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Google's official corporate blog, carrying product announcements, AI news, and policy statements from the company.
What HN saysCommenters mostly link it as a primary source for announcements, while one criticizes its marketing language around AI search and another jokes about its many blog domains.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Google: G Suite and Gmail to more closely align36 people · 7 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 2The Keyword – New central source for news and stories about Google19 people · 86 points · first shared 2016 · 41 comments on HN
- 3Applying BERT models to Search18 people · 170 points · first shared 2019 · 109 comments on HN
- 4Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together16 people · 1.3K points · first shared 2021 · 511 comments on HN
- 5Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers12 people · 1.7K points · first shared 2018 · 699 comments on HN
- 6Keeping your private information private12 people · 98 points · first shared 2020 · 25 comments on HN
- 7LaMDA: Google's New Conversation Technology11 people · 282 points · first shared 2021 · 149 comments on HN
- 8Sundar Pichai: An important next step on our AI journey11 people · 127 points · first shared 2023 · 78 comments on HN
- 9Google's NotebookLM now lets documents to be turned into podcasts11 people · 21 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Apple Foundation Models will be based on Gemini11 people · 4 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 11Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology10 people · 343 points · first shared 2025 · 190 comments on HN
- 12Protecting Private Browsing in Chrome10 people · 20 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 13An update to storage policies across your Google Account9 people · 415 points · first shared 2020 · 419 comments on HN
- 14Pixel Visual Core: Google’s first custom-designed co-processor9 people · 175 points · first shared 2017 · 95 comments on HN
- 15Google Wallet launches new age and identity verification features (ZK proofs)9 people · 122 points · first shared 2025 · 97 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
limeblack · 2017-08-30
Glad we are making it more secure. On a side note I love that we now have https://googleblog.blogspot.com/index.html http://blog.google and https://android-developers.googleblog.com/ and https://googleblog.blogspot.com/ (which redirects to blog.google without index.html because it appears to be the new site) which is slightly weird.
jeffbee · 2026-08-12
Only $250 for the LTE version for Google Fi subscribers. But having to charge every day seems like a major regression compared to Garmin. I do appreciate that they are competing on location accuracy, though.
Apparently the GPS is computed in the cloud, which means this only works given LTE coverage or if you also carry your paired smartphone. https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/pixel/pixel-watch-5…
tredre3 · 2026-08-09
> Or they might try to be a little too clever with HTTPS upgrades.
They're not going to get any cleverer than they are now. In October we'll finally be done with heuristics or central databses of https-first websites used by the various browsers or the half a dozen of headers that you must dance around to get the upgrade to work securely and reliably. They will just default to https first.
https://blog.google/security/https-by-defau/
Yes this is about Chrome, but all others will follow.
chrisjj · 2026-08-06
Plus this rot has extended to true search engines too. A recent Google blurb on new "AI" features of Google web search kicks of with the following misrep:
"The goal of Search has always been simple: to help you ask anything on your mind"
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/search-io-2…
And they are also perverting search results, if this is to be believed:
"The Google AI Mode recognizes search intent by understanding the meaning of a query made rather than relying entirely on keywords. The platform uses sophisticated AI models to determine what users are looking to accomplish and whether they need any information, comparisons, or final decisions. This way, Google provides more accurate search results."
https://bostoninstituteofanalytics.org/blog/latest-google-ai-mode-chan…
xnx · 2026-08-02
> have we seen great new products or improvements in the products we use
Yes: https://blog.google/security/chrome-stronger-with-every-update/
krisbolton · 2026-07-21
I wouldn't categorize it as a panic. Standards and security organizations are recommending moving to PQC based on projections of capability. CloudFlare and Google recently moved their timeline forward for PQC migration based on new data[1][2].
1. https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-roadmap/
2. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/crypt…
josephg · 2026-06-16
If these hardened libraries were as good, we wouldn't have blog posts like this[1], from the android team last year.
> We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code
Maybe the android team could have gotten the same benefits by simply auditing and modernising their C++ code? I'm not convinced. Google has some amazing engineers. They've been using hardened standard library variants for a long time - much longer than they've been part of the C++ standard. If google is still getting large security benefits from adopting rust, I think the benefit in rust is real and Bjarne Stroustrup is wrong.
