Android
Pixel by Pixel: How Google is trying to focus and ship the future
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Making ambient computing happen is forcing Google to change how it does everything Continue reading…
Android
Google Chrome is getting built-in virtual credit cards
Virtual cards are part of Chrome’s autofill system. | Image: Google Google is adding a feature to Chrome’s autofill system called Virtual Card Numbers, which will let you hide your credit or debit card number Read more…
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Google’s vision for Android 13 is to offer a little more of everything
From left to right: Android 13’s newly themed media controls, Material You app icons, and new Security & Privacy menu. | Image: Google Google has outlined its vision for this year’s major Android update, which Read more…
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Google thinks the time is right to bring back Wallet
Image: Google Google has announced that it’s bringing back the Wallet app as a place to manage payment cards, gift cards, rewards cards, passes, and more. Wallet used to be a standalone app before it Read more…
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Google pitches for user trust with expanded privacy controls
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For Google, a company that built its reputation on organizing the world’s information, the latest sales pitch to users is that it will try to do more with Read more…
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Google’s trying to fix your crappy webcam with great AI
Image: Google There’s a good chance you’ve spent much of the last two-plus years sitting at home, cycling through endless days of virtual meetings staring into your laptop’s webcam and talking into your built-in mic. Read more…
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Google is using a new way to measure skin tones to make search results more inclusive
Google is partnering with a Harvard professor to promote a new scale for measuring skin tones with the hope of fixing problems of bias and diversity in the company’s products. The tech giant is working Read more…
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Google is beta testing its AI future
The Test Kitchen is one of Google’s new AI experiments. | Image: Google After mistakes and challenges, the company is moving a little slower with AI language models Continue reading…
Android
Google is expanding its multisearch feature with local results
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At Google I/O, Google senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan announced new enhancements for its Lens Multisearch tool, which lets you conduct a search with just an image and Read more…
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Google will let you talk to Assistant on the Nest Hub Max just by looking at the screen
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge The Nest Hub Max’s latest updates let you use Google Assistant without having to say “Hey Google” ahead of every request. One of the ways that’ll work is Read more…