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Google Maps is undergoing a major AI-driven transformation, integrating Gemini AI to offer a more conversational, hands-free experience. The redesign enables users to ask for directions and nearby recommendations, with improved precision using landmarks instead of distance cues. The update will roll out to iPhone and Android users.

WhatsApp is testing username reservation and four-digit keys in its Android beta, allowing users to connect without sharing phone numbers. Alongside AI features and call scheduling, Meta plans message limits for non-responding contacts to curb spam and improve privacy.

Over 80 panchayat secretaries across Telangana have been caught misusing the DSR facial recognition app by uploading fake photos to mark attendance. The scandal has prompted suspensions, probes and criticism of the app's reliability amid allegations of selective action

Google has announced major updates to its AI Mode in Search ahead of the back-to-school season. New features include real-time video input, PDF and image support, Canvas planning tools, and integration with Chrome and Lens for seamless contextual learning.

Google has expanded Circle to Search to over 300 million Android devices, now enhanced with AI Mode for deeper topic exploration and real-time gaming support. Users can get contextual insights and help without leaving their app, using the updated AI Overview feature.

Google has launched ‘Search Live’, a new voice-based feature in its Android and iOS app for users in the AI Mode Labs experiment. It allows real-time, back-and-forth conversations with Search, with audio responses, transcripts, and interactive web links.

Android 16 begins rolling out to Pixel phones, introducing features like smarter notifications, native hearing aid controls, Advanced Protection, and enhanced tablet productivity tools. Google says more devices and updates are coming later this year, including desktop windowing and external display support.

Users have reported difficulties in sending and receiving messages, with some also reporting problems with voice calls and other app functionalities.

The development comes at a time when several global companies, including Amazon, Intel and Goldman Sachs, are also cutting jobs amid the growing influence of AI and global economic uncertainty

The Noise Tag 1 ensures seamless functionality on both platforms, offering Google Fast Pair and Find My Device Network support for Android users (running Android 9 or later) and relying on Apple's Find My Network for iOS users.

According to a survey by online platform LocalCircles, 60 per cent of iPhone users and 40 per cent of Android users in India faced issues  

The feature was found in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.1.26 update under development and unavailable to beta testers as of now. It was remarked upon in the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.1.24 update, acting as a separate tab for AI characters. This tab will serve as a central place to manage the user-created and public AI chatbots.

With many users sharing their experiences on the issue, it has sparked debate all over the internet

Features to go live on Android devices this week in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Indore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati

The game combines delightful music with colorful rustic locales and a brilliant background score, offering much more to do besides watering vegetables.

The update is a part of WhatsApp's push towards bettering privacy  of its users.

The advisory given by the CERT-In, follows a similar warning issued for Google Chrome browser users.

"Now you can simply choose a date and skip to all messages sent from that date onwards," the company said.

According to a post made by one of the X engineers working on the project, Android users will be able to use the feature after an app update

Both versions of the Copilot app (formerly Bing chat) are now available to download from the Apple App Store.