Google makes everything from connected thermostats to phones, speakers, TV dongles and laptops. Soon, you can add smartwatches and augmented reality glasses to that list. Why? To Google, the answer is simple: It wants to make technology less distracting. The company discussed its vision for the future of computing during its annual I/O conference on Wednesday. A large part of …
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Following reports that Google has been developing AR glasses, the company indeed announced a prototype pair of glasses at this year’s Google I/O conference. Google’s focus with these glasses appears to be helpful features such as language translation. Google acquired smart glasses maker North in 2020, and its work with Google Glass pioneered smart eyewear nearly a decade ago. Now playing: Watch …
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Just when you thought Google was out of the tablet game, the company is back in. At its latest I/O developer conference, Google teased a new Pixel Tablet arriving in 2023, featuring Google’s own Tensor chip. Google’s history with tablets has been very touch-and-go. Google’s last tablet, the Pixel Slate in 2018, tried to be a Chrome tablet and Chromebook …
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A new report finds that 1.5 million apps on both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store haven’t been updated in two years or longer and get hidden or removed entirely according to recent policy changes. These “abandoned” apps constitute one-third of the combined app catalogs of the App Store and Play Store, according to the report from analyst firm …
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Google provided an early look at its Pixel 7 and 7 Pro phones during its Google I/O conference on Wednesday. Both devices will be launching in the fall with a new version of Google’s Tensor processor, Android 13 and a more refined version of the Pixel 6’s general design. Google didn’t share much information about its next-generation Tensor processor aside from …
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Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro debuted Wednesday at the Google I/O developer conference for $199 (which converts to about £160 and AU$290), and the new wireless earbuds have a particular focus on active noise cancellation. Google said the new earbuds, which will go on sale on July 21, include built-in sensors for measuring pressure inside of an ear canal. Google says …
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Google on Wednesday debuted two new search features that tap into images online or photos you take in a store, part of the company’s effort to expand far beyond text you type into a search box. One feature announced at the Google I/O conference, scene explorer, lets you sweep your phone camera across a shelf of products at a supermarket or …
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Before Google has its own pair of augmented reality glasses, it’ll need AR to work everywhere. World-spanning AR that blankets the real world using map data has been a goal for several companies lately, and Google is layering its AR using Google Maps. The toolkit, announced at Google’s I/O developer conference on Wednesday, could leap ahead of several competing efforts from rivals such …
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What’s happening YouTube is adding a feature to Shorts (its TikTok competitor) that lets creators turn someone else’s clip into a green-screen style background for their own. Why it matters YouTube is chasing the sensation around TikTok, and the ability to remix other videos as a green-screen background is a popular TikTok feature that YouTube is catching up on. YouTube said …
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For Google Docs that are just a little too long to read, Google is rolling out auto-generated summaries. Announced at Google I/O 2022, the company’s yearly developer’s conference, the new feature uses machine learning and language compression technology to automatically pull out the main points of a document. The feature is also set to come to Google Chat in the …
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