications until you’re able to come back to them at a later date. This detailed guide will show you how to enable them for yourself.

The official line from Google is that “not all Pixel 4a (5G) and later phones work on all 5G networks.” Google maintains a list of countries where 5G is available on the Pixel and it was recently updated.

We’ve noticed an uptick in notifications sent by YouTube Music since the start of 2024, and the mobile app is now readying an “Activity” feed.

Following the announcement in late February at MWC 2024 and the March Pixel Feature Drop, Google Maps for Wear OS is more widely rolling out public transit directions. 

Motorola is making folding smartphones even more affordable with razr discounts from $500. You can also score some of the best prices yet on Google Pixel Tablet starting at $399 complete with magnetic charging docks. Plus, there’s still a chance to score any of Samsung’s new 2024 smart TVs at $100 off. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

Google Search has changed a lot over the past couple of years, and it seems more changes are coming. This week, Google has appointed a new “Head of Search” in Liz Reid, who is teasing more AI changes in the pipeline.

If you use a password manager on Android that’s not Google’s, you’ve likely run into the frustrating experience of Chrome constantly ignoring your choice and pushing Google’s password manager. Now, though, there’s finally a way to change that.

Following the tease at the Pixel Watch 2 launch in October, Google Health provided an update on Fitbit Labs at The Checkup 2024 event.

Samsung has been putting out some excellent foldable hardware over the past five years, but there is one issues that plagues these devices over time. After a year or two of use, the hinge on Samsung foldables won’t always open completely flat as it did at launch, and the reason, it seems, is debris getting caught in the hinge.

Our yearly Google Pixel user survey is complete and we now know just what devices you use daily.

Google is finally rolling out a straightforward Material You redesign of Play Books for Android. It follows the new icon introduced last year, with the app rarely seeing updates.

In a rather interesting development, the At a Glance homescreen widget found on all Android devices is no longer branded as an extension of Google Assistant.

While we’re waiting for the audio recorder redesign with noise cancellation and Voice Moods to become available, Google Messages has updated the playback UI to make use of the new Material 3 slider.