Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series
Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series

Arguably the coolest new photo feature for the Pixel 11 lineup is Google’s new Camera Looks, which process image data differently at the sensor level to produce photos that don’t have that “smartphone” look. The result is new styles like “Digi,” which mimics the style of photos taken by older digital cameras. But to use […]

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks

Google will now allow you to remove visible watermarks from the images, videos, and music made with AI tools. With the update, you can toggle off a new “Media watermark” setting in Gemini and Google’s AI video generator, Flow. When toggled off, Google will remove the “sparkle” watermark that appears in the bottom-right corner of […]

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

Turning off this setting won’t affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file.

A judge just told Google to stop making rival app stores hard to install
A judge just told Google to stop making rival app stores hard to install

The hearing ran on 13 August in a San Francisco courtroom, The Verge reported first. It was a compliance check, not a new case. A jury decided unanimously nearly three years ago that Google held an illegal monopoly over Android apps. Donato set the rem…

Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct

Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.

‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier

One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today – where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It’s been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided […]

Google’s cheap model is now two versions ahead of its flagship
Google’s cheap model is now two versions ahead of its flagship

Google has released Gemini 3.7 Flash with sharp gains on coding benchmarks and introductory pricing of $0.75 per million input tokens. Gemini 3.5 Pro remains months behind schedule, and Google will not say whether it is still coming. Google has release…

Does Google even want to win at AI?
Does Google even want to win at AI?

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]

Pixel 11 event live blog: Let’s watch Trevor Noah introduce Google’s new phones
Pixel 11 event live blog: Let’s watch Trevor Noah introduce Google’s new phones

It’s almost time for the Made by Google keynote, where the company will show off the brand-new Pixel hardware it announced today. Like last year, it’ll be a celebrity-packed live show, though Trevor Noah is hosting instead of Jimmy Fallon. If the 2025 show was any indication, today’s broadcast might be something of a cringefest. […]

Google’s new Tensor G6 brings performance, efficiency, and post-quantum security to the Pixel 11 series
Google’s new Tensor G6 brings performance, efficiency, and post-quantum security to the Pixel 11 series

All four Pixel 11 models run Google’s Tensor G6 alongside a new Titan M3 security coprocessor that adopts NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standards, a first for a Google phone. The chip claims 25% faster browsing and 20% better power efficiency, with …