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Less than a week after its release to Gemini Advanced subscribers, the Google Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) model is now available to anyone who wants to try it, albeit with rate limits. Google says the new models now incorporate step-by-step “thinking” processes to become the best ones yet, and outpace the competition on LLM benchmarks.

You can enable it by heading to Photos, clicking Settings > Appearance, and selecting Dark.

The short-term rain forecasts are now available in Search, the company announced today.

Pleos Connect is the name of Hyundai Motor Group’s next-gen vehicle software interface based on Google’s Android Automotive OS, launching in Q2 2026. Today, the automaker kicked off a new annual conference to accelerate the development of Pleos and its “Cloud Mobility” software ecosystem, where “all forms of mobility are connected through software on the cloud,” including urban infrastructure.

So-called “User Choice Billing” — which allows app developers to offer users payment providers other than Google Play for purchases — will be available to British users from March 29th, starting with non-gaming apps. The option is already available to users in the US, Europe, and a handful of other countries.