Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, researchers are developing 3D-printed prosthetic hands specifically designed for children, made with lightweight materials and adaptable control systems.

These continuing advancements in 3D-printed prosthetics demonstrate their increasing affordability and accessibility. Success stories like this one in personalized prosthetics highlight the benefits of 3D printing, in which a model of an object produced with computer-aided design software is transferred to a 3D printer and constructed layer by layer.

We are a biomedical engineer and a chemist who work with 3D printing. We study how this rapidly evolving technology provides new options not just for prosthetics but for implants, surgical planning, drug manufacturing, and other health care needs. The ability of 3D printing to make precisely shaped objects in a wide range of materials has led to, for example, custom replacement joints and custom-dosage, multidrug pills.

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One of the biggest reveals of Google I/O was that the company is officially back in the mixed reality game with its own prototype XR smart glasses. It’s been years since we’ve seen anything substantial from the search giant on the AR/VR/XR front, but with a swath of hardware partners to go with its XR platform it seems that’s finally changing.

Following the keynote, Google showed off a very short demo of the prototype device we saw onstage. I only got a few minutes with the device so my impressions are unfortunately very limited, but I was immediately impressed with how light the glasses were compared with Meta’s Orion prototype and Snap’s augmented reality Spectacles. While both of those are quite chunky, Google’s prototype device was lightweight and felt much more like a normal pair of glasses. The frames were a bit thicker than what I typically wear, but not by a whole lot.

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At the same time, there are some notable differences between Google’s XR glasses and what we’ve seen from Meta and Snap. Google’s device only has a display on one side — the right lens, you can see it in the image at the top of this article — so the visuals are more “glanceable” than fully immersive. I noted during Google’s demo onstage at I/O that the field of view looked narrow and I can confirm that it feels much more limited than even Snap’s 46-degree field of view (Google declined to share specifics on how wide the field of view is on its prototype.)

Instead, the display felt a bit similar to how you might use the front display of a foldable phone. You can get a quick look at the time and notifications and small snippets of info from your apps, like what music you’re listening to.

Obviously, Gemini is meant to play a major role in the Android XR ecosystem and Google walked me through a few demos of the assistant working on the smart glasses. I could look at a display of books or some art on the wall and ask Gemini questions about what I was looking at. It felt very similar to multimodal capabilities we’ve seen with Project Astra and elsewhere.

There were some bugs, though, even in the carefully orchestrated demo. Gemini started to tell me about what I was looking at before I had even finished my question to it, which was followed by an awkward moment where we both paused and interrupted each other.

One of the more interesting use cases Google was showing was Google Maps in the glasses. You can get a heads-up view of your next turn, much like Google augmented reality walking directions, and look down to see a little section of map on the floor. However, when I asked Gemini how long it would take to drive to San Francisco from my location it wasn’t able to provide an answer. (It actually said something like “tool output,” and my demo ended very quickly after.)

As with so many other mixed reality demos I’ve seen, it’s obviously still very early days. Google was careful to emphasize that this is prototype hardware meant to show off what Android XR is capable of, not a device it’s planning on selling anytime soon. So any eventual smart glasses we get from Google or the company’s hardware partners could look very different. What my few minutes with Android XR was able to show, though, was how Google is thinking about bringing AI and mixed reality together. It’s not so different from Meta, which sees smart glasses as key to long-term adoption of its AI assistant too. But now that Gemini is coming to just about every Google product that exists, the company has a very solid foundation to actually accomplish this.

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It should have been obvious that Google I/O 2025 would be jammed-packed, considering the company felt the need to hold a separate event to cover all of its Android news. But color me shocked that Google pulled off a nearly two hour-long presentation, full of announcements and reveals, mostly about AI.

Not all AI announcements are equal, of course. Some of the news was geared towards enterprise users, and some towards developers. But many of the features discussed are on their way to consumers’ devices too, some as soon as today. These are the updates I’m going to focus on here—you can expect to try out these features today, in the coming weeks, or at some point in the near future.

