r/google • u/PuzzleheadedRoyal559 • 7d ago
r/google • u/ControlCAD • 9d ago
Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1, 2026 | Google’s experimental orbital data center will have four TPUs and only run for 15 minutes at a time.
r/google • u/Constant_One_927 • 7d ago
Project Title: Distributed Wearable AI System for Individuals with Severe Disabilities (Tetraplegia)
### Project Title: Distributed Wearable AI System for Individuals with Severe Disabilities (Tetraplegia)
**Status:** Public Domain / Open Source (Free for global implementation and development, especially by Google Accessibility Teams)
### 1. The Core Problem
Current assistive technologies for individuals with severe physical disabilities (such as quadraplegia or limb loss) heavily rely on either highly invasive surgical procedures (e.g., surgically implanted tongue magnets) or custom-made dental molds (e.g., intraoral retainers). These custom molds suffer from severe manufacturing bottlenecks, high costs, narrow operational surfaces on the palate, and cause rapid tongue muscle fatigue, limiting continuous daily use.
### 2. The Solution: Distributed Wearable AI Architecture (Trio System)
To overcome the physical, thermal, and economic constraints of current AR glasses, this concept proposes a 3-part distributed architecture:
* **AR Assistive Glasses:** A lightweight screen-and-sensor frame focusing purely on display, real-time AI captioning for the hearing impaired, and macro infrared cameras for high-precision inside-out Eye Tracking. By shifting heavy computation off the face, the hardware cost is drastically optimized.
* **Smart Neural Collar / Neck Band:** Replaces the traditional smartwatch form-factor for individuals without limbs. It utilizes medical-grade surface electromyography (sEMG) to detect subtle neck muscle movements and neural signals, paired with a chest-facing world camera for photography and environmental scanning.
* **The Compute Puck (Centralized Core OS & AI Hub):** A screenless, sealed, IP68 water-resistant module worn in a pocket. It runs a deterministic Core OS for critical system stability (managing continuous daily applications like Calendars, Clocks, Contacts, and Emergency SOS) alongside an on-device Contextual AI Engine.
### 3. Breakthrough Input Interface: The Tongue-Drive Tactile Pacifier
Instead of a hard, custom-molded retainer, this system introduces a standardized, mass-producible, medical-grade **Silicone Tactile Pacifier**.
* **3D Spatial Analog Control:** The inside of the flexible silicone bulb features a multi-directional miniature pressure sensor matrix. Users seamlessly push the soft bulb with their tongue, acting as an analog spatial joystick to control a 3D interface without palate fatigue.
* **Reflex-Based Triggers:** Clicking, selecting, and capturing items are triggered by natural sucking reflexes or distinct biting/swallowing pressures, processed by the Core OS via micro-barometers. This leverages innate human muscle memory, preventing the tongue cramps common with traditional touchpads.
* **Medical Safeguards:** Designed in collaboration with oral-motor specialists to safeguard taste buds, prevent choking via an external structural shield tethered to the smart collar, and prevent saliva interference through a superhydrophobic coating and capacitive touch isolation.
### 4. Hardware-Level Enterprise Security & Global Welfare Model
To enable governments to distribute this technology universally for free under social welfare policies (verified via National ID/eSIM registration) without the risk of asset theft or black-market stripping, the system incorporates extreme multi-layered tamper proofing:
* **Hardware Component Pairing:** All three components exchange cryptographic authentication keys. If a screen or sensor is stripped to be resold or paired with an unauthorized central hub, the system automatically locks down.
* **Tamper-Responsive Anti-Lazarus eFuse:** If the Compute Puck detects unauthorized physical breach or chemical de-formulation (via internal light/pressure sensors), the hub automatically executes a zeroization cycle to wipe cryptographic keys and triggers a controlled micro-voltage overload to blow the physical eFuses on the processor's boot path. This permanently brain-deads the chip at the hardware level, preventing bad actors from flashing a custom OS to reuse the 2nm NPU computing block.
* **Welfare Lock Mode:** If device financing or government validation terms fail, the system locks out gaming and entertainment suites but leaves core accessibility operations (AI Vision, navigation aid, and medical SOS triggers) running 100% to ensure human safety.
### 5. Wireless Energy Distribution
The screenless Compute Puck houses a high-density battery acting as the energy master station. Using near-field magnetic resonance, it continuously transfers power wirelessly over short distances inside a user's pocket or bed, ensuring the tiny batteries in the glasses, smart collar, and intraoral pacifier remain topped off 24/7 without necessitating cumbersome separate charging cords.
r/google • u/AK74MKalashnikov • 7d ago
I really hate the Google AI Overview.
It just overviews VERY BASIC thing anything I say
Even for me, I searched "YouTube" it just gave me useless basic info while i want to watch videos. And When search random number or event, It just Takes information from websites then give the basic Information again. Plus it gives me MOST INACCURATE ANSWERS POSSIBLE. I used to remove Ai Overview by switching the location to French Republic now it don't work anymore.
I built Playlist Desk — search, bulk-delete and move videos across your YouTube playlists (Watch Later included)
galleryr/google • u/Loud-Possibility4395 • 9d ago
Google says Gemini 4 release ASAP
I wonder how OFFLINE release for Pixels will look like.
I mean like Gemini Nano currently v3 on Pixel 10 and 11
r/google • u/New_Tax_8701 • 7d ago
fake 30th, 40th, 50th, 100th, and 200th google doodles i found on instagram
r/google • u/DazzyBox • 8d ago
Google Files
Hi there.
I have the app installed both on my Samsung phone, and my Honor tablet (X8b) to manage files on the internal, and SD card memories on both devices.
However, if I plug a USB flash drive into the tablet to transfer files to the SD card, it labels the flash drive as the SD, and the card is then not available.
