Tested: Google’s Gemini can now control apps on your phone

Google’s Gemini AI can now navigate apps on your smartphone and complete tasks on your behalf. Allison Johnson reports for The Verge that the feature, currently in beta, is available on the Pixel 10 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Ultra and limited to a small number of food delivery and rideshare apps. The feature runs …

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Google expands Personal Intelligence to all U.S. users

Google is expanding Personal Intelligence, a feature that connects its AI services to apps like Gmail and Google Photos, to all users in the United States. The feature is now available in AI Mode in Search and is rolling out in the Gemini app and Gemini in Chrome for free-tier users. Personal Intelligence allows Gemini …

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Google adds Gemini AI features to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

Google has announced a new set of AI-powered features for four of its core productivity apps: Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The additions expand what Gemini, Google’s AI system, can do inside these tools by connecting it to information stored in a user’s Gmail, Google Chat, and Drive files. The new features are available in …

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Google’s new tool lets AI agents take care of your emails and edit your documents

Google has released an open-source command-line interface (CLI) that gives AI agents direct access to its Workspace suite, including Gmail, Google Docs, Sheets, Drive and Calendar. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the tool, called googleworkspace/cli, is designed for both human developers and automated AI agents. The CLI allows developers to interact with all major …

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A quarter of your website traffic could vanish because of Google’s AI answers

Google’s AI Overviews are dramatically reducing organic search traffic in Germany, with health and parenting websites hit hardest. Johannes Beus reports for Sistrix, an SEO analytics platform, based on an analysis of more than 100 million keywords. AI Overviews are AI-generated answer boxes that appear directly on Google’s search results pages. Instead of linking to …

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Nano Banana 2: Google’s new image model promises Pro quality at Flash speed

Google has launched Nano Banana 2, its latest image generation model. Technically called Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, the model aims to combine the image quality of the existing Nano Banana Pro with the speed of Google’s Flash model tier. Google first released Nano Banana in August 2025. The model generated widespread interest, particularly in countries …

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Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro with much improved reasoning

Google has released Gemini 3.1 Pro, an updated version of its Gemini 3 Pro AI model. The company describes it as a step forward in core reasoning, intended for complex tasks where straightforward answers fall short. The model is now available to consumers through the Gemini app and NotebookLM, though access on those platforms is …

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Google Gemini seemingly loses chat history for many users

A bug in Google Gemini is causing chat histories to disappear from the sidebar for a large number of users. Entire conversation lists are going blank, with some users losing up to a year of stored chats. Reports have surfaced on Reddit, Google’s own support forums, and other platforms, affecting both free and paid subscribers …

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Google brings music generation to the Gemini app

Google has added music generation to its Gemini app, allowing users to create 30-second tracks from text prompts or even images. Joël Yawili and Myriam Hamed Torres write in the Google Blog that the feature is powered by Lyria 3, Google DeepMind’s latest generative music model, and is currently available in beta. Users can describe …

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