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  Google's Gemini AI Assistant Gains Utilities Extension With Ability to Control Smartphone Tasks

  Gemini AI assistant has finally received the Utilities extension that will grant it the ability to control various tasks in the smartphone. The Mountain View-based tech giant first announced this extension at its Google I/O event earlier this year. Utilities extension will let the Gemini AI assistant on Android devices control first-party apps and ...

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  Google Pixel 9a Will Reportedly Launch Sooner Than Usual

  Google usually unveils its Pixel A-series smartphones at its annual Google I/O event in May every year. However, early reports indicate that Pixel 9a will hit shelves earlier than usual, with pre-orders starting mid-March 2025. The tech giant may permanently shift the A series launch cycle to the new March timeframe.

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  Google Working on Gemini AI-Powered 'Ask Photos' Feature on Android

  Google is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Android dubbed Ask Photos. The feature was first announced at the tech giant’s annual Google I/O event in May. It was described to be an extension for Google Photos which lets the on-device Gemini assistant access the stored images to answer queries about them.

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  Google Opens Android Device Streaming Early Access to Samsung, Xiaomi and Other OEM Labs

  Google announced the beta of Android Device Streaming at its I/O 2024 event held in June. Now, the company says it is opening up the program’s early access to OEMs, enabling devices hosted by their respective labs to be used by developers remotely for building and optimising apps.

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  Google Reportedly Stops Generating Fat APKs, Making Sideloading Android Apps More Tedious

  Google introduced the Android App Bundle at the I/O 2018 event, enabling developers to build their apps as bundles. Following this change, Google Play Store only downloaded the specific portions it needed during app installation. However, this only applied to apps downloaded via the store, with sideloading apps still allowing fat APKs. A recent cla...

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  Google I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024: New India-Focused AI Models, Tools, and Initiatives Announced

  Google hosted its Google I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024 event on Wednesday (July 17). During the event, the tech giant announced new artificial intelligence (AI) models, a new benchmarking tool, and several new initiatives, all focused on the Indian AI community. The company opened access to the Gemma 2 AI model to all developers, highlighting that it ...

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  Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 Tipped to Come in Raspberry and 3 Other New Colourways

  Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are expected to make their global debut soon, succeeding the Pixel Buds Pro, which were launched at the Google I/O event in May 2022. According to claims by a tipster on social media, Google’s upcoming true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds may come in four new colourways, with Raspberry being one of the potential options.

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  Google NotebookLM Gets Upgraded to Gemini 1.5 Pro, Rolls Out in India and Other Markets: How It Works

  Google’s NotebookLM received several new features and was expanded to more than 200 countries and regions on Thursday. The AI-powered research and writing assistant was initially introduced at last year’s Google I/O event as Project Tailwind and was later rolled out to a limited number of users in the US. Now, the platform is available to users...

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  Google, Meta Bid Millions for Hollywood Content as AI Licencing Race Heats Up: Report

  Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report, Google and Meta have also entered the market to strike content licensing deals with Hollywood studios. It...

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  Google Gemini YouTube Music Extension Rolls Out to Users Globally, Will Play Songs on Command

  Google has started rolling out a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini. Users will now see an option to play songs on YouTube Music by directly requesting the AI assistant. This is being done via a new YouTube Music extension for Gemini that integrates the app within the platform. The tech giant showcased the extension bri...

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  Google Play Store Will Soon Showcase a New Space for Apps to Show Content-Led Experiences: Report

  Google is reportedly working on a new feature that will help developers showcase their apps and their capabilities in a new space. The tech giant is said to have shared its plans with third-party app developers at the Google I/O 2024 event during a session. This new feature will create a new surface where users will be able to see content from apps...

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  Android 15 Will Reportedly Improve the Standby Battery Life of Devices by Up to 3 Hours

  Google shared more details on Android 15 during its I/O 2024 event’s developer-focused sessions, as per a report. One such detail was about the company’s efforts to improve the battery life of the devices — particularly the standby battery life. The tech giant reportedly revealed that it has reworked the Doze mode in the Android system to ens...

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  Google I/O 2024: DeepMind Showcases Real-Time Computer Vision-Based AI Interaction With Project Astra

  Google I/O 2024’s keynote session allowed the company to showcase its impressive lineup of AI models and tools that it has been working on for a while. Most of the introduced features will make their way to public previews in the coming months. However, the most interesting technology previewed in the event will not be here for a while. Developed...

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  Google I/O 2024: Google Photos to Get an AI-Powered 'Ask Photos' Feature With Intelligent Search Capabilities

  Google Photos received a surprise upgrade at the Google I/O 2024 event’s keynote session on Tuesday. The session, led by CEO Sundar Pichai, witnessed several major artificial intelligence (AI) announcements including new upgrades for Gemini 1.5 Pro, new Google Search features, the introduction of new image and video AI models, and more.

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  Google I/O 2024: Search With AI-Powered Multi-Step Reasoning, Planning and Video Search Features Unveiled

  Google I/O 2024 began with multiple major artificial intelligence (AI) announcements. On Tuesday, the tech giant held the day 1 keynote session where it introduced new AI models, integrated AI with Google products, and teased new capabilities for Pixel smartphones and Android 15. During the event, the company also announced several new features for...