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Gemini Nano-Enabled API Released to Android Developers Ahead of Google I/O 2025
Google quietly released the ML Kit GenAI application programming interface (API) last week, allowing Android developers to build apps that leverage the capabilities of Gemini Nano. As per a document added to its developer forum, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now letting developers access the image description feature of the artificial intel...
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Pixel Weather App Available for Sideloading, May Reportedly Offer Precipitation Notifications and Other Features
Google Pixel 9 series has been speculated to get a new weather app in recent weeks, that would be introduced on other Pixel devices too. The said application is now available for download as an Android Package Kit (APK) on a hosting platform, albeit unofficially. It can be sideloaded on the current lineup of Pixel smartphones.
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Google Shares Developments for On-Device Generative AI Features in Android Devices
Google I/O 2024 shed light on the new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives taken by the company and how it plans to integrate them within its Android platform. During sessions hosted for developers, the tech giant delved deeper into on-device AI developments that app makers will soon be able to tap into. It currently offers both server-based AI...
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WhatsApp Gets Darker Dark Mode, Redesigned Navigation, New Icons and More Design Changes
WhatsApp has introduced a host of design changes to its mobile interface for both iOS and Android. Some new changes are quite subtle, while others are more discernable. There are also some additions to the layout like chat filters, which are said to help improve navigation. With the new changes, the iOS and Android layouts of the app appear more si...
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Android 15 Readying Revamped Desktop Mode With Improved Window Management: Report
Google is gearing up to launch its next major release of the Android mobile operating system, Android 15, this year. Codenamed as Vanilla Ice Cream, Android 15 is set to bring significant improvements to device security, app optimisations for cameras, GPUs, displays, and AI, and a host of new user-focussed features. A new report claims that the nex...
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Google Play Store Saw Over 600 Million Malware, Malicious App Downloads in 2023: Kaspersky
Google boasts of robust security rules for its Play Store, promising safe downloads and strict action against malicious apps for users. But, with millions of applications hosted on the store front, there’s also a considerable amount of malicious content that can harm Android users. Now, Kaspersky has claimed that Android users downloaded malware ...
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Google Maps Gets Immersive View for Routes, AI-Powered Lens, More Detailed Navigation in Select Regions
Google showed off a host of new AI-powered features and services at its Google I/O event earlier this year in May. Among those, Google Maps, too, was promised a suite of new AI capabilities, including an impressive Immersive View feature that would provide a birds-eye view of your route. Now, “Immersive View for routes” and a few other AI featu...
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Facebook Gets New Video Tab; Brings Improvements to Video Editing, Uploads, More
Meta announced a host of upgrades for its video features on Facebook, including refined editing tools, the ability to upload videos in HDR, and a replaced the older Watch tab with a Video tab. The new features will be available on the Facebook app on both Android and iOS devices.
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No Charge on Normal UPI Payments, 1.1 Percent Fee to Be Levied on PPI Merchant Transactions: NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement.
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Krafton Launches Road to Valor: Empires in India Across Android and iOS
PUBG publisher Krafton has launched its new mobile game, Road to Valor: Empires in India. The real-time PvP strategy game, where players assemble armies of mythical guardians and troops, leading them to break down enemy bases, is now available to download for free on Android and iOS. Krafton has also added Indian localisation, starting with support...
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Google I/O 2023 to Be Held on May 10: Expected Devices, Software and More
Google I/O is a yearly developer conference hosted by Google, which will be held this year at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View in California, USA on May 10. The term "I/O" stands for Input/Output, and the event's tagline is "Innovation in the Open." This year, the company is expected to unveil a slew of new products at the event.
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Epic Games Claims Google India Not Complying With Antitrust Orders
Epic Games is challenging Google in an Indian tribunal for not complying with some portions of an antitrust directive, alleging that the tech giant is not hosting the gaming company's app store on Google's Play Store app. Epic filed the claim with an appeals tribunal in New Delhi on February 9.
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Google vs CCI: The Antitrust Directives From the Competition Regulator That Have Spooked Google
Google has asked the Supreme Court to put the directives of the Competition Commission of India on hold after the watchdog passed an order seeking changes to how the company markets its Android system in the country. Here are the top directives from the company that have the US company worried about the future of its Android platform for mobiles in...
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Google Announces Powerful Android, Wear OS Features, Rolls Out Adds Digital Car Key Sharing
Internet search giant Google has released a host of new features for Android devices that include a new Reading mode app, new features to Wear OS for smartwatches and new emoji mashups for Gboard.
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Gmail Bringing Material You Redesign, Gmail Only View, and Storage Used Indicator on Mobile
Gmail is bringing a host of new design changes including the Material You redesign in Gmail for Web, Gmail-only view, and the ‘Storage used’ indicator for Gmail on Android and iOS. The Material You redesign is changing the default white background in Gmail for Web to a faint blue colour.
