गूगल ने अपना इन-कॉल स्कैम प्रोटेक्शन फीचर लॉन्च किया है जिसके लिए कंपनी ने फिनटेक ऐप्स और बैंकों के साथ भागीदारी की है। नए फीचर के तहत यूजर को इन-कॉल अलर्ट भेजा जाता है जो बताता है कि आने वाला कॉल कहीं फ्रॉड तो नहीं। यह फाइनेंशियल ऐप के इस्तेमाल के दौरान रियल टाइम अलर्ट भेजता है। साथ ही यूजर को ऑप्शन देता है कि वह कॉल को खत्म कर दे और फाइनेंशियल ऐप की स्क्रीन शेयरिंग उसी समय रोक दे।

References to eight potential Googlebook devices were spotted in the Chromium code. The lineup could include four models with Intel chipsets, three Snapdragon-powered models, and one MediaTek-based variant. The Googlebook is designed on Gemini Intelligence and includes the Chrome browser and the Google Play Store. It is compatible with Android smartphones and offers features like the Magic Pointer. The Googlebook is confirmed to launch in this fall.

Google is rolling out its Gemini Avatar feature to a wider group of paid Gemini subscribers. It allows users to create an AI-powered digital version of themselves that can be used to generate videos and other content within Gemini. The feature is powered by Google’s Gemini Omni, Google’s new AI model that is claimed to be capable of generating anything from any input. First discovered during an APK teardown in March, Gemini Avatar is designed to replicate a user's appearance and voice.

Google has started testing a new tool in select markets that will give more control to website owners on how their websites appear in Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode in Search, and AI Overviews in Discovery, based on their preferences and the user behaviour. With the new tool, publishers can stop the links and content from their website from appearing in AI-powered summaries integrated within Google’s search interface. The company said that the toggle for the same will appear in the Search Console.

Android phones are now capable of detecting fake calls to alert users even before they pick up a call, Google announced on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant, in a blog post, said that the new fake call detection functionality is now rolling out globally for devices running Android 12 and newer versions. The new security feature, which will act as an additional layer of protection against bad actors, is claimed to curb the problem of AI-based voice cloning scams, call spoofing attacks, and impersonation fraud.

Google on Wednesday began rolling out Gemini thinking levels across platforms, including Gemini's iOS and Android apps, Google’s Vice President of Gemini and AI Studio, Josh Woodward, announced in a post on X. The new thinking modes are available for the Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and Gemini 3.1 Pro models. The three Gemini models have two thinking levels as standard. The new “Extended Thinking” mode, according to Google, is best suited for “complex problem solving”.

Google Drive finally gets a major scanner upgrade. The upgrade brings Smart Batch Scanning, which allows users to scan multiple pages continuously without manually capturing each page. Auto-Best Frame automatically swaps blurry scans with clearer shots, while Duplicate Detection prevents scanning repeated pages. The new scanner is available on devices with a minimum of 8GB of RAM.

Apple is said to be working on an Android-inspired solution. The company is reportedly preparing a new security feature that can automatically lock the iPhone when it detects that it has been snatched from the user's hand. It's unclear when this feature will be rolled out to iPhone users. It will function based on several signals, like the iPhone's accelerometer, to identify fraud.

Ever since Google restructured its Gemini plans to a compute-based usage system, it has struggled to provide users of its agentic coding platform, Antigravity, with enough tokens. The Mountain View-based tech giant, last week, announced a shift from the message-based usage to one that measures the number of tokens exhausted. Once the new system was rolled out, users began complaining about hitting rate limits on Antigravity very quickly.

Google Search’s integrated artificial intelligence (AI) experience, AI Overviews, reportedly suffered a snag over the weekend. When users searched specific keywords, such as “disregard” or “stop,” the dedicated space is said to glitch and stop showing any information. This results in a wide blank space that users reportedly had to scroll past to see any results.

Google and Samsung showcased their next-generation smart glasses at the Google I/O 2026. Although the two companies plan to release both audio AI glasses as well as display-equipped smart glasses, the first will be released in the market this year. Just days after the showcase, a market intelligence firm has claimed that Google could sell more than two million units of its Android XR-powered smart glasses.

During thPixel Glow, that would work alongside Gemini.e Google I/O 2026 Keynote, Google may have teased the Pixel Glow feature. In a video of Gemini Omni, a model was seen holding what appeared to be a Google Pixel 11 smartphone, and at the end, the area around the phone's camera bar briefly glows. This is likely to be a reference to the feature. The Pixel Glow feature is expected to debut alongside the Google Pixel 11 series, which will go official later this year with the Tensor G6.

