Google launched Android 17 on Pixel devices, introducing 'bubble' multi-tasking that turns any app into a floating window and a foldable gaming mode with optimized layouts. The update also includes AI…
Google Cloud Spanner now supports multiple data models—relational, vector, graph, and analytic—within a single globally distributed instance, eliminating the need for separate databases for AI workloa…
Google released the June 2026 Android Feature Drop on Tuesday, introducing seven major upgrades including AirDrop-compatible Quick Share, AI Fake Call Detection, and a Google Photos Digital Wardrobe. …
Google is rolling out a new fake call detection feature for Android that warns users if a caller is impersonating someone on their contact list. The feature uses an end-to-end encrypted RCS handshake …
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that flags calls from scammers impersonating a user's contacts. The feature, which will be enabled by default on Android 12 and later devices starti…
AI search personalization is creating an "answer bubble" where users receive different AI-generated responses to the same query without understanding why, according to a developer's analysis. The syst…
Google Personal Intelligence, powered by Gemini AI, now allows Google Search to retrieve answers from users' Gmail, Google Photos, and Calendar data instead of just the web. The feature, announced at …
At Google I/O 2024, 2025, and 2026, the company quietly shifted its focus from improving apps with AI to redefining what an "app" even is, moving toward a model where users describe their intent and t…
A controlled experiment using three Google accounts found that brands seeded into Gmail and Photos appeared 46 percentage points more often in AI Mode recommendations when Personal Intelligence was co…
New features in the Gemini app that use "Personal Intelligence" to create personalized images by automatically incorporating user interests and preferences from connected Google apps, including Google…
In 2025, the author, a computer scientist with decades of experience running personal servers, began migrating away from platforms they describe as being run by billionaires and fascists. They previou…