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Google has had to ration access to Gemini to Meta and more customers

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That computing power is one of the bottlenecks of the AI ​​industry is obvious. From this problem arises the insane investment in data centers and, consequently, the DRAM memory crisis. It is one thing if they are OpenAI or Anthropic those with capacity problemsthe serious thing is when the one who has them is Google. This is exactly what is happening and the main victim is Meta. Google turns off the tap. They tell it in Financial Times. Google has had to limit the use of Gemini due to the enormous demand from its clients, especially one in particular: Meta. Zuckerberg’s people had requested to buy more processing capacity from them, but Google could not satisfy it, so it had to reject the request. This has caused several projects within Meta to be delayed and the company to ask employees to begin relaxing the use of tokens. Why it is important. Google is not just any tech company, it is a hyperscaler. It has an infrastructure that allows it to offer cloud services to thousands of customers on a massive scale. That the shortage is affecting them to the point of limiting a large customer like Meta reveals that even spending hundreds of billions in chips, data centers and energy, is not being enough to meet the demand for AI. Meta dependency. Although also They are developing their own AI modelssources consulted by the Financial Times affirm that Gemini offered better performance than the Llama de Meta models. The company was using Gemini for moderation tasks such as fraud detection and sensitive content, as well as customer service, advertising support chatbots, and scheduling tasks. Zuckerberg’s company also is spending a fortune in AI infrastructure to become more independent, including building a data center as big as the island of Manhattan. However, they do not have a cloud business like Google has with Google Cloud, Amazon with AWS or Microsoft with Azure. The business is in the cloud. Doubts about the profitability of AI continue to hover over the environment, but in the meantime there is a business that has proven to be the real goose that lays the golden eggs: the cloud. While OpenAI loses money a lotGoogle, Microsoft and Amazon are the winners of the AI ​​boom. Google posted record revenue in the first quarter of the year, with Google Cloud bringing in a whopping $20 billion, up 63% from last year. Sundar Pichai already warned that the figure would have been much higher if it were not for the fact that they are limited by the calculation. In fact, this same month we learned the news that Google will pay $920 million a month to SpaceX to lend it its infrastructure. In other words: the data center party is not going to stop and, as a result, neither will the RAM crisis. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | Google is the big technology company that is doing the best thanks to AI: so it is going to spend another million

What is Eustella, prices and what you can do with the new European alternative to Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT but with agents

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Let’s tell you What is Eustella and how does it work? this European alternative to OpenClaw. It is an artificial intelligence assistant for Android and iOS, which is promoted with privacy as its flag by having all the data hosted on servers in the United States. We are going to start the article by explaining what this AI is and who is behind it. Then we will tell you all the things you can do with Eustellaand we will finish by telling you what the prices of their payment plans are. What is Eustella and who is behind it? Eustella is an artificial intelligence personal assistant created by a European company. Created in Europe for Europeans, says the Vienna-based company newsrooms.ai, which is responsible for this project. In essence, it is an AI assistant with agent capabilitiesso it offers several possibilities. This means that you can do two things with this AI. First of all, you can ask him any type of questions as you would with Claude, ChatGPT either Gemini. But secondly you can also ask him to perform tasks for you on your mobile device. Its big argument is that you maintain full control over your information, and that no profiles are built or AIs are trained with it. In addition to having been developed by an Austrian company, the data is hosted entirely in servers located in Europewhich are managed by the German company IONOS CLOUD. Of course, not even IONOS has access to user data, since the information is stored encrypted. Under the hood, we are going to find several artificial intelligence models. On the one hand we have European Mistral modelsbut also other open weight models such as Qwen 3.5/3.7 from Alibaba, Gemma 4 from Google, gpt-oss-120b from OpenAI and Flux from Black Forest Labs. Non-European models use them because they are open source and can be hosted in Europeno matter where they were trained. With this, Eustella does not depend on the closed APIs of the United States, and in fact explicitly avoids the use of proprietary APIs. In addition, developers intend to continue maintaining flexibility by integrating new open weight models as soon as they offer better results. How it works and what it can do You can use Eustella both in the browser and on the mobile. You can register and access the website eustella.com or access your app for Android. An iOS app will also be released soon. Therefore, even for its functions of AI agentusing it is as easy as installing an app. This AI seeks ease of use above all else. You will not have to install anything additional, you do not have to select or configure models or servers. You simply write and the bot will respond. As for its capabilities, the first thing is that Eustella works as an artificial intelligence chatbot. You can ask him any question and he will answer you by searching for information in the knowledge of his models or on the Internet. Furthermore, it also has deep investigation featuresadvanced search or answer specific questions about Eustella itself. Another of its functions is multimedia creation. Can generate images from scratch or modify existing ones. For that, it also has a vision mode, allowing you upload images to analyze them or extract text from them. It also has office functionsbeing able to create, read and edit Word, PowerPoint or Excel documents. It offers professional writing or even file analysis, being able to read and extract content from PDF files or other text documents. Eustella also allows you schedule remindersmanage notes and create projects to centralize queries on the same topic there. You can also manage your memories, or even create a companiona kind of virtual pet with its own personality to interact with and ask for things. Another of the great strengths is that you have several AI agents that you can use. Each of them perform specific automations, such as helping you plan a trip, having a morning news summary, finding music, conducting research, helping you learn, etc. EUstella also allows you to create your own agents, group chat and more. Additionally, it also has integrations in place, such as displaying real-time cryptocurrency prices with Bitpanda or a price comparator from Geizhals. In the coming months there will be new integrations focused on maps, travel, navigation, shopping, education and lifestyle. Price of Eustella subscriptions You can use Eustella for free, although You also have three payment plans. They are the following, and with the following characteristics: Comet (€5.99/month): Gives you more tokens and more Eustella usage. You can do more projects and advanced search, document creation, image generation and European data sovereignty features are added. Star (€17.99/month): Everything Comet offers but with usage limits 3 times higher. It also allows you to create more projects, more image generation and you can schedule agents at specific times. Cosmos (€89.99/month): Everything Star offers, but with 15 times the usage limit. You can also create more AI agents, have unlimited projects, and European priority for support. In Xataka Basics | Artificial intelligence on your PC: the best free tools to install AI models like DeepSeek, Llama, Mistral, Gemma and more

