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Google has added new insulin resistance and blood pressure trend features to the Fitbit Air and Fitbit Edge, part of its 'Health Guardian' suite of health tools. The features, which analyze heart rate, activity, sleep and other metrics rather than measuring blood directly, are exclusive to subscribers of the $100-a-year Google Health Premium plan who have worn their device for at least five days.
A gadget reviewer highlights Everblog's HomeCal as a digital family calendar that mirrors Skylight Calendar's features—chore tracking, rewards, meal planning and photo display—without requiring a paid subscription. The device is currently discounted by $100, and syncs with services like Google Calendar, iCal and Outlook, letting users combine multiple calendars into one physical screen.
Discord announced that every Discoverable Server will automatically get a public Server Web Page starting November 16, 2026, even if admins haven't set one up, pulling default details from the server's profile. These pages will also show 'Channel Summaries' of active conversations, and starting mid-December 2026, individual public channel messages could appear in web search results, in members' own words.
Code found in Google Wallet version 26.42.1003171897 reveals a new 'Tap to pay' option under the app's Verification settings, according to Android Authority. The feature currently crashes the app when selected, so its exact function and security safeguards remain unclear. It appears designed to extend to regular contactless purchases the kind of verification flexibility Google Wallet already offers for transit payments.
Google DeepMind released Genie 4 in research preview, a world model that generates photorealistic, interactive simulated environments with synchronized audio including music, ambient sound, and dialogue. Users can edit scenes mid-simulation, such as changing weather or camera angles, and the model can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, twice as long as its predecessor Genie 3. Gemini now acts as a planning layer that directs Genie 4's visual generation, including an experiment where it broke down robotics tasks for real-time simulation.
A Pixel 11 Pro XL owner on Reddit says roughly 4 in 10 incoming calls fail to ring, instead showing up only as missed-call text notifications. The user, on Germany's Congstar network, says resetting network settings, swapping the SIM, and factory resetting the phone haven't fixed it, nor has disabling Do Not Disturb or Call Screen features. Google's Issue Tracker shows similar complaints dating back to June, including another Pixel 11 Pro report from last month, and Google has acknowledged the issue without giving a fix timeline.
Google Photos is rolling out a revamped Collections tab that lets users customize which content carousels appear and in what order. A new 'Pinned' section defaults to Favorites, Screenshots, and Trash, followed by carousels for On this device, Albums, People & pets, Wardrobe, Places, and Documents, with an 'Other Collections' grid below. The update is shipping via Google Photos versions 7.97 on Android and 7.98 on iOS.
Amazon is selling the 4th-gen Google Nest Learning Thermostat bundled with a 2nd-gen Nest Temperature Sensor for $219.99, down from its $279.99 list price. The $60 discount marks the lowest price the bundle has reached. The thermostat supports most 24V HVAC systems plus heat pumps, humidifiers and ventilation, and is Matter-certified for use with other smart home platforms.
Google DeepMind has released Genie 4, an upgraded world model that generates interactive virtual environments frame by frame from text prompts, now with audio support and more realistic human characters. The new version uses Gemini 3.8 Flash as a guiding agent to track goals and keep simulations consistent, though DeepMind says scenes still only hold together for a few minutes before losing context. Genie 4 also retains the ability to alter weather, add elements, or move the camera mid-simulation, as in Genie 3.
Rohit Patel, who spent eight years at Meta and most recently served as a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs, has left the company to start Ndoc, an AI-native workspace meant to replace Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. The product combines presentation, analysis, and underlying data/code into three linked views called Stage, Narrative, and Model, letting users inspect and verify the scripts behind AI-generated documents.
Opera announced that Opera One is now the first of its browsers to support WebAI, a proposed web standard for accessing AI models running locally on a device. The feature lets users run models including Google's Gemma and, on Macs, Apple's on-device foundation model directly within the browser, with Opera GX and Opera Neon to gain the capability later. Opera says the feature is opt-in, free, requires no subscription, and lets users choose which sites can access local models.
Google announced Genie 4, a new AI world model that generates interactive experiences lasting up to two minutes, doubling the length possible with its predecessor Genie 3. The update adds real-time editing via natural language prompts, audio generation, and runs on Gemini 3.8 Flash, though Google warns object permanence can degrade over longer simulations.