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Google is due to release the Pixel 10 series in under a month’s time. As is often the case, the company has showcased the design of at least one new flagship ahead of time. As we discussed earlier this week, Google posted a teaser video of a device that looked an awful lot like a Pixel 9 Pro successor (curr. …

Last year’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold was an impressive piece of foldable hardware from Google. A big improvement on the original Pixel Fold with a larger, brighter screen, boosted camera specs, and enhanced AI capabilities, it earned its place on our list of the best foldable phones. In August, Google is expected to release its third foldable phone in as …

Andy Walker / Android Authority Google is a software company and knows how to make great apps. I mean, I use apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Drive on a regular basis. Then there are its AI-focused apps like NotebookLM, which is by far the most underrated app in Google’s arsenal. However, there are a few apps I think are …

Google is back with yet another AI-powered Search feature. But unlike AI Overviews, which attempts to summarize an answer to your search, or AI Mode, which uses generative AI to try to return results that are more detailed and useful, “Web Guide” is much simpler: It aims to make your search results easier to look at and surface links you …

Aravind Srinivas wanted a simple answer. If Google had given him one, things might have turned out differently—for Srinivas and for Google. It was the fall of 2022, weeks before OpenAI would debut its viral AI chatbot, ChatGPT. Srinivas, then 28, was an ambitious AI researcher with a PhD from UC Berkeley and prestigious internships at OpenAI and Google’s AI …

An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see. The policeman had sought payment from the internet giant for harm to his dignity, arguing he was behind a 6 1/2-foot wall when a Google camera captured …

What you need to know Google is aware of customer complaints regarding smart home devices and is promising a fix. The company’s head of Home and Nest took to social media this week to speak to frustrated users directly. Unfortunately, it looks like smart home issues won’t get a proper fix until this fall. People deep in Google’s smart home …

I’m just getting acquainted with Gemini on the Pixel Watch I’m wearing when it tells me that there’s a kind of pastry called “nun’s farts.” This relationship is off to a good start. “Nun’s farts” was a totally appropriate response, by the way. I’d asked it for a list of pastries with silly names, prompted by a question from my …

AI-powered coding tools have become so popular over the past few months that almost every major tech company is either using one or making its own. Makers of these so-called “vibe-coding” tools are a hot commodity at the moment, with startups like Lovable and Cursor fending off buyers and investors keen to tap a hot trend. Google’s now become the …

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is getting a Veo 2-powered feature to turn photos into videos. Users will also be able to turn photos into illustrations. The app is adding a new “Create” tab to put all of these tools in one place. The photo-to-video tool is also rolling out to YouTube Shorts. Google Photos isn’t just …