… Google is expanding its AI-powered booking feature this summer as well, which will soon be able to schedule local experiences and services on your behalf. The feature can also call certain businesses for you, such as pet groomers, beauty businesses, and home repair services. …
… In line with these changes, Amazon Luna will no longer support EA, Ubisoft, or GOG’s third-party stores. …
… Google Services revenues overall were up 16 percent to $89.6 billion, including a 19 percent increase in Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices. Wednesday’s earnings follow a busy start to the year for Google. …
… Google is also expanding access to its Home Brief feature, which summarizes what happened around your home at the end of each day, to third parties, and adding the ability to use natural language to create routines, such as “make my home look occupied when I’m not here.” Image: https://platform.the… …
… While other AI companies, like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic, let you connect other apps and data that you use, Gemini’s access to the personal data already stored across Google’s services lies behind a simple opt-in menu — one of its key advantages in the AI race. …
… The live-service field is a mess , Fortnite included , but maybe the solution is to mash every online shooter into one experience. …
… One of Google’s big bets this year is Gemini Spark, its new AI agent for consumers. Google promises Gemini Spark can perform tasks across Google’s own services and more than 30 external partners coming soon, including Dropbox, Uber, and Spotify. …
… It’s a solution that neither Deezer nor any other streaming service has committed to. …
… I wouldn’t be surprised to see OpenAI’s models also appear on Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform service in the future. That gives Microsoft less of an advantage over its rivals, particularly for its Azure OpenAI service and its Foundry efforts. …
… Still, the case is often credited as reining in Microsoft and allowing then-nascent firms like Google to flourish. …