Google emailed some users that its Apple-friendly Find My Devices network is now online, lettingthem find compatible offline devices and Fast Pair accesories.
Google begins rolling out the Android equivalent of Apple’s Find My network
YouTube TV for iOS gains multiview, but it only works with select games
Google’s YouTube TV iOS app is rolling out the ability to stream and watch four pre-select channels simultaneously on your iPhone and iPad.
Apple might license Google’s Gemini AI engine to power some of the new AI features coming to iPhone with iOS 18
Apple and Google are actively negotiating using Gemini’s generative large-language models to power some new AI features on iPhone in iOS 18.
SiriPlus replaces braindead Siri iOS assistant with either ChatGPT or Gemini AI
There’ve been quite a few Siri-enhancing jailbreak tweaks over the years, but one that I’m particularly excited about is a new release dubbed SiriPlus by iOS developer @_Uckermark because it strives to improve iOS’ assistant’s usefulness.
Google Chrome rolls out AI writing assistant and other generative AI features
The new AI writing assistant in Chrome leverages Google’s latest Gemini model to help you write online reviews, support requests, product listings, etc.
Google confirms a native YouTube Vision Pro app “is on our roadmap”
Google has chosen to see how the whole spatial computing thing plays out before committing to developing a native YouTube app for Apple's Vision Pro headset.
Juno brings spatial YouTube experience to Vision Pro so you don’t have to use Safari
The new Juno app brings the YouTube experience to Vision Pro, featuring native playback controls and the ability to resize the video to take over your living room.
Japan will force Apple and Google to allow outside app stores and payments
Apple users in Japan might soon be able to download apps onto their iPhones outside of the confines of the App Store and pay less for them.
RCS chat bubbles on iPhones will remain green
Apple has confirmed that RCS chats will have green bubbles on your iPhone, like SMS and MMS. The blue bubble shall remain exclusive to iMessage.
Google gets a 64/36 revenue split for its Safari search deal with Apple
Apple keeps 36 percent of search advertising in its Safari browser on its devices, with the remaining 64 percent going to Google.
How to prevent specific sites from appearing in your Google search results
Learn how to block certain sites from showing up in Google results on popular Mac and Windows browsers to refine your queries and improve your search experience.
How to test comments summarizer and other generative AI features on YouTube
Google is testing a few generative AI features on YouTube, including one designed to summarize topics in a video’s comments section. Here’s how to join the test.