[1] https://blog.google/security/rust-in-android-move-fast-fix-things/
arjie · 2026-06-15
Speech itself was kind of fun: https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/stanford-co…
Pretty light hearted, and honestly considering that he's given a speech to an empty stadium before (as referenced in the first few sentences, I think he'll have handled it just fine.
> But people have also been giving me a lot of advice on what to say. Actually, it’s been the same advice, and it’s about what not to say. People thought it would be really difficult for me; it is the last two letters of my last name, after all.
Ha, chuckle-worthy. Of course he'd find it hard to not pitch AI.
The only thing I find surprising is no-one points out that Stanford is a truly elite education system: Some 2 in 5 of students enter disabled, but almost all of them end up successful over time.
lern_too_spel · 2026-05-19
These features have existed on Android devices for years. What Apple does best is marketing.
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/live-capt…
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/09/talkback-uses-gemini…
mmooss · 2026-05-12
For those wondering about the OS:
"We’re bringing together the best of Android, which comes with powerful apps on Google Play and a modern OS that’s designed for Intelligence, and ChromeOS, which comes with the world’s most popular browser."
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-goog…
Many have tried desk/laptop and phone integration before, but it never seems to work smoothly, which surprises me because it doesn't seem that hard, at least to run phone apps on the larger screen (with some icon modification, etc.); and it doesn't stick as a feature, which surprises me because I'd think almost anyone would want to easily integrate the two.
I wonder why this time will be different? Is there demand now? Does Google have some trick up their sleeve? Do they have a universal development platform that makes it easy to write apps for both platforms?
sillywalk · 2026-04-23
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866811
9 points by Drakexor 23 hours ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments
Points to
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/google-…
IncreasePosts · 2026-02-12
Look at Sundar's most recent remarks and tell me Google's isn't only focusing on AI: https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-ea…
Basically "we have youtube subscribers" is the only thing that isn't all about AI, but even that i'm sure they're trying to figure out how to shoehorn AI into that product
4corners4sides · 2026-02-09
This article is a really good summary of current thinking on the “world model” conundrum that a lot of people are talking about, either directly or indirectly with respect to current day deployments of LLMs.
It synthesizes comments on “RL Environments” (https://ankitmaloo.com/rl-env/), “World Models” (https://ankitmaloo.com/world-models/) and the real reason that the “Google Game Arena” (https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepm… is so important to powering LLMs. In a sense it also relates to the notion of “taste” (https://wangcong.org/2026-01-13-personal-taste-is-the-moat.html) and how / if it’s moat-worthiness can be eliminated by models.
azakai · 2026-02-05
Plenty of reasons to be skeptical, but also we know that LLMs can find security vulnerabilities since at least 2024:
https://projectzero.google/2024/10/from-naptime-to-big-sleep.html
Some followup findings reported in point 1 here from 2025:
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/cyber…
So what Anthropic are reporting here is not unprecedented. The main thing they are claiming is an improvement in the amount of findings. I don't see a reason to be overly skeptical.
losvedir · 2026-01-11
I'm kind of surprised there's so many nuclear power companies. I remember Google signed a deal a year or so ago [0] with a different one (Kairos). I wonder why they're not in this deal? Is it all connections and funny money? Or do any of these have real shots at making something useful?
I was thinking how the dotcom bust left a lot of dark fiber infrastructure which helped the internet take off after that. It would be great if the upcoming AI bust (if it happens) leaves a bunch of power generation and new nuclear tech behind.
[0] https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/sustainabili…
meetpateltech · 2025-12-17
Google actually does something similar for major releases - they publish a dedicated collection page with all related links.
For example, the Gemini 3 Pro collection: https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3-collection/
But having everything linked at the bottom of the announcement post itself would be really great too!
jesseendahl · 2025-12-06
People should be setting up Recovery Contacts so that they have a way of getting back into their Google account even if they lose all credentials (passwords and/or passkeys) and all their devices.
https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/recovery-contacts-verif…
I hope Google starts to push all users to setup Recovery Contacts. It would greatly reduce the likelihood of lockouts, whether using passkeys or not.
