… He's a little shy of explicitly calling the operating system “Android,” and instead says, “Android and all the technologies surrounding Android are a big part of it.” What makes Googlebooks its own platform—and different from the Android desktop mode that's enabled when you plug in select phones in… …
… Hubspace Defiant Smart Indoor Plug for $11: This is part of Home Depot's smart home ecosystem, and it works well, though it does require a little more effort to plug something into it. It also works with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. …
… Much of this keeps users trapped within Google’s ecosystem without actually browsing the web themselves, a practice we’ve seen before when features like AI Overviews launched in 2024. Even so, Google has explicitly stated that it’s not attempting to replace web page links. …
… This livestreamed presentation helps Google spread out the cavalcade of updates from the often jam-packed I/O keynote. The Android Show focused on new features in Android 17, the next version of Android coming later this summer, as well as several updates to the Gemini assistant experience. …
… Google has recently been talking about the future of Chromebooks and Google tablets, confirming that a merging of the two is coming in 2026, first rumored as Aluminium OS and has since been revealed as Googlebooks. …