Google is sunsetting Google Fit by year’s end. While Fitbit remains very much alive, the rebranded Google Health app is your one-stop shop for all things health and fitness. More than a decade since ...

Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It surpassed one billion active users way back in 2023 and has over 10 billion downloads ...

Google is bringing Gemini to the Mac with a new native macOS app that's available starting today. Gemini for Mac can be activated with a keyboard shortcut, and it has built-in tools for generating ...

Most people access Google’s search and AI products through a browser, but you’ve got some new options today. Google has been testing a Windows search app for some months, and it’s now officially ...

Google has planted its flag on Windows territory. The Google app for desktop is now globally available in English for Windows users, graduating from its experimental phase on Search Labs. The browser ...

Ditch default Google apps for cleaner, privacy-first alternatives: use Proton Mail instead of Gmail, Mega over Drive, Samsung Internet instead of Chrome, Here WeGo or Mappls for Maps, and Fossify ...

Samsung is discontinuing its messaging app and transitioning to Google Messages by the summer. In an End of Service Announcement shared the week of March 30, Samsung said it will discontinue its ...

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some ...

Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, ...

Sensor Tower has published a new report with a comprehensive review of how mobile gaming performed in 2025, and its outlook for the year to come. Here are the details. Last month, Sensor Tower ...

Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said, are ...

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, expanding Play Store and Android security enforcement. Google relied on ...