More from Google I/O 2023: all the news from Google’s big developer event
Or AI? Both, actually. More details in this story.
A much-needed update brings greater control and customizability. Plus, Google updates its iOS app to support Matter devices.
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It’s $50 more than the Pixel 6A, but some key upgrades keep Google’s A-series at the top of the midrange class.
Also, Spotify and Disney Plus. The Fold hasn’t been fully announced here yet. Stay tuned.
That’s all the news we got on the platform at Google I/O, which the two companies (and Qualcomm) announced in February. Google might need to do more than that to distract from the Apple-sized gorilla that’s expected to enter the mixed reality fray in just a few weeks.
And exactly zero of them are my parents. But Google sure got some applause from this line: “We hope every mobile operating system gets the message and adopts RCS.” I agree! But I don’t have a ton of hope.
This year, Google has a lot to prove — and at least one product to unfold.
Google is moving slowly and carefully to make AI happen. Maybe too slowly and too carefully for some people. But if you opt in, a whole new search experience awaits.
One of Google’s many AI examples from Google I/O. This one uses Google’s just-announced PaLM 2 language model.