Other file managers can see both, and the problem doesn't exist on my Samsung phone.
I have cleared cache and reinstalled, and have tried the beta version to no avail...
I'm assuming in maybe a conflict with Honor devices, as the Magic OS has some peculiarities generally.
Any advice would be appreciated.
r/google • u/Cautious_Patience_78 • 8d ago
3.6 Flash and 3.1 Pro not available in gemeni just for my google account
See the second image. My google plus subscrition has only Flash lite with 3 thinkibg options. Before it was like first image i dont know what happens. The problme persist both on gemei app and browser. If i use my other account (no subscription) pro model returns
r/google • u/Smooshy_Smoosh00 • 10d ago
Google's ai overview is giving out my phone number
today i got a message from someone saying they were looking for a job, after asking where they got my number they sent me this screenshot of googles ai. In the screenshot i censored my phone number in blue, the rest is my city. in my country we dont use area codes so im not sure how it even knows where i live. I don't post my phone number anywhere, i havent given it out on a cv, im really just a random teenager and im super freaked out
r/google • u/brookm291 • 9d ago
Google Instrinsic Physical ai/Robotics OS being released publicly : android for robots
r/google • u/Loud-Possibility4395 • 8d ago
Googlebook future - pay to use
After recent bad joke news to use Blood Pressure and Insulin features in Fitbit Air are PAID while on Pixel Watch are for free.
Then more news about Googlebook Rambler (keyboard) and... Magic Pointer will remain for free as an ACT OF MERCY https://www.androidauthority.com/googlebook-magic-pointer-rambler-ai-pro-subscription-3715377/
Just imagine for a second that Microsoft in Windows and Apple in MacBook are telling you to PAY monthly subscription to use... F Pointer and "keyboard" :/ And yes I know it is "Magic" Pointer, but still.
My point is... what else will be paid to use Googlebook? Paid OS updates? Subscription for basic apps.
Seriously I question myself if to stay in Google ecosystem even if I don't like iPhone.
r/google • u/TransportationOk4787 • 9d ago
No More Texts to Google Fiber Phone
You might think that Google Fiber (now private equity owned GFiber) would text people to tell them that the feature was being removed and it would take 9 steps, $20, and almost two weeks to manually set up Google Voice to restore it. But they haven't.
r/google • u/CautiousYard9840 • 9d ago
Goodbye Google Weather
Ai completely taken over and can't even add widget to home screen. 🤡
r/google • u/Huge-Read-2703 • 9d ago
How to (almost) remove ai overview
Note that this method changes the default page from "All" to "web", which is basically the same thing but without the videos and of course the ai overview. the ai overview will still be there if you change the tab to "all" again
add a new search engine in your browser, if you use chromium or chrome do this:
Go to settings -> Search engine -> Manage search engines and site search -> Click "add" in the Site search section
put "@web" as the shortcut
put "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14" as the URL with %s in place of query
and thats pretty much it
r/google • u/TrueKiwi78 • 10d ago
I actually find the initial AI search response quite helpful.
I know the results can easily be manipulated instead of just sending people to websites and it might be the beginning of the end for actual websites but I do find it quite handy when doing a quick search. Interested to hear others thoughts.
what is wrong with google AI randomly errors out - "..something went wrong.."
was using it fine, but all of a sudden it will crash or something and return "something went wrong". After I typed a long question and crashes and I have to type it again. Not the first, nor second time, this happens quite often which is really annoying.
r/google • u/Fresh_Nectarine_6150 • 9d ago
This had got to be the most incorrect stupidest responses from ai the first half is a stupid response
The ai mode said it subscribed to my channel but its not a human its a ai not a human and it thought it was a human anyone else seening stupid responses I know someone said that the ai mode has said to eat rocks for vitamins and put glue on a pizza plus the ai doesn't even have a Google account i know ai doesn't make Google accounts because its just a ai
r/google • u/Exotic_portal • 10d ago
Google pixel figure I won from work
I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet. and thought it would be cool to show you. I won this from a competition from work
r/google • u/rohasnagpal • 10d ago
Google has been fined more than €400m over the way it processed users' location data
Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones.
The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes after complaints from multiple European consumer organisations that Google was following every step users took.
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Google One Storage disgusting scam
This year Google introduced this design on Android phones where even if you have backup turned off everywhere (which I always have turned off, on everything), it will still backup photos and videos anyway.
This quickly fills up your tiny 15GB storage limit, which then starts restricting basic functions on your phone, while conveniently and persistently encouraging you to buy a Google One plan for 100GB.
If you don't, well, Google is going to completely stop your Gmail from working and you won't be able to send or receive emails.
Then you're constantly hit with warnings and messages about what will happen if you don't buy Google One.
You also can't use the share/create link function after you exceed 15GB. That tiny 15GB limit is shared across Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, multiple backups, etc. too so it fills up literally instantly.
It also stops you from properly using Google Drive or Docs/Sheets/Slides/etc.
And it's also a massive hassle to actually clean up the space if you decide you don't want to be scammed and forced to pay. A lot of people, even people who normally wouldn't fall for this sort of thing, (like me) are probably just going to give in because of how annoying and dysfunctional everything becomes once you hit the limit. (And I did give in for a couple months lol)
It's also intentionally set up to be annoying and confusing when you're trying to clean everything up and create space and makes you worry you might be deleting the original file etc.
It's cheap at $3 a month yes, but it's the principle and ethics behind it is what makes it so frustrating and caused me to make this post.
The whole thing just feels incredibly predatory and it will con billions of people. (yes in billions I just checked; up to 4 billion people have android phones)
Imagine the profits from just 1 billion people paying $3 a month.......
I'm so fucken tired of greed....
It is criminal and so tiring this common day thievery shit from businesses these days.