Google I/O
Google, it seems, couldn’t wait until I/O next week to show off the latest addition to the Pixel line. For the past several years, the company has used its annual…
The sun is peeking out behind the clouds and the birds are singing. That can only mean one thing: developer season is nearly upon us. While the rest of you…
This Week in Apps: Google I/O 2023 recap; Android, apps and AI; Twitter’s new CEO
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in…
Can AI work backward from a text description to generate a coherent song? That’s the premise of MusicLM, the AI-powered music creation tool Google released yesterday during the kickoff of…
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Project Starline is the coolest work call you’ll ever take
I don’t have any images from my Project Starline experience. Google had a strict “no photos, no videos” policy in place. No colleagues, either. Just me in a dark meeting room on the Shoreline Amphitheater grounds in Mountain View. You walk in and sit down in front of a table. In front of you is…
Google enables Chromebook app streaming for select Pixel and Xiaomi devices
Among the slew of announcements at Google I/O, the tech giant revealed that it has enabled app streaming through Phone Hub in ChromeOS Beta. The feature allows you to use…
This year’s Google I/O was all about AI. The company announced a number of AI-powered features across its products on Wednesday. The search giant also launched a new page called…
Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the keynote as they are announced.
Google ‘Perspectives’ integrates Reddit, YouTube, TikTok and more in search results
Alongside its work to integrate more AI features into Search, Google today also announced it’s introducing a new “Perspectives” filter will be coming to the top of some of its…
Google is bringing YouTube to more cars, starting with Polestar
Google announced Wednesday at its I/O event that all cars with Google built-in will have YouTube available, starting with Polestar vehicles. The expansion of YouTube’s availability comes as more new vehicles…
Google adding Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom (audio) conferencing to Android Auto
Google announced Wednesday that it’s working with Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom to bring conferencing into vehicles via Android Auto — a feature that may just keep folks from attempting to…
Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people
Today at I/O, Google announced the latest prototype of Project Starline, its 3D teleconferencing video booth. On the face of it, the biggest difference a dramatic reduction in hardware. The…
With over 1M published apps, Google’s Flutter expands its support for web apps and WebAssembly
Flutter, Google’s open source multiplatform application framework, has been seeing quite a bit of momentum lately, with both Google’s internal teams betting on it for projects like the new Play…
At its I/O developer conference today, Google announced a new way for developers to build Wear OS watch faces, along with overall updates to the Android Wear platform, including Wear…
Android Studio, like so much of Google’s product portfolio, is getting its infusion of AI today at the company’s annual I/O developer conference. Android Studio Hedgehog, the upcoming version of…
Google’s Health Connect platform is coming to Android 14 with new features
At its annual Google I/O conference, Google announced a few updates to Health Connect, which is a platform that allows users to store health data and adjust privacy settings all…
Google Play developers will be able to push you to update your apps
In addition to its AI-powered Play Store updates, Google also introduced today several new security and privacy features for both app developers and Play Store users at its I/O developer…
Google is bringing its AI technology to the Play Store. At this week’s developer event, Google I/O, the company announced several new ways for developers to use its AI to…
Google’s Firebase gets AI extensions, opens up its marketplace
Firebase, Google’s backend-as-a-service platform for application developers, is getting its fair share of new features at the company’s I/O developer conference today, but the marquee update is the addition of…
Microsoft Office, Netflix, Amazon Kindle and more are tuning their apps for the new Pixel Fold
Google launched its first foldable device, the Pixel Fold, at the Google I/O developer conference today. While the device itself will be available later this summer, the company is working…
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Google’s $1,799 Pixel Fold arrives in late June
Google long ago abandoned the pretense of surprise about the Pixel line. There’s an extent to which you can point the finger at the hardware rumor industrial complex. But at the end of the day, the company was always going to take matters into its own hands and announce its most anticipated hardware device a…
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Google’s Pixel Tablet ships with its own speaker dock
We knew the Pixel Tablet was coming. In fact, we’ve known it for a year. Google teased the device at last year’s I/O. It was one of those “don’t worry, we’re working on stuff” sort of deals, with an extremely broad 2023 release date. The company offered a (slightly) better look at the system at…
‘Universal translator’ dubs and lip-syncs speakers — but Google warns against misuse
Google is testing a powerful new translation service that redubs video in a new language while also synchronizing the speaker’s lips with words they never spoke. It could be very…
Android smartwatches are getting Spotify’s AI DJ, WhatsApp and updated Google apps
Google is updating Wear OS to bring new features, apps and app experiences to its smartwatch OS platform, the company announced today at its Google I/O developer conference. The features,…
Google previews Wear OS 4 with better battery life, third-party watch face support
At Google’s I/O developer conference today, the company previewed the next version of its smartwatch operating system, Wear OS 4. The new release promises to bring improved battery life and…
Android is getting generative AI wallpapers you create with suggested prompts
Google is building upon Material You to give users the option to create a more personalized experience on their devices, the company announced at it I/O developer conference today. Most…
With Project Tailwind, Google is using AI to make note-taking smarter
Google’s building an AI-powered notebook tool called Project Tailwind, the company revealed at its I/O developer conference. The goal, Google says, is to take a user’s freeform notes and automatically…
Google prices Pixel 7a in India at ₹43,999 — same as the Pixel 6a launch price
For the last few years, Google has been launching its ‘a’ series of Pixels mid-year, aimed at consumers who are looking for a good budget device. This year’s Pixel 7a…
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Google’s $499 Pixel 7a is on sale now
For a few years now, the Pixel A line has been one of the best deals in smartphones. It’s a budget take on an already low-priced product. It starts with a foundation of premium components, discovering ways to reduce cost without — hopefully — stripping too much of what made the premium product good in…
Google today introduced a new feature that combines Android’s guided customization with its advances in generative AI to help people compose more personal messages. The feature, called Magic Compose, was…
