Topic: beta features
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iOS 26.5 adds encrypted RCS to Messages: how to verify it’s on
iOS 26.5 introduces RCS end-to-end encryption as a default beta feature, extending robust privacy protection to green bubble conversations that previously lacked it. To verify encryption is enabled, go to Settings → Apps → Messages → RCS Messaging and ensure the 'End-to-End Encryption' toggle is ...
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Ozlo Sleepbuds 30% Off for Mother's Day
The Ozlo Sleepbuds, developed by former Bose engineers, are currently discounted by 30% to $249, marking their lowest tracked price ahead of Mother's Day. They function primarily as a comfortable, portable white noise machine with a key audio feature: users can play personal audio before it trans...
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Who Gets News From AI? New Pew Research Reveals the Divide
Most Americans do not use AI for daily news, with only 9% relying on chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini, highlighting a gap between AI's capabilities and public acceptance in journalism. Trust in AI-generated news is low, as half of users report encountering incorrect information and many struggle t...
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Neon App Pays Users to Record Calls & Sells Data to AI
Neon Mobile, an app that pays users to record their phone calls and sells the audio to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the number two spot in the U.S. Apple App Store's Social Networking category. The app records only the user's side of conversations unless both parties are Neon users, a strat...
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Gboard May Finally Add iPhone's Best Keyboard Feature
Gboard may soon introduce a new trackpad mode for cursor navigation, activated by long-pressing the spacebar, allowing users to freely drag the cursor anywhere on the screen. This feature directly mimics a popular iOS innovation, addressing a long-standing weakness in Gboard's text editing and im...
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Gemini's Personal Intelligence Feels Eerily Familiar
Google's Gemini introduces a proactive Personal Intelligence feature that autonomously accesses user data from services like Gmail and Calendar to anticipate needs, moving beyond simple command-based assistance. The feature demonstrates impressive capabilities by orchestrating complex tasks acros...
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New AI Tools in Photoshop & Premiere Pro Edit Your Work Instantly
Adobe has introduced generative AI tools across Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Lightroom to streamline editing tasks and accelerate creative production. Photoshop now supports third-party AI models for Generative Fill and features an AI Assistant for automated edits, while Lightroom offers Assisted...
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Photoshop Unveils AI-Powered Editing Tools for Stunning Images
Adobe Photoshop introduces AI-powered tools like Generative Upscale, Harmonize, and improved object removal to streamline professional image editing workflows. Generative Upscale enhances image resolution up to 8 megapixels, while Harmonize automatically adjusts colors and lighting for seamless o...
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Android 17 Beta 3 Enhances UI with More Blur Effects
Android 17 Beta 3 expands the use of blur effects in the system interface, building on the visual direction started in Android 16. Key visible changes include a blurred background in the widget picker and a blurred wallpaper effect during app launch animations. Google's design rationale is to enh...
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Gemini Can Now Use Android Apps via 'AppFunctions'
Google is integrating its Gemini AI with Android via "AppFunctions", a new feature allowing developers to expose app capabilities for local, on-device AI execution, prioritizing privacy and speed. This enables AI-powered, conversational commands to perform tasks within and across apps, such as ...
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Google Launches In-Account Certification Applications
Google is rolling out a new in-platform application process for Social Casino Games certifications within Google Ads, replacing the previous Help Center method for select advertisers. The feature will be available starting in August through a new Policy > Account section under the Admin menu, wit...
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Apple adds encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone
iOS 26.5 introduces encrypted RCS messaging between iPhone and Android users, with end-to-end encryption enabled by default for secure cross-platform chats. The update adds ads in Maps, showing local ads based on location and search activity, with Apple stating this data is not linked to user acc...
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iOS 26.4 Beta 4: All the Latest Features and Changes
iOS 26.4 beta 4 introduces new emoji, including a trombone and landslide, and adds skin tone and gender options for existing characters. The update includes a renamed accessibility setting to "Reduce Bright Effects" and removes the RCS end-to-end encryption beta, deferring it to a future release....
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Google Analytics Home Page Gains AI Insights & Cross-Channel Budgeting
Google Analytics now features **AI-powered Generated insights on the Home page**, automatically highlighting the top three significant changes since a user's last login to provide immediate, actionable information. A new **cross-channel budgeting tool is in beta**, allowing advertisers to monitor...
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Gemini Live Upgrades: New 'Thinking Mode' & Experimental Features
The Gemini app for Android is testing new "Labs" features, including a "Live Thinking Mode" for more detailed responses and "Live Experimental Features" for multimodal memory and personalized results, hinting at an upgrade to the Gemini 3 AI model family. Two additional experimental features are ...
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Master Your Platform's Algorithm: A Quick Guide
Users have significant control over algorithmic recommendations on major social platforms through built-in tools that allow them to signal preferences for content they want to see more or less of. Specific platform features include Facebook's content preferences and activity log, Instagram's Reel...
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Adobe Firefly Image 5 Adds Layers and Custom Model Creation
Adobe's Firefly Image 5 introduces major upgrades, including 4-megapixel native resolution for sharper images and more realistic human renderings, enhancing its AI-driven creative tools. The update features a layered, prompt-based editing system that intelligently separates objects for easy modif...
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ChatGPT Now Smarter at Organizing Your Work and School Data
OpenAI has launched a "company knowledge" feature for ChatGPT, enabling Business, Enterprise, and Education users to integrate with platforms like Slack and Google Drive for unified data access. This enhancement allows ChatGPT to function as a conversational search engine, synthesizing answers fr...
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Unlock Deeper Insights with Google Ads Performance Max Reporting
Google has enhanced Performance Max reporting with greater transparency, including asset segmentation by device, time, and networks, plus a new channel performance report for detailed insights. Advertisers should note that asset-level metrics can be inflated due to separate tracking and are appro...
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Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Get a Teleprompter and AI Writing Assistant
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are introducing an EMG handwriting feature, allowing users to send messages by writing in the air using muscle movements detected by the neural band. A new teleprompter feature enables users to display and navigate notes or scripts from their phone directly within the...
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