Instagram unveils real-time Instants feature

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Instagram launched Instants, a new real-time photo-sharing feature and standalone companion app designed for spontaneous sharing with Close Friends and mutual followers. Available globally starting today, Instants allows users to snap unedited, real-time photos directly from their Instagram inbox or a dedicated app. To ensure authenticity, photos cannot be uploaded from a phone's gallery and will disappear immediately after being viewed, or within 24 hours if left unopened.

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Google's Gemini Intelligence introduces custom widgets

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Customizing is going to be more personalized on your Android smartphone and smartwatch with a new custom widgets feature. With Gemini Intelligence's Create My Widget, you can describe the type of widget you want to appear on your smartphone or smartwatch.

"For example, if you're a meal prepper, just ask Create My Widget to 'Suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes every week,' and watch as it builds a custom dashboard you can add and resize right on your home screen. Or if you're a cyclist who only cares about wind speed and rain, you can create a weather widget that surfaces those exact stats," Google said in its press release.

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Gboard on Android gets a Gemini Intelligence upgrade with Rambler

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Rambler on Gboard will make you sound less like one when you dictate your speech into text. This Gemini Intelligence feature can edit your speech into more concise messages and remove your filler words and sounds. It even promises to support language switching mid-speech.

According to Google, it will only transcribe in real-time and won't store or save the converted speech. "Whether you're blending English with Hindi or any other combination, Rambler understands the context and the nuance, ensuring your message sounds exactly like you — only more polished," the company said.

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Google's autofill gets Gemini treatment, too

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Google is also injecting its artificial intelligence into its autofill feature on Android. It can easily fill out complex forms on your smartphone using Gemini. It does so by pulling relevant information from your connected apps. The feature is opt-in, so that you can choose if and when to connect Gemini with autofill and turn this feature on and off in the settings.

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