Google’s first smart speaker in six years arrives next week
Google's first new smart speaker in six years starts shipping on June 29th, narrowly missing its promised spring launch window. Preorders for the Goog...
Google’s Nest Cam with Floodlight is selling at its lowest price yet
The Google Nest Cam with Floodlight is marked down to $179.99 ($100 off) at multiple retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot, and directly f...
Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer ...
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google's new "24/7" AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I'm not sure it's worth the financial cost and ...
DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users se...
Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create th...
We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there
Google demoed prototype Android XR glasses that overlay Gemini-powered translation, navigation, and other information directly into your field of view...
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
Google has big promises for its AI-powered future - and a lot of it depends on your trust. At I/O 2026, Google described a bunch of new tools that it ...
Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, all...
Google’s Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video — and that’s just the start
Google's Gemini Omni is a new multimodal model that reasons across text, images, audio, and video to generate and edit videos through simple conversat...
Google’s new Universal Cart wants to follow you across the entire internet
The tech giant says it's aware that most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why it's laun...
Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google’s release of Android CLI
Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing ...
Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes
Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software deve...
Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote
We're back at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for this year's edition of Google I/O. These days, Silicon Valley is buzzing ab...
How to watch Google’s Android Show: I/O Edition today
Google I/O is still a week away, but Google's big announcements kick off today with the "Android Show: I/O Edition," where it's expected to announce t...
Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air
It's a Whoop dupe. That was my first thought when I saw the new $99 Google Fitbit Air. You can hardly blame me. The band is screenless with a metallic...
