Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

Google on Monday quietly released an offline-first dictation app called “Google AI Edge Eloquent” on iOS to take on the likes ...
Bleeping Computer

Google blocked over 1.75 million Play Store app submissions in 2025

Google says that through 2025, it blocked more than 255,000 Android apps from obtaining excessive access to sensitive user data and rejected over 1.75 million apps from being published on Google Play ...
Android Police

I replaced Google's core apps with open source alternatives, and I'm never going back

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...
Android Police

Google's Web & App Activity master toggle just lost its grip on Google Play

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
9to5google

Google redesigning web app launcher with Material 3 Expressive

The web app launcher available in the vast majority of Google apps online is getting a redesign with Material 3 Expressive. It follows the last Material You update in 2023. The first ‘page’ of app ...
CNBC

Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence

Google said its new Personal Intelligence tool is in beta in its Gemini app, and will be coming to AI Mode later this year. The feature connects Google apps to provide more personalized answers to ...
Ars Technica

Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of it aimed at silencing women on the ...
Mashable

Say hello to Google’s ‘Disco’, an AI tool that makes web apps from browser tabs

A screenshot of Google Disco, a new AI tool. Credit: Google Google is always introducing new experimental AI tools, like that time it tried out AI-generated podcasts in Google Search results. Another ...
Road to VR

Google Launches First-party ‘PC Connect’ Virtual Desktop App for PC Productivity & Gaming on Android XR

Google is rolling out a beta version of PC Connect, a free first-party virtual desktop app for Android XR. With the app, users can stream content from their Windows PC. Desktop apps work, of course, ...
talkandroid.com

Google app on Android finally gets this long-awaited iOS feature

Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles. If you make a purchase through these links, we will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more. After years of ...
Lifehacker

Google's Desktop Search App Is Back (Kind Of)

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. November 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Back in the Windows XP days, ...