Google Photos introduces 2024 Recap, a collection of memories with highlights and insights from the year, including personalized captions for select users.

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Gemini, a product introduced a year ago, has expanded its model family, integrated capabilities into popular products, and enabled global developers to use it for various purposes. To celebrate its first anniversary, the company has created a quiz to review the past year's milestones.

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Gemini on Android gets new Extensions to connect and control more apps, services, and devices. Features include music playback, contact calling, messaging, alarm control, device settings management, and smart home device control.

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Android introduces Expressive Captions, a new feature that uses AI to bring emotions and nuances to captions, making them more accessible and understandable.

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The Pixel Tablet introduces new lock screen widgets for easy access to favorite apps, allowing users to customize their routine and quickly access necessary information.

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The December Pixel update expands Gemini's capabilities. Users can now interact with more apps, including calling contacts, sending messages, setting alarms, and controlling device settings. A new Spotify extension allows music control and playlist discovery. Gemini also gains smart home device control, enhanced Maps functionality, and website information retrieval.

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Face control, a new feature for Chromebooks, aims to make learning more accessible for students with diverse learning needs, allowing them to interact with devices hands-free and independently.

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Google's IT Support Certificate has helped over 1 million people gain a career in tech, with graduates increasing their annual salary by $20,000 and having more career opportunities.

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Retailers are using Gemini AI models to transform their businesses by personalizing experiences for shoppers, generating text, images, audio, and code, and understanding various types of information.

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Spotify is launching a new AI-powered podcast feature called 'Your Spotify Wrapped AI' that uses Google's NotebookLM technology to create a personalized audio recap of a user's music listening habits in 2024.

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