#Google I/O 2024
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Google has officially announced the Android 14 update for Android TV. The new Android update brings new energy modes to give more control to users. You can choose between Low Energy Mode, Optimized Energy Mode, and Increased Energy Mode. In addition, Google is also bringing picture-in-picture mode, color correction, improved user navigation, and more.
Google’s New Project Turns Your Face into a Cursor for Android Apps
Sagnik Das Gupta
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Google has launched Project Gameface, a gaming accessibility tool, on Android. The tool, which is basically a novel cursor, came into being to allow quadriplegic users enjoy a hands-free Android experience. What started with Video Game Streamer, Lance Carr, has finally seen the light of day officially. Using head tracking and expressions through the device camera, the tool lets users control their Android device and play games on it.
Google SynthID Doubles Down on AI Watermarking with Video and Text Support
Ajaay Srinivasan
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During its I/O 2024 event, Google announced an upgrade to its SynthID AI watermarking system. Previously focused on images and audio, SynthID now tackles video and text formats as well. SynthID watermarks will appear on text generated through the Gemini mobile and web apps, as well as videos created by Veo.
Android fans were expecting a new Android Beta to land right after Google I/O 2024, it was announced in the event that Android 15 Beta 2 is coming tomorrow. The update is expected to be a significant one, and should bring vast improvements across the Android Operating System.
Google Infuses Chrome Desktop App With Gemini Nano for Smarter Browsing
Sagnik Das Gupta
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Google Chrome is all set to soon get Gemini Nano built right into its desktop app. The AI model will be running on-device, bringing features like 'Help Me Write' to users. The feature will be available via an upcoming Chrome 126 version. It will be to Google Chrome what Copilot is to the Microsoft Edge app.
Google Unveils Project Astra, a Powerful AI Assistant That Understands Your World
Abubakar Mohammed
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Google's Project Astra is a part of Google DeepMind, and it's the Digital Assistant we've all dreamt of. It can understand your surroundings, explain code, keep track of things it sees in the video, and solve complex problems by looking at them. Project Astra is still an experiment, and it's too soon to guess if Google will release it to the public.
Arjun Sha
Google has announced its upcoming open-source model Gemma 2 and it will be trained on 27 billion parameters. The model will be released in June and Google claims that it can outperform some of the AI models twice its size.
Anshuman Jain
Google has introduced a new search feature in the form of search with videos. This will allow users to record and share videos of their issues for contextual results. This feature, powered by Gemini, can identify objects in the video, understand the issue, and provide relevant solutions.
Google Announces Imagen 3, Its Latest AI Text-to-Image Generator
Sagnik Das Gupta
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Google announces Imagen 3, which is its latest AI text-to-image generator. The tool is an upgrade from the last gen Imagen 2, for Google calls it the highest quality text-to-image generation model till date. To put the latest model to use, you will need to head over to ImageFX in Google Labs and sign up for it. Developers and enterprise users will get access to it soon through Vertex AI.
At the Google I/O 2024 event, Google announced a new feature called Gemini Gems that lets you create a custom AI chatbot. You can create virtual AI assistants for many roles and characters. The feature will be available to Gemini Advanced users.
Gemini Nano to Get Multimodal Capabilities; Coming to Pixel Later This Year
Anmol Sachdeva
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Google has announced that it is bringing multimodal capabilities to Gemini Nano. With multimodal capabilities, Gemini Nano will be able to understand contextual information not only from text input but also from audio, images, and spoken language.
Google's AI overviews, previously known as SGE, are now available to all users in the US. This feature offers concise, AI-summarized answers and is designed to make searching faster and more efficient. It's available on web, Android, and iOS. Google also introduced multi-step reasoning, allowing for more complex questions and personalized results.
At the Google I/O 2024 event, the search giant added a new model to the Gemini family. The Gemini 1.5 Flash model is developed for high-frequency tasks that require minimum latency. It still brings multimodal capabilities and a context window of 1 million tokens.
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Unveiled at Google I/O 2024, Veo is the company's newest and most capable AI video generation model that takes on OpenAI Sora. You can join a waitlist to test Veo via Google's VideoFX experimental tool, starting in the U.S.
Google Photos Gets a Gemini Upgrade with the ‘Ask Photos’ Feature
Abubakar Mohammed
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Google has announced in Google I/O 2024 that the Google Photos app will get a new Ask Photos feature this Summer which will allow you to search for photos in a more personalized way.
Google has expanded the context window of the Gemini 1.5 Pro model from 1 million to 2 million tokens. Developers can access the large context window in private preview. And Gemini 1.5 Pro also comes to consumers via Gemini Advanced with a context window of 1 million tokens.
Earlier today, Google rolled out its famed yearly puzzle to tease its I/O 2024 event. Within around 4 hours of the puzzle being out, it was cracked by the community and we got to know that the much-anticipated event has been scheduled for May 14, 2024. From the Pixel 8a to the Pixel Fold 2 and more on Android 15, there's a whole lot that is expected to be announced at the event.