Google is quietly restructuring the Gemini app’s usage limit. After adding a weekly limit and releasing the new usage dashboard earlier this week, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now adopting a compute-based usage limit approach. Ditching the existing message-based count means users’ usage will now be measured by the number of tokens they consume, which can significantly reduce their actual usage.

Google is trying hard to turn Gemini into a super app that can handle not only different tasks, but tasks in different apps and platforms. The Mountain View-based tech giant is achieving this through the underlying artificial intelligence (AI) models’ agentic capabilities and third-party connectors. The first allows the chatbot to take actions via external tools, and the second allows Gemini access to third-party data hubs and platforms.

Google AI Studio, over the years, has become a fun place for developers and artificial intelligence (AI) enthusiasts to test out new models and features, or to build vibe-coded apps using application programming interface (API) keys. But now the Mountain View-based tech giant is increasing its usability and targeting general users with a new development.

This Android 17 will come with a Continue On feature. It is a cross-device continuity tool that is designed to let users start work in an app on one Android device and continue the same task on another device within their Android ecosystem. The company has shared videos demonstrating the Continue On feature. Google's Continue On update appears to be similar to Apple's Handoff. At launch, the feature will initially support transitions between smartphones and tablets.

At Google I/O 2026, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced a new capability for Project Genie. The new experience connects the cutting-edge large language model (LLM) with Google’s Street View to let users explore different locations on the map with a “creative twist.” The feature will be available to those on the highest subscription tier of Gemini as the company also starts rolling out Project Genie to more users.

Google has offered a preview of Wear OS 7 at Google I/O 2026. The new OS for wearables, based on Android 17, features Wear Widgets. It has Live Updates and power optimisations. Google introduced Wear OS 7 with improved media controls. Samsung's next-generation Galaxy Watches and Pixel Watches are likely to be among the first devices to get this OS. 

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is slowly adopting a multi-layered content verification system to help users understand when content is digitally created or altered, and when it is created organically. At Google I/O 2026, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced integration of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) content credentials to the Gemini app.

Google I/O 2026 saw various announcements that the Mountain View-based tech giant has started rolling out or will release in the coming weeks. One of the highlights was the company's new personal AI assistant, dubbed Gemini Spark. The tech giant also announced that the dedicated Gemini app for macOS will soon receive the Gemini Spark update, too, which will allow Mac users to organise local files or extract PDF data directly into Google Sheets and the Gmail app on Apple’s desktops and laptops running macOS.

Google announced Ask YouTube at Google I/O 2026 as a Gemini-powered conversational search tool. It lets users ask detailed questions and refine results with follow-up prompts. Ask YouTube pulls relevant Shorts and long-form videos and presents them in an interactive format with summaries. The feature is currently available to YouTube Premium subscribers aged 18 and older in the US through YouTube Labs. Google also said Gemini Omni is rolling out to YouTube Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app.

Google made a slew of announcements at its annual I/O event in California on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based company has revealed new agentic capabilities in Search, where users can create, customise, and manage multiple AI agents to stay up to date on topics of interest. The announcement is part of Google’s larger push toward agentic AI systems.

Google I/O 2026 was held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in California on Tuesday. During the keynote of the annual developer conference, the tech giant announced a major overhaul of its Search experience, calling it the biggest change to the Search box in over 25 years. Among the most notable changes is the new intelligent Search box, built on Gemini 3.5 Flash. The revamped experience aims to make it easier for users to ask more natural, complex, and multi-modal queries using text, images, videos, files, and even Chrome tabs.

Google showcased the new Universal Cart tool on Tuesday during its annual developer conference, the Google I/O 2026. The tech giant is currently rolling out Universal Cart to Search and the Gemini app in the US, while it plans to integrate the new functionality into YouTube and Gmail, which are scheduled to receive the update this summer. When a user adds a product to Universal Cart, the shopping cart will start looking for the best deals and price cuts, while also providing insights to users on price history and sending alerts when the product in the cart is back in stock.

Google introduced Docs Live at Google I/O 2026, adding Gemini-powered voice features to Gmail, Google Docs and Google Keep. Users can create and edit documents, search emails, and turn spoken thoughts into organised notes using natural voice commands. Docs Live can also pull information from Gmail, Drive, Chat and the web with permission. The features will roll out this summer to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, with Google Workspace business customers receiving access through a preview programme.

