At its Launch Night In event today, Google officially unveiled Chromecast with Google TV. The new HDMI dongle is available starting today in the U.S. for $50 (it’s coming to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. on October 15). That’s quite cheap given that it comes with its own remote control […]
Launch Night in Google: How to watch, and what to expect
During its Launch Night In event, which kicks off today at 11 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Eastern), Google is expected to launch a slew of hardware across its product families. Leaks and premature sales spoiled some surprises — eagle-eyed buyers managed to snag Google’s new Chromecast from Home Depot, while Walmart’s mobile app leaked the […]
Google Stadia Can Be Played On iOS Now Via New Stadium Browser
Despite working just fine everywhere else, Google Stadia just isn’t available for iOS. The reason behind this curious omission is in Apple’s rules, which require any in-app purchases to be made through the App Store. Since the games you buy in the Stadia app go through Google and not Apple, Stadia is in violation of […]
Google launches AI Platform Prediction in general availability
Google today launched AI Platform Prediction in general availability, a service that lets developers prep, build, run, and share machine learning models in the cloud. It’s based on a Google Kubernetes Engine backend and features an architecture designed for high reliability, flexibility, and low overhead latency. IDC predicts that worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems will […]
Google: Jetpack Compose lets Android developers write apps with ‘dramatically less code’
Google today released the alpha version of Jetpack Compose, its UI toolkit for helping developers “build beautiful UI across all Android platforms, with native access to the platform APIs.” While an alpha release means it is definitely not production ready, the promise is that Jetpack Compose will let Android developers build apps using “dramatically less […]
Google Pixel Buds tap AI to alert users to sirens, crying babies, and barking dogs
Google Pixel Buds can now alert you to the sounds of a crying baby, barking dog, or the siren of an emergency vehicle when you’re listening to something and may not otherwise hear the sound. The feature reduces the volume of whatever music or podcast you’re listening to and plays a chime sound to signal […]
Google is making Maps more pedestrian friendly
Google has announced plans to add more detailed street-level data to Google Maps, including accurate road sizes and shapes, as well as features that can help people traverse streets more easily on foot. The news comes as cities around the world transform to the so-called “new normal,” where solo transport such as walking and cycling […]
Google Acquires North, the Startup Behind 'Focals' Smartglasses – Road to VR
The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Email Address Google today confirmed in a blog post that it’s acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. The acquisition price wasn’t disclosed, however […]
Google Drops Stadia Premiere Edition Price
Google is dropping the price of Stadia Premiere Edition. The bundle, which is tailored to users who want to play the cloud platform on a television, previously retailed for $129 USD, but it will now cost $100 USD going forward. Following the price drop, the Stadia Premiere Edition will still come with a Chromecast Ultra […]
Google Meet noise cancellation is rolling out now — here’s how it works
Google is turning on AI-powered noise cancellation in Google Meet today. Like Microsoft Teams’ upcoming noise suppression functionality, the feature leverages supervised learning, which entails training an AI model on a labeled data set. This is a gradual rollout, so if you are a G Suite customer you may not get noise cancellation until later […]