Enhanced Google Play Protect Will Block More Fraudulent Apps

For this year’s Safer Internet Day, Google is rolling out Enhanced Google Play Protect in the Philippines to protect more Filipinos from financial fraud and scams. During the launch at Google Philippines Headquarters yesterday (February 10),  Southeast Asia Government Affairs and Public Policy Yves Gonzales shared that Enhanced Google Play Protect has blocked over 3.2 […]

Google CEO Thinks AI Can Be Used For Search

While Google is part of the AI race with its development of Gemini, CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that Google Search itself will be utilizing AI in how it will deliver information to Search users. “As AI continues to expand the universe of queries that people can ask, 2025 is going to be one of the […]

Google’s Next Iteration of Gemini Can Reason on its Own

As Google continues to improve Gemini, it recently released 2.0 called “Flash Thinking Experimental” as its latest prototype for its language model. This version of Gemini can reason on its own, and is meant for “multimodal understanding, reasoning, and coding”. To make it clear, Gemini 2.0 cannot reason like a human being–instead, it is meant […]

Maris Racal, Anthony Jennings Dominate Google Search Trends

You’re not the only one who barely slept lately: Google Trends confirm that a social media post involving Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings became a top search term in Google, showing that a lot of people–beyond Filipinos–are talking about one of the hottest “teas” in showbiz. The trending search for Maris emerged after Jamela Villanueva, […]

BSP Met with Apple Pay and Google Pay; Coming Soon to PH?

While the push for cashless payments is slowly progressing–the latest being GCash adding QR payment support to HUAWEI smartwatches–one of the things we are waiting for is Apple Pay and Google Pay to be available in the Philippines. There’s good news to that, as the BSP confirmed that they have meetings with representatives of Apple […]

Google Gemini Finally Arrives on iOS

After making its debut on Android devices and for the Web, Google is expanding the compatibility of Gemini, this time for iOS devices. Available for free on the Apple App Store, Google Gemini for iOS brings personalized and intuitive AI experience right in their pockets. With Gemini, people can engage in natural, flowing conversations, ask […]

Only Google Pixel Phones Have this Cool Feature

While we are still waiting for the day that Pixel phones will be official in the Philippines, Google is expanding its body temperature measurement to work in select countries in Europe like Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, […]

Gemini Live is Google Assistant with AI

Aside from the Pixel 9 series and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Google also announced software updates, with Gemini Live being among the main highlights. Available on Android phones for Gemini Advanced Subscribers, the best at to describe Gemini Advanced is that it is Google Assistant infused with AI. The main principle of Gemini Advanced is […]

Google Gives a Full Revamp to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Aside from the Pixel 9 series, Google also announced an updated foldable as well with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Having a different naming scheme from its predecessor, Google completely revamped the design of its latest foldable, making it taller and slimmer. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is 10.5mm folded and 5.1mm unfolded, making it […]

The Google Pixel 9 Series Now Comes in Three Variants

Google just unveiled the Pixel 9 series and showcases their new AI quirks and features alongside improved hardware.  There are two plot twists this time: the Pixel 9 Pro now has a compact version, and all Pixel 9 phones–includeing the Pixel 9 Pro Fold–only ship with Android 14 out of the box. Despite that, Google […]

The HONOR 200 Gives Google’s Pixel a Run of its Money

Ahead of their official launch in the Philippines on July 17, the HONOR 200 series have taken two of the top 5 spots on DXOMARK Pro’s Camera Rankings in the high-end price category. Their rankings effectively makes the cameras of the HONOR 200 series rival Google’s entry-level Pixel 8a and 7a, and mid-range Pixel 7. […]

Google Translate Continues to Break the Language Barrier By Adding More Filipino Languages

Google Translate has expanded its language support to 133, adding 110 new languages that include regional Filipino languages using the PaLM 2 large language model, enabling over 660 million people to access information and connect in their native tongue. Google’s PaLM 2 AI model focuses on learning closely related languages. This helps improve Google Translate […]