News/Mobile
Nothing proves it’s better than something as it raises $200M to build AI-native OS for smartphones
Nothing has secured $200 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation to develop its own AI-native operating system that will initially launch on smartphones, audio products, and smartwatches. CEO Carl Pei envisions a radically personalized OS where AI agents handle tasks proactively, with the company's first AI-native devices launching as early as 2026. What you should know: Nothing's new OS will fundamentally reimagine how people interact with devices through hyper-personalization and AI automation. The operating system will be "significantly different" from current platforms, designed to know users deeply and adapt interfaces based on context and needs. AI agents will...
read Sep 16, 2025Google’s image generation feature drives Gemini past ChatGPT in downloads in win for strategic vision
Google's Gemini app recently achieved a significant milestone by surpassing ChatGPT to become the most downloaded app on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. This shift in user preference signals a broader change in how consumers interact with AI technology, driven largely by a single breakthrough feature that prioritizes visual creativity over text-based conversations. The driving force behind Gemini's ascent is Nano Banana, an AI image generation tool that transforms photos and sketches into toy-like 3D figurines and applies dramatic style transfers to everyday images. Unlike traditional AI chatbots that focus on text generation and reasoning, Nano...
read Sep 11, 2025Google Home app gets major automation upgrade with smart triggers
Google has rolled out a substantial upgrade to its Home app's automation system, giving users significantly more control over how their smart home devices respond to daily routines and environmental changes. This enhancement, now available for both Android and iOS users, represents the company's most comprehensive update to household automation tools in recent years. The upgrade addresses a common frustration among smart home users: the inability to create nuanced, context-aware automations that adapt to real-world scenarios. Previously, users were limited to basic if-then commands, but the new system allows for multiple conditions and more sophisticated triggers that can account for...
read Sep 10, 2025Google pulls Daily Hub AI from Pixel 10 weeks after launch
Google has removed the Daily Hub AI feature from Pixel 10 phones just weeks after launch, citing the need to improve its performance and personalized experience. The company says it will reintroduce an enhanced version when ready, but the pullback highlights ongoing challenges with on-device AI features that promise more than they deliver. What you should know: Daily Hub was designed to create personalized daily digests using on-device AI processing, appearing in Google Discover feeds and the At a Glance home screen widget. The feature pulled data from users' apps and ran it through Tensor processor AI models to generate...
read Sep 10, 2025Arm launches Lumex chips for on-device AI in smartphones and wearables
Arm Holdings launched Lumex, its next-generation mobile chip designs optimized for artificial intelligence that can run on smartphones and wearable devices without internet connectivity. The new designs represent Arm's strategic push to capitalize on the growing demand for on-device AI processing, offering four variants ranging from energy-efficient options for smartwatches to high-performance versions capable of running large AI models directly on premium smartphones. What you should know: Lumex encompasses four different chip design types, each tailored for specific device categories and performance requirements. The designs range from low-power, energy-efficient versions for smartwatches and wearable devices to maximum-performance variants designed for...
read Sep 9, 2025Apple plays down AI messaging at iPhone 17 event amid talent exodus
Apple dramatically scaled back AI messaging at its iPhone 17 event, offering only brief mentions of Apple Intelligence features during the 75-minute presentation. This marked a sharp contrast to last year's iPhone 16 launch, where AI dominated the conversation but led to public disappointment when promised features failed to materialize on schedule. The big picture: Apple positioned AI as a behind-the-scenes enabler rather than a consumer-facing headline feature, focusing more on hardware improvements and how machine learning powers core functionality. What you should know: The company emphasized technical infrastructure over flashy AI capabilities throughout the event. Executives highlighted how an...
read Sep 9, 2025Firefox literally shakes things up with new iPhone feature that generates AI web summaries
Firefox has introduced a "shake to summarize" feature for iPhones that generates AI-powered summaries of webpages users are reading. The feature makes Firefox one of the first major third-party apps to integrate with Apple Intelligence, positioning Mozilla to compete in the growing market for AI-enhanced browsing experiences. How it works: The shake-to-summarize feature offers multiple ways for users to access AI-generated webpage summaries. Users can physically shake their iPhone to trigger a summary, tap the "thunderbolt" icon in the address bar, or select "Summarize page" from the three-dot menu at the bottom of the screen. On iPhone 15 Pro and...
read Sep 5, 2025Lenovo delivers AI-powered Android tablets starting at $270
Lenovo has unveiled two new Android tablets at IFA 2025: the premium Yoga Tab starting at $549.99 and the budget-friendly Idea Tab Plus starting at $269.99. Both devices feature AI-powered capabilities, large batteries, and Android 15, targeting different market segments with flagship-level processors and day-one artificial intelligence integration. Key specifications: The tablets showcase Lenovo's strategy of offering AI features across price points while maintaining competitive hardware. The Yoga Tab features an 11-inch 3,200 by 2,000 display with 144Hz refresh rate, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor (the same chip powering Samsung's Galaxy S24 flagship phones), up to 12GB RAM, and...
