TL;DR Google has introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash (Low) to optimize token usage for simple tasks, following user complaints about tight limits in Antigravity. The new Low variant generates roughly 45% fewer tokens than the original model, which has been seemingly renamed to Gemini 3.5 Flash (Medium). Alongside the new model, Google has reset the Gemini … Read More “Gemini 3.5 Flash Low launched to fix Antigravity token limits” »
Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Google made an avalanche of announcements during its Google I/O keynote this past week. Wear OS 7 was among the reveals, a pretty robust update to Google’s wearable operating system. Google claims users will experience a 10% increase in battery life and that features like Live Updates will be available. … Read More “Wear OS 7 is the ultimate insult to Pixel owners” »
For the past couple of years, Google I/O has been the stage exclusively for AI announcements, and this year wasn’t any different. This time, however, the focus was back on Google Search, but perhaps not in the way we expected. Instead of addressing the long-standing, fundamental problems with Search, Google introduced a lot of AI … Read More “If Google Search is turning into Gemini, what’s the point of Gemini?” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google started updating its TV Streamer with Gemini last year, but we’ve been waiting for it on older streaming hardware. We can now confirm that 4K Chromecast with Google TV units have started getting Gemini. It’s not yet clear if Gemini is also on the way for HD versions … Read More “Chromecast with Google TV has started getting its Gemini upgrade” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google quietly reduced Gemini AI Pro limits, triggering backlash from Reddit users who said the paid plan suddenly felt far more restrictive. After criticism exploded online, Google DeepMind’s Varun Mohan announced two separate quota boosts for Antigravity users, effectively increasing Gemini limits by 9x compared to the post-nerf state. … Read More “Google ups Gemini limits once again for Antigravity users” »
Brady Snyder / Android Authority The app is certainly more inviting, and it’s not just a visual change. Responses to Gemini prompts now weave multimedia content, including images, graphics, timelines, and videos, right into the text answers. The constant glow of the Gemini app UI fits right into the new era of Google design aesthetics, … Read More “What I love (and hate)” »
For a lot of my close family and friends, Google One is perhaps the most popular subscription, right behind Netflix. The amount of high-res photos and 4K videos we store on Google Photos, combined with the fact that we use Google Drive as our primary storage space, makes Google One a critical component of our … Read More “The biggest issue with Google One just got even worse” »
As I watched Google announce one new AI feature after another during I/O and the Android Show, and listened to people applaud and get excited about them, including my very own Android Authority team members, I couldn’t stop thinking about how none of it really matters. Why? Because Google has segregated your Gemini experience across individual … Read More “Gemini’s new features are useless as long as Google ignores the real problem” »
Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google is now ready to license its Gemini for Home tech stack to other manufacturers to make Gemini-ready smart home hardware. It is also offering design references for devices, so brands don’t have to spend time on R&D. Google will also extend its partnership to ISPs and carriers, including … Read More “Google wants Gemini in every home, so it’s giving away the blueprints” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR CapCut has announced that it’s launching a Gemini integration. It will let users edit images and videos directly inside the Gemini interface. With it, CapCut joins Adobe and Canva as new creative integrations for Gemini. CapCut has long been the go-to app for editing videos on smartphones. It’s got … Read More “Gemini will soon let you edit videos without knowing how” »
