MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. (KTAL/KMSS) In the past, if you asked Google, “How old was George Washington?” it could for sure give you a direct answer. However, if you were to type a general follow-up like, ...

“Hey, Google” isn't the same anymore. Google has decided that it’s going to disconnect the “Hey, Google” prompt from Google Assistant on Android phones and replace it with a connection to Gemini Live, ...

Google has made a change to how you enable the “Hey Google” hotword and Voice Match on Pixel Buds and other Assistant headphones. Previously, you could have the “Hey Google” hotword and Voice Match ...

Going forward, “Hey Google” will fire up Gemini, as long as it’s running on the Android device being cast to the car’s infotainment system. In fact, we learned of its impending, unspecified arrival a ...

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AI Mode excels at tasks like product research for online shopping. But it falls short on basic web searches. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the ...