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Incorporate information from Calendar, Tasks, and Keep in your conversations with Gemini Live

What’s changing Last month, we announced the ability to conduct in-depth two-way conversations with Gemini Live. You can use Live to brainstorm ideas, explore new concepts, and more. You can also engage in these conversations by visually sharing y...

Google

21 Aug 2025

Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms

We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms for a second year in a row, and the furthest to the right in Completeness of Vision.
The post Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

21 Aug 2025

Effortlessly work with ServiceNow data across Google Chat and Sheets

What’s changing ServiceNow, a platform that helps unite people, processes, and systems with AI-powered products for all of their workflows, is now integrated with Google Chat and Sheets. With the ServiceNow and Google Chat integration, users ...

Google

21 Aug 2025

Tax and Price Updates for Apps, In-App Purchases, and Subscriptions

The App Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts.From time to time, we need to adjust prices or your proceeds due to changes in tax regulations or foreign ...

Apple

21 Aug 2025

#WeArePlay: How Maliyo Games is turning local culture into global hits

Posted by Robbie McLachlan – Developer Marketing

In our latest #WeArePlay film, which celebrates the people behind apps and games on Google Play, we meet Hugo, the founder of Maliyo Games. He is on a mission to put African stories and talent on ...

Google

21 Aug 2025

Our approach to energy innovation and AI’s environmental footprint

An overview of how Google’s approaching AI, energy efficiency and innovation.

Google

21 Aug 2025

AI Mode in Search gets new agentic features and expands globally

AI Mode in Google Search is expanding to more regions and adding more features.

Google

21 Aug 2025

Kali Vagrant Rebuilt: Out With Packer, In With DebOS

Vagrant files, *.box, are pre-configured Virtual Machines (VM) VM images, which when imported into HashiCorp’s Vagrant, allow for VMs to be interacted with via the command line.
You create, start, interact, stop, destroy VMs all without leaving t...

Kali

21 Aug 2025

Hear how a decade-long bet on AI and hardware led to the new Pixel 10.

Ever wonder what it takes to build a phone a decade in the making?In the first episode of Season 8 Made by Google podcast, host Rachid Finge sits down with Venkat Rapaka…

Google

20 Aug 2025

There’s a new way to manage parental controls on Android.

We are adding a new “Parental Controls” option inside Android Settings, where parents can find both built-in controls and Google Family Link.Protected by an easy-to-set …

Google

20 Aug 2025

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 is here

Posted by Matthew McCullough – VP of Product Management, Android Developer

Today we're releasing Android 16 quarterly platform release 2 (QPR2) Beta 1, providing you with an early opportunity to try out the APIs and features that are moving Andro...

Google

20 Aug 2025

Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio

We’re excited to announce that you can now bring your own language model into Visual Studio Chat. You can connect API keys from providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google) to access a wider range of models. This makes it easy to test the latest releases, customize workflows, or run on infrastructure you control. What it unlocks […]
The post Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Google

20 Aug 2025

Staging Sites, Now More Powerful Than Ever

We've redesigned the WordPress staging site experience to give you more power and flexibility. Take a look at what's new.

20 Aug 2025

Agent Factory: Building your first AI agent with the tools to deliver real-world outcomes

Agents are only as capable as the tools you give them—and only as trustworthy as the governance behind those tools.
The post Agent Factory: Building your first AI agent with the tools to deliver real-world outcomes appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

20 Aug 2025

Maximize the performance of your Google Ads conversion data

In today's data-driven world, the performance of your ad campaigns increasingly depends on the richness of the conversion data you import. When it comes to machine learning, the more signals you provide, the better the models can understand user beha...

Google

20 Aug 2025

Search Central Live is back to Mexico City

We're very excited to announce that Search Central Live is coming back to Ciudad de Mexico
on September 25! Following successful events throughout the world earlier this year, we're
continuing our mission to helpyou enha...

