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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Gemini is getting video uploads.

Yesterday Google announced updates to its Gemini models, including a new 2.5 Flash-Lite, but didn’t mention a bigger change: the Gemini app apparently now lets you upload videos for analysis, asking Gemini to describe clips or answer questions about video content.

I say “apparently” because the option hasn’t appeared on our devices yet, though 9to5Google says availability “varies,” so you might be lucky. It’s only for iOS and Android, with no web support yet.

Gemini app rolling out video upload and analysis

[9to5google.com]

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google now counts clicks from AI Mode.

In an update to a support page, Google says its Search Console will now include clicks and impressions from AI Mode, the chatbot-like search interface it brought to everyone in the US last month.

However, as pointed out by Search Engine Roundtable, the Google Search Console mixes this data with regular web traffic, potentially making it harder for publishers to see exactly where their clicks are coming from.

Google Search Console Now Counting AI Mode

[seroundtable.com]

Download these now free retro mobile games before Sega removes themDownload these now free retro mobile games before Sega removes them
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
After a delay, Lucid adds Android Auto support.

Unlike other EV-only automakers, Lucid seems to have come around on phone mirroring. It added Apple CarPlay support in 2023, and then last year, the luxury EV company said it would roll out support for Android Auto in the fall of 2024.

That’s been delayed until today, when Lucid announced that Android Auto is now available in all Lucid Air vehicles via an over-the-air update (Lucid OS 2.7.0). Access for Lucid Gravity owners is “coming soon.”

The Android Auto Smart Driving Companion App is now available in all Lucid Air vehicles via an over-the-air update, giving Lucid owners access their favorite Android smartphone maps, media, and messaging apps.
The Android Auto Smart Driving Companion App is now available in all Lucid Air vehicles via an over-the-air update, giving Lucid owners access their favorite Android smartphone maps, media, and messaging apps.
Image: Lucid
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Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Google explains Thursday’s massive Cloud outage.

Yesterday, a global outage on the Google Cloud platform knocked out Google Home, Spotify, Snapchat, and even some Cloudflare features, and today the company released a mini incident report as it continues to investigate.

For Cloudflare’s part, its report says the Google failure took out a central data store for one of its services.

Google:

From our initial analysis, the issue occurred due to an invalid automated quota update to our API management system which was distributed globally, causing external API requests to be rejected. To recover we bypassed the offending quota check, which allowed recovery in most regions within 2 hours. However, the quota policy database in us-central1 became overloaded, resulting in much longer recovery in that region.

Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcastGoogle’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Ancestra makes the AI film hype feel pretty premature.

Director Eliza McNitt’s new short film produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Primordial Soup and Google DeepMind, uses generative AI to tell the story of a woman going through a difficult birth. The project’s meant to be a testament to the potential of AI video generation models, but...well, you can see the results for yourself. We’ll have more to say on this soon.

Google’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open themGoogle’s Gemini AI will summarize PDFs for you when you open them
Google just released the first major Snapseed update in yearsGoogle just released the first major Snapseed update in years
Google is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usageGoogle is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usage
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google is moving on even more from legacy Wear OS watch faces.

Developers are already barred from publishing new AndroidX or Wearable Support Library on the Play Store, and starting January 14th, 2026, users will no longer be able to install new legacy watch faces, nor will developers be able to publish updates for them, Google says.

Upcoming changes to Wear OS watch faces

[android-developers.googleblog.com]

Here’s the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA FinalsHere’s the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals
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