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  Apple's AR Smart Glasses Could Be ‘3 to 5 Years’ Away Due to Ongoing Challenges: Report

  Apple is reportedly developing augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, a product that its rivals like Google, Meta Platforms, and Samsung have already shown progress towards in recent years. But despite its efforts to foray into AR smart glasses with steps taken including the Vision Pro launch and a new initiative called 'Atlas’, Apple’s device c...

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  Samsung Unveils Moohan Android XR Headset to Compete With Apple Vision Pro in 2025

  Samsung has unveiled Project Moohan as its first extended reality (XR) headset. This device was showcased alongside Google's new Android XR OS for mixed reality headsets and AR glasses. The Moohan XR headset will support Google's Gemini AI assistant and come with apps optimised for large virtual displays.

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  Google Announces Android XR Operating System for Mixed Reality Headsets, Smart Glasses

  Android XR has been unveiled by Google as a new operating system for XR devices, featuring Gemini AI assistant support. Expected to debut with mixed reality headsets and smart glasses, it will support AI, AR, and VR functionalities, enhancing user experiences with advanced, immersive features.

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  Google Confirms Pixel Fold, Pixel 6 and Select Other Models Will Get 5 Years of OS Updates

  Google has silently announced that it is extending the support for Pixel Fold, Pixel 6 series and select other models in its lineup. The aforementioned smartphones will now support a total of five years of operating system (OS) and security updates starting from when they first became available on the Google Store in the US — an increase over the...

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  Spotify, Google Partner to Add NotebookLM-Powered AI Podcasts to Spotify Wrapped

  Spotify Wrapped has finally arrived and it adds a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will showcase users’ “year in audio” in a new way. This year, Spotify has partnered with Google’s NotebookLM to bring its Audio Overviews feature to the music streaming platform. With this, users will be able to listen to an AI-generated audio di...

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  Google Chat Updated With Slack-Inspired 'Huddles' Feature for Instant Meetings

  Google Chat 'huddles' feature is now rolling out to Workspace users, allowing the to quickly initiate a meeting with a colleague. It is designed to open a picture-in-picture audio call, with the option to add video or screen sharing. Slack has offered a similar quick calling feature in 2021, that was updated with video support a year later.

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  Google Calendar Gets Full-Screen Task Lists Feature on Android for Easy Task Management

  Google has introduced a new feature for its Calendar app on Android which aims to make managing tasks easier. The app lets users create tasks, edit them with details, create sub-tasks, and use them with Google Workspace products like Gmail and Calendar — synced across devices. The company introduced full-screen task lists on the web last year and...

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  Brave Search Gets AI-Powered Chat Feature With Support for Follow-Up Queries

  Brave, the San Francisco-based software company, rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Brave Search on Thursday. Earlier this year, the company introduced ‘Answer with AI’ to its search engine, a feature that shows AI-generated summaries for searched queries. Now, it has added an extension to this feature dubbed AI chat mode...

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  Android Switch App for iOS Users Launched; Google Says Improved Data Transfers Coming to More Phones in 2025

  Google has launched a redesigned app called Android Switch as it attempts to simplify the process of transferring data from an iPhone to a new Android smartphone. The company has also announced that the delayed data transfer feature, first seen on the Pixel 9 series, will be available on other Android devices in 2025.

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  Google Working on 'AI Replies' for Call Screen Feature on Pixel Phones: Report

  Google Pixel devices’ Call Screen feature is reportedly getting new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is working on an AI Replies feature which will generate smart replies based on what the caller has said, instead of the standard replies seen in the current version of the feature.

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  Google Said to Skip Android 15 for TVs and Introduce Android TV 16 in 2026

  Google has a separate Android-based operating system (OS) that powers smart TVs. The Mountain View-based tech giant released Android TV 14 earlier this year as the latest update and it was speculated to be followed by the Android 15-based OS next year. However, that might not be the case anymore as Google is said to be changing its release schedule...

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  Google Pixel 9 Pro Costs 11 Percent Less to Manufacture Than Pixel 8 Pro: Report

  Google Pixel 9 series was unveiled at the Made by Google event in August comprising four models. A new report sheds light on the bill of materials (BOM) of the Pixel 9 Pro whose place in the smartphone lineup has been reworked this year and it sits above the Pixel 9 but below the new Pixel 9 Pro XL. It is suggested that the smartphone costs less to...

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  Android 16 Release Date Leak Hints at a Much Sooner Rollout Than Previous Updates: Report

  Android 16 is the purported operating system (OS) expected to arrive as a successor next year to Android 15 which debuted in September. While Google has confirmed a timeline of the update’s release, an exact date is yet to be revealed. However, a recent report suggests that Android 16 could be released for devices much sooner than previous update...

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  Google Pixel 10’s Tensor G5 SoC Benchmarks Suggest Only Slight Improvement Over Previous Chip

  Google Pixel 10 series isn’t slated to make its debut until late next year but a new leak sheds some light on the benchmarks of its alleged chipset. The company is expected to equip its purported smartphone lineup with the Tensor G5 SoC which might offer only slight upgrades in terms of GPU prowess over the Tensor G4 chip which currently powers t...

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  Google Generating ‘More Than a Quarter of All New Code by AI’, Says CEO Sundar Pichai

  Google’s parent company Alphabet posted its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. A major highlight of the earnings call with company CEO Sundar Pichai was how the Mountain View-based tech giant is optimising the costs of running expensive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure for all of its products and services. The CEO said that the company has...