Gemini Live is coming to the iPhone

Earlier this year, Google rolled out Gemini Live for all Android users via the Gemini app. The feature lets you share your camera feed or screen with Gemini, so it can help answer questions about what you’re seeing. As of today, Google is now bringing the feature out to iPhones with the Gemini app as well. As long as you have the app, you can share your camera and screen with the AI, no matter what platform you’re on.

AI Mode is the future of Google Search

Google has been testing AI Mode in Search since March. The feature essentially turns Google Search into more of a Gemini experience, allowing you to stack multiple questions into one complex request. According to Google, it’s AI can handle breaking down your query and searching the web for the most relevant sources. The result, in theory, is a complete report answering all aspects of your search, including links to sources and images.

AI Mode is rolling out for all users—not just testers—over the coming weeks. But it’s not just the AI Mode experience that Google has been testing. The company also announced new AI Mode features at I/O.

Cram multiple searches into one

First, there’s Deep Search, which multiplies the number of searches AI Mode typically would make for your query and generates an “expert-level fully-cited report” for you. I would still fact check it thoroughly, seeing as AI has a habit of hallucinating. AI Mode is also getting Gemini Live access, so you can share your screen or camera in Search.

Use “Agent Mode” as a real world personal assistant

Project Mariner is also coming to AI Mode. Google says you’ll have access to “agentic capabilities,” which basically means you can rely on the AI to complete tasks for you. For example, you’ll be able to ask AI Mode to find you “affordable tickets for this Saturday’s Reds game in the lower level,” and not only will the bot do the searching for you, it’ll fill out the necessary forms. Google says that functionality will apply to event tickets, restaurant reservations, and local appointments.

You can see that in action with Agent Mode, which will theoretically be able to execute complex tasks on your behalf. We don’t know a lot about how that will work yet, but we do have a clear example from the Google I/O stage. During the presentation, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai tasked Gemini’s Agent Mode with finding an apartment with in-unit laundry, keeping to a certain budget. Gemini then got to work, opening the browser, pulling up Zillow, searching for apartments, and booking a tour.

AI Mode will pull from your previous search history in order to deliver you more relevant results. That includes results that apply to your whereabouts—say, local recommendations for an upcoming trip—as well as preferences (if you tend to book outdoor dining spots, AI Mode may recommend outdoor dining when you ask to find dinner reservations).

New Gemini features coming to Workspace

Google announced a number of new Gemini features at I/O, some of which are coming to Workspace.

One of the features Google focused on most was Personalized smart replies in Gmail. While Gmail has an AI-powered smart reply feature already, this one goes a step further, and bases its responses on all of your Google data. The goal is to generate a reply that sounds like you wrote it, and includes all the questions or comments you might reasonably have for the email in question. In practice, I’m not sure why I’d want to let AI do all of my communicating for me, but the feature will be available later this year, and for paid subscribers first.

If you use Google Meet with a paid plan, expect to see live speech translation start to roll out today. The feature automatically dubs over speakers on a call in a target language, like an instant universal translator. Let’s say you speak English and your meeting partner speaks Spanish: You hear them begin to speak in Spanish, before an AI voice takes over with the English translation.

‘Try it on’

Google doesn’t want you returning the clothes you order online anymore. The company announced a new feature called “try it on” that uses AI to show you what you’d look like wearing whatever clothing item you’re thinking about buying.

This isn’t a mere concept, either: Google is rolling out “try it on” today to Google Search lab users. If you want to learn more about the feature and how to use it, check out our full guide.

Android XR

As the rumors suggested, Google talked a bit about Android XR, the company’s software experience for glasses and headsets. Most of the news it shared was previously announced, but we did see some interesting features in action.

For example when using one of the future glasses with Android XR built in, you’ll be able to access a subtle HUD that can show you everything from photos to messages to Google Maps. (Personally, the main draw here for me would be AR Google Maps while walking around a new city.) On stage, we also saw a live demo of speech translation, which Android XR overlaying an English translation on screen as two presenters spoke in different languages.

While there’s no true timeline on when you can try Android XR, Google’s big news is that it is working with both Warby Parker and Gentle Monster on making glasses with the service built in.

