#google-gemini

#google-gemini

Earlier this year, we shared our plans to upgrade the Assistant experience to Gemini on most mobile devices by the end of 2025. We're adjusting our previously announced timeline to make sure we deliver a seamless transition, and will continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into 2026. We'll share more details on our plans in the coming months. Your feedback matters to us. Feel free to drop any further suggestions here.

Google Gemini is quickly becoming my favorite versatile AI tool. Not only is the quality of output that the latest AI model, Gemini 3 Pro, generates impressive, but Google has added a few great features that streamline interactions with the AI tool.

The QM9K is available in four different sizes: 65 inches ($2,999.99), 75 inches ($3,499.99), 85 inches ($3,999.99), and 98 inches ($5,999.99). It was the first TV to launch with Google Gemini, it has a presence sensor that can turn on its ambient mode to show artwork (much like an art TV), and TCL claims it's capable of up to 6,500 nits of brightness.

November was the month AI went full gladiator mode: three frontier labs released their best models within a week, Google reclaimed the throne with Gemini 3, and open source proved it can win Olympic gold medals in mathematics. Meanwhile, the agent revolution became official doctrine at Microsoft and Google, and China's AI ecosystem hit escape velocity with 10 million app downloads in seven days.

In addition to some new hardware changes, the Watch 8 Classic is loaded with AI -- the first new Google Wear OS watch to launch with Google Gemini, alongside Samsung's Galaxy AI. Also: Black Friday Smartwatch deals: I'm shopping sales on Apple & Pixel Watches live now The watch provides you with health insights that contribute to your Energy Score, as well as new AI coaches to help you achieve your running and sleep goals. Antioxidant levels, vascular load, ECG, sleep apnea detection, body composition, and more all help make the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic your personal health and wellness advisor.

Going a step further, users can now shop right inside Gemini and, when searching for products "near me" in AI mode, can access a "let Google call" button. As they browse, Gemini will prompt them for more specifics, and on the backend, call nearby stores to determine availability, price, and information on any special promos.

Now, I can do that thanks to the AI's latest skill. New skill available to all Unveiled on Wednesday, Gemini's Deep Research mode can now pull information from your personal or work Google account. Specifically, the AI can analyze and research your emails from Gmail, your documents from Google Docs, your files from Google Drive, and your conversations from Google Chat.

Clearly, it has a social consequence when you have fewer journalists; clearly, it has a social consequence if the ability to write books in a meaningful, sustainable way is undermined. And there are people who are aware of that, Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai at Google, Tim Cook, you can talk with them in a way that they understand their business needs to have this constant creative flow,

Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered clear ways to control which apps those AI systems can access. Recent issues around WhatsApp on both Android and iPhone demonstrate how these interactions can go sideways, risking revealing chat conversations beyond what you intend. Users deserve better controls and clearer documentation around what these AI features can access.

GM's integration with Gemini is the next logical step for the automaker. Vehicles produced by GM brands Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC already have "Google built-in," an operating system that gives drivers access to Google Assistant, Google Maps, and other apps directly from the car's infotainment screen. In 2023, Google began using Google Cloud's Dialogflow chatbot to handle non-emergency OnStar features, including common driver queries like routing and navigation assistance.

GM announced that "eyes-off" highway driving is coming to its electric Cadillac Escalade SUV in 2028. The company is also integrating Google Gemini and conversational AI into its vehicles next year. GM said its eyes-off technology will allow drivers to read or respond to texts, and relies on LiDAR technology.

I trained a Google Gemini model on my most effective emails, giving it a large sample of my writing and Devpost context. When drafting important messages, I collaborate with the model to ensure I'm expressing myself as I intend. It's still my tone and ideas, but the model helps me deliver consistently strong communication. I also built a Google Gemini CLI "Executive Assistant" to replace my visual Kanban board with a markdown-based, conversational task manager.

Gemini's chatbot appears on the right-hand side of Sheets. Now, when you ask how to manipulate data, Gemini will respond with suggested formulas and step-by-step instructions about how to make the formulas work - and why the formulas fail when they do. Errors will be followed up with a guide for how to correct the issue, Google says. If multiple formulas can do the same thing, Gemini will explain the options to the user.

People are already using AI to write emails and documents -- some even suspect their friends are using ChatGPT to write heartfelt texts, too. In that vein, Gemini is coming to Google Chat, Google announced on Tuesday. The AI assistant can refine messages and catch grammar or spelling errors for Google Chat users. Google also highlighted Gemini's usefulness when composing a message to a large group, a stakeholder, or someone communicating in a second language.