Google may be gearing up to announce an all-inclusive Nest subscription bundle that includes Nest Aware, a 2 terabyte Google One plan for your photos, email, and files, and more. By subscribing, you’re expected to save money compared to purchasing these services individually, according to 9to5Google, who found references to this all-in-one plan” in the […]
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What is a photo?: Google’s Pixel 8 face swap AI feature is deeply unsettling
What is a photo? It’s a memory of a precious time in your life when you and your loved ones enjoyed special moments together. In your mind, you remember the things you did, the places, you went, and most of all, the emotions experienced. Google’s new Pixel 8 AI-driven face swap filter seeks to destroy […]
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Chrome Companion: You may soon be able to pin Journeys, Notes, and more to the toolbar
According to Leopeva64 on Twitter, Chrome may be preparing to let you pin specific Companion features to the toolbar right next to your extensions. At this time (on Canary), the toolbar just says ‘Companion’, but per a discovered Chromium Gerrit, pinning your Bookmarks star icon, Notes you’ve created for Chrome web pages, your Journeys or […]
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Three of my favorite upcoming Android 14 features probably aren’t what you expect
The release of Android 14 is right around the corner with the hardware event for Google’s Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, and you’d think I’d be gushing about the battery improvements, or the cross device improvements for app developers such as the display adaptability tools, but no. Here are the three of the features I’m […]
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Google’s new AI ‘Gemini’ set to rival OpenAI’s GPT-4: Here’s what you need to know
Google hopes to rival OpenAI’s GPT-4 artificial intelligence soon with the launch of it’s own project ‘Gemini’, an upcoming model that seeks to radically transform how Bard and other AI initiatives at the company operate at their core. According to The Information, Google has begun allowing a select group of companies to test a basic […]
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Momentum grows as T-Mobile moves to Google’s Jibe for RCS messaging
T-Mobile is going all-in on RCS by fully integrating Google’s Jibe platform, promising what should become an instant arrival of new messaging features as they are released in the future. This move aligns T-Mobile with AT&T – which also embraced the Jibe platform earlier this year – highlighting the growing momentum of RCS and carriers […]
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ChromeOS 117 begins roll-out with Material You and other features on board
I’ve been checking over the last few days over at cros.tech to see if the latest version of ChromeOS was rolling out to anyone just yet. It was slated to arrive earlier in the week, but as these things tend to go, it seems there was a small delay. Even right now as my Lenovo […]
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Soon, your Android phone’s camera can be your Chromebook’s upgraded webcam
With the recent unveiling of Android 14 QPR1 Beta 1, Pixel phone users can now transform their devices into high-quality webcams for their Chromebooks, too (PC and Mac are supported, too). If you have one of the many Chromebooks out there that came equipped with a less-than-stellar 720p shooter, your video calls are about to […]
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Google Domains has stopped selling domains to new and existing customers in wake of shutdown
By now, you’ve probably caught wind of the fact that Google Domains is selling its soul to Squarespace. For those of you (like myself) who’ve trusted Google with your domains over the years, this might come as a bit of a shock, especially seeing as how it’s one of the very few services it’s kept […]
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[U] Google’s Bard AI just got access to your Gmail, Drive, and more with these new extensions
Ever wished your AI companion could delve deep into your Google toolkit and help you knit everything together? Disappointed by how much Google Assistant sucks at doing this? Well, you probably remember Bard, Google’s fix, or rather, its likely soon-to-be replacement for Assistant’s internals in the near future. When it launched, not everyone was that […]
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This wild, new feature coming to Chromebooks takes window-splitting to the next level
For as long as I can remember, Chromebooks have had window-split features of some sort. They started out simple, but the simple act of dragging a window to one side of the display and having it auto-split to half of the screen has been part of the ChromeOS experience for a very long time. Early […]
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Google Slides will now show you everyone’s cursor in real-time like Microsoft Loop
Many collaboration tools like Microsoft Loop have, since their inception, shown you the mouse cursor of your team members who are adding and editing a document with you in real-time. Now, Google Slides is catching up with the times. In a new Workspace Updates blog post today, the company announced just this, with a splash […]
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YouTube Music digs into its inner 90s angsty teen soul and adds mood filters for crying, more
Remember when mixtapes were our go-to for capturing every emotion? I personally had Linkin Park Meteora burnt onto a disc along with Fallout Boy and Blink 182 for when I had a crappy day. YouTube Music, just dug into our 90s angsty teenager souls and ripped out a feature we invented 20-30 years ago. The […]
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At long last, Google’s Tab Groups actually save, and it’s the final piece to my productivity puzzle
Two months ago, I grumbled about how Chrome’s much-touted Tab Groups Save feature was, to put it bluntly, completely busted and useless. It promised to let users save groups of tabs, collapse them, and then restore them later. However, not every online find belongs on your Reading List. Moreover, many tabs, particularly those used for […]
Continue ReadingChrome working on a new “Organize Tabs” feature to quickly clear the clutter
If you frequently find yourself overwhelmed by a way more Chrome browser tabs than you thought you had because your head was deep in research, then I’ve got a bit of good news for you. The Chrome team is working on a new “Organize tabs” button that will appear on the top left of your […]
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