Veo 3, Imagen 4, and Flow

Google unveiled two new AI generation models at I/O this year: Imagen 4 (images) and Veo 3 (video).

Imagen 4 now generates higher-quality images with more detail than Imagen 3, Google’s previous image generation model. However, the company specifically noted Imagen 4’s improvements with text generation. If you ask the model to generate a poster, for example, Google says that the text will be both accurate to the request, as well as stylistic.

Google kicked off the show with videos generated by Veo 3, so it’s safe to say the company is quite proud of its video generation model. While the results are crisp, colorful, and occasionally jam-packed with elements, it definitely still suffers from the usual quirks and issues with AI-generated video. But the bigger story here is “Flow,” Google’s new AI video editor. Flow uses Veo 3 to generate videos, which you can then assemble like any oother non-linear editor. You can use Imagen 4 to generate an element you want in a shot, then ask Flow to add it to the next clip. In addition to the ability to cut or expand a shot, you can control the camera movement of each shot independently.

It’s the most “impressive” this tech has seemed to me, but outside of a high-tech story board, I can’t imagine the use for this. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I certainly don’t want to watch AI-generated videos, even if they are created via tools similar to the ones human video creators use.

Veo 3 is only available to Google AI Ultra subscribers, though Flow is available in limited capacity with Veo 2 to AI Pro subscribers.

Two new Chrome features

Chrome users can look forward to two new features following Google I/O. First, Google is bringing Gemini directly to the browser—no need to open the Gemini site. Second, Chrome can now update your old passwords on your behalf. This feature is launching later this year, though you’ll need to wait for the websites themselves to offer support.

A new way to pay for AI

Finally, Google is offering new subscriptions to access its AI features. Google AI Premium is now AI Pro, and remains largely the same, minus the new ability to access Flow and Gemini in Chrome. It still costs $20 per month.

The new subscription is Google AI Ultra, which costs a whopping $250 a month. For that price, you get everything in Google AI Pro, but with the highest limits for all of the AI models, including Gemini, Flow, Whisk, and NotebookLM. You get access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Think (the company’s newest and most advanced reasoning model), Veo 3, Project Mariner, YouTube Premium, and 30TB of cloud storage. What a deal.

Self-hosting is having a moment, even if it’s hard to define exactly what it is.

It’s a niche that goes beyond regular computing devices and networks but falls short of a full-on home lab. (Most home labs involve self-hosting, but not all self-hosting makes for a home lab.) It adds privacy, provides DRM-free alternatives, and reduces advertising. It’s often touted as a way to get more out of your network-attached storage (NAS), but it’s much more than just backup and media streaming.

Is self-hosting just running services on your network for which most people rely on cloud companies? Broadly, yes. But take a look at the selfh.st site/podcast/newsletter, the r/selfhosted subreddit, and all the GitHub project pages that link to one another, and you’ll also find things that no cloud provider offers.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google rolled out early versions of Gemini 2.5 earlier this year. Marking a significant improvement over the 2.0 branch. For the first time, Google’s chatbot felt competitive with the likes of ChatGPT, but it’s been “experimental” and later “preview” since then. At I/O 2025, Google announced general availability for Gemini 2.5, and these models will soon be integrated with Chrome. There’s also a fancy new subscription plan to get the most from Google’s AI. You probably won’t like the pricing, though.

Gemini 2.5 goes gold

Even though Gemini 2.5 was revealed a few months ago, the older 2.0 Flash has been the default model all this time. Now that 2.5 is finally ready, the 2.5 Flash model will be swapped in as the new default. This model has built-in simulated reasoning, so its outputs are much more reliable than 2.0 Flash.

Google says the release version of 2.5 Flash is better at reasoning, coding, and multimodality, but it uses 20–30 percent fewer tokens than the preview version. This edition is now live in Vertex AI, AI Studio, and the Gemini app. It will be made the default model in early June.

