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” »
Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Drive summarizes the contents of all files in a folder when asked TL;DR Gemini in Google Drive can pull specific Gmail threads for better context. This can be done through Ask Gemini, a chat interface that lets you work with files stored on your Drive. The feature is currently limited … Read More “Gemini in Google Drive can now dig through your Gmail for better answers” »
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” »
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” »
TL;DR Google has completely wiped the quota counters back to zero for all free and paid Gemini users The reset accompanies a new iteration of the Gemini 3.5 Flash to fix sudden drop-offs in output quality in Antigravity. This update boasts much less and has higher endurance on harder tasks. If you’ve been tracking Google’s … Read More “Google resets Gemini rate limits alongside new 3.5 Flash model” »
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” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out Gemini Go to eligible Android Go devices. Gemini Go will replace Assistant Go. The rollout is happening gradually, so you may not get it right away. Google won’t be happy until Gemini replaces all traces of Google Assistant. That even includes the lightweight Assistant Go, … Read More “Gemini Go is here to replace Assistant on your Android Go phone” »
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini now offers “Extended” thinking to all users across free and paid tiers. Extended thinking allows Gemini to take more time to weigh its response before sending it to users. While extended thinking should offer better responses, it could also deplete usage credits faster. Right around Google I/O 2026, … Read More “Google brings Gemini’s ‘Extended’ thinking to everyone, no subscription needed” »
Brady Snyder / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now rolling out Gemini’s new Avatar feature more widely to paid subscribers in the Gemini app. The tool lets users create an AI-generated clone of themselves using their face and voice, powered by Google’s new Omni model. Every generated video includes an invisible SynthID watermark and requires … Read More “Gemini’s wild new Avatar feature is now rolling out more widely” »
