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Gmail’s search can be frustrating and basic, but Google is finally smartening it up for AI plan subscribers with the release of Gmail Live. Now out of beta after being announced at Google I/O last month, the AI feature allows you to search your inbox using conversational voice commands. It’s similar to live voice chats with the Gemini chatbot,…

Back in April, YouTube began testing a new conversational search tool called “Ask YouTube.” The company later made it official, announcing the AI-powered feature during Google I/O. Ask YouTube has been available on the web and on TV, but now it’s expanding to a new platform.

Google is rolling out a redesigned search bar on the home screen of its Android app, adding a “plus” button that puts file uploads and AI tools one tap closer. Android Authority spotted the change in version 17.65.17 of the Google app and found it live on several of its test devices.

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson reports on media consumption changes and screen usage among American families over 30 years.

Cats are famously good at getting into places humans cannot easily reach. Now, in Kazakhstan, some are putting that talent to work helping find missing pets. A project called GdeKotBot has recruited free-roaming cats as four-legged search volunteers, equipping them with tiny cameras and GPS trackers while artificial intelligence scans their footage for missing animals.

Search agents powered by large language models (LLMs) are transforming how enterprises retrieve information. Rather than requiring users to craft the perfect query, a search agent autonomously decides what to search for, which retrieval strategy to use, and when to stop searching. It does this across multiple rounds of interaction, refining its approach based on…

“Googlebook” is a weird name, right? That was my personal first takeaway from this new platform, and it seems even Google Search supports the idea that Google should have used something else, as you can’t actually search for “Googlebook” without getting redirected elsewhere.

Sideloading the Pixel Search app brings expanded search to older Pixels running recent Android 17 QPR2 beta builds. By •

Tonight’s game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks isn’t just a Super Bowl LX rematch — it’s also the official start of the 2026 NFL season. Google has invested pretty heavily in football over the past few years through YouTube TV, but today, it’s giving Search some big improvements to make following…

Google said it will change its Search services in the EU in an effort to sidestep some of the €890 million (~$1 billion) in fines levied by the European Commission earlier this summer. The EU charged a fine of €460 million (~$534 million) on claims that Google had abused its dominance in search to prioritize…