Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel Studio’s latest v2.3.001.911719150 update removes the ability to create new images and stickers. Users are now greeted with a text prompt redirecting them to use Nano Banana within the Gemini app instead. The app’s basic screenshot editing interface is still accessible, but its long-term future on the … Read More “Pixel Studio’s latest update is the end of the Pixel-exclusive app” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI is introducing a new memory architecture for ChatGPT that makes it better at remembering things about you. It can now update memories as time passes to keep them relevant. It’s rolling out to Pro and Plus users in the US, and will expand to Free users in the … Read More “OpenAI is rolling out improved memory for ChatGPT to all users” »
TL;DR Google has released the Gemma 4 12B model aimed at consumer laptops with at least 16GB RAM. Gemma 4 12B is the company’s first mid-sized model to support native audio input. It utilizes an encoder-free architecture to offer multimodal performance without the latency introduced by encoders. The new model performs close to the Gemma 4 … Read More “Google’s Gemma 4 12B is custom-made for your laptop” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority Google announced a heap of new Gemini features at Google I/O last month, and one of them — Gemini Avatar — is finally rolling out. What is Gemini Avatar? Essentially, it’s an AI clone you can create of yourself to use in AI-generated videos, capturing not only your physical likeness … Read More “How to make your very own AI clone” »
Megan Ellis / Android Authority Vibe coding is easier than ever thanks to the diversity of tools available for developers and novices alike. While it would take hours or even days for a beginner to get a simple app up and running without AI, vibe coding allows you to do this in minutes. I dived … Read More “5 things I learned after vibe coding my first app” »
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is reportedly testing a floating Chrome search bar that can be summoned with a keyboard shortcut, letting users search the web without opening the browser first. The interface includes Google’s AI Mode, support for file and image uploads, and even AI image generation from the same window. The … Read More “Google’s new Chrome shortcut is the fastest way to search yet” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google says Gemini on Pro and Ultra plans offers a context window of up to one million tokens. However, some users online have complained that Gemini chats don’t support this context window. We’ve asked Google whether it plans to offer more prominent info about the chat context window. Google … Read More “Users say Gemini starts forgetting long before it’s supposed to” »
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Internal documents show that Microsoft wants to ‘make people addicted’ to its new Scout AI assistant. Scout is an agentic tool that can complete various tasks on your behalf. This language comes amid heightened scrutiny over AI dependency. People have grown increasingly reliant on AI assistants such as ChatGPT … Read More “Microsoft literally wants to ‘make people addicted’ to AI” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority It doesn’t feel that long ago that we first fired up ChatGPT, only to be wowed by how it could respond and answer queries as if it were semi-sentient. But such is the pace of the industry, it’s hard to keep up with all the functionality of each AI tool … Read More “Survey reveals most of you want one simple thing from an AI tool” »
TL;DR Google is rolling out a new Labs experiment called “Dreambeans.” Dreambeans uses Personal Intelligence and Nano Banana 2 to generate personalized stories based on information gathered from connected apps. The app is launching today for Google AI Ultra subscribers, ages 18 and up, in the US on Android and iOS. The draw to doomscroll … Read More “Google’s ‘Dreambeans’ experiment turns your data into bite-sized personalized stories” »