Google

20 Aug 2025

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉

We’re excited to announce that MCP support is now GA in Visual Studio—unlocking richer, real-time context from your entire development stack and expanding the power of Agent Mode like never before. Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that makes it easy for AI agents to connect with external tools and services—think of it […]
The post Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉 appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

19 Aug 2025

Arrow keys now move an object by a pixel distance in Google Slides

What's ChangingPrior to today, when using the arrow keys to move objects in Google Slides, the object would move a great distance. To improve upon this experience, the using the arrow keys to “nudge” an object will now move by 1 pixel. If you want to m...

Google

19 Aug 2025

Create and manage student groups using the Google Classroom API

What’s changing Last year, we announced a new feature that enables teachers to create groups of students in Google Classroom. Now, we are excited to announce the launch of the Google Classroom API Student Groups endpoints which enable developers t...

Google

19 Aug 2025

Know Your Audience: Meet the New Subscribers Feature in Jetpack Mobile

You're on the road when you get a notification that someone new just subscribed to your newsletter. Are they engaging with your content? What other posts resonated with them? Until now, getting those insights meant waiting until you were back at your computer.

That all changes with the Subscribers feature in the Jetpack mobile apps.

19 Aug 2025

Building the Frontier Firm with Microsoft Azure: The business case for cloud and AI modernization

Frontier Firms are moving beyond experimentation and into scaled transformation—powered by human-agent teams—by having agents as members of their team, reinventing processes, providing employees with new skills to scale their impact, and using a modern cloud foundation.
The post Building the Frontier Firm with Microsoft Azure: The business case for cloud and AI modernization appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

18 Aug 2025

Listen to your documents using Gemini in Google Docs

What’s changing For those who prefer to listen to document content, we’re excited to introduce the ability to create audio versions of your documents using Gemini in Google Docs. Whether you want to hear your content out loud, absorb informat...

Google

18 Aug 2025

Improving the ISEMAIL and ISURL functions in Google Sheets

What’s changing =ISURL() and =ISEMAIL() are two Google Sheets functions that check whether a value is a valid URL or email address, respectively. To ensure more domains and email addresses are properly recognized by these functions, we’re improvin...

Google

18 Aug 2025

Catch up on unread messages within a conversation in Google Chat

What’s changing You can currently use Gemini in Google Chat to summarize unread conversations in the Chat home view and to summarize files shared in conversations. To build upon this, we’re adding the ability to catch up on unread messages in a d...

Google

18 Aug 2025

Coming soon: A refreshed user interface for Google Meet hardware touch controllers, test it now in preview

What’s changing In the coming weeks, we will be introducing an updated user interface for the Mimo Vue HD, Mimo Mist, Logitech Tap, Logitech Tap IP and Lenovo Series One Touch controllers.
To explore this upcoming feature, we encourage Admins to c...

Google

18 Aug 2025

How Long Does It Actually Take to Build a Website? Here’s What Our Experts Say.

We couldn't find a good article that accurately explains how long it should take to build a website. So, we asked our own experts and partners what they think.

14 Aug 2025

Google Ads API documentation gets a major upgrade!

We're thrilled to announce significant improvements to the Google Ads API documentation, designed to make your development experience smoother, faster, and more intuitive. These changes are a direct result of valuable feedback from our incredible API ...

Google

14 Aug 2025

Accelerating development with monthly releases for Android Studio – releasing 2X more often than before

Posted by Xavier Ducrohet – Tech Lead, Android Studio and Adarsh Fernando – Group Product Manager, Android Studio

Last year, we doubled our release frequency for Android Studio with the introduction of Feature Drops, a change designed to bring yo...

Google

14 Aug 2025

Test on a fleet of physical devices with Android Device Streaming, now with Android Partner Device Labs

Posted by Adarsh Fernando – Group Product Manager, Android Studio, and Grant Yang – Sr. Product Manager, Omnilab

Today, we're excited to give you an update on Android Device Streaming and announce that Android Partner Device Labs are now stable ...

