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Google has been working on its NotebookLM research assistant since 2023. So far, the only way to access the versatile tool has been through a large web interface. Now NotebookLM is getting ready for smaller screens, as Google confirms app development. If you’re not yet using Google’s fantastic NotebookLM research assistant, what are you waiting for? The AI tool isn’t just for academics, and the way it can digest reams of information and quickly answer questions makes it useful for tons of stuff in daily life, like reading product manuals so you don’t have to. If you like the idea of NotebookLM, at least, and have just been waiting for a better mobile version of it, you may be in luck, as Google confirms that a NotebookLM app is on the way. NotebookLM debuted as a web-based tool, and it takes full advantage of big PC displays with its expansive three-panel layout: all your source material on the left, the chat panel in the middle for interacting with the service’s LLM, and studio on the right for setting up your outputs.

Google has been working on its NotebookLM research assistant since 2023. So far, the only way to access the versatile tool has been through a large web interface. Now NotebookLM is getting ready for smaller screens, as Google confirms app development. If you’re not yet using Google’s fantastic NotebookLM research assistant, what are you waiting for? The AI tool isn’t just for academics, and the way it can digest reams of information and quickly answer questions makes it useful for tons of stuff in daily life, like reading product manuals so you don’t have to. If you like the idea of NotebookLM, at least, and have just been waiting for a better mobile version of it, you may be in luck, as Google confirms that a NotebookLM app is on the way. NotebookLM debuted as a web-based tool, and it takes full advantage of big PC displays with its expansive three-panel layout: all your source material on the left, the chat panel in the middle for interacting with the service’s LLM, and studio on the right for setting up your outputs.

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google could soon make further changes to Gemini’s attachment interface. The company might relocate the Deep Research and Canvas tools to the home page and add a new Power up button to the attachment sheet. The Power up button will help users quickly enhance their prompts to get more detailed responses. Google recently updated Gemini’s file attachment interface, replacing the small pop-up window with a larger sheet featuring four file attachment buttons and dedicated options for Gemini’s Deep Research and Canvas tools. We first spotted the new attachment interface in a teardown this February, and Google rolled it out to users late last month. However, it doesn’t seem like the company is done tweaking the attachment UI.

Infinix is preparing to release an Android phone that has a built-in aroma. The Infinix Note 50s 5G+ will use microencapsulation to incorporate scent into its vegan “leather” back. The scent should last for up to six months before fading. The best-executed smartphones around offer something to satisfy many of the senses. Big, beautiful screens and finely crafted design are a delight to our eyes. Stereo speakers deliver rich, booming audio and let us take calls over speakerphone in a pinch. And some of the most premium models manage to combine sleek panels of metal and glass in a way that just fees enormously satisfying in the hand. Now one phone manufacturer is about get us thinking about a new way to titillate the senses, with the introduction of a phone that offers a signature scent. It’s not too often that we bother to think about how our electronics smell. When we do, it’s often in a profoundly negative context, like when someone notices that Samsung’s S Pen has a weird smell to it. But while we occasionally see the odd entry like that ASUS Fragrance Mouse, for the most part it feels like most phone makers just don’t have olfactory considerations on the radar.

Infinix is preparing to release an Android phone that has a built-in aroma. The Infinix Note 50s 5G+ will use microencapsulation to incorporate scent into its vegan “leather” back. The scent should last for up to six months before fading. The best-executed smartphones around offer something to satisfy many of the senses. Big, beautiful screens and finely crafted design are a delight to our eyes. Stereo speakers deliver rich, booming audio and let us take calls over speakerphone in a pinch. And some of the most premium models manage to combine sleek panels of metal and glass in a way that just fees enormously satisfying in the hand. Now one phone manufacturer is about get us thinking about a new way to titillate the senses, with the introduction of a phone that offers a signature scent. It’s not too often that we bother to think about how our electronics smell. When we do, it’s often in a profoundly negative context, like when someone notices that Samsung’s S Pen has a weird smell to it. But while we occasionally see the odd entry like that ASUS Fragrance Mouse, for the most part it feels like most phone makers just don’t have olfactory considerations on the radar.

