Updates on the latest technologies from Google including services, initiatives, and impact on the digital world.
- News
Netflix killed casting, but Apple TV just brought it back on Android
For years, Google Cast has been one of Android’s quiet superpowers. Tap a single icon and your phone hands off…
- News
Google finally adds native HLS playback to Chrome, Edge, & other Chromium desktop browsers
After nearly four years of development, Google is finally rolling out native HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) playback to Chrome on…
- News
Google Search Year in Review 2025: What Kenyans searched the most this year
It’s that time of year again! The season when every major platform rolls out its annual Year in Review. Spotify…
- News
Google Messages is finally making SIM switching less annoying
For years, switching between SIM 1 and SIM 2 in Google Messages was effortless. Users could simply tap a SIM…
- News
Google removes SmartTube from Android TV for security reasons, dev pledges to release new app
SmartTube, arguably the most popular third-party YouTube client for Android TV, has suddenly been disabled across multiple TV devices, after…
- Polls
Poll: How long before Apple blocks Google’s new Quick Share-to-AirDrop bridge?
Google appears to have pulled off what many thought impossible: letting the Pixel 10 lineup send files directly to iPhones…
- News
Xiaomi’s 2025 43-inch Google TV is down to KES 25,995 for Black Friday
Xiaomi Kenya’s Black Friday shopping festival is entering its final stretch, with less than 10 days left on the clock.…
- News
Android Quick Share Now Works With iPhone AirDrop: Google Just Broke the Ecosystem Wall
Google’s Pixel 10 now natively shares files with iPhones via AirDrop, bypassing apps to finally solve cross-platform file transfer.
- News
YouTube is rolling out direct messaging feature on Android & iOS app
Social apps are increasingly blurring the lines between consumption and communication. Just weeks after Spotify rolled out its own messaging…
- How To/ Explained
Google Gemini 3 Guide: Antigravity, Deep Think, and the New Agentic Stack
Google's Gemini 3 shifts AI from chatbots to autonomous agents. Explore Antigravity, Deep Think, and the new developer ecosystem
- Business
Google and the AfCFTA are training 7,500 African businesses to use AI
Google and AfCFTA partner to train 7,500 African SMEs on AI, Gemini, and cross-border digital trade skills
- News
Google is giving Kenyan university students 12 months of its most powerful AI for free
Google's Gemini Pro Plan is now in Kenya, offering students free 12-month access to its most advanced AI tools.
- News
Amazon Fire TV blocks sideloaded live sports streaming apps as Google eases Android sideloading restrictions
Amazon is officially moving to shut down the golden age of cheap content streaming on its Fire TV devices. In…
- News
RCS is unlikely coming back in Kenya as Safaricom starts urging users to turn it off
For months, the status of Rich Communication Services (RCS) in Kenya and several other countries has been a frustrating mystery,…
- News
Chromecast with Google TV (4K) October update finally fixes live IPTV playback issue
After nearly a year of maddening video playback issues that crippled live TV streaming for countless users, the Chromecast with…
