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Google’s AI Mode Gets Personal Intelligence

Kellen January 22, 2026 2

Google introduced its new "Personal Intelligence" feature into Gemini last week as a way to further connect several of your Google apps to Gemini to get a more personal experience. The idea here was to connect the dots between data, find nuance, and better...

Google App Gets a Big “G” Upgrade

Kellen January 6, 2026 4

In the world of meaningless posts, I have a good one for you today - the Google App icon on your phone now has a bigger "G" logo. Yeah, I know, this is uhhhh, a waste of your time, but it's 2026 and that is where we are at. If you update your Google App, you'...

Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change

Kellen December 17, 2025 4

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel Launcher home screen worked. Because this change was not an improvement in the eyes of many, they immediately took to places like...

Google Translate Gets Fresh AI Model, Headphones Live Translation Beta

Tim December 12, 2025 1

Google announced upgrades for Google Translate this morning, bringing in a new AI model for, "smarter and more natural text translations," plus a new beta for any set of headphones to support live one-way translation, and new language support for the language...

Google App Gets Images Tab and Way to Organize Interests

Kellen November 12, 2025 1

The Google App is getting an update that will add a new Images tab to the bottom. This area will be used as a gathering place for images you've found while searching Google that you may want to save and also as a place for you to discover images of things you...

Google Search is About to Let You “Hide Sponsored Results”

Kellen October 13, 2025 6

Google announced two ad-related changes to Search today that I think you'll actually enjoy. Instead of finding ways to further fill your search queries with advertisements, they are instead making ads clearer to see and giving you the option to hide them. As...

Search Live Launches in US on Android and iOS, No Opt-in Required

Tim September 24, 2025 1

We have been enjoying Gemini Live frequently in my house, with the conversational AI service being quite handy for certain things. I like deep diving on subjects that I know very little about, so Gemini Live is almost like having the ability to discuss topics...

Google Discover Lets You Follow Favorite Publishers

Kellen September 17, 2025 1

Google Discover is one of the reasons news outlets like this one still exist. When Google determines stories from us (and all of the other news publishers you read regularly) meet a certain set of standards, it sends it to Discover and we get traffic that...