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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Google Docs’ built-in AI assistant can now pull information from Gemini Notebook.

When you type the “@” symbol into the bottom Gemini bar in Docs, you’ll now see a list of Gemini Notebooks. Select one, and Gemini will draw from those sources to generate a document from your prompt.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Adobe’s Premiere video editor is now on Android.

After launching for iPhone last year, a free Android version of the Premiere mobile app is now available on the Google Play store. Devices need at least 5GB of RAM and to be running Android 13 or later, and the app provides a multi-track editing timeline with tools for visual effects, audio, transitions, and more.

A screenshot showing visual filters on the Adobe Premiere mobile app.
There are also basic tools like filters alongside the more professional editing features.
Image: Adobe
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Googlebooks, Googlebooks, Googlebooks.

As I mention in my Googlebook hands-on piece, Google’s new laptop OS has clever ideas about how an Android-based laptop and an Android phone interact. It’s worth checking out in motion, like in our short video that went up today.

We’ll of course be testing and reviewing Googlebooks to see if they actually have the juice. In the meantime, watch me hold a microphone like a goof.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
MediaTek’s new Dimensity CX C10 Max chip will go into Googlebooks.

MediaTek is announcing its new Dimensity CX C10 Max processor. It’s an Arm-based chip built on TSMC’s 3nm process, with an 8-core CPU, 11-core GPU, and an NPU capable of up to 55 TOPS. This will be MediaTek’s Googlebook chip, as it’s designed for thin-and-light laptops like the five initial Googlebooks that were just announced.

This is the first chip of a new line from MediaTek, yet it still manages to have “Max” in its name.
This is the first chip of a new line from MediaTek, yet it still manages to have “Max” in its name.
Image: MediaTek
Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners

App casting, handoff, and seamless file sharing make Googlebooks feel (almost) obvious with an Android phone.

Dominic Preston
I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

Googlebooks are here. And they’re actually interesting (for Android phone users) — but there are still so many questions.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The long dream of the Googlebook

Google’s latest attempt to reinvent the laptop will require everything the company does well — and a few things it doesn’t.

David Pierce
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Gmail has a quicker way to copy 2FA codes.

A new “Copy code” button is rolling out to Gmail inboxes on Android and iOS that previews authentication codes below the subject line, letting you copy them with a single tap without opening the email. It isn’t available on web, but it should make mobile logins less tedious.

The new Copy code button in Gmail for iOS and Android.
Here’s a preview of the pill-shaped Copy code button.
Image: 9to5Google
The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over

It’s AI CEO against AI CEO, and things are changing by the day.

Hayden Field
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Valve has open-sourced Lepton, its tool to bring Android games to Steam.

“Lepton is intended to help game developers bring their VR Android games to the Steam Frame,” Valve writes. “Lepton is not designed for general Android use, instead opting to keep the bare minimum functionality required to launch into games.”

Developers have already used it to port Meta Quest games to the Steam Frame. But could it do more?

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google’s new emoji site is great.

On the Noto Emoji site, you can search for emoji, download 2D and 3D files of the (open source) emoji in different formats, and even see the original proposals that helped things get turned into emoji in the first place. (In 2019, I wrote about that proposal process for my submissions of the waffle and yawning face emoji.)

I also recommend Google’s post about designing its Noto 3D emoji, it’s good stuff.

A screenshot of Google’s Noto Emoji site.
Image: Google