Google

14 Aug 2025

Improving Codebase Awareness in Visual Studio Chat

Smarter Code Search in Visual Studio: From BM25 to Semantic Search In our latest 17.14.11 release, we’ve made a significant leap forward in how we explore your code to retrieve meaningful context. Our new Remote Semantic Search integration helps you find exactly what you need faster and with greater precision than ever before. By embedding […]
The post Improving Codebase Awareness in Visual Studio Chat appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

14 Aug 2025

From Redmond to San Diego: VS Live! Highlights, Session Examples, and What’s Next

There’s something special about hosting developers at Microsoft HQ — and this year’s Visual Studio Live! Redmond reminded me why I love these events. The energy in every room was electric. From the moment the first session kicked off, developers leaned in, asked smart, challenging questions, and took every opportunity to connect with the Product […]
The post From Redmond to San Diego: VS Live! Highlights, Session Examples, and What’s Next appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

14 Aug 2025

What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release

Posted by Meghan Mehta – Developer Relations Engineer and Nick Butcher – Product Manager

Today, the Jetpack Compose August ‘25 release is stable. This release contains version 1.9 of core compose modules (see the full BOM mapping), introducing ne...

Google

13 Aug 2025

Agent Factory: The new era of agentic AI—common use cases and design patterns

Instead of simply delivering information, agents reason, act, and collaborate—bridging the gap between knowledge and outcomes. Read more about agentic AI in Azure AI Foundry.
The post Agent Factory: The new era of agentic AI—common use cases and design patterns appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

13 Aug 2025

How to Choose a Web Host: 10 Factors You Should Consider

Take it from someone who’s been burned by hosting companies: you don’t want to skimp on thoroughly evaluating your hosting provider.

12 Aug 2025

GPT-5 Now Available in Visual Studio

We’re excited to share that GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio. GPT-5 offers faster responses and even better performance for writing and understanding code. This release brings a new level of capability to your development workflow, making it easier to move from idea to implementation. Try […]
The post GPT-5 Now Available in Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

12 Aug 2025

Android’s pKVM Becomes First Globally Certified Software to Achieve Prestigious SESIP Level 5 Security Certification

Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, VP Engineering, Android Security & Privacy

Today marks a watershed moment and new benchmark for open-source security and the future of consumer electronics. Google is proud to announce that protected KVM (pKVM), the hype...

Google

12 Aug 2025

Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management

We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has once again been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management, for the third year in a row.
The post Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

12 Aug 2025

Introducing the translytical task flow contest

Do you have an idea for automating decision-making in Microsoft Fabric? Want to help others learn while showcasing your skills?

We’re launching the Translytical Task Flow Contest – a challenge to create and share reusable templates that combin...

12 Aug 2025

What is WordPress MCP integration?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a unified interface that enables AI-powered systems to interact and exchange data with other platforms, tools, and applications. The WordPress-MCP integration sets up the interface to allow AI platforms to access dat...

12 Aug 2025

For a Limited Time: Unlock Plugin Power on Personal & Premium Plans

From August 12 to August 25, 2025, new customers and users upgrading from free plans can now use plugins on all new Personal and Premium plans.

12 Aug 2025

Power BI August 2025 Feature Summary

The Power BI August 2025 Feature Summary introduces major updates in Copilot and AI, reporting, and modeling. Highlights include Copilot integration for SharePoint Online, measure description automation, and advanced data modeling features.

12 Aug 2025

Media3 1.8.0 – What’s new?

Posted by Toni Heidenreich – Engineering Manager

This release includes several bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features. Read on to find out more, and as always please check out the full release notes for a comprehensive overview of...

Google

11 Aug 2025

GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here

Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. This is more than a new model release; it is the most powerful large language model (LLM) ever released across key benchmarks.
The post GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure

7 Aug 2025

#WeArePlay: Meet the people coding a more sustainable world

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing

How do you tackle the planet's biggest sustainability and environmental challenges? For 10 new founders we’re spotlighting in #WeArePlay, it starts with coding. Their apps and games are helping to ...

Google

7 Aug 2025

Changes for supporting European Union Political Ads Regulation in Google Ads API and Google Ads scripts

What’s changing?

As announced last year, Google will stop serving political advertising in the European Union ahead of a new regulation taking effect in October 2025. On September 3, 2025, the Google Ads API and Google Ads scripts will roll out enf...

Google

7 Aug 2025

Announcing v21 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v21 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v21 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. All the updated client libraries and code examples have been published.

As previously announced,...

