2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (305+ words) Google has brought the Gemini app to Windows. The desktop client went live on 10 September for Windows 10 and 11, and it is built around one shortcut: press Alt + Space and Gemini opens over whatever you are doing. Google’s pitch is that…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (479+ words) You pick one of the Pixel 11’s stylized Camera Looks, shoot with it all afternoon, close the app — and the next time you open the camera you are back on the standard processing. It looks like a bug. It is not....

1+ week, 45+ min ago   (342+ words) iFixit has torn down the Pixel Watch 5 and given it a provisional repairability score of 9 out of 10, the same figure its predecessor received. That is an unusually high number for a smartwatch, a category where most devices are glued shut…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (391+ words) Nothing OS 5.1 will be a smaller release, but still with a few exciting changes. (We will finally be allowing users to remap the Essential Key, for example). The Essential Key is a dedicated hardware button on recent Nothing phones, tied…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) Until now, chaining requests generally meant issuing them one at a time. Google’s changelog says Gemini on speakers and displays now understands a wider range of voice commands across media and home device controls, and it gives three example phrasings…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (297+ words) Video Boost is the Pro-only feature that uploads a clip to Google’s servers after you record it. Cloud processing then returns an improved version. On the Pixel 11 Pro series, that returned file has been coming back with bursts of static…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (289+ words) California’s legislature has passed a change to its age-check law that pulls open-source operating systems out of scope entirely — which means a de-Googled Android build such as GrapheneOS will not have to ask for your age, while the stock Android…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (259+ words) The account that started the thread came from someone who had just moved to a Pixel 11 Pro XL and filmed a house show to try out the camera. On playback, they found bursts of static repeating roughly every five seconds…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (264+ words) Google describes it in its Workspace Updates announcement as a per-event control for organisers and their delegates covering both RSVP emails and automatic responses such as out-of-office messages and vacation responders. “By default, this new setting, called “Get an email…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (189+ words) Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is rolling out to Pixel phones, and it is the build that matters most in the cycle: this is the one that reaches Platform Stability, meaning app-facing behaviour is now locked ahead of the stable release. The odd…...