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Google is bringing Gemini Intelligence to Android, which brings the best of Gemini to its most intelligent devices. The company really wants you to get your work done by Gemini throughout the day, all while staying in control and keeping your data private. Google is rolling out these features starting with the Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices this summer. Furthermore, we’ll see these features on other Android devices, including watches, cars, glasses, and laptops, later this year. Your assistant is about to get a lot more hands-on, without you having to ask twice Google is clearly pushing Gemini beyond…
Every year, Google front-loads its Android announcements in a separate pre-show the week before its annual I/O conference. This year, the company did exactly that, and The Android Show: I/O Edition was anything but a warmup act. Google showed up well prepared, with plenty of software and a major hardware announcement that took everyone by surprise. One by one, let’s talk about everything, including a deeply integrated AI overhaul, a long-overdue security upgrade, an Android Auto makeover that feels like it was designed for 2026, and a brand-new laptop category. One thing is clear: Google wants to be the leading…
I use Android Auto every day, and at this point, it feels like a quiet co-driver sitting on my dashboard. That’s exactly why this upcoming refresh from Google actually matters. It is not just a visual tweak; it is a proper overhaul of how Android Auto should feel inside a modern car. The biggest change is the design. Google is bringing its Material 3 Expressive design language from phones into cars. That means Android Auto is getting a more modern, more fluid look with expressive fonts, smoother animations, and even support for wallpapers. This should really make the entire interface…
The humble mouse pointer has barely changed in decades. It moves, clicks, selects, drags, and occasionally turns into a spinning wheel of frustration. Google now wants to turn that tiny arrow into one of the most powerful AI tools on your laptop, which sounds ridiculous until you think about how often you use it. The company has announced Magic Pointer for Googlebook, its new category of Gemini-powered laptops. The feature gives the cursor AI abilities, allowing it to understand what you are pointing at and help you act on it without needing a long prompt or a separate chatbot window.…
Spatial computing in gaming has been bound to head-mounted devices for the past several years. While virtual reality (VR) headsets, augmented reality (AR) glasses, and mixed-reality wearables have dominated the marketplace in virtual gaming, many continue to suffer the problems their early counterparts had, which include the complexity of setup, the comfort of the device, and the isolation one must be in when using the device. Today’s engineers and designers in the display industry are looking to bypass wearable hardware entirely. An example of this comes from the ZIMO1 interactive light-field display by Zondision, which utilizes screen-based options for 3D…
Google wants Gemini to be the brain of your next laptop, and the company has announced a whole new category to make that happen. Dubbed Googlebook, the new laptop platform puts Gemini at the center of the experience, with devices from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo expected this fall. What makes it different At the core of the Googlebook experience will be Magic Pointer, a feature built with Google DeepMind that brings Gemini directly to your cursor. Wiggle it over anything on screen, and Gemini will surface contextual suggestions. Point at a date in an email, and it will…
Google is adding a new tool called Pause Point to Android‘s Digital Wellbeing suite that interrupts mindless scrolling with a 10-second check-in before opening a distracting app. A middle ground between timers and lockouts Pause Point works differently from Android’s existing app timers. Instead of blocking access to an app after a set amount of time, it intercepts you at the moment you open a designated app and briefly offers a way out. During the pause, you can do a breathing exercise, set an in-the-moment timer, browse a photo slideshow pulled from your memories, or switch to a suggested alternative…
Deadzone: Rogue was a game that slipped past our collective radars, but once we finally played it upon its Switch 2 release, we absolutely loved it, awarding it a 9 out of 10. Now, quicker than most expected, developer Prophecy Games has announced a sequel to its roguelite FPS, Deadzone Rogue 2.In Deadzone Rogue 2, you fight as Talon 13-10 on a fallen Earth. While the core gameplay sounds familiar to anyone who played the first game – you work through runs of each area, forging your loadout as you blast through hordes of enemies – it iterates in seemingly…
If you were looking forward to watching giant robots fight in space on the big screen, here’s some news that might sting a little. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed during its Upfront presentation that the long-awaited live-action Voltron movie starring Henry Cavill will skip a theatrical release entirely and premiere straight on Prime Video. The announcement caught many fans off guard, given the film’s epic scope and blockbuster-level cast. What is the Voltron live-action movie based on? For those unfamiliar, Voltron: Defender of the Universe is a beloved 1984 animated series that followed a group of pilots who commandeer five giant…
With its latest major software update, Samsung has made a tiny change to One UI, which has left Galaxy users pretty frustrated. The One UI 8.5 update has removed the available storage indicator from the Device Care menu in One UI 8.5. So now, users can only see the total storage capacity and how much space is currently used, without clearly displays the amount of free space left. Why this update has annoyed Galaxy users Previously, One UI showed the exact amount of available space directly in the storage section. This was a simple, intuitive, and quite useful. You get…