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The Play Store will now allow users to “auto-open” new apps as they’re downloaded to their Android devices, as the functionality is rolling out widely this week. In what could be a handy option for idle app installs, the Play Store’s new “auto-open when ready” toggle will open up the application as soon as it’s fully installed. The new toggle …

Kenneth Cheung/Getty Images AI is an impressive tool, and companies like Google and OpenAI continue to improve and expand upon what their models can do. At the same time, generative AI chatbots are also becoming bigger targets for bad actors, and now security researchers have found a way to hack someone’s Google …

If you just look at the Pixel 10’s physical design, you’re going to be disappointed. Google’s new $800 Android smartphone looks almost identical to last year’s Pixel 9, save for an additional 5x telephoto camera lens and some new colors, including the makes-me-smile Indigo blue. But like most new phones, there are a bunch of small upgrades internally that add …

Photograph: Julian Chokkattu However, Camera Coach—which launches in a preview (sort of like a beta)—has a “Get Inspired” button that uses generative AI to deliver some photos it thinks you might like to try and mimic. These photos are often quite a bit different from the originally scanned image, and I found these less helpful. I think Camera Coach is …

Last year, Google proved it could make a phone that looks and feels like a true flagship, despite the software feeling like an AI jumble. This year, the Pixel 10 Pro starts to put AI features together in a way that actually makes sense — and it manages to upgrade the hardware a bit, too. Google has finally locked in …

Google debuted its new-age video editor called Vids for the Google Workspace productivity suite last year. On Wednesday, the company is adding new features like AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools. It is also releasing a free-to-use feature for consumers with limited features. This version of the editor will have basic edit controls along with access to Google’s …

Google is rolling out a basic version of Vids to everyone. Until now, the AI-powered video editor has only been available to Google Workspace or AI plan subscribers, but now users can broadly access the app with templates, stock media, and a “subset of AI capabilities,” product director Vishnu Sivaji tells The Verge. Launched last year, Vids is the newest …

UPDATED with YouTube response: FCC chair Brendan Carr put his thumb on the scale in a carriage battle between YouTube TV and Fox, telling YouTube parent Google to “get a deal done.” “Google removing Fox channels from YouTube TV would be a terrible outcome. Millions of Americans are relying on YouTube to resolve this dispute so they can keep watching …

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will soon require developer verification for all applications installed on certified Android devices – meaning basically every mainstream device. Those of us who have distributed Android apps via …

Wongsakorn 2468/Shutterstock Apple famously prides itself not on being first to market, but on being the best. We saw this play out with the iPod, the iPhone, and to a lesser extent with the Vision Pro. Indeed, Apple executive Greg Joswiak a few years ago said that Apple won’t even enter a …