Siri AI isn't Gemini; it's something else. Apple details its revamped plans for the agentic battle ahead.

Links and Show Notes:

• Apple unveils next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, and more

• Apple Intelligence brings powerful AI capabilities into everyday experiences

• Is Paris Hilton really using Android?????

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Google pleads with you to believe it's doing all that it can to save the water it wastes during an AI prompt. They also have a new experimental AI app that turns your to-do list into a children's story.

Links and Show Notes:

• Google’s water stewardship commitments for local communities

• Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here's why scientists are enthusiastic

• Meet Dreambeans, an app that connects you with what matters

• Quickly scan multiple pages in Google Drive on Android

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Flo and Andy both have had a few weeks with the new Fitbit Air. And—surprise, surprise—DuckDuckGo downloads have exponentially increased since last week's Google I/O keynote.

Links and Show Notes:

• Introducing the new Google Fitbit Air

• Google Health brings your data into one place, on your terms

• 'Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt': DuckDuckGo CEO says installs are surging after Google I/O

• Google Antigravity Built an OS (and more)

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What's that Spark that's trying to start a fire? Why, that's all of Google's I/O 2026 announcements.

Links and Show Notes:

• I Tried Google's Screen-Free Smart Glasses, and They're Exactly What I Want

• Is Spark Another Rebrand of Google Gemini or Something Else?

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We're talking about Android's evolution into an "intelligent" operating system and why Chrome is storing 4GB of data on your computer.

Links and Show Notes:

• A smarter, more proactive Android with Gemini Intelligence

• Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence

• Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.

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Android Show is next week, what will we learn? Google's DeepMind workers overseas are taking action against the company's military AI contracts.

Links and Show Notes:

• Android Show I/O Edition: What's New for Android in 2026

• Google releases experimental ‘COSMO’ AI assistant app on Play Store

• Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

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Google is still making a ton of money and Motorola launched a new family of foldables. Why does Google hate the taste of its own dogfood?

Links and Show Notes:

• Alphabet earnings call, Q1 2026: Sundar Pichai’s remarks

• Power, Style, and Flexibility: Motorola introduces three new flip devices to the razr family

• Google’s Internal Politics Leave It Playing Catch-Up on AI Coding

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Agentic AI is coming to Google's enterprise, whether you like it or not, and the next Pixel phone might bring back notification lights. Google is beta testing more ugly ads.

Links and Show Notes:

• Google Cloud Next 2026: News and updates

• New Workspace Intelligence delivers unified, real-time understanding to power agentic work.

• Google working on Pixel ‘laptop’ and ‘Pixel Glow’ lights that are also coming to phones

• Focused banner ads for web (Beta)

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Gemini's new safety guardrails, how Google plans to punish browser hijacking, and the company's attempt to make Gemini happen on the Mac.

Links and Show Notes:

• An update on our mental health work

• Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June

• The Gemini app is now on Mac

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Vertical Tabs are the drama, the New York Times attempts to determine how accurate AI Overviews are, and Google releases an experimental dictation app.

Links and Show Notes:

• Get more done with new vertical tabs and immersive reading mode in Chrome

• How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?

• Google AI Edge Eloquent

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The end of the world is coming; the reason might surprise you. And just in time, Google lets you reverse some of your past mistakes.

This episode of Material is sponsored by:

• Vitally: Your Copilot for AI-Powered Customer Success. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting.

Links and Show Notes:

• Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear

• Change your Google Account username in a few simple steps

• Goodbye ‘Geeky Hunk’? Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Usernames.

• Fitbit's Whoop-like screen less fitness tracker is real

• Google Readies Revamped, Screenless Fitbit to Rival Growing Whoop Craze

• Google Faces Calls to Prohibit AI Videos for Kids on YouTube

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