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Is Google’s Gemini AI the best way of getting the most out of our machines?

From summaries to lists of suntan lotion and swimsuits, Google reckons Gemini can save us all time and effort. We dig into new uses for AI

By Jonathan Bell Published 4 July 24

Google installation 'The Orb' offers space to contemplate and communicate

Google's mesmerising installation 'The Orb' encourages engagement for both the public and employees, offering a welcomed moment of distraction

By Ellie Stathaki Published 26 May 24

Torment Nexus or social revolution? Google’s I/O 2024 was all about AI integration

We sift through the revelations and revolutions from Google’s I/O conference, where its Gemini AI model was pushed to the fore for searching and making. The future is how you find stuff, and Google thinks it has the answer to everything

By Jonathan Bell Published 15 May 24

The Google Pixel 8a is an AI-driven ‘beginner’s smartphone’ that eclipses its pricier rivals

We get our hands on Google’s latest device, the mid-range Pixel 8a, a stripped-down smartphone that still packs an excellent camera, solid hardware and an AI-powered software punch

By Jonathan Bell Published 13 May 24

Google and Chromasonic make sense of colour at Milan Design Week

Google's interactive installation in collaboration with Chromasonic demonstrates how colour influences our perception of the world

By Adrian Madlener Published 13 April 24

Honor Magic V2 smartphone wants to lure you into the ultra-high-end fold

The Honor Magic V2 boasts the thinnest profile of any folding smartphone on the market, cramming three cameras and a long-life battery into this dual-screen device

By Jonathan Bell Published 10 February 24

Google Pixel 8 Pro might change our relationship with photography

The Google Pixel 8 Pro phone goes all out to inject generative AI abilities into this essential everyday object

By Jonathan Bell Published 11 October 23

We open up the new Google Pixel Fold and find out about the future of flexible screens

Google’s Claude Zellweger offers insights into the design approach behind the new Google Pixel Fold, as we report on life with the company’s first foldable

By Jonathan Bell Published 20 July 23

Taking Google’s sleek Pixel Tablet for a test run

The Google Pixel Tablet is a premium slice of media tech, complete with speaker dock that transforms it into the central hub of a smart home set-up

By Jonathan Bell Published 20 June 23

The new Google Pixel Fold is the tech giant’s first foray into foldables

The announcement of Google’s first foldable should shake up the market for these esoteric mobile devices: how does it compare to the competition?

By Jonathan Bell Published 10 May 23

Google Pixel 7a, the company’s newest mass-market model, joins an expanded Pixel eco-system

Slimmed down and slightly shrunken, the Google Pixel 7a still retains the core talents of the seventh edition of Google’s powerful phone series

By Jonathan Bell Published 10 May 23

Google Design Studio celebrates the relationship between water and technology

At Milan Design Week 2023, ‘Google Shaped By Water’ is an immersive and intimate sensorial installation by Lachlan Turczan that puts water, light and human beings in resonance

By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published 18 April 23

Next stop: are smart homes making us stupid?

By Elly Parsons Last updated 2 November 22

Google and Harman Kardon’s Citation 300 speaker is unfussy, powerful and convenient

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 2 November 22

Google unveils its third suite of products with a focus on digital wellness

By Sujata Burman Last updated 1 November 22

Dataspace: Hans Ulrich Obrist and Google invent a virtual, curatorial filofax

By Elly Parsons Last updated 28 October 22

Google’s latest AI experiment reveals hidden colour connections in art

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 28 October 22

Serious stats: tech titan Larry Page has gone from coding geek to Google chief

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 28 October 22

Step inside a song with Sonos and Google Assistant in London

Sound expert Sonos makes noise at a new exhibition, asking: ‘What does music really do to the mind?'

By Elly Parsons Last updated 28 October 22

Go-go gadget: we inspect Google’s home connectivity kit

By Elly Parsons Last updated 28 October 22

Can digital tools support staying at home?

Ahead of Google’s sound weekend, Nest Sessions in collaboration with Goldsmiths University, we catch up with Isabelle Olssen, industrial design lead at the tech giant to discuss designing for the home, from home and creating virtual room dividers

By Sujata Burman Last updated 28 October 22

From functional to fantastical, a new exhibition traces California’s techno-utopia

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 26 October 22

Letter from Silicon Valley: inside the finest tech workspaces

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 20 October 22

Need-to-know technology news from Salone del Mobile 2018

By Elly Parsons Last updated 18 October 22