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Google Assistant will start letting you order and buy things, thanks to an update to the tools Google makes available to developers. The search giant on Wednesday unveiled the new transaction features for its digital helper at Google I/O, its annual conference collecting the legion of developers who work in the far-flung corners of its …

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 …

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 …

Now playing: Watch this: Go from Google Search straight into an app 1:56 It’s been a year since we first heard about Instant Apps, a neat-sounding feature that launches a slice of an app you don’t have, instead of making you download the entire thing from the Play Store. Consider it App Light. Diet App. Now, Google is making Instant …

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, …

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 …

Now playing: Watch this: Google wants to make your job search easier 1:49 Like any good matchmaker, Google is working hard to help you find the one. The right job, that is. As a pivotal source of information for anyone on the job hunt, Google will now make job queries as easy to parse through as restaurant info. The company …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify flower species 1:32 What’s Google got in store for us in 2017 and beyond? We tuned in to its Google I/O developer conference on its 10th anniversary to bring you the lowdown. Unlike the hardware-centric announcements of last October, I/O focuses mostly on software and how to to get …

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 Suggested Sharing, the feature will …

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 …