Waze taps Gemini for conversational road update reports

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Waze is updating its Conversational Reporting feature to make it easier to suggest map updates. Still using Google Gemini capabilities, Conversational Reporting will now let you alert the app if, for example, a road is closed or an address is updated, among others. Just say "The road is closed here," and Waze will inform local map editors to verify the information and update the map. This feature is rolling out to Android and iOS users worldwide.

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Apple's new Siri AI debuts with a dedicated app

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At WWDC 2026, Apple finally unveiled its artificial intelligence-powered implementation of Siri, the aptly named Siri AI. Built on top of Google Gemini models, Siri AI also gets a dedicated app in iOS 27, where you can start conversations with the AI assistant.

Siri AI is intended to work across Apple devices and promises you similar functionality to what you get with Gemini. It can look up directions, answer questions about what's on your screen, find specific photos in your camera roll, summarize documents and create event plans, among others.

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'Troubleshooting' mode spotted in Google Gemini

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Google Gemini might help you work through a problem with things like your car without having to refer to a manual. User testingcatalog on X shared a new "Troubleshooting" mode showing up in the model picker menu for some users.

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CapCut to bring video and image editing tools to Google Gemini

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You'll soon be able to use CapCut's video and photo editing features in Google Gemini. At least, that's what CapCut is promising with its new collaboration with Google. The companies haven't provided details on how a CapCut integration in Gemini will work. For now, all we know is that the Gemini app will be gaining access to CapCut features soon.

Some questions the partnership raises include what editing tools would be available, to what extent and whether you would need an active subscription on both or either service.

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