In recent days, Google TV has been showing a “Personalized ads update” on televisions and streaming devices.
First off, this is a disclosure and not a software update. This notification appears in Quick Settings and opens a dialog box when clicked:
When personalized ads are on, they may be based on your Google Account info and activity on Google TV and other Google products and services…
Google Camera 8.8 tweaks the zoom bar on Pixel 7/Pro
March 23, 2023
The latest version of Google Camera brings faster Night Sight to the Pixel 6/Pro and reveals work on the Pixel 8 Pro. Google Camera 8.8 also tweaks the zoom UI on the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro.
The Pixel 7 series has a different zoom bar than other Google phones. In the comparison…
Following last month’s announcement, Google Translate for iPhone has received a Material You redesign.
Update 3/22: Google made the redesign official with version 7.1 of Translate today. This update brings Material You to the iPad, and introduces five lockscreen widgets…
Switching smartphones can be a hassle for a lot of reasons, but it’s even worse when you’re switching between brands. In China, some of the biggest smartphone brands in Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo are teaming up to make this process easier.
Announced on Weibo, these three brands are building support for migrating data between devices even if moving from another brand’s device. Xiaomi’s MIUI…
Almost 18 months after the introduction of the first-generation wireless Bluetooth earbuds, the second-generation Nothing Ear (2) have been officially unveiled.
Details were shared on the earbuds during an official live-streamed announcement hosted by company founder Carl…
Microsoft is bringing Image Creator to the new Bing to generate images from text prompts
March 22, 2023
With the success of Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing, the company is integrating a secondary tool called the Bing Image Creator powered by the DALL-E model.
Bing’s new setup is simultaneously scary and impressive, as the service is purely AI-based. The new search engine…
Google today opened up early access to Bard, its generative AI chatbot, and we’ve had a bit of time to play around with it. The takeaway so far? Google isn’t exactly treading new ground here, but Bard is at least much more clear on what it can do, can’t do, and where it falls short.
What can you do with Bard?
Google Bard is a generative AI product built on the LaMDA model introduced in 2021.
Apple TV users have had it a bit rough with YouTube TV as of late, but a new update is on its way that fixes a couple of long-standing issues, including HDR handling.
A YouTube TV engineer confirmed on Reddit this week that a new update has “just started” rolling out to…
Google has tasked the Assistant team to work on Bard
March 22, 2023
The conversational aspects of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), like LaMDA, make it ripe for smart assistants. Google specifically mentioned Assistant two years ago as a product where it hopes to incorporate “better conversational features.” That has yet to…
Android Auto’s “Coolwalk” dashboard update has been around for a couple of months now, but Google’s own navigation app, Waze, has lacked support for the platform refresh, but it seems like things are progressing.
When it first debuted in beta, “Coolwalk” came with a notice that Waze was lacking support for Android Auto’s new dashboard view. This left early users frustrated, but there…
