Weekly Issue: 2025-47

When Google Vids first launched, it promised to be the “Docs, Sheets, and Slides” of video creation—a collaborative, easy-to-use tool that lived right in your browser. But for a while, the coolest magic tricks—specifically the powerful Gemini AI features—were locked behind paid Workspace subscriptions. That is all changing now.

Chrome’s sync feature keeps your browsing data consistent across devices. Sometimes this feature encounters problems that need a fresh start. Resetting sync clears your cloud-stored browsing information while keeping local data safe.

Virtual desks on Chromebook let you create separate workspaces for different tasks. You can keep work files on one desk and personal browsing on another. Each desk runs independently with its own apps and windows. Switching between these desks quickly improves your workflow.

I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but I honestly don’t know what else to say. Every time I think the ‘Skywalker’ baseboard is finished adding new devices, I check the Chromium Gerrit and find another one. We thought 8 was a lot. We were shocked at 10.

Introduction: Leverage or Simplicity? In crypto trading, every strategy begins with one question — leverage or simplicity? Some traders prefer the security of spot markets, where they buy and hold actual crypto assets. Others turn to crypto futures, using leverage to amplify both profits and risks.

Browser-based gaming has grown fast over the past few years, and Chromebooks are right at the centre of that shift.  What started as lightweight machines for students and office workers has evolved into a fully capable platform for everything from casual games to cloud streaming and interactive web apps.

Google Fonts offers tons of free typefaces — now including Google Sans Flex.

M-142, ChromeOS version 16433.48.0 (Browser version 142.0.7444.181) has rolled out to ChromeOS devices on the Stable channel.

For the third time in recent months, Google has found itself scrambling to fix a potentially serious zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine.

For the third time in recent months, Google has found itself scrambling to fix a potentially serious zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser’s V8 JavaScript engine.

We already know that Gemini 3 is a new, powerhouse model, but the biggest question with these launches is always: “When will I actually see it in the products I use?” Usually, the answer for Google Search is “months from now.” Not this time.

Apple is building the world’s best ecosystem for artificial intelligence. The Mac, supported by iPads and iPhones, ticks nearly every box for the inevitable future of the technology.

Apple is building the world’s best ecosystem for artificial intelligence. The Mac, supported by iPads and iPhones, ticks nearly every box for the inevitable future of the technology.

Gemini 3 is here. In a massive blog post published just today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis introduced the new model family, calling it their “most intelligent model” to date.

Seventh Chrome 0-day this year Google pushed an emergency patch on Monday for a high-severity Chrome bug that attackers have already found and exploited in the wild.…

Seventh Chrome 0-day this year Google pushed an emergency patch on Monday for a high-severity Chrome bug that attackers have already found and exploited in the wild.…

If you’ve ever tried to use AI to make a video for work, you know the struggle. You generate a clip of a person or a product, and it looks great.

The dust has finally settled on the brief but chaotic contract dispute between Google and Disney.

The fastest way to transform your business is here. Today, we’re bringing Gemini 3, our most intelligent model, to every developer and enterprise team. It’s the best model in the world for multimodal understanding, and our most powerful agentic and vibe-coding model yet.

The AI character chat market reached $120 million in revenue during 2025, with 337 active applications serving millions of users worldwide. Character.AI leads with 20 million monthly active users and $32.2 million in annual revenue.

Cici AI recorded 86 million global downloads as of October 2025, with 13 million downloads occurring in the last 30 days alone. ByteDance’s international AI chatbot achieved the number one download position in Mexico and maintained top 20 rankings across five countries for three consecutive months.

Browsers control what websites and extensions can access on your device. These permissions cover everything from your camera and microphone to location services and notification settings. Different browsers handle these controls in their own way. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera each provide tools to manage what sites can do.

The Black Ops series has always blurred the lines between fiction and reality by taking emerging technology and introducing it into various high-pressure scenarios.

Chromebooks have spent the last few years becoming surprisingly decent for gaming, even if most people still picture them as lightweight machines for school or work. Steam’s alpha program will wrap up in 2026, so ChromeOS isn’t really chasing full native PC blockbusters anymore, but that hasn’t slowed things down.

The ChromeOS Stable channel is being updated to OS version 16463.20.0 (Browser version 143.0.7499.28) for most ChromeOS devices.

 The Stable channel has been updated to 142.0.7444.175/.176 for Windows and 142.0.7444.176 for Mac and 142.0.7444.175 for Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log.

Wasm, WebGPU, and WebNN are the foundational compute abstractions that enable developers to build and deploy AI systems with almost limitless autonomy and control.

Browser agents are coming. In this talk, Khushal Sagar, Staff Software Engineer for Chrome, covers a new way that web authors can integrate with these agents: webMCP.

Browsers are AI runtimes. In 15 minutes, Erick Wendell, Professional JS Instructor, demos Chrome’s built-in AI APIs to create a VR assistant that understands intent to schedule, cancel, and check barber bookings, and a lightweight widget that reads llms.txt to answer site questions instantly.

Arm architecture is everywhere. Our technology powers 99% of smartphones (Apple and Android), Macs, iPads, Windows on Arm PCs, cars—nearly every computing platform.

We talked to hundreds of developers about AI. Their biggest challenge? Moving from the promise of AI to production value. Kenji Baheux, a Product Manger for Chrome Built-in AI, shares our learnings on the ""Playbook Vacuum"" and offers the foundational principles to start filling it. Resources: Explore built-in AI → https://goo.

Join Parisa Tabriz, VP on Chrome for her opening remarks around browsing, building, and the future of the web ecosystem in the AI era. See more Web AI talks → https://goo.gle/WebAIVideos Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.

What’s the state of Web AI in 2025? Get the key high level updates in this talk by Google’s Web AI lead, Jason Mayes, so everyone is on a level playing field – suitable for everyone!

Just last week, we were pretty excited to see the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 get its first-ever discount – even if it was a meager $30 off.

If you’re like many users, you live a double life inside Google Workspace: your Google Calendar tells you where you need to be, and your Google Tasks list tells you what you need to do. The problem? Those two worlds have always been frustratingly separate.