… Wafer is working with companies including AMD and Amazon to help optimize software to run efficiently on their hardware. The startup has so far raised $4 million in seed funding from Google’s Jeff Dean, Wojciech Zaremba of OpenAI, and others. …
… While I/O is primarily a software-focused event, Google is heading toward an inevitable crop of new hardware. …
… But functionally, it's closer to Google's more advanced wearables, packing in sensors like a temperature sensor and gyroscope. The Air is not meant to stand on its own so much as serve as a data collector within Google's expanding health software ecosystem. …
… And there's the aforementioned Google Pixel 10a, which has more helpful software features and extra perks like wireless charging. …
Hassabis does not, however, think this spells doom for software developers. “I have no idea why people are going around talking with certainty about that,” Hassabis tells WIRED ahead of the new model reveal at today’s Google’s I/O event. “Perhaps there is an ulterior motive for putting those messag… …
… One of the main measures of success when trying this agent will be how often it goes off the rails. “Spark operates under your direction,” reads Google’s announcement blog about the agent. “You choose whether to turn it on and what apps it connects to, and it’s designed to ask you first before perf… …
… It doesn't have the metal build of Nothing's phone, nor does it have the camera prowess or software smarts of Google's Pixel 10a. …
… On the software front, you'll be happy to learn that Motorola is extending security updates from four to five years, though these Razrs will only receive three Android OS upgrades. Samsung and Google promise blanket seven years of updates for their folding phones, so this is disappointing to see. …
… Google has already folded some of these capabilities into other agent products, including the recently launched Gemini Agent, the spokesperson added. The change comes as Google and other AI labs rush to respond to the rise of highly capable agents like OpenClaw. …
This Google launch is part of a larger trend in 2026, in which major software developers are continuing to bake generative-AI-based features into core user experiences—despite the lingering distaste many in the US have for tools like these. …
