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Google announced that any standard Google account holder can now use AI Studio to create personal Android apps via text prompts, with no coding required. These apps install directly to a user's own device through a private Play Store channel rather than the public listing, and can be shared with others outside the formal app store.
Google announced that Android users can now build apps with AI in Google AI Studio and install them directly on their own device via Google Play, without publishing them to the public store. These private apps won't appear in search or listings and are visible only to their creator, though they must still follow Play's policies. The feature is launching first for users 18 and older in the U.S.
Google DeepMind has expanded access to Gemini 4 Argon beyond its initial cybersecurity-focused rollout, making it available to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, enterprises, and developers through Android Studio, Google AI Studio and Antigravity. Introductory pricing starts at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 respectively after November 30.
Google announced a new US feature letting people install personal apps built with AI Studio's vibe-coding tool directly through the Play Store, skipping the need to sideload via a connected computer. These apps remain private and separate from the public store catalog, are tied to a standard Google account, and Google says sharing with select groups is coming soon.
Google released AI Edge Foresight, a note-taking app currently available only on MacOS that transcribes meetings from Google Meet, Zoom or in-person conversations entirely on-device. It organizes notes, works with files like PDFs and Google Docs, and offers a Live Assistance feature to answer questions based on meeting transcripts, all without sending data to the cloud.
Google has introduced a new AI-powered note-taking application for Mac that operates entirely offline using on-device models. The app, named Google AI Edge Foresight, allows users to record, transcribe, and review meeting notes across various apps, supporting manual input and AI-generated summaries. It also enables document uploads to build a knowledge base for real-time question answering during meetings.
Google has released an experimental app called Google AI Edge Foresight that transcribes meetings and audio files entirely on-device, using its EmbeddingGemma 2 model. The free app turns shorthand notes into polished summaries and includes a built-in assistant that can answer questions about meetings or connected local files, with Google saying data never leaves the user's computer. It currently only works on Macs with Apple Silicon.
Google has made its SynthID Detector publicly available, allowing users to upload images, videos, and audio to verify if they contain AI-generated or manipulated content. The tool currently detects media created by Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Kakao, with Apple support expected soon. It successfully identified embedded SynthID tags in media edited with Apple’s tools, distinguishing them from untouched files.
Google has made SynthID Detector, previously limited to journalists and media professionals, publicly available at synthid.com. The free tool detects AI watermarks in images, video and audio from Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao, requiring users to log in with a Google, OpenAI or Apple account. Support for detecting Apple Intelligence-created images is expected soon.
Google launched a public website that lets anyone check whether an image, video, or audio clip was generated using AI, after testing the tool with journalists and researchers since last year's Google I/O. The site uses SynthID, Google's watermarking technology introduced in 2023, and supports a wide range of image, video, and audio file formats. Google says SynthID is already built into Gemini, Nano Banana, Veo, Lyria, and other generative tools, as well as the Gemini app and Chrome browser.
Google has introduced Playground, an experimental platform that lets users create 2D or 3D games by typing prompts instead of coding or drawing. Users can refine mechanics, physics and graphics through further prompts, share games via link or publish them to a community gallery with leaderboards, or keep them private. The platform is live now in the US for users 18 and older, with access tiered by Google One membership.
Google will limit free Gemini app and website users to only the Flash-Lite model, its lowest-tier offering, cutting off access to Flash and Pro starting October 9. AI Plus subscribers ($5/month) will lose the Pro model but keep Flash and Flash-Lite, while AI Pro subscribers ($20/month) gain access to the Deep Think reasoning mode previously limited to AI Ultra tiers costing $100-$200 monthly.