If you need help combing through your crowded inbox, Google has a solution: Gmail Q&A. "You can ask Gemini questions about your inbox or to do things like find specific details in your emails, show you unread messages, view messages from a specific sender, or summarize emails about a topic in your inbox," Google said in a blog post.

With Gmail Q&A on Android, Gemini Can Answer Questions About Your Inbox

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Google integrated a Gemini side panel into Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides earlier this year. The side panel on Gmail can help you find emails, fetch relevant information from within emails, perform sender-specific searches, and more. Formerly limited to the web version of Gmail, the side panel...

Gmail's Gemini Q&A feature is rolling out now on Android

You could soon be able to play local media connected to your car's head unit without switching out of Android Auto. Android Auto does not let you play local media connected to your car’s head unit, such as through a USB thumb drive. A future update to the app...

Android Auto could soon fix a long standing media playback oversight (APK teardown)

"Pixel Watches are our next iteration of smartwatch for Fitbit,” a Google spokesperson revealed in an interview. Google acquired Fitbit in 2021, and except for two watches in 2022, the company has not released a smartwatch since. After two years of no new watch launches from Fitbit, its parent company confirmed that the Pixel Watch will absorb that department.

There Will Be No More Fitbit Watches

Listen, Google, it's time to give Messages an upgrade. I’m a creature of habit — when I find something I like, I tend to stick with it. I’m not ashamed to pick favorites, whether it’s primarily keeping a Google Pixel in my pocket (when I can) or a Garmin GPS watch on my wrist. The same goes for apps — especially ones I use daily for things like messaging and checking the weather. While I’m currently deciding on a new favorite weather companion (thanks to the debut of Google’s Pixel Weather), I’ve trusted the same messaging platform for years: Google Messages. It’s been my mainstay across Google Pixels, Samsung Galaxy devices, and even my time on the Motorola Razr and OnePlus Open.

I've used Google Messages for years, and I want it to copy these 5 features

Samsung's Galaxy A35 5G is a well-rounded smartphone for $400. You'll love the two-day battery life, amazing screen quality, and four years of software updates. The biggest issue? Performance, which tends to vary from day-to-day and can lead to overheating. I'm actually surprised how much I enjoy using the Samsung...

This Samsung phone is the one most people should buy in 2024 (and it's not a flagship)

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If you were surprised to find an odd-looking Facebook app icon on your iPhone this week, don’t worry—you haven’t been hacked. The black and blue icon you’ve likely seen on social media or on your own iPhone or iPad is not a new look that Facebook is rolling out. On Friday, the social media company confirmed that the change was just a glitch.
“This was caused by a technical issue and has been resolved,” Meta communications manager Dave Arnold told Business Insider on Friday when asked about the weird new app icon. “People will see the fix when they update their...

Facebook’s new black and blue app icon is just a glitch

Firefox 130 web browser binaries were published today ahead of the official release announcement going out on Tuesday. Firefox 130 isn't too particularly exciting but there are a few changes worth mentioning. Firefox 130 brings improvements to its local translation handling for text, overscroll animations are now enabled as the...

Firefox 130 Now Available With WebCodecs API Enabled On The Desktop

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The screen borders of the iPhone 16 Pro Max are shown to be impressively thin in a leaked engineering image.

iPhone 16 Pro Max leak just revealed advantage over Galaxy S24 Ultra and Pixel 9 Pro XL

The upcoming Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition may support the S Pen stylus, contrary to what rumors and leaks have suggested so far. Samsung could implement a new method to enable S Pen support on the foldable due to thickness and cost constraints. The device still won't feature a built-in...

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition could include S Pen support

Reportedly, Amazon will use Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models for its upgraded version of Alexa. With an expected release date in October, Amazon’s enhanced Alexa, purportedly called “Remarkable,” may cost users $5 to $10 a month. However, the “Classic” voice assistant will remain free.

Amazon Will Reportedly Charge a Monthly Fee for Claude AI-Powered Alexa

When Google unveiled the Pixel 9 series almost two weeks ago, I expected the new phones to ship with Android 15 preloaded. That’s Google’s newest Android update, which usually comes out before Pixel phones. However, Google did things differently this year. The Pixel 9 launch was two months earlier than past Pixel releases. Google seemingly wanted to have its AI phones in stores before the iPhone 16 arrived.
I explained in an earlier article that 2024 gives Google a unique opportunity to fight the iPhone. The arrival of AI has leveled the playing field in some respects, as most of Apple’s...

Does Android 15 even matter?

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Refined by New York chemist Robert Chesebrough almost 150 years ago, petroleum jelly is still widely used today in topical applications. Even with the myths that abound online about it being carcinogenic, it has withstood the test of time.

Wonder Jelly

Google Assistant on your Android device lets you questions, launch apps, and perform different tasks. But there's another tool you might find more useful: Google Gemini. Google's AI can help you gain a deeper understanding of a topic through back-and-forth conversations or summaries in the form of a list, table, or chart. It can also help generate content, correct grammar, and translate other languages. You can ask Gemini to search Gmail, set an alarm or timer, make a phone call, turn off the lights, or take and analyze a photo.

How to Replace Google Assistant With Gemini AI on Your Android Device

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Cats of Kansas City

Could you and your family use an adorable companion that will bring you love and joy for years and years? These six cats are adoptable right now from local Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link provided with each to get in touch with their shelters.

Six wonderful cats to adopt this Labor Day weekend

A long-time leaker has claimed the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition will have S Pen support. This flies in the face of previous leaks that the foldable phone would lack S Pen support altogether. The phone is also said to have a wider cover display than the Galaxy Z...

The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition might be everything the Fold 6 should have been

Your Pixel smartphone comes with a bunch of features that work towards your safety. The new Google Pixel 9 series includes some of the most impressive and high-end Android flagships to date. This year, Google has really polished the hardware, bringing us phones that are rather delightful to hold and use. But you don’t get the Pixels just for the hardware, and many would agree that the software on the Pixels is their primary draw. Thanks to some of the additions made with the Pixel 9 series, the Google Pixels with their Pixel UI software are one of the safest phones to buy, with features designed to protect you from untoward incidents. Here are all the personal safety features present on recent Google Pixels, including the Pixel 9.

With the Pixel 9, Google Pixels have become the best phones for personal safety

Google unexpectedly released Pixel 9 with Android 14, not Android 15, which will roll out in October per the updated Android Beta Exit OTA release notes. To stay on Android 15 beta, ignore the OTA downgrade to Android 14 until it is officially released in October. Google seemingly delayed Android...

Google inadvertently confirms Android 15 for Pixels will release in October

Whether you use Sonos or not, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about the broken Sonos app and its endless redesign troubles. In response to user frustration about the new app’s shortcomings, Sonos has launched a public roadmap for its future. A new Trello board tracks fixes in the app and outlines what’s coming next.

Broken Sonos app roadmap now available on Trello for all to see

The improved version of Alexa that Amazon’s expected to release this year will primarily be powered by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model, according to Reuters. The publication reports that initial versions of Amazon’s smarter, subscription-based voice assistant that used the company’s own AI proved insufficient, often struggling with words and responding to user prompts.

Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI

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There's a reason why Google Gemini's feeling a lot more responsive

Gemini's also picking up new tricks, as the Tasks Extension spreads to more phones. Google says that Gemini 1.5 Flash has gotten 50% faster in the...

There's a reason why Google Gemini's feeling a lot more responsive

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