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Google announces faster Sheets calculations on Chrome and Edge browsers on desktop, doubling speeds for running formulas, creating pivot tables, and more (9to5google.com)
2024-6-27 Google Chrome

Google will hold a Pixel event on August 13 at 10AM PT in Mountain View, where the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Pixel Watch 3 are expected (9to5google.com)
2024-6-26 Google

Google begins rolling out a “Listen to this page” feature on Chrome for Android, letting the browser read text-heavy web pages (9to5google.com)
2024-6-17 Android Google Browser Chrome

Long-time Android Engineering VP Dave Burke steps down to explore “AI/bio” projects within Alphabet; sources say Platforms & Devices team is undergoing a reorg (9to5google.com)
2024-6-13 Android AI Alphabet

Google says ChromeOS will soon be developed on portions of the Android stack, including its Linux kernel and frameworks, to bring AI features to users faster (9to5google.com)
2024-6-13 Android Linux Google AI

YouTube plans to roll out its Thumbnail Test & Compare tool to all creators “in the coming weeks”, letting them test video thumbnails “evenly” across audiences (9to5google.com)
2024-6-12 YouTube

Google explains AI Overviews' viral mistakes and updates its systems, including better detection of nonsensical queries and limiting satire and humor content (9to5google.com)
2024-5-31 Google AI

Google announces the $230 Fitbit Ace LTE, a smartwatch for kids ages 7+, with games, messaging, and features for parents like location sharing (9to5google.com)
2024-5-30 Google

Google starts rolling out its Magic Editor and other AI tools to all Android and iOS users for free via Photos, offering 10 Magic Editor library saves per month (9to5google.com)
2024-5-22 Android IOS Google AI

Google One's VPN service will no longer be available as of June 20, 2024; Pixel 7 devices and Pixel Fold will get a built-in VPN via an update on June 3, 2024 (9to5google.com)
2024-5-16 Google VPN

Meta announces Travel Mode, in beta, for the Quest 2 and Quest 3 under “Experimental features”, as a way to optimize the headset for use on moving vehicles (9to5google.com)
2024-5-14

OpenAI announces a live stream at 10AM PT on May 13 to demo “some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates”, which Sam Altman says are “not gpt-5, not a search engine” (9to5google.com)
2024-5-11

Google Phone app beta rolls out “Audio Emoji”, letting callers select an emoji to play animated sound effects: clapping, laughing, party, crying, poop, sting (9to5google.com)
2024-5-1 Google

Google Meet rolls out an update to let users seamlessly transfer calls between devices “without hanging up and rejoining” via its Android, iOS, and web apps (9to5google.com)
2024-4-25 Android IOS Google

Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the phone (9to5google.com)
2024-4-20

YouTube begins “strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate” its ToS and “specifically ad-blocking apps”, leading to app error messages (9to5google.com)
2024-4-16 YouTube

Google says it is discontinuing its Google One VPN due to a lack of use; Google's free Pixel VPN that debuted in 2022 with the Pixel 7 will remain unchanged (9to5google.com)
2024-4-12 Google VPN

Google details Workspace updates: Gmail “Help me write” voice input and “instant polish”, Docs tabs, Sheets tables, Gemini in Chat, Meet translation, and more (9to5google.com)
2024-4-9 Google Poland

Google rebrands Studio Bot, its AI-powered app development chatbot for Android Studio, to “Gemini in Android Studio”, and upgrades its model to Gemini 1.0 Pro (9to5google.com)
2024-4-9 Android Google AI chatbot

Google debuts its Find My Device network in the US and Canada, initially to find Android phones and tablets; support for 3rd-party tracker tags is coming in May (9to5google.com)
2024-4-9 Android Google Canada

WhatsApp appears to be experiencing a global outage, preventing users from exchanging messages; Facebook Messenger and Instagram are also experiencing issues (9to5google.com)
2024-4-4 Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

Google updates Search to start showing crypto wallet balances across bitcoin and the EVM networks Arbitrum, Avalanche, Fantom, Optimism, and Polygon (9to5google.com)
2024-3-29 Bitcoin Google

Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won't get Nano due to “hardware limitations” (9to5google.com)
2024-3-29 Google

Google rolls out Gemini to some Google Messages beta users with RCS enabled on select Pixel and Galaxy devices, letting users chat to Gemini over RCS (9to5google.com)
2024-3-27 Google

Google plans to remove the ability to download third-party apps and watch faces for all Fitbit smartwatches in the EU in June, citing “regulatory requirements” (9to5google.com)
2024-3-23 Google

Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, a 4nm chip aimed at high-end smartphones that adds on-device generative AI and Wi-Fi 7; OnePlus is the first partner (9to5google.com)
2024-3-21 AI

YouTube TV rolls out Multiview support on iOS and iPadOS, letting users watch four TV channels at once; Android support will roll out “in the coming months” (9to5google.com)
2024-3-21 Android IOS YouTube

Epic plans to release the Epic Games Store on iOS and Android later this year, with the same terms as the ones for PC, including a 12% commission on sales (9to5google.com)
2024-3-21 Android IOS

Google quietly refreshes its Fitbit branding, changing from “Fitbit by Google” to “Google Fitbit”, similar to Google Pixel and Google Nest (9to5google.com)
2024-3-18 Google

Google Phone app removes Nearby places search (9to5google.com)
2024-3-17 Google

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