devtake.dev — #googleArticles tagged google on devtake.dev.https://devtake.dev/en-usGemini Intelligence turns Android 17 into an agent that drives your appshttps://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-intelligence-android-17/https://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-intelligence-android-17/Google's Android Show pitched Gemini Intelligence and AppFunctions, an MCP-style way for the assistant to call inside your apps. Here's how it works and what to watch.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMTandroidgeminiandroidai-agentsllmgoogleagentsnaomi-parkApple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini and is paying $1 billion a year for ithttps://devtake.dev/article/apple-siri-gemini-wwdc-2026/https://devtake.dev/article/apple-siri-gemini-wwdc-2026/At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:30:00 GMTapplesiriapple-intelligencewwdcgeminigoogleios-27tim-cookmark-gurmannaomi-parkGoogle is patching an Android flaw that attackers are already exploiting in the wildhttps://devtake.dev/article/android-june-2026-zero-day-patch/https://devtake.dev/article/android-june-2026-zero-day-patch/Google's June 2026 Android bulletin patches an actively exploited Framework privilege-escalation zero-day plus 123 other flaws. Here's who's at risk and what to do.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:45:00 GMTandroidandroidgooglesecurityzero-daycve-2025-48595patchpixelnaomi-parkGoogle said people love AI search. DuckDuckGo's installs jumped 30% the next week.https://devtake.dev/article/duckduckgo-installs-surge-google-ai-search/https://devtake.dev/article/duckduckgo-installs-surge-google-ai-search/DuckDuckGo's US downloads climbed about 30% and its no-AI search page saw 28% more visits the week after Google's I/O push. The backlash is now measurable.Wed, 27 May 2026 19:20:00 GMTwebduckduckgogoogleai-searchprivacysearch-enginesgeminiwebnaomi-parkGoogle's bug tracker auto-published exploit code for an unpatched Chromium flaw. The bug is still live.https://devtake.dev/article/google-chromium-exploit-code-leak/https://devtake.dev/article/google-chromium-exploit-code-leak/Chromium Issue 1396278 went public on May 20 because Google's tracker auto-clears restrictions on stale closed bugs. The flaw, reported in 2022, was never fixed.Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTsecuritysecuritychromiumchromegoogleservice-workersdev-toolsedgebrowser-securityluca-reinhardtFirst-gen Chromecasts are vanishing from streaming apps. Google won't say if it's a fix or a quiet EOL.https://devtake.dev/article/chromecast-1st-gen-cast-targets-vanishing/https://devtake.dev/article/chromecast-1st-gen-cast-targets-vanishing/YouTube, HBO Max, and others stopped listing the 2013 Chromecast as a cast target. Google EOL'd the hardware in 2023 and isn't commenting.Thu, 21 May 2026 11:00:00 GMTwebgooglechromecasteolstreaminghardware-eolcastingyoutubehbo-maxnaomi-parkGoogle and Samsung set Fall 2026 for Android XR glasses. Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are doing the frames.https://devtake.dev/article/android-xr-glasses-samsung-fall-2026/https://devtake.dev/article/android-xr-glasses-samsung-fall-2026/The Android Show confirmed Fall 2026 for Google and Samsung's first AR glasses, plus three new features for the Galaxy XR headset that launched in October.Wed, 20 May 2026 09:30:00 GMThardwaregooglesamsungandroid-xrgalaxy-xrgeminiar-glasseswearableshardwarehiro-tanakaiOS 26.5 brings encrypted texting between iPhone and Android. Group chats and metadata still leak.https://devtake.dev/article/apple-google-encrypted-rcs-rollout/https://devtake.dev/article/apple-google-encrypted-rcs-rollout/Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTappleapplegooglercsend-to-end-encryptionimessageios-26privacymlsnaomi-parkGoogle's Magic Pointer turns the cursor into a Gemini prompt. The first Googlebooks ship this fall.https://devtake.dev/article/deepmind-googlebook-magic-pointer/https://devtake.dev/article/deepmind-googlebook-magic-pointer/Google announced Googlebook on May 12: a premium laptop tier above Chromebook, with a Gemini-aware cursor called Magic Pointer. Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are in.Wed, 13 May 2026 10:30:00 GMTaigooglegooglebookgeminideepmindchromebookandroidai-assistantlaptopdieter-morelliAirbnb says AI writes 60% of its new code. Nobody has explained what that means.https://devtake.dev/article/airbnb-ai-writes-60-percent-code/https://devtake.dev/article/airbnb-ai-writes-60-percent-code/Brian Chesky dropped the 60% figure on an earnings call without defining how Airbnb measures it. Google claims 75%. The independent average is 27%.Tue, 12 May 2026 10:30:00 GMTaiai-codingairbnbclaude-codeai-agentsdev-toolsgoogleengineeringdieter-morelliApple and Google are bringing hardware attestation to the web. GrapheneOS says it's a monopoly play.https://devtake.dev/article/grapheneos-hardware-attestation-monopoly-enabler/https://devtake.dev/article/grapheneos-hardware-attestation-monopoly-enabler/Google's reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification will require a certified iOS or Android device to pass some captchas, even on desktop. GrapheneOS calls the pattern anti-competitive.Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationgrapheneosplay-integrityapp-attestrecaptchagoogleappleclara-wexlerApple is turning iOS 27 into an AI model marketplace. ChatGPT loses its exclusive slot.https://devtake.dev/article/apple-ios-27-rival-ai-models-choice/https://devtake.dev/article/apple-ios-27-rival-ai-models-choice/Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.Sat, 09 May 2026 07:45:00 GMTappleappleapple-intelligencesiriios-27openaigooglegeminianthropicnaomi-parkDHS used a customs summons to demand a Canadian's Google data over anti-ICE posts. ACLU sued May 4.https://devtake.dev/article/dhs-google-canadian-anti-ice-data-demand/https://devtake.dev/article/dhs-google-canadian-anti-ice-data-demand/ACLU sued in N.D. Cal. to block a 1930s tariff-act subpoena targeting a Canadian who hasn't been to the US since 2015. Google has not said whether it complied.Tue, 05 May 2026 09:30:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationsurveillancegoogledhsicecivil-libertiesnational-securityclara-wexlerAlphabet hit $109.9B in Q1 and is starting to sell TPUs to outside data centershttps://devtake.dev/article/alphabet-q1-2026-tpu-external-sales/https://devtake.dev/article/alphabet-q1-2026-tpu-external-sales/Alphabet posted $109.9B Q1 2026 revenue with Cloud up 63% and a $460B backlog. Sundar Pichai said Google will sell TPUs to select customers running them in their own data centers.Fri, 01 May 2026 11:05:00 GMTaigooglealphabetgoogle-cloudtpuai-chipsgeminiai-infrastructureq1-earningsdieter-morelliPixel 11's Tensor G6 leak: brand-new ARM cores paired with a GPU from 2021https://devtake.dev/article/tensor-g6-pixel-11-leak-cpu-gpu/https://devtake.dev/article/tensor-g6-pixel-11-leak-cpu-gpu/Mystic Leaks pegs Tensor G6 with one C1 Ultra at 4.11GHz and six C1-Pro cores. The GPU is the same Imagination CXTP family that's been in the chip for years.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:40:00 GMTandroidgooglepixelpixel-11tensortensor-g6armleakhardwarenaomi-parkGoogle's Cloud chief just confirmed the deal: Gemini will power the new Siri this yearhttps://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-siri-launch/https://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-siri-launch/At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMTappleapplesirigooglegeminiapple-intelligencewwdcmark-gurmanios-27naomi-parkGoogle is putting up to $40B into Anthropic. That's five days after Amazon's $5B.https://devtake.dev/article/google-anthropic-40b-investment/https://devtake.dev/article/google-anthropic-40b-investment/Google committed $10B upfront and up to $40B total at a $350B valuation, plus five gigawatts of Google Cloud capacity. It's Anthropic's second nine-figure deal in a week.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:30:00 GMTaianthropicgooglealphabetclaudeai-infrastructureai-modelsfundingtpudieter-morelliGoogle splits its AI chip: the TPU 8t trains, the TPU 8i serves, and Axion handles the resthttps://devtake.dev/article/google-tpu-ironwood-axion-launch/https://devtake.dev/article/google-tpu-ironwood-axion-launch/At Cloud Next 2026, Google unveiled TPU 8t and TPU 8i, an 8th-generation split that matches Nvidia on agentic inference. Ironwood hit GA the same day.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMThardwaregoogletputpu-8ironwoodaxionai-infrastructurenvidiacloud-nexthiro-tanakaAndroid's Developer Verifier service rolls out this month. Here's the full 2026 sideloading timeline.https://devtake.dev/article/android-developer-verifier-sideloading-rollout/https://devtake.dev/article/android-developer-verifier-sideloading-rollout/Google's Android Developer Verifier is landing in Settings in April 2026. Enforcement starts in four countries in September. Here's what changes, and what 'Advanced Flow' gets you.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMTandroidandroidsideloadinggoogledeveloper-verificationadvanced-flowf-droidobtainiumnaomi-parkGoogle Gemini finally has a Mac app, and it's gunning for ChatGPT's desktop leadhttps://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-mac-app-desktop/https://devtake.dev/article/google-gemini-mac-app-desktop/Google shipped a native Swift Gemini app for macOS with screen sharing, voice, and Deep Research. Here's what it does, what it doesn't, and how it stacks up.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTaigooglegeminimacdesktop-appchatgptclaudeai-assistantdieter-morelliGoogle just moved 'Q-Day' to 2029. Here's what that changes for your crypto stackhttps://devtake.dev/article/google-q-day-2029-post-quantum-deadline/https://devtake.dev/article/google-q-day-2029-post-quantum-deadline/Google's security team says cryptographically-relevant quantum computers could arrive by 2029, six years before the NSA's 2031 deadline. What to migrate, and in what order.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMTwebquantum-computingcryptographypost-quantumgooglesecuritytlsluca-reinhardt