Google announced on Tuesday that it’s rolling out Video Overviews to NotebookLM, its AI-based note-taking and research assistant. First introduced at Google I/O in May, Video Overviews allow users to turn dense multimedia, such as raw notes, PDFs, and images, into digestible visual presentations. Previously, the service took an audio approach to helping users understand materials with Audio Overviews, a feature …
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Following the Pixel Launcher shortcut, you can now add AI Mode to the Google Search homescreen widget on any Android device. Like with a regular search, this lets you immediately enter a prompt into the fullscreen AI Mode screen. Widget access first appeared in April for some users of the Google app beta. It’s gone through a few cycles of …
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As announced in May, Google has given its default QR code scanner on Android an appreciable redesign. Upon launch (via the Quick Settings Tile or lockscreen shortcut), there’s a nice animation of the rounded square coming together. The primary visual change is how Google has consolidated all the buttons in this interface to a pill near the bottom of the …
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In context: Steam is known for its periodic overhauls, which aim to enhance how users interact with its vast catalog of games. The latest update, introduced in the Steam client beta, marks another step in this ongoing process, featuring a redesigned store menu and several new features intended to improve navigation and personalization on the platform. One of the most …
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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 …
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Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images Intel reported its latest quarterly financial results Thursday. More layoffs are coming at Intel, the latest Big Tech company to make big cuts in its staff. The American chip giant on Thursday afternoon said in a letter from CEO Lip-Bu Tan, published online in concert with the company’s latest financial results, that it plans …
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Gemini has made a nice quality-of-life update for Audio Overviews on Android and iOS by introducing a native, inline player. Previously, tapping on a generated Audio Overview opened the file in your browser with a long URL. You could listen in that Chrome tab or download (and use the Files app) for an unwieldy experience. Now, the Android and iOS …
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Several weeks ago, we reported Google was testing AI-generated summaries for Google Discover. Well, according to TechCrunch, Google has confirmed, as of this week, this is an official launch and is rolling out in the U.S. It looks the same as the Google test, where Google adds a few lines summarizing the article and then adds a disclaimer that reads, …
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Google is rolling out an agentic AI-powered business calling feature to all users in the United States, the company announced on Wednesday. The tech giant is also enhancing Google Search’s AI Mode by bringing its Gemini 2.5 Pro model to the search experience and introducing deep research capabilities. The new business calling feature uses AI to call local businesses on …
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