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Google starts rolling out access to Gemini Spark for Google AI Pro subscribers to over 160 countries and adds a Chrome auto browse integration on desktop (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/07/30/gemini-spark-chrome-auto-browse/

Gemini Spark can now use Chrome to auto browse, AI Pro access goes international
Gemini Spark is getting two big updates today, starting with Chrome auto browse integration on desktop. Additionally...

Google adds Expert Intelligence to Gemini Notebook, letting users import eligible titles they own in Google Play Books to ask questions, generate podcasts, more (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/985567/google-gemini-notebook-expert-sources-b…

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google is bringing a new “Expert Intelligence” feature to its Gemini Notebook app that pulls information from the books you’ve purchased. 

Google rolls out its September Android Drop, with remembered items in Find Hub, Guided vision in Gemini Live, Motion Assist to reduce motion sickness, and more (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official
New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.

From @unfortunatalie.bsky.social#
“Colleague didn't join a call but I had Gemini Notes switched on and it the transcript caught me talking to the cat.”

Google is expanding its Gemini-powered Ask Maps feature in English to 130 countries and adds agentic food ordering, hotel booking, and attraction searching (Jada Jones/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-new-ask-maps-fe…

Google's new Ask Maps features may be more exciting than the upcoming Pixel drop
Google announced several upgrades to Ask Maps, allowing users to order food and find hotels with fewer clicks.

Google adds Expert Intelligence to Gemini Notebook, letting users import eligible titles they own in Google Play Books to ask questions, generate podcasts, more (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/985567/google-gemini-notebook-expert-sources-b…

Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books
Google is bringing a new “Expert Intelligence” feature to its Gemini Notebook app that pulls information from the books you’ve purchased. 

Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

Google adds a toggle in Gemini and Flow to remove visible watermarks from AI generated images, videos, and music; SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata remain (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/980416/google-gemini-ai-watermarks-removal

You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermarks from images, videos, and music generated with Gemini and its other AI tools. 

Google launches Google Pics, a creative design suite powered by Gemini and Nano Banana to compete with Canva and Adobe Express, available as a Workspace app (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/987423/google-pics-ai-image-editor-generator

Google Pics is like Canva, but with even more AI
Google Pics aims to make editing and generating “professional-grade” AI images less cumbersome for Workspace users.

Sources: Google AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel, both viewed internally as key contributors to Gemini, are planning to leave for Anthropic (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-24/g…