Apps

Google app AI Mode displaying detailed information about Monet's 'Impression, Sunrise' painting with image preview and key facts about the artwork

Google app for desktop rolls out globally on Windows

Gemini logo featuring a four-pointed star with smooth curved edges, filled with a rainbow gradient transitioning from red to purple. The star is centered on a white rounded square, set against a blue gradient background fading from dark at the edges to light near the center.

Google debuts Gemini app for Mac with instant shortcut access

An open hand with the Instagram logo overlayed, featuring a gradient of pink, purple, orange, and yellow tones, set against a black background.

Instagram adds 15-minute window to edit comments

Blue Samsung Messages icon with a white chat bubble and three dots on the left, a pointing hand emoji in the center, and the Google Messages icon with a rounded blue speech bubble on a white background on the right, illustrating the switch from Samsung Messages to Google Messages.

Samsung Messages is ending, and that’s not a bad thing

A Chrome browser window on a desktop shows Google’s blog article titled “All new features introduced this year,” with a left sidebar of color‑coded vertical tabs for apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive, while large callouts labeled “Vertical Tabs” on the left and “Immersive Reading Mode” on the right highlight the new features in a clean, light blue interface.

Google Chrome adds vertical tabs and immersive reading mode

Colorful Google Maps Local Guides illustration showing a large circular gradient badge with a white star on the left, and on the right a stylized park scene with a woman walking a dog and a woman riding a bicycle among map location pins, plus small icons of a pencil and a green flag.

Google Maps April refresh focuses on photos, captions and contributor status

Colorful promotional artwork for Netflix Playground showing Elmo and Cookie Monster in the center surrounded by Peppa Pig, a blue elephant with a bird on its head, a pink dinosaur, a playful yellow character, puzzle pieces, crayons, numbers and curved rainbow shapes, with the Netflix Playground logo and App Store and Google Play badges at the bottom.

Netflix rolls out Playground app with ad-free games for kids under eight

A silver iPhone showing the Photos app open to the Library tab, with a grid of colorful beach photos and videos labeled “Library, 1,740 items,” against a light gray background.

How to sort and filter Photos on iPhone

iPhone screen showing the Notes app’s built‑in document scanner capturing a colorful Farmers Market flyer on a wooden background, with flash, filters, and shutter controls visible at the bottom.

How to scan documents in the iPhone Notes app

A traveler standing in a modern airport terminal checks her smartphone next to a red carry‑on suitcase, while an enlarged overlay of the United Airlines mobile app shows TSA security wait times and boarding details.

The United app adds TSA wait predictions and smarter AirTag luggage help

Minimalist Google Messages logo centered on a light grey background, showing an overlapping blue chat bubble icon with a pointed tail and rounded edges.

Samsung confirms the end of Samsung Messages in July 2026

Square promotional graphic for the Storm Radar app showing three smartphones with vivid high-resolution weather radar maps, including a severe storm line and extreme cold warning, plus an on-screen AI Weather Assistant prompt asking, “Will I be impacted by the upcoming storm?”, set against a dark blue background with the Storm Radar logo and wordmark at the top.

Storm Radar’s AI Weather Assistant makes pro forecasts feel personal