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A tech guide details ways to reuse an old smartwatch, including converting it into a dedicated AI assistant that works with Gemini on Wear OS or Siri, ChatGPT, and Gemini on Apple Watch. Wear OS users can activate Gemini via voice or button press, while Apple Watch owners can use the Wrist AI app for ChatGPT or Gemini access, or sideload WristAssist for ChatGPT on Wear OS devices using an OpenAI API key.
xAI's Grok chatbot can now be installed into Google Docs, Sheets and Slides as a side panel at no cost, unlike Google's own Gemini assistant, which requires a paid Workspace or Google AI subscription. Grok can also pull in research from X and, via connectors, access Gmail and Drive files, though it lacks Gemini's native integration across Gmail, Drive and Chat.
Snap confidentially settled a case alleging its platform caused severe psychological distress to two teenage users, following similar settlements by Meta, TikTok and YouTube in the same litigation. Separately, Google was sued this week by parents who say their child suffered a psychological crisis after interacting with the Gemini chatbot through Google Classroom.
Google is reportedly working on changes to Gemini's sidebar interface and experimenting with a new overlay animation for the assistant. Separately, the Google app's You tab may add a Shortcuts section allowing users to view or delete their search history.
Code strings in Google app version 17.73.15 reveal an upcoming offline mode for Gemini Live that requires users to first set it up while connected to the internet. Once active, the offline mode will run with 'limited features,' and users will be prompted to reconnect for full functionality.
Samsung has released its new Galaxy Buds On earbuds and Galaxy SmartTag 3 item tracker in the United States. The Buds On, priced at $229.99, feature a clip-on design, TwinBoost speakers, head-gesture controls, and Gemini Live voice access, with up to 9.5 hours of battery life. The SmartTag 3 costs $29.99 for a single unit or $99.99 for a four-pack, and comes in a slimmer, lighter design than earlier models.
An Android Authority writer describes using Google One's built-in Storage Manager tool to clean up nearly 4GB of old photos, large email attachments, spam, and bin items rather than paying for extra cloud storage. The tool, accessible via Drive, Photos, or the web, sorts clutter into categories like large documents, spam emails, and bin contents to simplify cleanup.
An advocate general at the EU's top court said Google's Gemini chatbot may breach press publishers' rights when it reproduces recognizable portions of articles or bypasses paywalls to generate answers. The opinion, issued in a case brought by Hungarian site Like Company, found no evidence Google used the publisher's content to train Gemini, and noted that using copyrighted text for AI training is permitted under the EU's text-and-data-mining exception. The Court of Justice of the European Union is expected to rule in coming months, typically following its advisers' guidance.
Apple released Xcode 27.3 beta 1, which adds GitHub Copilot as a supported AI model within the app's built-in coding assistant. This follows earlier integrations of ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Claude Agent, and Google Gemini across recent Xcode versions. The beta also ships with Swift 6.4 and SDKs for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and visionOS 27.3.
Google has told schools that administrators who want to disable Gemini AI features will also lose access to Google Search within its education accounts. The company frames the move as giving schools greater control over how AI appears in their systems, but the opt-out is bundled with search functionality rather than offered separately.
Google announced that starting next year, AI features like Gemini and Gemini Notebook will be turned off by default for K-12 student accounts, requiring school administrators to manually enable them. However, schools that choose to keep AI disabled will also lose access to Google Search for those student accounts, since the company says the two are deeply integrated.
Google has turned off its Gemini chatbot and certain AI-powered Google Search features by default for student accounts managed through its education platform. The change follows a Wall Street Journal investigation examining how Google rolled out AI tools in schools and raised concerns about their effects on children.