Google is at it again. The company has just raised the YouTube Premium subscription in seven countries - Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey. Thankfully, Malaysia was spared but we also recently got one a few months ago so there was no need to. 

Towards the end of the #MadeByGoogle '23 event, SVP Hardware of Google Rick Osterloh gave one more surprise. Besides revealing the Google Pixel 8 series, he also announced that users of the device will get up to seven years of OS updates.

Apart from Waze, Google Maps is also one of the most used apps to navigate around Malaysia. That said, Google just updated the app with a new feature - adding emojis to your favourite places.

Almost everyone has a Google Account but so are inactive ones. With this, Google has announced that its inactive accounts will be shut down in due time. As long as the Google Account (whether it's Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar, YouTube and Google Photos) has not been used or signed in for at least two years, it shall be deactivated.

Today, Google announced that the Nearby Share function is now possible between your Android device and Windows computer. For those who don't know, using Nearby Share allows Android users to share media files, documents and more, so it's great to see it available on Windows. 

Today, Google announced that the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) will be expanded in Gmail. Introduced in 2021, this new update will now have a checkmark icon from senders to show verifications, just like the blue ticks from Facebook and Twitter.

Today, Google has announced the release of its OpenAI chat bot - Bard. The company first announced it a few weeks ago and the open access to Bard is now rolling out in the US and UK first. 

There have been a lot of talks about ChatGPT recently and whether it was a coincidence or not, Google just announced its own OpenAI chatbot. Promptly called Bard, Google's AI service will be unveiled in the next few weeks. 

As the year comes to a close, YouTube did a list of the top 10's from various countries including Malaysia. If you are curious about the top creators, artists and videos that captured the collective imagination of fans in Malaysia, you're at the right place. 

As we move towards the end of 2022, Google just released its annual Year in Search 2022 results. Not only is it available globally, but each country gets its own top 10 lists as well. Before we show you Malaysia's top searches in Google, you would be surprised to know that Wordle is actually the most searched word in Google in 2022.