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Amazon’s Memorial Day sale is in full swing, and you can find more than just the usual appliances and tools on sale. There are discounts on many tech products for audiophiles as well, from Beats headphones, to the Sonos Arc Soundbar, and the beloved Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones, which have dropped in price after the release of the WH-1000XM6.

If you’re looking for bargains on budget headphones and earbuds, I’ve rounded up the best ones that you can find under $100, whether you’re looking for earbuds, bone conduction headsets, or open-ear, in-ear, or over-the-ear headphones. Here are the best deals I found.

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Not everyone can afford Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 headphones. If you’re curious to see how bone conduction headphones feel before committing to a premium model, try the Feico Bone Conduction Headphones, which are $49.99 right now, down from $83.92. A fun feature: You can save MP3 songs directly to the headphones so you can listen to music underwater (Bluetooth signals can’t penetrate water).

Open-ear headphones are great for hearing your surroundings while your out and about. The Tozo OpenEarRing are now just $29.99 (originally $59.99), offering a lightweight option with 40 hours of battery.

A range of earbuds at up to 51% off, including a pair with unheard of battery life

If you’re looking to spend the least possible on a decent set of earbuds, consider the Tozo T10s, which are $18.98 (originally $38.99). Impressively at this price point, they include an IPX8 waterproof rating, stereo sound, and EQ presets in their companion app.

Earhook earbuds are good if you prioritize a secure fit. The Bmanl Wireless Earbuds are $25.49 (originally $49.99) are comfortable to wear and can go 8 hours on a single charge (and up to 48 hours with the charging case).

Speaking of battery life, if that’s important to you, you will love the Trelab X4 earbuds, currently going for $39.99 (originally $59.97). I’ve never heard of any earbuds getting even close to 253 hours of juice, but somehow these IPX5 waterproof earbuds with noise isolation for calls pull that off, going for 11 hours between charges, plus another 242 hours from the charging case. Dang!

I can vouch for the Soundcore by Anker Space A40, which I’ve used for a year—they have the best ANC I’ve experienced among all of the budget earbuds I’ve tested. You can get them for $44.98 (originally $79.99).

JBL is a well-known brand for earbuds. Its sporty earbuds, the JBL Endurance Race TWS, are $49.95 (originally $79.95) and offer an IP67 waterproof rating, 30 hours of battery life, and an ambient aware feature so you can better hear your surroundings.

The Trelab X3 Pro offer a good balance of great battery life (totaling 145 hours, including the charging case), a sporty design with earhooks and a waterproof rating, and good microphones for calls. You can get them for $59.97 (originally $99.97).

These over-ear headphones are up to 43% off

It’s not every day you can get over-ear headphones with ANC, 60 hours of battery, high-resolution audio, and a companion app with EQ presets for $33.99 (originally $59.99). You can get exactly that with the Tozo HT2 Headphones.

If you want headphones from a more established brand, get the Trelab Z2 for $89.95 (originally $129.97). They’re ANC, have 35 hours of battery, are foldable and come with a case, and include a bass-boosting mode.

Google announced a lot of new stuff today at I/O, but few things were more eye-watering than the company’s new Google AI Ultra subscription. At $250 per month, it’s by far the most expensive subscription Google has yet launched. So it makes sense it comes with everything. And I mean everything.

For starters, subscribers at this tier get to use Gemini Ultra, which includes the new Veo 3 video generation model that can also generate sounds alongside video, to…some effect. This tier will also be the first to get access to the upcoming 2.5 Pro Deep Think reasoning model that Google says can “consider multiple hypotheses before responding.” It also brings access to tools like Flow and Whisk that provide editing tools on top of Veo and Imagen’s video and image-generating capabilities.

Technically, these plans are part of the Google One subscription family, so they’re not solely focused on AI features. On top of the above mentioned features, you’ll also get 30TB of storage across all the services attached to your Google account (like Gmail, Photos, and Drive).

Google has also thrown in a YouTube Premium individual subscription at this new, highest tier. This makes it the only Google One plan that includes ad-free YouTube (as well as YouTube Music). Sorry, folks who are only paying $150 for the Google One Premium subscription with 30TB of storage and only Gemini Pro access.

