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The name Google is synonymous with online searches, but over the years the company has grown beyond search and now builds multiple consumer products, including software like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Android, and hardware like the Pixel smartphones, Google Home, and Chromebooks. Its name can also be found on internet services such as Google Fi, Flights, Checkout, and Google Fiber. Here is all of the latest news about one of the most influential tech companies in the world.

Google Assistant will alert people that Duplex calls are being recorded

By Chris Welch
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There’s still no easy way to simultaneously charge and listen on Android phones without headphone jacks

By Dan Seifert
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Google is making an AR headset with new Qualcomm chips

By Shannon Liao
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You can now skip Netflix intros with your Chromecast

By Stefan Etienne

Fortnite is coming to Android this summer

By Nick Statt

It’s been on iOS since March

LG will add ThinQ branding to the year-old G6 for some reason

By Stefan Etienne

Valve’s PC game streaming service Steam Link launches in beta on Android

By Nick Statt
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Now you can ask Google Home to access your Play Movies library

By Stefan Etienne
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Google Chrome is removing the secure indicator from HTTPS sites in September

By Stefan Etienne
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The Google Store now takes gift returns

By Thuy Ong
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Sony’s promised Google Assistant update for its headphones is finally rolling out

By Chaim Gartenberg
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Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering

This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society

By Vlad Savov
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Google announces YouTube Music and YouTube Premium

By Vlad Savov
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Entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline 

By Thomas Ricker
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Here's the Avengers edition OnePlus 6

By Sam Byford
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YouTube Music launches Tuesday; YouTube Red to be replaced by YouTube Premium

By Peter Kafka

The desktop belongs to Electron

By Paul Miller
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OnePlus 6 announced with a glass back and a notched 6.3-inch display

By Vlad Savov

On sale May 22nd, with a starting price of $529

Here’s the first Nokia phone with a notch, the X6

By Stefan Etienne
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Google’s Pixel Buds can finally be turned off

By Ashley Carman
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How to use Google Pay

By Stefan Etienne
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Google is delaying a Chrome audio update that broke countless web games

By Adi Robertson
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The new AI-powered Google News app is now available on iOS

By Nick Statt
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Samsung’s Galaxy S9 now supports Google’s ARCore

By Nick Statt
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Google Wifi will soon have a feature that shows which device in your home is struggling to connect

By Shannon Liao
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Oppo’s India-only sub-brand is shamelessly going after Xiaomi’s Redmi line

By Stefan Etienne
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The Honor 10 is exactly the budget Huawei P20 Pro we were expecting

By Vlad Savov
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Google will make its paid storage plans cheaper

By Shannon Liao
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YouTube’s new ‘take a break’ notifications are part of Google’s focus on your digital well-being

By Chris Welch
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Google will require some Android phone makers to roll out ‘regular’ security patches

By Shannon Liao
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No one knows how Google Duplex will work with eavesdropping laws

By Sarah Jeong

Google has already adapted around all-party consent laws in other products

Android Messages now makes it really easy to copy two-factor codes

By Jacob Kastrenakes
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How to use Google Lens

By Shannon Liao
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What do we even mean when we say ‘Android’?

By Vlad Savov
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Google offers an unusually clear view of how it manages user data ahead of GDPR

By Russell Brandom
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Xiaomi is bringing smart home products with Google Assistant to the US

By Sam Byford
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Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

By Nick Statt
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Google’s new focus on well-being started five years ago with this presentation

By Casey Newton
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AI is Google’s secret weapon for remaking its oldest and most popular apps

I/O 2018 was all about how AI can make every Google product more useful, including products as old and pervasive as Google Maps and Google News

By Nick Statt
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