Battery drain is often the scourge of many a phone user. That’s why Google has been working on finding a way to keep your smartphone running longer. And it’s doing it by using artificial intelligence. Now playing: Watch this: Android P gets smarter with a slew of AI features 2:02 For its new Android P …
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Google is integrating its Google Lens augmented reality helper into a camera app, which will unlock features like letting you grab text that you can copy and paste, and find other objects and clothing that match a style in front of you. Now playing: Watch this: Here are all the cool things Google Lens can do 2:48 Starting next week, Lens …
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Just in advance of its Google I/O developer’s conference on Tuesday, the tech behemoth rebranded its Google Research arm as Google AI. The name reflects a lot of what Google Research was covering anyway, looking for different ways to apply its machine learning technologies. And probably because it seems like every major tech company is into (or getting into) AI, …
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When will we start to experience multiplayer augmented reality that blends a shared space between phones? Oh, in the next couple of weeks. While AR and VR announcements were generally on the quiet front at this year’s Google I/O Developer Conference, a new update to Google’s ARCore called Cloud Anchors is extremely exciting. Let me explain, because I just played …
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Google’s voice assistant is now available on LG’s 2018 OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs. The capability, first announced at CES 2018, allows models like the new C8 OLED TV to accept commands over the remote control’s built-in microphone, as well as talk back to you in Google’s voice. Using voice commands, you can find and play content, for example via …
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Update: Watch live coverage of Google I/O here. Google I/O starts next Tuesday, May 8 and — like always — we’ll be there to bring you all the latest from the company as it’s announced. Just like last year it will take place at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, and we’ll hear what Google has planned for developers as …
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Google updated its News app on Tuesday, adding artificial intelligence to help users find personalized stories and trustworthy sources. Now playing: Watch this: Google News uses AI to give you the news you want 2:43 The new version of Google News will scan millions of articles, videos, podcasts and comments from around the web using AI to assemble them based …
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Goodbye, Google-robo-Assistant. Hello, John Legend. You’ll now be able to choose among six new voices for Google Assistant for your Android phone or Google Home, Google announced at its annual I/O conference within spitting distance of its headquarters in Mountain View, California. A seventh one, planned for a later release, happens to be celebrity singer John Legend. Now playing: Watch this: John …
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Good news if you’re a Chrome OS power user: You’ll soon be able to run Linux software like programming tools, photo editors and word processors on the Google operating system. At its Google I/O show Tuesday, the company announced it’s released a test version of software that brings the Debian Stretch version of Linux to its personal computer software. Right …
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At its annual developers conference today, Google announced Smart Compose for its email service, Gmail. With the help of artificial intelligence, Smart Compose predicts what you will write and suggest common phrases as you type. Now playing: Watch this: Smart Compose will write your emails for you in Gmail 1:08 Google says this feature will save time on repetitive writing …
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