Today we’ve got Google partnering with the U.S. military to analyze drone footage with machine learning, Disney parks in Street View, and Chrome 65 for Android.
Today we’ve got the March security patch rolling out to Pixel and Nexus devices, Uber reportedly wants to partner with Waymo, and Google planning an Assistant ‘fun house’ for SXSW.
Today we’ve got a YouTube ‘stories’ feature that lets creators swap out backgrounds, Google Duo’s messaging feature, and Fuchsia Friday, where we got our first Flutter app running on Fuchsia OS.
Today we’ve got the Galaxy S9+ topping the Google Pixel 2 on DxOMark, oddly terrible Galaxy S9 benchmark scores, LG leaks including the LG G7 Neo, and Google integrations in Dropbox.
Today we’ve got Google notifying winners of the Google I/O 2018 lottery, Waymo announces its cars have driven 5M miles total, and Hangouts Chat launches on G Suite.
Today we’ve got Google Clips is available to buy and the first reviews hit the web, Google’s Flutter SDK hits beta, and Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 700-series processors.
Today we’ve got lots of Mobile World Congress news, including the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact, the LG V30S ThinQ, a slew of Nokia phones, and much more.
Today we’ve got Google Assistant to gain multilingual support and support for more languages, Routines for Google Assistant rolling out soon, and Fuchsia Friday.
Today we’ve got a new YouTube lists visualization on Chromecast, Fuchsia OS’ Disney-inspired codename for Google Assistant, and what to expect from Android at MWC.
Today we’ve got Google Pay’s rollout, security features in Android P, and a Google Home Max silicon pad that’s causing some white marks on wood tables.
Today we’ve got Alphabet’s Verily analyzing retinas w/ machine learning to predict heart disease, official-looking renders of Samsung Galaxy S9 leak which corroborate design & rumored features, and my opinion that almost no one should get a HomePod over a Google Home Max.
Today we’ve got a Chrome extension that brings the ‘view image’ button back to Image Search, some Google Pixel 2 owners reporting poor battery life and phones running warm after February security patch, and Google rolling out tools for editing and sharing screenshots in the Google app.
Today we’ve got the new ‘Chrome Duplex’ is now live in Chrome Canary for Android, Google has removed the convenient ‘view image’ button from Google Images, and Google Cloud to acquire IoT management service Xively for $50 million.
Today we’ve got Samsung teasing the forthcoming Galaxy S9’s ‘Animoji’ knockoff, which we’re told may be full body emoji w/ customizable clothing and animations, Google Photos 3.14 with hints at Favorites launch, possible blur adjustment feature, and a new $100 Google Pixelbook sleeve from Google.
Today we’ve got an LG V30 refresh officially announced for MWC, YouTube Red is ‘really a music service’ says CEO Susan Wojcicki, and YouTube TV is set to add CNN, other Turner channels, more NBA & MLB, but will raise the price for new subscribers.
Today we’ve got a Bloomberg report on Android P, which is set to deliver a ‘dramatic redesign,’ support for iPhone X display types, and tighter Assistant integration, Huawei solicited 100+ fake Mate 10 Pro reviews on Best Buy to entice ‘beta testers’, and IDC numbers of Google Pixel and Essential Phone sales.
Today we’ve got Uber and Waymo surprisingly reaching a nearly quarter billion dollar settlement to close out the longstanding trade secrets dispute, Android Messages 2.9 preps an Allo-like web app, and Fuchsia Friday.
Today we’ve got YouTube Music 2.19, which reveals logo for a possible ‘YouTube Premiere’ service, a new app called ‘AirBattery’ tracks the battery life of AirPods when connected to an Android phone, and Google Chrome is set to mark all HTTP pages as ‘Not secure’ later this year.
Today we’ve got Nest returning to Google proper to bolster integration with Google AI and Google Assistant, the ‘Check for update’ button on Pixel and Nexus devices finally works with latest Google Play services, and Google is reportedly developing a game streaming service codenamed ‘Yeti’ with console hardware.
Today we’ve got my opinion that Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses are more like Project Jacquard than Google Glass, Amazon drops lockscreen ads on Prime Exclusive phones due to new Google Play rules, and a couple high-profile Alphabet hires, including a new CEO for the Access division.
Today we’ve got the release of February security patches for Pixel and Nexus devices, which most notably brings Bluetooth, Camera, and Android Auto fixes to the Google Pixel 2 and expands Pixel Visual Core to third-party apps, a now-pulled Chromium commit that references “Material Design 2”, and Nougat finally tops Android version distribution after 18 months.