Google’s previous plan, Google AI Premium, is now Google AI Pro. It still costs $20 per month, and comes with the same perks it did before. Now, however, users have access to a limited version of Flow with Veo 2, as well as Gemini in Chrome.

The latest video game to be getting the TV show treatment is a pair of hugely popular mobile titles. Developer Supercell is partnering with Netflix for an animated series based on the world of its games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Fletcher Moules, who directed the original Clash of Clans animated videos on YouTube, will be the showrunner for the Netflix project and Ron Weiner, who has worked on Silicon Valley, 30 Rock, Futurama and Arrested Development, will be the head writer.

Clash of Clans debuted in 2012 and the casual strategy game got a deck battler sequel in Clash Royale, which launched in 2016. According to the show announcement, the pair of games have more than 4 billion downloads and more than 180 billion gameplay hours logged by players. The Netflix show will center on the Barbarian character from this game universe as he tries to “rally a band of misfits to defend their village and navigate the comically absurd politics of war.” The series is in pre-production, and no additional casting or release info has been shared at this stage.

Netflix has hosted several animated shows based on video games, from Arcane to Devil May Cry. 

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In sparking his global trade war, Donald Trump seems to have maintained a glaring blind spot when it comes to protecting one of America’s greatest trade advantages: the export of digital services.

Experts have warned that the consequences for Silicon Valley could be far-reaching.

In a report released Tuesday, an intelligence firm that tracks global trade risks, Allianz Trade, shared results of a survey of 4,500 firms worldwide, designed “to capture the impact of the escalation of trade tensions.” Amid other key findings, the group warned that the US’s fixation on the country’s trillion-dollar goods deficit risks rocking “the fastest-growing segment of global trade,” America’s “invisible exports” of financial and digital services.

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Whether you’re traveling for a vacation or just relaxing in the sunshine, a tablet is one of the easiest ways for you and your family to stay entertained while out and about during the summer. If you’re looking for a new tablet, Amazon is selling the most recent Apple iPad (A16) for $50 off. It’s an 11-inch model powered by the A16 chip. You can buy the 128GB tablet in any of the four available colors — silver, blue, pink or yellow — of the tablet for $299. If you need more storage, you can opt for the 256GB model for $399 or the 512GB version for $595. All of these discounts are for the WiFi only models and do not include any time under the Apple Care protection plan.

Apple has a bunch of different iPads for sale these days, and the A16 one is our favorite budget option for this brand. That’s because although the A16 chip is notably less powerful than the M3 or M4 you’ll find in higher-end tablets, this model still performs well on the basic tasks that you’d use an iPad for. This iPad has a liquid Retina display with a resolution of 2360×1640. Again, it’s not flashy, but plenty serviceable. 

One additional caveat for the A16 is that it can’t run Apple Intelligence, so this isn’t the iPad for you if you’re looking to experiment with lots of AI tools. But for about $300, it’s a great starter option if you want to have an easy way to play games, watch shows or read on a larger screen.

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Google originally launched SynthID, its digital watermark for AI-generated content, as a way to detect whether an image was created using the company’s Imagen model in 2023. Now, at Google I/O 2025, the company is introducing a public-facing tool called SynthID Detector that claims to detect those watermarks in just about anything you upload.

SynthID Detector will be available as a web portal where you can upload images, video, audio and text to be scanned. Once uploaded, SynthID Detector Google claims the portal can tell you whether your upload contains AI-generated material and even “highlight specific portions of the content most likely to be watermarked.” For audio, the tool is supposed to be able to identify a specific portion of a track that contains the watermark, too.

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SynthID was designed to mark content from Google’s models but Google hopes other companies will adopt the watermark for their own AI output. An open source version of SynthID is already available for text watermarking, and as part of the rollout of SynthID Detector, Google is partnering with NVIDIA to mark media its NVIDIA Cosmos model generates. SynthID Detector won’t be the only tool that can spot Google’s watermark, either. The company says GetReal Security will also be able to verify if media contains SynthID. 