read Sep 3, 2025Apple tests Google’s Gemini AI for Siri upgrade
Apple and Google have reached a formal agreement for Apple to evaluate and test Google's Gemini AI model to potentially power an upgraded version of Siri currently in development. The deal comes as Apple works to modernize its voice assistant for the AI era while also developing an AI-powered search feature called "World Knowledge Answers" targeted for release next year. What you should know: Apple is testing multiple AI models for Siri's upgrade, including its own models alongside options from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The formal agreement with Google allows Apple to evaluate Gemini specifically for the voice assistant project,...
read Sep 2, 2025Amazon’s Lens Live turns your phone camera’s wandering eye into an AI shopping tool
Amazon has launched Lens Live, a new AI-powered shopping feature that lets users point their camera at objects in their environment to find matching products on Amazon's marketplace. The feature represents Amazon's latest push to integrate AI into the shopping experience, potentially transforming how consumers discover and purchase products by making any visible object a potential shopping trigger. What you should know: Lens Live uses real-time object detection to identify products captured by your camera and surfaces similar items from Amazon's billions of product listings. The feature is currently rolling out exclusively to the Amazon Shopping app on iOS, with...
read Sep 2, 2025Eager to tri it? Samsung’s $2.9K Galaxy Z TriFold launches September 29…in South Korea
Samsung has announced plans to launch its dual-hinged Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone on September 29 in South Korea, according to new leaks from industry sources. The device, which could be priced upwards of $2,930, represents Samsung's ambitious entry into the emerging tri-fold smartphone market and will debut alongside the company's Project Moohan XR headset and potentially new AI-powered smart glasses. What you should know: The Galaxy Z TriFold will be Samsung's first dual-hinged foldable device, offering users a triple-screen experience when fully unfolded. Previous leaks suggest the device will be priced upwards of 4 million KRW (~$2,930), reflecting the complexity...
read Aug 27, 2025Review: Google Pixel 10 Pro’s AI integration moves beyond chatbots
Google's Pixel 10 Pro represents a significant evolution in smartphone AI integration, moving beyond the chatbot-centric approach that defined the previous generation. While last year's Pixel 9 Pro required users to actively seek out AI features by opening specific applications, the Pixel 10 Pro weaves artificial intelligence naturally throughout the core user experience. This comprehensive review examines how Google has transformed AI from an optional add-on into an integral part of daily smartphone usage, creating what may be the first truly integrated AI mobile device. Hardware foundation for AI processing The Pixel 10 Pro's hardware improvements, while noticeable, serve primarily...
read Aug 27, 2025Google’s Pixel 10 Pro weaves AI throughout Android
Google's latest flagship smartphone represents a significant shift in how artificial intelligence integrates with mobile devices. Unlike previous generations where AI features felt like add-ons requiring separate apps, the Pixel 10 Pro weaves machine learning capabilities throughout the core user experience. This comprehensive review examines how Google has evolved from prompt-based AI interactions to contextually aware assistance that anticipates user needs. The device showcases what happens when a company controls both hardware design and software development, creating opportunities for deeper AI integration that third-party manufacturers struggle to match. Hardware foundations for AI processing The Pixel 10 Pro's physical design reflects...
read Aug 25, 2025Musk sues Apple and OpenAI over exclusive ChatGPT iPhone deal
Elon Musk's companies X and xAI have filed a new lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of anticompetitive behavior in the artificial intelligence industry. The lawsuit escalates Musk's ongoing legal feud with OpenAI and targets the exclusive partnership between Apple and OpenAI that integrates ChatGPT into iPhones, which Musk claims has created unfair market advantages and damaged his ability to compete. What you should know: The lawsuit seeks billions in damages and a permanent injunction to stop what Musk's companies describe as an anticompetitive scheme. Filed in U.S. District Court in Texas on Monday, the case claims Apple and...
read Aug 22, 2025Apple explores Google partnership to power next-generation Siri
Apple is exploring partnerships with Google to power the next-generation Siri, with the tech giant conducting an internal "bake-off" between different AI models to determine the best approach. This development comes as Apple faces significant delays in delivering its promised AI-powered Siri redesign, originally announced for iOS 18 but now pushed to spring 2026. What you should know: Apple has approached Google to explore building a custom Gemini-based AI model that would run on Apple's servers to power the new Siri experience. Google has already begun training a model specifically designed to operate on Apple's infrastructure, according to Bloomberg's Mark...
read Aug 21, 2025AI-powered search makes phone scams easier—here’s how to protect yourself
Artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how people search for information online, but this technological leap has created an unexpected vulnerability: scammers are now exploiting AI-powered search results to steal money from unsuspecting users looking for customer service numbers. Unlike traditional search engines that display multiple results for verification, AI systems like Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT often present a single, authoritative-seeming answer. This streamlined approach, while convenient, creates a perfect storm for fraud when criminals manage to inject fake contact information into these AI responses. How scammers are exploiting AI search The mechanics of this scam are deceptively simple yet...
