Google adopts 3D emoji for Android

Google has redesigned emojis on Android with a new generation of more realistic, three-dimensional emoji.

The origin of the Nano Banana name

The popular Nano Banana AI image generation model has a curious origin story regarding its uncommon name.

Google Forms gain response limits by date or number

Google Forms can now stop collecting data at a specific date or whem it reaches a preset number of submissions.

Home Alone... with Google Home

The movie "Home Alone" has become a Christmas ritual no one can escape from, and it makes perfect sense for Google to tap into it and show us just how much simples things would be with the assistance of a Google Home.

Find your secret "art clone" with Google's Art & Culture app

Ever wondered if you might have a secret "clone" in some painting hanging in a museum somewhere around the world? Well, Google has made it easier to find out, by allowing you to snap a selfie and see the best match you can get.

Self-tought AlphaGo Zero beats human trained AlphaGo

Go players around the world might feel a bit better today, as Artificial Intelligence has also beat the AI-experts responsible for creating the AlphaGo bot that beat the best Go players a few months ago.

Google Home Mini loses touch to prevent listening concerns

Google wants to put an end to all the "listening concerns" surrounding the new Google Home Mini and has decided to completely disable the touch feature... permanently.

Android O will be unveiled during the eclipse

Today's a very special day for people in the USA, as well as all Android fans all across the globe: not only there will be a total solar eclipse, but we'll also get to know the new Android O.

Google will let sites know if they have annoying ads

Google finally got tired (or afraid?) that an increasing number of users felt they had o resort to adblockers to deal with annoying sites, and is now taking matters into its own hands.

Google to rank Play Store apps based on "quality"

Google's Android Play Store is about to take into account app crashes and overall performance for ranking purposes.

Google Trusted Contacts arrives on iOS (and now allows continuous location sharing)

If you still remember the old Google Latitude service that allowed you to share your location with friends in real time, you'll love to know that Trusted Contacts is finally getting there.

Google can also search for colors

Whether you're looking for a new color or just want to check out what a RGB color code is, Google can help.

Google Local Guides revamped to 10 levels

Google Local Guides is the volunteer reward program that prompts users to add or correct information about the places they know, and now it has more levels than ever and some added benefits.

Google has sold just 1 million Pixel phones in 8 months

Google may let us think its Pixel smartphones are a success, but the numbers revealed by the Play Store show that, after eight months on the market, it has only sold one million units.

Google gets personal... searches

Besides allowing us to search things all over the internet, Google's search engine is now able to show us results from our own personal content.

Android Go is an Android "lite" for ultra-cheap phones

Smartphones are getting more and more powerful, but there are billions of people who can't afford even a lowly $100 smartphone. A problem Google hopes to solve with Android Go, which will provide a decent Android experience work on smartphones with very limited hardware, even with 512MB of RAM.

Burger King ad includes "Ok Google" to trigger Google Assistant

Burger King got inspired by those cases of accidental voice assistant activations, and went all in in its latest TV ad, hoping to trigger Google Home and other devices using the Ok Google hotword.

Google desperately wants LG OLEDs for its next Pixel smartphone

It isn't just Apple that wants to reduce its reliance on Samsung, Google also hopes to enhance its odds of getting curved OLED displays for its next flagship phone, and is betting big on LG Display to do it.

YouTube can now caption sound effects

After the automated captions on YouTube, you now get improved captions that can even recognize sounds to let you know what's happening when people aren't talking.

Google adds Gboard keyboard to its main iOS app

Looks like Google wasn't happy with the adoption rate of its Gboard keyboard on iOS, and so it tries a different tactic: pushing it via its main Google search app.