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that, starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a button labeled “Free TV” or “Live TV” on their remotes. Tapping this button will open the Live tab, where you can access over 150 free TV channels from Google TV FreePlay. A few Google TV devices, such as the Onn 4K Pro from Walmart, already have this button. Google TV offers a wide selection of streaming services, so you’ll never run out of things to watch. The platform also provides access to over 150 free, live TV channels, which are easily accessible from the “Live” tab on the home screen. Currently, some Google TV devices provide quick access to these live TV channels with a dedicated “Free TV” button on the remote, but soon, more devices will include this feature. In early 2023, Google began widely rolling out a “Live” tab to Google TV devices that provided access to free ad-supported television (FAST) channels like BBC Earth, Court TV, Hallmark Movies, Hell’s Kitchen, and more. The Google TV Freeplay library currently consists of over 150 live TV channels that you can watch directly from the home screen without installing any apps or paying a subscription.

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that, starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a button labeled “Free TV” or “Live TV” on their remotes. Tapping this button will open the Live tab, where you can access over 150 free TV channels from Google TV FreePlay. A few Google TV devices, such as the Onn 4K Pro from Walmart, already have this button. Google TV offers a wide selection of streaming services, so you’ll never run out of things to watch. The platform also provides access to over 150 free, live TV channels, which are easily accessible from the “Live” tab on the home screen. Currently, some Google TV devices provide quick access to these live TV channels with a dedicated “Free TV” button on the remote, but soon, more devices will include this feature. In early 2023, Google began widely rolling out a “Live” tab to Google TV devices that provided access to free ad-supported television (FAST) channels like BBC Earth, Court TV, Hallmark Movies, Hell’s Kitchen, and more. The Google TV Freeplay library currently consists of over 150 live TV channels that you can watch directly from the home screen without installing any apps or paying a subscription.

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that, starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a button labeled “Free TV” or “Live TV” on their remotes. Tapping this button will open the Live tab, where you can access over 150 free TV channels from Google TV FreePlay. A few Google TV devices, such as the Onn 4K Pro from Walmart, already have this button. Google TV offers a wide selection of streaming services, so you’ll never run out of things to watch. The platform also provides access to over 150 free, live TV channels, which are easily accessible from the “Live” tab on the home screen. Currently, some Google TV devices provide quick access to these live TV channels with a dedicated “Free TV” button on the remote, but soon, more devices will include this feature. In early 2023, Google began widely rolling out a “Live” tab to Google TV devices that provided access to free ad-supported television (FAST) channels like BBC Earth, Court TV, Hallmark Movies, Hell’s Kitchen, and more. The Google TV Freeplay library currently consists of over 150 live TV channels that you can watch directly from the home screen without installing any apps or paying a subscription.

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Gemini’s upload and analyze feature could soon support video files. New strings in the latest Google app beta suggest that the feature may support videos in 3GP, AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, and WebM formats. It might also let users upload and analyze multiple videos simultaneously, although Google will impose a size limitation. Gemini’s file upload and analysis feature is set to gain support for video files soon. We first spotted evidence of this upcoming feature in a teardown of the Google app last month. Now, we have some details about the video formats the feature might support on release.

Google offers several tools for Android users to identify music that they hear playing. While Pixel Now Playing and your Google account’s web history have included past song searches, a similar view has been missing from the Google app itself. Now the Google app’s song search tool includes a song history view in its latest beta release. Your search history can be a powerful tool, and that’s not just true when we’re talking about what you’ve been up to in your browser. Your YouTube history, for instance, offers a convenient way to look back on the media you’ve been checking out, and can be invaluable when you’re trying to track down a clip you recently watched, but now can’t quite remember all the details of. Now Google’s bringing search history to a new corner of Android, as the platform’s song-search tool gets a memory.