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Google Play is rolling out a new feature widely to help users easily identify official government apps. A new "Government" icon with an image of a building will appear in the main app feed, in search results and on app pages.

Google Photos, the universal gallery app, is testing a new feature that will allow users to hide certain people's faces from the "Memories" section. This section reminds users of past events and highlights from their lives. However, sometimes "Memories" can be annoying if it reminds you of people you would rather not remember.

The Good Lock app, Samsung's impressive set of One UI customisations, is now available on the Google Play Store. Previously, Good Lock and its modules were exclusively available through Samsung's own Galaxy Store. Now, the app can be installed directly through the Google Play Store, which is convenient for those who don't want to download apps from the Galaxy Store.

Google Maps has introduced a new feature that adds 3D buildings to the navigation mode. This is in addition to the existing 3D buildings layer that was previously available.

Google Photos is opening up new possibilities with the introduction of media compression, which may be available on Android mobile devices. This new feature will allow users to effectively manage the space on their devices.

Google has implemented the Gemini Pro language model into the Android Studio chatbot, which is supposed to help developers write software code.

Google is considering introducing a paid premium subscription to access advanced search and other AI-powered content.

Google has changed its initial stance and will allow the Pixel 8 to use artificial intelligence features on the device itself. In the next Pixel Feature Drop update, the smartphone will get support for the Gemini Nano large language model for several AI features.

Israeli military intelligence used an experimental facial recognition programme in the Gaza Strip that misidentified Palestinian citizens as affiliated with the Hamas group.

Google Play Store is rolling out an innovation that should improve the way users search for apps and games. After successful testing in December, Google has officially moved the Play Store's search function to the bottom bar, adding a new Search tab.

Google has announced the successful use of artificial intelligence to accurately predict river floods. In some cases, the company has been able to predict floods as much as a week in advance.

France's antitrust regulator has fined Google 250 million euros for violating EU intellectual property rules when working with publishers. The reason was unauthorised scanning of news articles to train artificial intelligence models, including the chatbot Bard (now Gemini).

Google is introducing a new convenient feature on Wear OS devices that allows users to quickly and easily find public transport routes without using their phones.

Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system called VLOGGER that can generate realistic videos of people moving and talking from just one photo.

Google has announced that it is updating the YouTube app for TV platforms with a redesigned interface to access interactive content and video-related information to offer users a better experience.