Considering the sheer number of ways Google hopes people will using AI to create images, video, text and audio, from the Audio Overviews in NotebookLM to short films made with its new Flow tool, it makes sense that it would offer a way to know if any of those things are real. Until models from one company produces the vast majority of content or a digital watermark reaches widespread adoption, though, a tool like SynthID Detector can only be so useful.

Journalists, researchers and developers can join a waitlist to try SynthID Detector through Google’s online form.

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Google I/O’s 2025 keynote could have more reasonably been called The Google AI Show. Almost everything the company talked about was AI-powered, some of which is promised to arrive in the future, and some of which is available today. Features were spread across Google’s whole range of products, but here are some of the ones you’re actually likely to see.

It’s tough to talk about Gemini because it simultaneously refers to a set of models (like Gemini Flash, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Pro Deep Research), different versions of those models (the latest seems to be 2.5 for most of these), and different apps that these models are available through. There’s the dedicated Gemini app, the voice assistant in things like Pixel phones and watches, as well as Gemini tools built into apps like Google Docs, Gmail, or Search.

I’ll do my best to specify which features are coming to what products, but keep in mind that sometimes Google tends to announce the same thing a few times.

Agent Mode is coming to Gemini, Search, and more

The Gemini app is getting a new Agent Mode that can perform tasks for you while you do something else. Google showed off an example of asking Gemini to find apartments in a city. The app then searches listings online, filters them by the criteria you set, and can offer to set up apartment tours for you.

The most interesting aspect of this is that Google pitches this as a task you can have Gemini repeat regularly. So, for example, if you want Gemini to search for new apartments every week, the app can repeat the process, continuing with the information in previous iterations of the search.

Agent Mode is similarly coming to Google Search for certain requests. Google uses the example of asking for tickets to an upcoming event. Google scours ticket listing sites, cross-references against your preferences, and presents the results.

Gmail will pretend to be you when it replies to your emails

Gmail has had smart replies for a while, but they can sound pretty generic (without intervention, anyway). It’s a dead giveaway to your recipient that you’re not really paying attention. To help you get away with quietly ghosting your friends, Gmail will soon be able to tailor its responses to you by referring to your past emails and even Drive documents.

Google uses the example of a friend asking how you planned your recent vacation, a common thing we all email each other all the time. In this case, Gmail can draft a response based on your email history, with the advice you would be likely to give, and even write it how the AI thinks you would write it.

Thought summaries will summarize how AI summarizes its thought process

Yes, you read that right. AI “reasoning” models typically work by taking your query, generating text that breaks it down into smaller parts, sending those parts to the AI again, then carrying out each step. That’s a lot of instructions happening behind the scenes on your behalf. Usually, reasoning models (including Gemini) will have a little drop down to show you the steps it took in the interim.

If even that is too much reading for you, Gemini will now summarize the summary of the thought process. In theory, this is to make it easier to understand why Gemini arrived at the answers it gives you.

Native audio output will whisper to you (in your nightmares)

This is technically a new feature of the Gemini API, which means developers can build on these tools in their apps. Native audio output will let developers generate natural-sounding speech. In its demo, Google showed off voices that could switch between multiple languages, which was pretty cool.

What isn’t so cool, however, is the model can also whisper. I do not yet know what the practical use-cases are for an AI-generated voice that can whisper, but I do know I won’t be able to get it out of my head for a week. At best.

Jules will fix your code’s bugs in the background while you work

Last year, Google announced Jules, a coding agent that can help you with your code, similar to Github’s Copilot. Now, the public beta of Jules is available. Google says Jules can fix bugs while you’re working on other tasks, bump dependency versions, and even provide an audio summary of the changes that it’s made to your code.

Google Search will let you virtually try on clothes while shopping online

I’m not great at visualizing what a piece of clothing will look like on my particular body, so this new try-on feature might actually be useful. Google is launching a Search Labs experiment that lets you upload a full-length photo of yourself that Google will alter to show what the clothing will look like on you.

