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Evaluating Mitigations & Vulnerabilities in Chrome

Posted by Alex Gough, Chrome Security Team

The Chrome Security Team is constantly striving to make it safer to browse the web. We invest in mechanisms to make classes of security bugs impossible, mitigations that make it more difficult to exploit a s...

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3 Oct 2024

3 ways visual search helps you shop

Check out Google Lens’ latest shopping edit which offers product details with one snap — plus, more tips for shopping what you see.

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3 Oct 2024

How to use Google Lens to ask questions out loud about what you see

Voice input in Google Lens lets you make your voice heard as you search. Here’s how to use this new feature.

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3 Oct 2024

Ask questions in new ways with AI in Search

Introducing new ways to ask questions on Google and Lens to help you find what you need more effortlessly using AI.

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3 Oct 2024

New ways for marketers to reach customers with AI Overviews and Lens

With ads in AI Overviews and Google Lens, you can connect with the customers at the perfect moment from discovery to action.

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3 Oct 2024

New in Gemini: Gemini Live and connected Google apps in more languages

We are expanding Gemini Live and extensions to over 40 languages so you can chat with Gemini in your preferred language.

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3 Oct 2024

World Teachers’ Day 2024

This World Teachers’ Day, we’re spotlighting teacher stories around the world and showing how Google continues to support learning and education.

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3 Oct 2024

World Teachers’ Day: 4 ways Google is supporting educators

From funding organizations seeking to transform education to providing tech tools in the classroom, here’s how Google is helping teachers.

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3 Oct 2024

World Teachers’ Day: A spotlight on educator stories

To celebrate World Teachers’ Day, we spotlight teacher stories on what it’s like to be in the profession today.

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3 Oct 2024

Introducing the first Google Academic Research Award winners

Google launches GARA program to fund and support groundbreaking research in computing and technology, addressing global challenges.

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3 Oct 2024

Experience and learn about culture with the help of AI

These three new AI features from Google Arts & Culture let you explore art through a personalized lens.

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3 Oct 2024

Performance Max Campaign in Detail Placement View

The detail_placement_view can be used to query metrics aggregated by ad group and URL or YouTube video in the Google Ads API. The detail_placement_view is not intended to be used for campaigns with an advertising_channel_type of PERFORMANCE_MAX, as th...

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2 Oct 2024

Comments and action items are now available for client-side encrypted Google Sheets and Slides

What’s changingWe’re pleased to announce that the use of comments and action items are now available in client-side encrypted Google Sheets and Slides. This includes the ability to add, edit, reply, filter, or delete comments, as well as assign action ...

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2 Oct 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 27, 2024

3 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both&nb...

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27 Sep 2024

Gemini in Gmail will now provide contextual Smart Replies

What’s changingIn 2017, we introduced Smart Reply in Gmail, a feature that utilizes machine learning to suggest three quick responses to emails based on the email's content. Thanks to this feature, users have saved time, especially when on the go, by e...

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26 Sep 2024

Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source

Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep - Android team, and Alex Rebert - Security Foundations

Memory safety vulnerabilities remain a pervasive threat to software security. At Google, we believe the path to eliminating this class of vulnerabilities at scale and ...

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25 Sep 2024

Google Sheets tables are now integrated with conditional notifications

What’s changing Earlier this year, we introduced tables in Google Sheets, a feature that accelerates spreadsheet building by formatting and organizing your data into a polished design with column types, filters, color coding, dropdown menus and mo...

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25 Sep 2024

Gmail allows more senders to protect their brand using BIMI Common Mark Certificates

What’s changingSince 2021, Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) has been critical in building trust between email senders and email recipients. To qualify for BIMI, senders must adopt best practices and have their domains and brand logos ...

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24 Sep 2024

Preview and test upcoming features on Google Meet hardware devices

What’s changing Using the new “Feature preview” setting, specific Google Meet hardware devices can be configured to test upcoming features prior to general availability. This is especially beneficial for testing purposes, gathering user feedback, ...

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24 Sep 2024

Customize your Google Docs with polished cover images

What’s changing We’re making it easy for you to personalize and differentiate documents with full-bleed cover images that extend from one edge of your document to the other. Whether you’re customizing a document for a customer with industry t...

