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Gemini’s Fancy New UI Starts Rolling Out to Wider Audience

Kellen January 10, 2025 5

Google's Gemini assistant on Android phones is getting a refreshed UI that appears to be rolling out to a bunch of people within the past 24 hours. The new UI simplifies the overall look, while bringing in a lot of the color scheme of Apple's new Siri...

Wear OS Code Points to Inbound Gemini, Earthquake Alerts

Tim January 6, 2025 1

Separate teardowns are pointing to new features supposedly inbound for Wear OS users: Gemini as a replacement for Google Assistant and earthquake alerts. Courtesy of 9to5Google, Google is still preparing Gemini to replace Assistant on Wear OS, with code...

Gemini Coming to Google TV in 2025

Tim January 6, 2025 2

Google announced this week at CES that Gemini is making its way to Google TV in 2025. This is done with a combination of software and new hardware getting added to devices in 2025, which should lead to an improved AI-powered experience. As detailed, 2025 smart...

Gemini-Powered Smart Glasses Already on Kickstarter for $209 (Updated)

Tim January 3, 2025 4

This week is full of news concerning technology you put on your face, so here's a bit more for you. Over on Kickstarter, you can back a project that puts Gemini (but also ChatGPT and Claude) into a pair of glasses. Think Ray-Ban's Meta smart glasses, but not...

10 Android Stories That Stuck Out in 2024, Plus Some Blunders

Kellen December 31, 2024 5

To take us into 2025, it only seemed right to look back at 2024 in some way. While 2024 was mostly business as usual for the industry, with little to get super excited about, there were some highlights, almost all of which came from Google's end. Sure, Samsung...

Gemini’s ‘Ask About This PDF’ Feature Appears Ready for Use

Tim December 23, 2024 1

At this year's Google I/O conference, Google detailed a feature for Gemini Advanced that allowed users to upload a PDF file, then ask Gemini questions about said document. For example, if you uploaded a lengthy policies document, you could then pinpoint...

Gemini on Android Gets Access to Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental

Kellen December 16, 2024 3

Remember when Gemini 2.0 launched last week as a usable preview called Gemini 2.0 Flash that was only available on desktop? Cool. At the time, Google said to expect it in Gemini mobile apps "soon" and we've apparently reached that point, at least on Android....

Google Home Devices Get First Taste of Gemini in Place of Assistant

Kellen December 13, 2024 8

We are inching closer to the day that Google Assistant is fully retired and Gemini takes its place as the assistant-like service on our devices. Google is already heavily pushing Gemini on phones and now it appears to be testing the waters for your Google Home...