Together with Samsung’s launch of recent units such because the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6 at Unpacked 2024, and the brand new Galaxy Watches, Google stated on Wednesday that it’s bringing its personal new options throughout a number of apps to those units.
The search big is updating its Gemini for Android app to be extra appropriate for foldables with the power to make use of Gemini with overlay and split-screen interfaces. You may swipe the nook of the display or say “Hey Google” to deliver up Gemini (farewell, Google Assistant?).
The brand new model of the app for Samsung units will can help you ask questions on a video that you just may be watching on YouTube. These options might be obtainable on the brand new Galaxy foldable units within the coming months.
Google introduced its “Circle to Search” function alongside Samsung’s Galaxy S24 occasion earlier this yr. On Wednesday, the corporate stated it’s extending the performance of this function by supporting options for symbolic math equations and scanning of barcodes and QR codes. Google additionally stated that this new model of “Circle to Search” might be obtainable on extra units later this yr.
YouTube introduced its multiview function to Android telephones and tablets in Could. It helps you to watch as much as 4 streams of YouTube TV concurrently. This function might be supported on the Galaxy Z Fold 6, with subscribers having the ability to choose a mixture of soccer, information, climate and simultaneous sporting occasions.
Google launched Put on OS 5 in the course of the Google I/O developer convention earlier this yr with efficiency and battery life enhancements. Samsung stated Wednesday that its Galaxy Watch 7 and Galaxy Watch Extremely will ship with Put on OS 5.