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24 Sep 2024

Google & Arm – Raising The Bar on GPU Security

Posted by Xuan Xing, Eugene Rodionov, Jon Bottarini, Adam Bacchus - Android Red Team;
Amit Chaudhary, Lyndon Fawcett, Joseph Artgole - Arm Product Security Team

Who cares about GPUs?

You, me, and the entire ecosystem! GPUs (graphics processin...

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24 Sep 2024

Introducing security advisor, a new set of tools and insights to help small businesses protect their organization against cyber attacks

What’s changingThe cyber threat landscape is evolving and there's been an increase in the sophistication and volume of malicious threats. Small businesses frequently lack the time, resources, and expertise that larger organizations have to implement ro...

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24 Sep 2024

Kickstart ideas, brainstorm activities, and differentiate content with the help of Gemini in Google Classroom

What’s changingEarlier this year, we introduced the Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium add-ons to give education customers new and powerful ways of working, teaching and learning with Gemini for Google Workspace. We also piloted Gemini in ...

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23 Sep 2024

Upcoming changes to search and display campaign reporting in the Google Ads API

Starting on October 16, 2024, we will start rolling out changes to search and display reporting. As a result of this change, Google Ads Query Language (GAQL) queries for campaigns with an advertising_channel_type of SEARCH or DISPLAY will return a va...

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23 Sep 2024

New updates to help you do more with Google TV

New home controls, AI-generated screensavers and easier ways to find and watch content are coming to all Google TV devices

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23 Sep 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 20, 2024

3 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both&nb...

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20 Sep 2024

Additional iOS data exfiltration enhancement: account level data sharing between Google Workspace apps and non-Google Workspace apps on or off

What’s changing Admins can now enable content sharing on personal Workspace accounts while preventing data sharing from corporate Workspace accounts on iOS devices.
Additionally, admins can now prevent data sharing from unknown sources (typically...

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19 Sep 2024

Create birthdays in Google Calendar

What’s changing Currently, Google Calendar automatically pulls in birthday information from Google Contacts. However, it is not currently possible to create birthday events directly in Calendar. To ensure a birthday is never missed, we’re int...

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19 Sep 2024

Admin features for space management via the Chat API are now generally available

What’s changingEarlier this year, we introduced a series of space management capabilities for Workspace admins in the Google Chat API via the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. These API features are now generally available for all Google Work...

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19 Sep 2024

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19 Sep 2024

New Search experiences in South Africa: Badges and refinement chips

We're sharing more information about our new search experiences in South Africa, and how South
African platforms can express interest and participate.

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16 Sep 2024

8 formas de explorar, aprender y honrar la herencia latina con Google

Un vistazo a las múltiples formas en que los productos y servicios de Google se presentan en este mes de la Herencia Hispana.

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13 Sep 2024

Explore, learn about and honor Latino heritage with Google

How we’re honoring Hispanic Heritage Month.

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13 Sep 2024

A new path for Kyber on the web

Posted by David Adrian, David Benjamin, Bob Beck & Devon O'Brien, Chrome Team

We previously posted about experimenting with a hybrid post-quantum key exchange, and enabling it for 100% of Chrome Desktop clients. The hybrid key exchange used both the ...

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13 Sep 2024

New Peloton content is now available for Fitbit Premium subscribers

Peloton classes are now available to Fitbit Premium members in the U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia.

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13 Sep 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – September 13, 2024

3 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both&nb...

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13 Sep 2024

TAG Bulletin: Q3 2024

This bulletin includes coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q3 2024. It was last updated on September 12, 2024.JulyWe terminated 89 Y…

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12 Sep 2024

Improving the Google Workspace Marketplace app publishing experience with Drafts

What’s changingDevelopers can create apps for the Google Workspace Marketplace that automate tasks, integrate Google Workspace with third-party products, and enhance communication and collaboration. To improve upon the publishing experience, we’re...

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12 Sep 2024

Developer Preview: Desktop windowing on Android Tablets

Posted by Francesco Romano – Developer Relations Engineer on Android, and Fahd Imtiaz – Product Manager, Android Developer

To empower tablet users to get more done, we're enhancing freeform windowing, allowing them to run multiple apps simultaneo...

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12 Sep 2024

How to use Gemini in Gmail to manage your inbox like a pro

Learn more about new Gemini in Gmail features.