Google I/O 2026 was hosted on Friday as the Mountain View-based tech giant's latest edition of its annual developer conference. During the keynote, Google’s head Sundar Pichai announced Google now processes more than 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month, which is claimed to be a seven times increase from the same period last year. For reference, the tech giant was processing 480 trillion tokens per month by May 2025, while processing 9.7 trillion tokens per month in the same period in 2024. Moreover, the company has also unveiled its Gemini 3.5 series models, starting with the Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Google and Samsung showcased their next-generation smart glasses at the Google I/O 2026 keynote on Tuesday. The product is part of the expanding Android XR ecosystem, designed for extended reality (XR) devices. The companies announced two categories of AI-powered glasses: audio glasses and display glasses, both powered by Gemini AI. The smart glasses are aimed at delivering hands-free assistance without requiring users to look at their smartphones constantly.

Google I/O 2026 was hosted on Wednesday, giving everyone a first look at the new features and products the company will be rolling out to users and enterprises. Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the keynote session and announced new artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as Docs Live.

Gemini Spark was announced at Google I/O 2026 on Tuesday. It is a personal artificial intelligence (AI) agent that can take actions on the user’s behalf, rather than waiting for prompts. The agentic AI tool is powered by Gemini 3.5 and is built on the Mountain View-based tech giant’s Antigravity integrated development environment (IDE). Gemini Spark runs on dedicated virtual machines on Google Cloud and is integrated with Google tools.

Google is now rolling out the Gemini usage dashboard to all users. This new space, which is slowly rolling out globally, acts as a space to let users know how soon they will hit their rate limits and plan their usage accordingly. The dashboard provides more transparency to users who frequently reach their usage limit and have to wait for the bar to reset.

Google is aware of the new bug affecting a number of Android users, which causes the Gmail app to flicker on Android tablets and foldable phones, a report claims. The issue was recently escalated to the Mountain View-based tech giant after various users took to different social media platforms and the Google Forum to complain about the flickering Gmail app bug. Owners of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, Galaxy Tab A11, and Galaxy Z Fold lineup have reportedly been the most affected among the lot. However, whether a fix will be rolled out soon or not remains under wraps.

Google I/O 2026 is all set to begin today (May 19), and the tech giant is expected to make several new announcements about new software features coming to the company's services over the coming months. In recent weeks, the Mountain View-based tech giant has provided us with a glimpse of what’s to come, courtesy of The Android Show. The 2026 edition of the developer conference is expected to outline Google’s roadmap across artificial intelligence (AI), Android, and developer tools.

YouTube is finally ready to release its Likeness Detection tool to all adult creators on the platform. After first announcing it in 2024, the company has also expanded its access to users. Last year, a select group of content creators received the tool, and in March this year, the streaming giant opened the deepfake spotting tool to government officials and journalists.

Google is said to be working on allowing users to move passkeys stored on their Android handset across apps. The company could soon add options in the Password Manager for importing and exporting both passwords and passkeys. The currently available "Import passwords and Export passwords options will soon be replaced by new Import passwords & passkeys and Export passwords & passkeys options.

Gemini Spark is said to be the work, and Google could launch this AI agent during its annual developer conference next week. The Gemini Spark can access data from Connected Apps, skills, chats, tasks, websites where users are logged in, Personal Intelligence, location, and more. Gemini could also share information with third parties, including names, contact details, files, preferences, and other sensitive data.

Google appears to limit free account storage to 5GB for new Gmail accounts without a phone number. Users who verify their numbers are provided the standard 15GB of free storage. With the latest move, several users criticise that the company will access more user data. A few users claim that the change will help the tech giant reduce spam. Users who need more storage can opt for Google One.

Google is said to have begun rolling out a new feature on Android that provides AI-generated recommendations based on the users’ daily routine. As per a report, it is called Contextual Suggestions and functions as a lighter version of Magic Cue, the AI-powered predictive assistant that is exclusive to Pixel devices. While it was not officially announced during The Android Show, the report mentions that Contextual Suggestions is appearing for some users on stable Android 16 builds.

Google has showcased a new way for users to verify the authenticity of the OS their Android smartphone is running. The Mountain View-based tech giant showcased the new Android OS Verification tool recently during The Android Show: I/O Edition, which was held as part of the company’s upcoming Google I/O developer conference. The company said that the new OS verification tool will arrive with the Android 17 update, which is expected to be rolled out to select Google Pixel phones soon. Google claims that the feature will help in curbing the distribution of unofficial and modified versions of Android.

