[ad_1] Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Earlier this week, users on iOS started reporting a new look to the animations surrounding the Gemini bar. While we didn’t see it on Android at the time, users are now spotting a similar look on their phones. The animation adds a flowing, halftone-like dot pattern to Gemini’s …
[ad_1] Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has updated AI Mode and AI Overviews in Gemini-powered Search with new features that provide more context about topics being searched about. AI Overviews has five updates, including links directly within AI responses, previews of linked websites, links to sources highlighted as subscriptions, links to in-depth articles …
[ad_1] Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR By default, Chrome downloads a multi-gigabyte file called weights.bin on desktop computers. This file is the Gemini Nano model that powers on-device AI features. Google says it’s rolling out an option to easily delete weights.bin from Chrome settings. Earlier today, we wrote about Chrome automatically downloading a large, …
[ad_1] Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is quietly developing AI Ultra Lite as a new subscription option for Gemini. The price for AI Ultra Lite, codenamed “Neon”, may fall somewhere between the $20 and $250 range offered by AI Pro and AI Ultra. Google is also working on adding a new AI usage …
[ad_1] TL;DR Users noticed Google Chrome silently downloading a 4GB file called “weights.bin” in the background, sparking privacy concerns. This file actually helps run Gemini Nano on-device, improving privacy by processing AI requests locally rather than sending data to the cloud. Users frustrated by the storage hit can stop the downloads by disabling specific Chrome flags …
[ad_1] Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority There was a point when everybody knew what Sora was, even if — nay, especially if — they were outside the tech circle. The insanely realistic demo videos drew widespread attention, and OpenAI’s video generation tool went viral overnight, quite literally. It felt like it was having its own …
[ad_1] Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini in Google Docs finally remembers your preferences, so you don’t have to repeat instructions every time. You can now set persistent rules (tone, format, structure) once, and they apply across all documents. You can save up to 1,000 active rules per account. If you use Gemini in …
[ad_1] Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google has upgraded Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1 for early access users. The assistant should now be better at complex, multi-step requests involving lists, calendars, reminders, and alarms. There’s also a fix for the confusing AM/PM alarm mix-ups. Last week, Google told us Gemini for Home was …
[ad_1] TL;DR A recent report shows image- and video-related AI features result in far more downloads than newer models. Both ChatGPT and Gemini saw huge spikes in downloads following the launches of their respective image generation tools last year. However, while OpenAI monetized it well, generating $70 million, Google made only a small fraction from …
[ad_1] Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini for Home is expanding to more countries in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Google has increased its capacity to speed up the early access rollout for new Gemini features The company says it’s clearing early access queues every day Google’s upgrade to the Home ecosystem with Gemini in October …
