Pixel 2 has one of the best cameras on a smartphone and Google is using its AI to make the images look so good. In a blog post today, the company announced that it is open-sourcing a portion of this AI; a piece of software that underpins the Pixel’s portrait mode. Continue reading “Google open-sources semantic image segmentation that powers Pixel 2 Portraits”
Google at the Pixel event back in October last year had announced Assistant Routines, and they are finally rolling out replacing ‘My Day.’ This feature is meant to allow a single phrase to initiate multiple commands and the feature is now live on the Google Assistant’s / Google Home app’s settings. Continue reading “Google Assistant Routines initial roll out begins”
Google has rolled out an update to the search results on mobile which now will display captions for images. The move is to give images better visual discovery and more context on the image results page. Google last year had started showing badges like recipe or product. Continue reading “Google search results on mobile will now show captions for images”
Google bought the Assistant for iPhones last year and today iPads are joining the suite. Assistant on iPads will do things exactly how it does on iPhones. It supports both portrait and landscape modes. Continue reading “Google Assistant now available on iPads”
Google today has introduced Plus Codes for Maps which is a simple location-based digital addressing system and voice Navigation in six additional Indian languages. The Plus Codes concept divides the surface of the Earth into tiny ‘tiled areas’ and assigns a unique to each. Continue reading “Google Maps in India gets Plus Codes to locate addresses easily, voice navigation in 6 additional Indian languages”
Back in December 2017 Google had teased about a VR display that will have 10x more pixels than any commercially available VR display today. It looks Google is now all set to introduce the next-big-thing in the VR space. The search engine giant at the SID 2018 in May is expected introduce the super high-resolution display. Continue reading “Google’s 1443 PPI 120Hz AMOLED display for VR to be announced in May”
Google’s wearable OS aka Android Wear could possibly be renamed to Wear OS in the coming days. According to a Reddit post by user H3x0n, during the setup of an Android Wear watch, the user was greeted with a new icon and Wear OS name for the operating system. Continue reading “Android Wear could be renamed to Wear OS”
On the occasion of Mario day, Google has teamed up with Nintendo to bring Mario to Google Maps. Starting today “Mario Time” is available on Google Maps for Android and iOS devices and Mario will accompany you on all your drives Google Maps this week. Continue reading “Google celebrates Mario day with new ‘Mario Time’ Maps navigation for iOS and Android”
Google has updated its search results that will put artists at center stage on Search. What this means is that the next time you make a music-related search, you will be able to hear the update directly from them in the search results. Google rolled out a similar feature that will answer your celebrity questions with selfie-style videos back in December. Continue reading “Google now lets Musicians post updates directly in search results”
[Update: The feature is also available for Chrome Stable and Beta via chrome://flags/#PasswordExport that lets you enable export functionality in password settings.] Continue reading “Google Chrome will soon let you export saved passwords”
Google’s flagship video calling app; Duo is finally getting a new feature that is a long overdue. The update now lets you record a 30-second voice or video in case the person whom you are trying to call isn’t available to take a call. Continue reading “Google Duo now lets you record 30 second voice or videomail”
Google in order to take on Paytm and WhatsApp has now integrated the new chat option in its Payments app; Tez. Currently, it has over 13.5 million active users and it runs on Unified Payments Interface. The feature is initially rolling out in batches. Continue reading “Google Tez payments app gets new chat option to take on Paytm, WhatsApp”
Google at the annual American Physical Society meeting in Los Angeles has introduced the Bristlecone quantum computing processor with an aim to provide its researchers a testbed for into system error rates and scalability of its qubit technology. It is also expected to bring applications in quantum simulation, optimization, and machine learning. Continue reading “Google Bristlecone 72-qubit quantum computing processor announced”
Google today announced that it is adding 20 more languages including Chinese and Korean for Gboard to Android. With this new addition, a total number of languages that Gboard supports reached over 300 covering 74% of the world’s population. Continue reading “Google Gboard for Android gets 20 new languages including Chinese and Korean”
Google Drive is always clumsy with shared files especially if you are using G Suite business applications. Google with the latest update is aiming to clean up the mess by using its artificial intelligence. It will now organize the “Shared with Me” section so you can also see people listed, along with files they’ve shared with you. Continue reading “Google Drive will use AI to intelligently organize “Shared with Me” files”