The company is also integrating shopping tools that can buy items for you and even track for the best price. It will then be able to buy stuff for you via Google Pay, using your saved payment and shipping info. This one isn’t available quite yet, and frankly we’d want to learn a little more about how the process works and how to prevent purchases you don’t want before we’d recommend using it.

New Veo and Imagen models will generate audio and video

Video is, definitionally, a series of images played at a fast enough speed to convey a sense of motion. With that definition, I can confidently say that the demos of Google’s new Veo 3 model does, in fact, show video. Whether that video is any good is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

Google seems to be betting on users finding the video generated by Veo 3 (and, by association, the images from Imagen 4) to be worthwhile, because the company is also building a video editing suite around it. Flow is a video editing tool that ostensibly lets editors extend and re-generate clips to get the right look.

Google also says that Veo 3 can generate sounds to go along with its video. For example, in the owl scene linked above, Veo also generates forest sound effects. We’ll have to see how it generates these elements (can you edit individual sounds distinctly, for example?) but for now the demos speak for themselves. Veo 3 is now available in the Gemini app for Ultra subscribers.

Sometimes you need to quickly convert an image, audio file, or video, so you search for an online tool. The problem: many online conversion tools aren’t safe to use, putting you at risk from malware or mining your data.

Vert isn’t like that. This is an open source, browser-based tool that can convert the most common image, audio, video, and document formats. It isn’t clogged with ads and you don’t need to create an account to use it. More importantly: the tool works (almost)entirely in your browser, meaning your files are never actually uploaded anywhere (save for video files, as I’ll explain below). I tested this by opening the website, turning off my WiFi, and converting a large batch of images and documents. It worked.

Converting files without uploading them is great from a privacy perspective, but it’s also faster—you’re not waiting for files to transfer back and forth from your machine to a server.

To get started with Vert, head to the website and add the files you need to covert by dragging them from your file manager or using the upload button. (The homepage lists all of the supported file types, if you’re curious—there are more than five dozen of them.) Next, you can choose a format and run the conversion, then click the download button to grab the converted file.

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You can alternatively convert all of your files to a single format and grab them all in a single ZIP file. Note that this will only work if all files dropped into the tool are of the same type—that is, video, image, document, or audio files. A mix of images and videos can’t all be converted at once, for example, because there’s no one format you could convert them to.

It’s also worth noting that video files cannot be converted without uploading them to a server, mostly because of how resource intensive doing so in a browser would be. The tool will warn you before uploading anything. According to the website, videos are deleted from the server after you download your file or an hour after you upload them, whichever comes first. It’s possible to set up your own server, if this really concerns you.

I think Vert is a very easy to use tool. I tested it with an EPUB file and was able to make both a Word document and a website. I also tested it with various images, audio files, and videos—it all worked well, and quickly. There are a few caveats. PDF files are not supported, for importing or exporting. And some of my older Word documents resulted in error messages, which was odd but not entirely unexpected (the files in question were over 20 years old). Overall, though, this is a very handy tool—one well worth bookmarking.

Google has dug back into its past and introduced its latest take on smart glasses during I/O 2025. Glasses with Android XR brings Gemini AI to smart glasses thanks to an expanded partnership between Google and Samsung. These smart glasses can sync with a smartphone to access apps, and they’re equipped with speakers and an optional in-lens display for privately viewing information.

And for those that remember the less-than-stylish old Google Glass frames, this iteration seems more focused on real world wearability and style. Google is also working with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker as inaugural partners for providing the frames.

The highlight of the I/O presentation of the glasses attempted to do a live translation. Shahram Izadi and Nishtha Bhatia spoke Farsi and Hindi to each other as the XR frames provided real-time translation into English. The demo fell victim to the curse of AI misbehaving during a live show, but there was a brief moment where each of their glasses did successfully work as hoped.

In addition to that demo, Bhatia also showcased how the Gemini assistant could work with the XR glasses, asking it questions about images she was seeing backstage at the theater and calling up information about the cafe where she got coffee before the show.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/google-demos-android-xr-glasses-at-io-live-translation-191510280.html?src=rss