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Gemini Nano-Enabled API Released to Android Developers Ahead of Google I/O 2025
Google quietly released the ML Kit GenAI application programming interface (API) last week, allowing Android developers to build apps that leverage the capabilities of Gemini Nano. As per a document added to its developer forum, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now letting developers access the image description feature of the artificial intel...
-
Pixel Weather App Available for Sideloading, May Reportedly Offer Precipitation Notifications and Other Features
Google Pixel 9 series has been speculated to get a new weather app in recent weeks, that would be introduced on other Pixel devices too. The said application is now available for download as an Android Package Kit (APK) on a hosting platform, albeit unofficially. It can be sideloaded on the current lineup of Pixel smartphones.
-
Google Shares Developments for On-Device Generative AI Features in Android Devices
Google I/O 2024 shed light on the new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives taken by the company and how it plans to integrate them within its Android platform. During sessions hosted for developers, the tech giant delved deeper into on-device AI developments that app makers will soon be able to tap into. It currently offers both server-based AI...
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WhatsApp Gets Darker Dark Mode, Redesigned Navigation, New Icons and More Design Changes
WhatsApp has introduced a host of design changes to its mobile interface for both iOS and Android. Some new changes are quite subtle, while others are more discernable. There are also some additions to the layout like chat filters, which are said to help improve navigation. With the new changes, the iOS and Android layouts of the app appear more si...
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Android 15 Readying Revamped Desktop Mode With Improved Window Management: Report
Google is gearing up to launch its next major release of the Android mobile operating system, Android 15, this year. Codenamed as Vanilla Ice Cream, Android 15 is set to bring significant improvements to device security, app optimisations for cameras, GPUs, displays, and AI, and a host of new user-focussed features. A new report claims that the nex...
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Google Play Store Saw Over 600 Million Malware, Malicious App Downloads in 2023: Kaspersky
Google boasts of robust security rules for its Play Store, promising safe downloads and strict action against malicious apps for users. But, with millions of applications hosted on the store front, there’s also a considerable amount of malicious content that can harm Android users. Now, Kaspersky has claimed that Android users downloaded malware ...
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Google Maps Gets Immersive View for Routes, AI-Powered Lens, More Detailed Navigation in Select Regions
Google showed off a host of new AI-powered features and services at its Google I/O event earlier this year in May. Among those, Google Maps, too, was promised a suite of new AI capabilities, including an impressive Immersive View feature that would provide a birds-eye view of your route. Now, “Immersive View for routes” and a few other AI featu...
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Facebook Gets New Video Tab; Brings Improvements to Video Editing, Uploads, More
Meta announced a host of upgrades for its video features on Facebook, including refined editing tools, the ability to upload videos in HDR, and a replaced the older Watch tab with a Video tab. The new features will be available on the Facebook app on both Android and iOS devices.
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No Charge on Normal UPI Payments, 1.1 Percent Fee to Be Levied on PPI Merchant Transactions: NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement.
-
Krafton Launches Road to Valor: Empires in India Across Android and iOS
PUBG publisher Krafton has launched its new mobile game, Road to Valor: Empires in India. The real-time PvP strategy game, where players assemble armies of mythical guardians and troops, leading them to break down enemy bases, is now available to download for free on Android and iOS. Krafton has also added Indian localisation, starting with support...
-
Google I/O 2023 to Be Held on May 10: Expected Devices, Software and More
Google I/O is a yearly developer conference hosted by Google, which will be held this year at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View in California, USA on May 10. The term "I/O" stands for Input/Output, and the event's tagline is "Innovation in the Open." This year, the company is expected to unveil a slew of new products at the event.
-
Epic Games Claims Google India Not Complying With Antitrust Orders
Epic Games is challenging Google in an Indian tribunal for not complying with some portions of an antitrust directive, alleging that the tech giant is not hosting the gaming company's app store on Google's Play Store app. Epic filed the claim with an appeals tribunal in New Delhi on February 9.
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Google vs CCI: The Antitrust Directives From the Competition Regulator That Have Spooked Google
Google has asked the Supreme Court to put the directives of the Competition Commission of India on hold after the watchdog passed an order seeking changes to how the company markets its Android system in the country. Here are the top directives from the company that have the US company worried about the future of its Android platform for mobiles in...
-
Google Announces Powerful Android, Wear OS Features, Rolls Out Adds Digital Car Key Sharing
Internet search giant Google has released a host of new features for Android devices that include a new Reading mode app, new features to Wear OS for smartwatches and new emoji mashups for Gboard.
-
Gmail Bringing Material You Redesign, Gmail Only View, and Storage Used Indicator on Mobile
Gmail is bringing a host of new design changes including the Material You redesign in Gmail for Web, Gmail-only view, and the ‘Storage used’ indicator for Gmail on Android and iOS. The Material You redesign is changing the default white background in Gmail for Web to a faint blue colour.
