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Google Photos is better at sharing your photos than you are

Now playing: Watch this: Google Photos gets smarter with suggested sharing 2:22 With Google Photos, you’ll no longer have to worry about finding and sharing that perfect shot. Announced at Google I/O 2017, the updated app will not only be able to remind you to share photos, but also whom to share them with. Called …

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Google adds Smart Reply to Gmail and Allo for Android and iOS

Today Google announced a brand-new feature for Gmail called Smart Reply. It’s basically like predictive typing for email and message replies. Smart Reply works pretty straightforwardly. It uses Google machine learning to suggest three responses to the emails and messages you receive. You can ignore them, or you can pick one and then hit send, or you can add additional …

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How Google injects speed into the mobile web

Google has tried for years to rehabilitate the web on your phone — and it now has evidence it says shows the effort is paying off. When you’re on your phone, tapping that link in Facebook to a news story or opening the browser to look up movie times can be a wince-inducing process. Even on a fast network with …

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Google launches Photo Books

We all know it can take hours or days on end to put images from the Google Photos app into albums. Now, the company says it’s going to make that process much quicker with the launch of a new feature called Photo Books, which is currently available on desktop and will be on smartphones next week. “The way we are …

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Google Assistant wants to be the next Venmo

Google really wants to make buying things easier, adding a transactions function to its virtual assistant that will enable payments, identification, notifications, receipts and account creation. Plus, you’ll also be able to send peer-to-peer payments with your voice. At Google I/O, the search giant’s annual conference for developers, it was announced that Google Assistant will let you send cash digitally …

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Google Assistant is available on the iPhone

It’s official, you can now use Google Assistant on the iPhone. And it looks and works pretty much just as it does on Android. At Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, it was announced that there is now an iOS version of Google Assistant available for the iPhone. Starting today, we’re bringing the #GoogleAssistant to iPhones. Whether at home …

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Google Lens vision recognition tells you what you’re looking at

Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify flower species 1:32 Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced a new initiative called Lens that uses computer vision and image recognition to help you with everything from editing photos to identifying a flower, simply by taking a picture. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and …

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Google’s Daydream VR is coming to Samsung’s Galaxy S8, S8 Plus

Google’s Daydream VR compatibility will be available on Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones this summer, says Google. Clay Bavor, the company’s virtual reality chief, made the announcement Wednesday during Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual three-day conference providing updates on its products and services. Daydream support will also be on LG phones, possibly the successor to the V20. Daydream …

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Google I/O 2017: Start time, live stream, what to expect

Livestream It’s time for Google to show us its roadmap for 2017 and beyond. The search giant has once again taken over the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for its annual Google I/O developers conference, which runs today through Friday. What to expect While ostensibly targeted at the army of developers working in the various corners of Google’s empire …

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5 reasons to use Google Photos on your iPhone

At Google I/O 2017, the company unveiled a number of improvements for its photo app, putting more distance between Google Photos and the stock iOS Photos app. There are now five reasons why Google Photos is better. 1. Unlimited and free cloud storage I have been using Google Photos on my iPhone ever since Google introduced unlimited cloud storage. Sure, …

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