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) shared a series of developments in the cybercrime space on Tuesday. The group highlighted that, currently, artificial intelligence (AI) is being used both as an engine for adversary operations and as a high-value target for attacks. The most concerning development is the first known instance where a threat actor used an AI-developed zero-day exploit.

Google hosted The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. This is the second consecutive year that the Mountain View-based tech giant has hosted a virtual event to share the new upgrades coming to its operating system across devices. The event was part of Google I/O, which will be separately hosted on May 19 and 20.

Google hosted the Android Show I/O Edition on Tuesday, during which it announced that it will soon bring Gemini Intelligence to Android, its new suite of AI-powered tools for its operating system. With Gemini-powered task automation, Android users will soon be able to assign tasks to their handsets. However, task automation is already available on the Samsung Galaxy S26 series and the Google Pixel 10 lineup. Moreover, Google has announced that it is bringing Gemini to the Chrome browser on Android.

Google has unveiled Googlebook, a new category of AI-focused laptops designed around Gemini Intelligence. The launch of new laptops comes more than 15 years after the launch of Chromebooks. The new laptops feature Google Chrome and Google Play Store. It will come with a modern OS that’s designed for Gemini Intelligence. The new laptops are claimed to be the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence.

This year’s Google I/O event is all set to begin on May 19. Google is hosting a livestream called The Android Show: I/O Edition today, on May 12. This online-only event is expected to be a preview of the announcements planned for the developer conference later this month. Android Show: I/O Edition will be streaming live on YouTube and the Google website. Here is all you need to know about the event.

Google on Monday announced that it has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone models running iOS 26.5 beta and Android handsets. The feature is currently available in beta in select global markets, including Canada and the US. While iPhone owners will be able to use the feature via the iMessage app, Android users can access RCS messaging with the latest version of the Google Messages app. Apple was recently spotted testing RCS messaging between iOS and Android devices in the first beta version of the iOS 26.5 update.

Google may be working on a new AI video model called Gemini Omni, according to a recent report. The leaked feature reportedly lets users generate, remix, and edit videos directly in Gemini. Early demos showed improved handling of text, motion, and object interactions. Metadata suggests Omni may build on Google's Veo model. Two sample generations reportedly used 86 percent of a daily AI Pro quota. Google has not confirmed the feature, but it could be announced at Google I/O 2026.

The Fitbit Air was launched on Thursday as the newest wearable under the Fitbit brand. It continues the Google-owned company’s strategy of offering a compact, screenless design that delivers continuous health tracking without distractions. Google says Fitbit Air is designed to be lightweight, affordable, and comfortable enough for round-the-clock wear. The Fitbit Air is also integrated with the Google Health app and Google Health Coach. The company claims this delivers personalised wellness insights and recommendations.

Google is revamping its health ecosystem with the launch of Google Health Coach and the transition from the Fitbit app to the new Google Health app. The updated platform adds AI-based wellness insights, redesigned fitness and sleep tools, and expanded health tracking features powered by Gemini models. Google said the rollout starts on May 19, while eligible users will receive access by May 26. The company has also confirmed Google Health Premium pricing in India and announced integration support for wearable devices, Apple Health, and Health Connect.

Google has been frequently updating its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in Search, namely AI Overviews and AI Mode. After releasing agentic capabilities and new features in the Google app for Windows and Chrome browser, the Mountain View-based tech giant has now introduced five more features focused on usability and ease of access.

Google Chrome is rolling out approximate location sharing on Android, allowing users to share a general area instead of precise GPS coordinates with websites. The feature aims to improve privacy while keeping location-based services functional. Users can still enable precise location sharing for navigation, deliveries, and nearby searches. Google also plans to bring the feature to desktop platforms in the coming months. Additionally, the company is preparing new APIs that will let developers request approximate or precise location access depending on website requirements.

Google began rolling out the May 2026 software update for eligible Pixel smartphones on Tuesday. The latest Android 16 build for Google Pixel phones carries fixes for several system issues that were reported by users in previous iterations. For example, it patches a bug that caused wireless charging to slow down when the battery reached a certain level. The tech giant mentions issues related to the display and camera app freezing have also been fixed, while the May 2026 security update is bundled in the update, too.

Google announced the date for The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. The second edition of the virtual-only event will take place on May 12 and will build up to the company’s developer conference later this month. The Mountain View-based tech giant says this will be one of the biggest years for Android, but did not reveal any new features coming to Android 17.