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Google set the tone in the AI shopping wars this weekend by announcing plans to turn Gemini into a merchant and launch an open-source standard built in partnership with major retailers including Shopify, Walmart and Target. The move comes at a time when companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Perplexity are vying for power and influence […]
Google today announced a new open standard, the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. The standard, developed in partnership with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target and Walmart, allows agents to work on various parts of the customer buying process, including discovery and post-purchase support. The […]
Wing is bringing drone delivery to even more Walmart stores in 2026. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its drones will fly above 150 additional locations this year, including four new cities: Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami and Cincinnati. In June 2025, the companies said they would expand their delivery partnership to 100 additional stores […]
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL; DR YouTube updates its search filter menu. One new filter has been added, two have been removed, and two have been renamed. The menu has also been reorganized. When searching for a video on YouTubeyou can refine the results by opening the search filter menu. On the desktop, you […]
The listings in the search results include all the details of the property, along with links to request a tour or contact a buyer’s agent. In an article published last week by Barron’s, a Google spokesperson told the publication that the program was a “small experiment,” and did not indicate how long it would last. […]
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL; DR For some Chrome for Android users, an option will appear to show your bookmarks bar. The option is only available on widescreen devices, such as tablets. For the most part, the Chrome browser experience is fairly similar between desktop and mobile. However, there are a few key […]
Gmail users have been stuck with the same email addresses for 20 years, but that could soon change. Google has quietly started rolling out a way for users to change their @gmail.com address while keeping all their emails, files, photos, and connected services like YouTube and Google Drive. The New York Times reports this. The […]
Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it is complying with Judge James Donato’s order to open Android to third-party app stores, stop illegally linking its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to download their apps outside the Play Store in the US. But Google […]
Google is expanding its consumer finance business in India with the launch of a UPI-linked credit card, tapping into a country of over 1.4 billion people where less than 50 million people currently have a credit card. On Wednesday, Google entered the growing co-branded credit card market in India with the launch of Flex by […]
Key Takeaways Google co-founder Sergey Brin attempted to retire from the company in 2019. In a new lecture from Stanford University, Brin says that retiring was “the worst decision” he could have made because it isolated him and cut him off from intellectual stimulation. Within months, he went back to the office and spent more […]
