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As Google continues to develop Gemini, it was announced at the Google Cloud Next 24 event that Gemini Ultra 1.0 is going to be integrated into OPPO and OnePlus phones later this year. To the uninitiated, Gemini Ultra 1.0 was revealed earlier in 2024 as a state-of-the-art AI LLM-empowering Gemini Advanced chatbot.

Google Photos has been around for a long time but in the era of AI-powered features, Google announced that its AI-powered editing tools such as the Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, Portrait Light and others will be free to use on Google Photos. It will begin on 15 May 2024. 

These days, we are getting more AI functions that are capable of writing the type of texts we want and it can even generate videos and photos. Now get ready for the next one called Google Vids which is an upcoming AI-powered video creation tool. 

With One UI 6.1 coming to a few Samsung Galaxy devices, many users are reporting some issues on their devices. This includes slower charging speeds, odd high temperatures and irresponsive fingerprint scanning. The touch input on the Galaxy S23's display is also not registering properly and Samsung has found the problem - Google.

Back in 2020, Google was sued for secretly tracking and collecting its users' data when using Google Chrome's Incognito Mode. It has been four years since then and today, Google finally gave in and agreed to delete billions of data records from that platform.

In case you didn’t know, Google Gemini is an AI chatbot by Google with a multi-language model. Those who subscribe to the Google One AI Premium plan will be able to access Gemini Ultra. Recently, Gemini has been brought to Google Message as well.

This week's TechNave Business Bytes for Week 4 of March 2024 news highlights Malaysia's thriving tech scene and various initiatives aimed at propelling the country towards a digital future. From attracting international partnerships to empowering local businesses, Malaysia is making significant strides in the tech and innovation landscape.

Nowadays, there are many people who use smartphones as their productivity devices instead of laptops. These people appreciate the more portable nature of a small smartphone as a PC, so Google has been adding more support to help with that in Android 15.

Previously, we reported that the currency converter widget on Google is not showing again after it briefly disappeared during the whole wrong USD to MYR conversion fiasco. Now, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has revealed the reason behind the feature being disabled by Google, as informed by the company to him.

According to a recent report by IT Home, many Galaxy S24 series mobile phone users have reported that the "Circle To Search" function cannot be used recently, and related errors that cannot be matched will pop up. That said, what should you know about it?