Google

6 Aug 2025

Portland, Are You Ready? The WCUS 2025 Schedule Has Arrived!

We’re excited to announce that the full schedule for WordCamp US 2025 has been published! From August 26–29 in Portland, Oregon, join web creators, innovators, and community leaders for four days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. This year’s lineup brings together sessions on everything from cutting-edge AI to hands-on workshops, performance, accessibility, design, and the […]

6 Aug 2025

What is HDR?

Posted by John Reck – Software Engineer

For Android developers, delivering exceptional visual experiences is a continuous goal. High Dynamic Range (HDR) unlocks new possibilities, offering the potential for more vibrant and immersive content. Techn...

Google

6 Aug 2025

Maintenance Releases for WordPress branches 4.7 to 6.7

Following on from the WordPress 6.8.2 maintenance release last month, the included update to the root security certificate bundle has been backported to all branches back to 4.7. This ensures that when your site performs server-side HTTP requests, the most up-to-date information about trusted security certificates is used. Further information can be found on the […]

5 Aug 2025

Visual Studio 2015 Retirement: Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio

Support for Visual Studio 2015 will end on October 14, 2025. If you’re using an older version of Visual Studio, we want to keep you productive and secure when using Visual Studio, and strongly recommend you upgrade to Visual Studio 2022, which brings the power of Copilot to your development workflow. It also contains key […]
The post Visual Studio 2015 Retirement: Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

5 Aug 2025

Hello Developer: August 2025

Sign up for new Apple developer workshops all over the world. Plus, download Apple UI design kits for Figma and Sketch, meet the Italy-based team behind Sunlitt, and more.Read more

Apple

5 Aug 2025

The Power BI DataViz World Championships are coming to FabCon Vienna!

The Power BI DataViz World Champs – EU Edition kicks off today! Explore the dataset, enter the competition, and compete for a spot on stage at FabCon Vienna. Plus, check out our other August contests in the Fabric Community!

5 Aug 2025

Unlocking enhanced Performance Max targeting in the Google Ads API

This blog post was updated on August 12, 2025 to add clarification on how to attach a negative keyword list to your campaign.

We're excited to announce the launch of three powerful new features for Performance Max campaigns within the Google Ads A...

Google

4 Aug 2025

Standalone Copilot in Power BI will be turned on by default in September

Starting on or after September 1, 2025, the standalone Copilot experience will be enabled by default for all tenants where Copilot has already been turned on. You can opt-out of this automatic rollout. Read on to learn how.

4 Aug 2025

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop is stable – start using Agent Mode

Posted by Paris Hsu – Product Manager, Android Studio

The next wave of innovation is here with Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop. We're thrilled to announce that Gemini in Android Studio's Agent Mode is now available in the stable release, re...

Google

31 Jul 2025

July 2025 update to Display & Video 360 API

Today, we’re announcing the July 2025 update to the Display & Video 360 API. This update includes the following:

Support for campaign and insertion order targeting in v4, bringing it to parity with v3.
The ability to retrieve video ad inventory con...

Google

31 Jul 2025

Introducing the First-Ever Fabric Notebooks Competition for Power BI!

Join the Power BI Notebooks Competition this August to showcase your creativity and contribute to the community gallery.

31 Jul 2025

Kali Linux & Containerization (Apple’s Container)

If you’re an Apple user, you may have heard of Apple’s upcoming feature Containerization during WWDC 2025.
Quick summary:

Container is a CLI tool, which works with Containerization. This is what end-users interact with.
Containerization ha...

Kali

29 Jul 2025

#WeArePlay: 10 million downloads and counting, meet app and game founders from across the U.S.

Posted by Robbie McLachlan, Developer Marketing

They saw a problem and built the answer. Meet 20 #WeArePlay founders from across the U.S. who started their entrepreneurial journey with a question like: what if reading was no longer a barrier ...

Google

24 Jul 2025

Version Support Changes for the Google Ads API Python Library

In October, 2025, Python 3.9 will reach end-of-life in October 2025 and will no longer be supported by the Python Software Foundation. Once Python 3.9 officially reaches end-of-life status, it will also no longer be supported by the Google Ads client...

Google

24 Jul 2025