Google’s Gemini Large Language Model (LLM), in its Ultra 1.0 iteration, is coming to OnePlus and Oppo phones later this year. The revelation was announced by the companies at Google’s Cloud Next 2024 conference. The Gemini LLM has a few tiers, the smallest one being Nano, which can run on-device and is coming to the […]
Read MoreAfter a long wait, Google has finally launched the Find My Device network, which allows people to locate their Android device on a map and also ring it even when it is not connected to the internet via Wi-Fi or mobile data. Giving you the ability to find Android devices even when they are offline […]
Read MoreWe humans are visual creatures, and while video is the predominant choice for information consumption online these days, making up over 80% of all the online traffic, images have and will continue to play a major part in the digital experience. Whether we like to think about it or not, all of the data bandwidth […]
Read MoreYou have a missed call, but it’s not from one of your contacts, just a random number. Before deciding whether to call back, wouldn’t you want to know exactly who called? That’s the idea behind services like Truecaller, and now Google seems to be wanting to join the ‘unknown number lookup’ game inside its Phone […]
Read MoreLast year Google and Apple announced that they had teamed up to address unwanted tracking through AirTags and other trackers, working on a specification fit for the purpose. Then, a few months later, Google rolled out the unwanted tracker alerts to devices running Android 6.0 and later, and also held back a rollout of its […]
Read MoreSamsung started rolling out the update to One UI 6.1 for the Galaxy S23 family in late March, and since getting it, a lot of people have been complaining about touchscreen issues. Namely, the touchscreen on these devices sometimes doesn’t register touch input properly, and one has to tap multiple times to get a touch […]
Read MoreLast week Google rolled out Circle to Search for the Pixel 6 family and the Pixel 7a, and in the same announcement it also revealed that Circle to Search would be getting an instant translation feature in the future. This is now appearing to be rolling out. The translation happens in-line, with the translated text […]
Read MoreSamsung’s big push for AI functionality will continue next year and it will involve the Exynos 2500, according to X poster Connor/콘어/コナー. Just like Samsung uses an AMD-designed GPU in its flagship chips, it will also use a Google-designed TPU. The TPU or Tensor Processing Unit has been a part of Pixel phones for several […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy SmartTag 2 is one of the best object location trackers around in terms of hardware and technology. It is compact, has a built-in key attachment ring, features UWB for ultra-precision finding, and lasts up to 500 days on a single charge. However, an object tracker is only as good as its network, and […]
Read MoreAfter having initially brought the Circle to Search feature to the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Google then made it available for the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. After that, we were left guessing as to when it would reach older Pixels, but we’re guessing no more. Today Google has announced that Circle […]
Read MoreThe upcoming iOS 18 release is touted as one of the biggest updates in iPhone software history with the generative AI features finally rumored to grace iPhones. It was long rumored how Apple would approach adding generative AI to iOS but we now have our potential answer – Google Gemini. Bloomberg reports that Apple is […]
Read MoreGoogle’s Tensor G4 SoC is coming later this year to power the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and possibly even the Pixel Fold 2. A new report from Korea today corroborates an earlier rumor which said the G4 would be manufactured by Samsung’s foundry. It will be using the 4nm process. The Tensor G4 will […]
Read MoreHis group decided to find out. They built the new, diversified version of AlphaZero, which includes multiple AI systems that trained independently and on a variety of situations. The algorithm that governs the overall system acts as a kind of virtual matchmaker, Zahavy said: one designed to identify which agent has the best chance of […]
Read MoreGoogle switched to its own Tensor chips for Pixel devices a few years ago. The Tensor G4 will be the 2024 iteration that powers its device lineup and like its predecessors, the latest chip will use Samsung’s Exynos 2400 as the blueprint. You already find the Exynos 2400 in some variants of the Galaxy S24 […]
Read MoreGoogle’s Reading mode for Android makes reading content on websites and applications easier by removing distracting elements surrounding the content, such as advertisements and UI elements, and allowing you the change the size, style, and colour of the text. It can also read out the content for you so you don’t have to do the […]
Read MoreToday Google brought generative AI to Maps, but it also announced some new developments for Bard. The most important of those is that Bard can now use Gemini Pro, Google’s latest multimodal AI model, in all the languages and territories where Bard is already available. Previously, Gemini Pro was brought into Bard only for English, […]
Read MoreGoogle’s parent company Alphabet posted its fourth-quarter and full year 2023 report. While far from a disaster the numbers came short of the expectations, sending the stock tumbling down 6% at time of writing. Alphabet’s revenues in Q4 were $86 billion – up 13% compared to Q4 of 2022. Meanwhile, the company’s total unaudited revenue […]
Read MoreYouTube is arguably one of the best streaming platforms (or so I thought). This can be predominantly attributed to the fact users can find whatever type of content they fancy on the platform for free. I’ve been using YouTube since its launch, and all I can say is that the watching experience has increasingly gotten […]
Read MoreA few days ago, it was revealed that Google could merge its Nearby Share file-sharing feature with Samsung’s Quick Share. Now, Google has made it official. Google’s Nearby Share has been merged into Samsung’s Quick Share, which has now become the default file-sharing system for Android. You don’t need to dabble with two file-sharing systems […]
Read MoreWhile we wait for the official launch date of Google’s AI-enhanced assistant Bard, folks at 9To5Google have given us a peek at what the UI of the Google Bard AI assistant will look like. Notably, the Google app has been updated with some new designs, giving us the best look at the tab switcher and […]
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