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Beyond AI Overviews and AI Mode, Google is working on “Web Guide” to better organize Search results into categories with additional context and insights. Simply, “Web Guide groups web links in helpful ways.” There are headers and summaries before you see two or so links, with the ability to load “More.” The goal is to make it “easier to find …

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On Thursday, Google launched Web Guide, a new AI-powered search feature that “groups links in helpful ways” for people who opt in to the test on Labs. Web Guide runs on a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model to process search queries, reorganizing the traditional “10 blue links” by sorting results and finding related questions using generative AI. For …

Google today announced a trio of new shopping updates for Search, including the ability to customize price tracking alerts. Google’s existing price alerts feature is getting an update that lets you set an amount. To date, the tool sends a notification when there’s a “notable drop in price.” Enabling “Only notify me below a specific price” brings up a price …

If you were looking forward to Google’s upcoming summer event and all of the surprises about Pixel hardware it may reveal, you may want to stop reading. After showing the Pixel 10 on its own website following leaks, Google went ahead and doubled down on the anticlimax by previewing the entire new Pixel lineup in the Play Store. So, without …

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic ZDNET’s key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic is on preorder, starting at $449, with the LTE model priced at $499. The physical rotating bezel is smooth, One UI contains new health metrics, and the cushion design is elegant. The display shrunk to 1.34 inches, it’s rather expensive, and the bands are tough to …

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR A growing number of Google Home users are running into issues with their smart home devices. The company has acknowledged an issue with accessing certain devices in the Home app. The Chief Product Officer at Google Home and Nest has also acknowledged the recent feedback on Google Assistant’s reliability on home devices and …

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant issues while also teasing “major improvements” coming later this year. As Google has been moving towards Gemini, the experience of using Google Assistant has been, in a …

Editor’s take: Technology is supposed to make our lives easier – at least, that is what Big Tech tells us. However, there is a growing disconnect between what we are promised and what we are actually sold. This issue goes beyond Google Home. From smart speakers to smartphone keyboards, tech giants seem to be getting worse at the basics. If …

Publishers race against Google Zero doomsday clock  Axios Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results  Pew Research Center AI Search Is Growing More Quickly Than Expected  The Wall Street Journal AI-Powered Chatbots Capture 5.6% of Desktop Browser-Based Search Traffic  PYMNTS.com Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks  Ars …