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12 Sep 2024

New safety features in Chrome for more protection

Updates include improved Safety Check, an easier way to opt out of website notifications and the option to grant one-time website permissions.

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12 Sep 2024

New initiatives to help small businesses grow with AI

New support from Google.org and Grow with Google aim to equip U.S. small businesses with AI tools, training and resources to grow.

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12 Sep 2024

How we’re working to make digital identity a reality for everyone

Learn more about digital identity and how Google Wallet features and protections are helping lay the groundwork for its future.

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12 Sep 2024

Simpler data privacy for advertisers with confidential matching

Confidential matching is a new way to securely connect your first-party data for our measurement and audience solutions.

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12 Sep 2024

New Google Wallet features for travelers and commuters

Check out Google Wallet’s new type of digital ID as well as new transit features.

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12 Sep 2024

DataGemma: Using real-world data to address AI hallucinations

Introducing DataGemma, the first open models designed to connect LLMs with extensive real-world data drawn from Google's Data Commons.

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12 Sep 2024

How Project Guideline helped me run a half marathon independently

Fatmir Seremeti made history as the first visually impaired runner to complete the Stockholm Half Marathon using Google's Project Guideline, showcasing the power of AI i…

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12 Sep 2024

Learn all about Google Trends with our new YouTube tutorials

This post is about the new Google Trends Tutorials YouTube series. In these videos you'll learn how to use
Google Trends to analyze patterns in Google Search and Youtube searches, and use them to create
interesting content online.

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12 Sep 2024

How we built 3 key fitness metrics for Pixel Watch 3

Learn more about Google Pixel Watch 3’s updated Daily Readiness score and new Cardio Load and Target Load fitness metrics.

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11 Sep 2024

Streamlining Android authentication: Credential Manager replaces legacy APIs

Posted by Diego Zavala and Jason Lucibello – Product Managers

In 2023, we introduced Credential Manager for Android. Credential Manager creates a unified experience for passkeys, Sign in with Google, and passwords, allowing seamless sign-in and...

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11 Sep 2024

NotebookLM now lets you listen to a conversation about your sources

NotebookLM is releasing Audio Overviews, which turns your sources into an engaging discussion.

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11 Sep 2024

Google Meet Add-ons SDK is now generally available

What’s changing We’re pleased to announce that beginning today, the Meet Add-ons SDK is now generally available for the web. This SDK allows developers to iframe their app into Meet, and lets meeting participants interact with the app’s content di...

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11 Sep 2024

3 Chrome updates to help you stay on top of your tabs

These new Chrome features and updates will make it easier to organize and access your tabs whether you're on your phone or desktop computer.

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10 Sep 2024

Google Cloud Directory Sync now complies with your conflicting accounts management settings

What’s changing When Google Cloud Directory Sync (GCDS) attempts to create new users, it may encounter unmanaged accounts that conflict with the accounts it’s attempting to create. In these instances, GCDS will now comply with the conflicting acco...

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10 Sep 2024

Our first-of-its-kind direct air capture deal forges a path to lower costs

We’re announcing a new deal to purchase carbon removal credits from Holocene, at the lowest price on record for direct air capture.

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10 Sep 2024

Access and sort shared files more easily in Google Chat conversations

What’s changing Earlier this year, we improved upon the file management experience in Google Chat spaces by creating the Shared tab, a central place to manage all conversation-related artifacts including files, links and media. Today, we’re excite...

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10 Sep 2024

Discover the people, places and treasures that shape Ukraine’s culture

Celebrating the people, places, and treasures that shape Ukrainian culture on Google Arts & Culture.

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10 Sep 2024

Google for Mexico 2024: Economic progress, driven by AI

At our annual Google for Mexico event, we showcased how we’re supporting economic growth in Mexico.

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10 Sep 2024

Gemini reports now include user-level usage, including app usage insights

What’s changing We’re incorporating additional data in Gemini reports to help our customers gain a deeper understanding of Gemini usage and adoption across their organizations. Gemini reports now include user and app level Gemini usage a...

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9 Sep 2024

Jetpack Compose APIs for building adaptive layouts using Material guidance now stable

Posted by Alex Vanyo – Developer Relations Engineer

The 1.0 stable version of the Compose adaptive APIs with Material guidance is out, ready to be used in production. The library helps you build adaptive layouts that provide an optimized user exp...

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9 Sep 2024