read Aug 18, 2025Notion Mail brings AI-powered email management to iPhone
Notion has launched its AI-powered email client, Notion Mail, on iPhone, expanding the platform beyond its initial Mac release from April. The app joins Notion's growing suite of mobile productivity tools and leverages artificial intelligence to automatically organize and personalize email management for users. What you should know: Notion Mail positions itself as "the inbox that thinks like you," using AI to automatically sort and label incoming messages based on user preferences. Users can train the system to recognize which types of emails matter most, though initial setup still requires the Mac version of the app. The app allows users...
read Aug 18, 2025WhatsApp tests AI writing assistant with 5 tone options for messages
WhatsApp has started testing "Writing Help," an AI-powered feature that suggests message improvements based on user-selected tones, currently available to iOS beta testers through TestFlight. The tool represents Meta's latest push to integrate AI assistance across its messaging platforms, offering users five different tone options to refine their messages before sending them. How it works: Writing Help activates when users enable Private Processing in app settings and begin typing a short phrase in the chat input field. The sticker icon in the chat bar transforms into a pen symbol, indicating AI assistance is available for writing suggestions. Users can tap...
read Aug 18, 2025Android 16 QPR2 brings AI agents, flexible parental controls, and UWB upgrades
Google is accelerating Android development with a new twice-yearly release schedule, and the upcoming Android 16 QPR2 update represents the company's first "minor" release under this faster cadence. QPR stands for Quarterly Platform Release—Google's system for delivering significant updates between major Android versions. This December release will introduce three substantial improvements that signal Google's broader push into AI-powered mobile experiences and enhanced device connectivity. While these updates may seem technical on the surface, they represent meaningful shifts in how businesses and consumers will interact with their Android devices. 3 major features coming to Android 16 QPR2 1. AI agents that...
read Aug 14, 2025Google’s tiny Gemma 3 270M is no pipsqueak, brings AI to smartphones
Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact open AI model with just 270 million parameters that can run locally on smartphones and web browsers. The tiny model represents a shift toward efficient, on-device AI that prioritizes privacy and low latency over raw computational power, offering developers a fast-tuning alternative to massive cloud-based models. What you should know: Gemma 3 270M delivers surprising performance despite its small size, running efficiently on mobile devices with minimal battery drain.• The model scored 51.2% on the IFEval benchmark for instruction-following, outperforming other lightweight models with more parameters.• Testing on a Pixel 9 Pro...
read Aug 12, 2025Liquid AI’s new vision-language models run 2x faster on smartphones
Liquid AI has launched LFM2-VL, a new family of vision-language foundation models designed for efficient deployment on smartphones, laptops, wearables, and embedded systems. The models promise up to twice the GPU inference speed of comparable vision-language models while maintaining competitive accuracy, addressing the growing demand for on-device AI that can process both text and images without relying on cloud infrastructure. What you should know: LFM2-VL represents a significant step toward making multimodal AI accessible for resource-constrained devices through architectural innovations that prioritize efficiency. The models can process images at native resolutions up to 512×512 pixels without distortion, using smart patching...
read Aug 8, 2025OnePlus 13 gets AI Perfect Shot to fix blinks and bad expressions
OnePlus 13 users are receiving a software update that introduces AI Perfect Shot, the company's version of Google's Best Take feature for automatically fixing facial expressions in photos. The feature can recognize faces and replace unwanted expressions like blinks or turned heads with better alternatives from the same photo session, ensuring users always capture the perfect shot. What you should know: AI Perfect Shot works similarly to Google's Best Take by analyzing facial expressions and swapping in better alternatives from the same photo sequence.• The feature can fix common photo problems like poorly-timed blinks or people looking away from the...
read Aug 7, 2025Samsung’s new AI photo features turn Galaxy phones into professional-looking DSLR cameras
Samsung has launched two new AI features in its Galaxy Enhance-X photo editing app, including "Focus Shift" that mimics professional DSLR-style depth of field effects with a simple tap. These features are currently exclusive to Samsung phones running One UI 8, giving users another compelling reason to upgrade to the latest software version. What you should know: The Galaxy Enhance-X app version 16.0.01.8 introduces two AI-powered photo enhancement tools designed to bring professional-quality editing to smartphone users. Focus Shift allows users to tap anywhere on a photo to bring that area into sharper focus while blurring the background, creating the...
read Aug 7, 2025Truth Social launches AI search powered by Perplexity amid legal battles
Trump's Truth Social has launched Truth Search AI, a beta AI search engine powered by Perplexity, currently available on the web with mobile versions coming soon. The move represents the platform's effort to expand beyond social media into AI-powered search, despite Perplexity facing multiple legal challenges from major publishers for content scraping practices. What you should know: Trump Media & Technology Group says the AI search tool will "exponentially increase the amount of information available to its users." The feature is currently in beta testing for web users, with iOS and Android versions planned for release soon. Trump Media CEO...
read