TL;DR Google’s giving Health Premium away as a free perk to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Users sharing Google One benefits with their families will see the Health Premium access carry over. Combined with the new YouTube Premium Lite perk, this makes AI Pro a great value. The era of Google Health is now … Read More “Google adding Health Premium perk to AI Pro is a stellar deal” »
At the second edition of Google’s I/O Show for Android, Google announced major improvements coming to Gemini. The biggest of them involves how Gemini could bear the load of mundane or mindless tasks you do on your phone or other Android devices. This, as Google proposes, will be accomplished through Gemini Intelligence. Although Google has … Read More “Majority of Android users aren’t sold on Gemini Intelligence, survey reveals” »
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Apple and Samsung remained atop the US smartphone market in Q1 2026, despite year-on-year shipment declines. Google Pixel shipments fell 7%, with the Pixel 10 series blamed for this decline. Motorola was the only smartphone maker to actually grow in the US. The US smartphone market has effectively … Read More “There’s bad news for Pixel sales in the US, and Pixel 10 series could be to blame” »
Daily Brief was one of the many new AI features unveiled during the Google I/O keynote. It’s Google’s attempt at a generative AI assistant, designed to help organize your life and pull information from various sources. If that sounds familiar, it should. Google tried something similar with Daily Hub when the Pixel 10 series launched, … Read More “I wanted Gemini Daily Brief to be great, but it’s kind of a mess” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding two new settings to let you manage search history and personalized recommendations independently. A new “Save Media” option can save uploaded images from Google Lens, audio recordings from Search Live, and more. The new settings are rolling out over the coming weeks. Google is updating how … Read More “Google rolling out new Search history and personalization settings” »
TL;DR After widely rolling out the new Google Health app, Google has shared a long list of bug fixes and improvements headed to the platform in the coming weeks and months. The fixes and improvements cover everything from exercise tracking, sleep, nutrition, fitness plans, and AI Coach features. Google also confirmed upcoming features like structured … Read More “Google details big fixes and upgrades coming to Google Health” »
TL;DR Google has released the May 2026 system services update. The update improves car key sharing in Google Wallet with new “guest” and “service” roles. It also improves the Play Store on bigger screens, such as tablets and foldables. The first one simplifies the way Google Wallet users share digital car keys with family members … Read More “Google Wallet now makes it much easier to manage your shared digital car keys on Android” »
TL;DR New icon designs for many popular Google apps and services have been showing up over the past several weeks. Today Google formally announces the new designs for Workspace products. It could still be another week or so before everyone gets access to the new looks. Some of your favorite Google apps and services have … Read More “Google explains the design decisions behind its new icon looks” »
Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out automatic Drive syncing in NotebookLM. When a file is added, altered, or deleted in Drive, the information in NotebookLM will be automatically updated accordingly. This change is rolling out to all Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts. NotebookLM is designed to make studying … Read More “NotebookLM just made it easier to keep your sources up to date” »
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR The Fitbit Air can be used simultaneously with the Pixel Watch. However, the Fitbit Air can’t be used simultaneously with other Fitbit devices. Google’s recently launched Fitbit Air is a lightweight, screenless fitness accessory that offers passive wellness tracking. While you can use it as your main fitness tracker, … Read More “PSA: Don’t buy the Fitbit Air expecting it to work with your Charge or Versa” »
