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Archives for September 2026

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Google makes it easy to switch Android password managers.

Now you can move both passwords and passkeys between Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane, with more password managers to come. It works at the OS level, so there’s no unencrypted text file for you to deal with on the import / export.

Importing and exporting requires just a few clicks.
Importing and exporting requires just a few clicks.
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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
The Pixel Tablet is gone from Google’s online store.

The 2023 Android tablet has seemingly been discontinued. Its online Google Store page is gone, and there’s no longer even a “Tablet” section in the menu. The Pixel Tablet was most notable for the included dock, which turned it into a smart home hub, but never received a follow-up.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Gemini’s Daily Brief is now available to everyone in the US.

First announced at I/O in May, Daily Brief is an AI feature that generates a summary of your day with the emails, meetings, and other information pulled from apps connected to Gemini. It was previously only available to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.

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Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Chrome is now on a two-week update cycle.

As previously announced, Google has halved the release cycle for its web browser with today’s stable release of Chrome 153 on desktop, Android, and iOS. Chrome 154 Beta is now ready for testing, ahead of its stable release on September 22nd.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Google is changing search in the EU, and it sure is mad about it.

Searches related to hotels and flights will now more prominently display results linking to price comparison sites, after the EU found Google was breaking antitrust rules by prioritizing its own Shopping, Flights, and Hotels tools, fining it €460 million. Google told Reuters it’s the largest reduction in search quality for 29 years.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Google Photos is coming to Gemini Spark.

The update is rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US over the next few weeks. When it arrives, Spark users can ask the AI agent to automatically search, organize, and curate photos and videos, and extract information from them to use elsewhere.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Googlebook app, “Look up,” shows up on the Play Store.

A Play Store listing spotted by 9to5Google said “Look up” allows you to “highlight a concept you want to explore, a new word, a trip destination, and more.” Screenshots captured by the outlet show the app pulling up a definition for a highlighted word, as well as showing tracking information for a highlighted flight number.

The app description and images have since been pulled from the listing.