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Google Assistant, the brains behind the Google Home ($75 at Walmart) speaker and the virtual assistant found on Android phones and watches and within Allo, is oddly fragmented. Unlike Alexa, which works virtually the same whether you’re accessing it from an official device, third-party hardware, a DIY Alexa speaker or even the Amazon app on …

LG Electronics wants a chunk of the meaty mobile payment market that is estimated to reach $780 billion worldwide this year. The South Korean company told CNET on Wednesday that it will roll out its new mobile payment service via its LG G6 flagship smartphones in South Korea in the third quarter. The service will be called LG Pay. The …

Google provided some details on its latest mobile operating software, currently dubbed Android O. The software, coming out later this year, will include picture-in-picture, so a user can watch a video on one app while bouncing around to other apps, as well as improved battery life. For now, we still have to guess what the O will stand for. That …

Now playing: Watch this: New features in Android O 1:31 It’s a fun day when the developer preview for an upcoming operating system is released. Whether you’re a developer or not you get a sneak peek at upcoming features that may soon be coming to your phone. Google released Tuesday the developer version of its next Android OS currently called …

Google wants you to know it’s got your back, Android users. The company on Tuesday released its third annual Android Security Year in Review (PDF), a look back at Google’s progress in keeping bad apps away from more than 1.4 billion users of its mobile operating software. “In 2016, we improved our abilities to stop dangerous apps, built new security …

Imagine if Siri and Google Now had an app store filled with 7,000 extra tricks you could teach them for free. That’s the promise of Amazon’s cloud-based Alexa assistant on a phone, which has debuted in the Amazon shopping app for the iPhone and iPad, and on Huawei Mate 9 phones in the US, through a specialized app. The integration …

There are 130 million students around the world who haven’t learned basic math or reading, even after being in school for several years, according to UNESCO. Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, wants to whittle down that number. Over the next two years, it’s giving $50 million in grants to nonprofits focused on improving education in developing countries using tech-based learning tools, …

Now playing: Watch this: Android O will make your battery last longer 1:28 Google is hoping its newest version of Android is sweeter than the last. The search giant on Tuesday announced the next generation of its mobile software, which powers almost nine out of every 10 smartphones on the planet. For now, the software is just called Android O, …

In a bid to make getting distracted by the internet even easier, Google is rolling out a new tool today on its Google Search app (in Android and iOS) and on Google.com. Located under the search bar, the feature is a row of icons that includes relevant tools and news topics. It gives you quick access to look up local …

Google is taking steps to prevent ads from appearing next to hateful content. In a blog post Tuesday, Philipp Schindler, Google’s chief business officer, vowed to improve the controls and policies that keep ads from appearing alongside potentially offensive YouTube videos and other content. “Starting today, we’re taking a tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content,” he said. “This …