TrainedMonkey · 2025-11-26
Google having their own hardware for training and inference is newsworthy, but the link is pretty bad. Here is a much better source https://blog.google/products/google-cloud/ironwood-tpu-age-of-inferenc…
gruez · 2025-11-18
>But why is Gemini instructed not to divulge its existence?
Seems like a reasonable thing to add. Imagine how impersonal chats would feel if Gemini responded to "what food should I get for my dog?" with "according to your `user_context`, you have a husky, and the best food for him is...". They're also not exactly hiding the fact that memory/"personalization" exists either:
https://blog.google/products/gemini/temporary-chats-privacy-controls/
https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15637730?hl=en&co=GENIE.P…
abixb · 2025-11-14
>Qwen 2.5's clocks, on the other hand, look like they never make it out of the womb.
More like fell headfirst into the ground.
I'm disappointed with Gemini 2.5 (not sure Pro or Flash) -- I've personally had _fantastic_ results with Gemini 2.5 Pro building PWA, especially since the May 2025 "coding update." [0]
[0] https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-2-5-pro-updates/
butler533 · 2025-10-28
Wrong
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/
https://blog.google/
Lol, even Apple has authors listed https://www.apple.com/newsroom/
Nzen · 2025-09-18
It looks like [0] access to gemini will only be for subscribers, given that it costs them money. This is, "of course", distinct from ai mode [1] in google search that happens from the address bar in chrome. The first video implies that the difference involves throwing the current web page into the query as context so someone can ask "is this recipe gluten-free?" on a recipe webpage.
[0] https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-app-updates-io-2025/#chrome
[1] https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-update/#ai-m…
JeremyNT · 2025-07-28
This is the pr on it [0]. It was linked on hn at the time too [1]
For all the shit Google deservedly gets they seem to be genuinely trying to implement good and privacy preserving solutions to a lot of these problems.
The issue of course is that there's essentially no way to do all this stuff with software and hardware the user actually controls themselves, so you end up with hard requirements that you use big tech as gatekeepers.
This is the slippery slope that IMO eventually ends the open web.
If you take that outcome as inevitable, which at this point I basically do given all the forces lined up to restrict access to information, I suppose Google is about the best steward you could hope for.
[0] https://blog.google/products/google-pay/google-wallet-age-identity-ver…
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43863672
mrkiouak · 2025-06-17
I would love to see comments for other fun/entertainment oriented sites using GenAI people have seen. I think I've read a lot from what the big Foundation Model Co's are developing, but really interested to hear what more "indie" folks are doing. https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/ancestra-behind-the-sce… is interesting, curious to see more.
aylmao · 2025-05-20
I can't decide how I feel about Google's design for this looking so Apple-y.
Didn't they just release Material Design Expressive a few days ago [1]? Instead of bold shapes, bold fonts and solid colors it gradients, simple lines, frosted glass, and a single, clean, sans-serif font here. The bento-box slides look quite Apple-y too [2]. Switch the Google Sans for SF Pro, pull back on the border radius a bit, and you've essentially got the Apple look. It does look great though.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43975352
[2]: https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-app-updates-io-2025/
jsheard · 2025-03-16
> so I switched it back.
Google has helpfully decided that you don't actually want to do that:
https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-assistant-gemini-mobile/
later this year, the classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices
setgree · 2025-03-12
A kind of ancillary note, but it's amazing to me how fragmented this presentation and documentation is:
* the parent link is to storage.googleapis.com
* There's documentation on ai.google.dev
* The announcement blogpost is https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemma-3/
* you try it on https://aistudio.google.com/
It's helpful to have a top-level post like this, but can some PM please consolidate this into, IDK, ai.google.com/gemini?
arccy · 2025-03-07
They already have a big blog, primarily for product https://blog.google/ which has various tags and subfeeds
kccqzy · 2024-12-11
Google says the next step is to find a problem with real life application. From https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/
> The next challenge for the field is to demonstrate a first "useful, beyond-classical" computation on today's quantum chips that is relevant to a real-world application.
melvinmelih · 2024-12-11
No mention of Perplexity yet in the comments but it's obvious to me that they're targeting Perplexity Pro directly with their new Deep Research feature (https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-gemini-deep-research/). I still wonder why Perplexity is worth $7 billion when the 800-pound gorilla is pounding on their door (albeit slowly).