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Google’s Gemini App Lands on iPhone

Kellen November 14, 2024 2

The iPhone is getting its own Gemini app from Google today. The new AI assistant app is available for free right away. Since Apple limits almost everything that 3rd party apps can do on an iPhone and in iOS, you might be wondering how this could be any sort of...

RCS Encryption Between Android and iPhones is Hopefully Next

Kellen September 18, 2024 11

The big news of the week for Android users who want to send messages to their friends with iPhones involves the big update to iOS 18 that was just released by Apple. With this update, iPhone owners can send RCS messages over to Android users, meaning big...

Google Gets Excited About RCS Coming to the iPhone

Kellen July 31, 2024 35

Apple really has committed to bringing RCS support to its Messages app when iOS 18 releases later this year. For beta testers of iOS, you can already send RCS messages to your Android friends. It's a big deal, for the most part, because it should improve the...

Chrome on iOS Lets You Choose Top or Bottom Address Bar

Kellen October 31, 2023 12

There was a brief moment in 2017 when we thought Google had decided to move the address bar in Chrome on Android to the bottom of the app, making it easier to reach on all of the massive phones we had adopted into our lives. The change was referred to as "...

Google Might Help You Find Your Pixel Even If It’s Turned Off

Kellen April 7, 2023 8

I can't imagine the awful feeling that would hit your gut if you realized you lost your phone or that someone had stolen it. Our lives are so attached to smartphones that being without one while on the go, knowing that someone else might be trying to access...

Google Fi Triples International 5G Coverage, Adds Features to iPhones

Kellen September 9, 2022 16

Google Fi surprised us this week with the announcement of several new features and coverage coming soon to the wireless service. For international travelers, it'll be easier than ever to find 5G, while iPhone users on Fi are starting to catch up in features to...

Switch to Android App Update Makes It Easier for All to Ditch That iPhone

Kellen June 29, 2022 28

Google's Switch to Android app is getting much wider availability today, so that you can ditch the iPhone and move over to just about any semi-new Android phone. The Switch to Android app, which was previously available for switching to Pixel phones, is now...

Google TV App Arrives on iOS

Kellen June 1, 2022

Google began replacing the Google Play Movies & TV app with Google TV a couple of years ago on Android and TV platforms. The Google TV app was to act less as a store and more of a content curator that tied into your other streaming services to help you...