Google opens reservations for its Home Speaker, a speaker with Gemini that is not especially cheap

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Google has finally announced the arrival of its next smart speaker, the so-called Google Home Speaker. It can now be reserved in the official store, and be careful because it is not particularly cheap, especially if we take into account the price at which the product was launched. Nest Mini. It can be reserved in the official store for 119.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A speaker with Gemini Voice assistants are changing. Amazon recently presented Alexa+an improved voice assistant that allowed for better real-time interaction. Now, Google has made a similar move with the Home Sepaker that features Gemini. The interesting thing about this new Google speaker is that we no longer have to learn the exact commands to interact with it, since it is capable of better understanding what we say and what we want. Furthermore, also takes into account the place where it is locatedsomething quite interesting to have greater precision when controlling the devices you have nearby. We have a good example in smart plugs; If we tell you to turn them off, you can keep in mind that we are referring to those in that same room. At the design level we also noticed quite a few changes. The speaker is larger than the Nest Mini and maintains the minimalist design that we saw in this same speaker, so it can integrate very well with the decoration of the house. As we see in other speakers, every time we interact with the Google Home Speaker we can know that it is listening to us because an LED light will illuminate located at the bottom (similar to the Echo Dot). Additionally, there are also improvements in sound quality. With the new design, Google promises that its speaker can play 360 degree surround audio in order to have a more uniform experience. Finally, it is worth mentioning that, although not necessary, two subscriptions are available that add several functions: Standard (10 euros per month or 100 euros per year), which adds Gemini Live and Help me create. Advanced (18 euros per month or 180 euros per year), which adds the functions of the Standard subscription and Search in video history and daily summaries. In addition, Google is now giving away six months of Google Home Premium if you reserve from the official store. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: Google Home Speaker ✅ THE BEST Gemini: By having Gemini, we will not need to learn exact commands to interact with connected devices. Your surround soundwhich offers a better experience. ❌ THE WORST Subscriptions– If you don’t pay month-to-month or annually, you won’t be able to access some features. 💡 BUY IT IF… You want to create a smart ecosystem away from Alexa, with the Google speaker as the center of home automation. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Your devices are compatible only with Alexa. In that case, it is more advisable to go for an Amazon Echo. You may also be interested Echo Dot (Latest generation) | Smart Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker, with more powerful and wider sound | Anthracite, with Early Access to Alexa+ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Amazon Echo Spot (latest generation) | Smart alarm clock with quality sound | Black, with Early Access to Alexa+ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google In Xataka | Best sound bars in quality price (2026). Which one to buy and seven recommended models from 99 euros In Xataka | Best home theater projectors. Which one to buy and five recommended models from 299 to 18,000 euros

What is Gemini Spark, what you can do with it, how it works and who can use it

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Let’s explain to you What is Gemini Spark and how does it work?the new function of artificial intelligence integrated within the application Gemini. This is a response by the company to OpenClaw and others AI agentsbut aimed at helping us manage our digital life. The idea is not so much to do things for us on the computer as to be able to carry out online tasks autonomously, and even when our mobile phone or computer is turned off. We are going to explain this concept to you so that you understand it well, and then we will tell you how it works. What is Gemini Spark Gemini Spark is an artificial intelligence agent created by Google, and integrated into the Gemini application. AI agents are artificial intelligence systems capable of carry out actions autonomously. You ask them to do a task, and they carry out all the steps interacting with third-party services without the need for your supervision. Come on, it’s like a secretary who does tasks for you. In the case of Spark, it will be able to reason based on what you ask of it and the information it obtains from your connected applications. With this, then will take actions on your behalf interacting with these services. With Gemini Spark you can assign it a task and it will start working on it autonomously, even with your phone and computer turned off. And as one of the aspects that always worries security agents, Google assures that Spark is designed to consult you before taking important actions. Come on, you will have the final decision in these things. Spark can be working in the background 24 hours a day, seven days a week when you ask it to do something. It runs on the Gemini 3.5 model, uses the Antigravity harness, and integrates with Google Workspace tools such as Gmail, Slides, Docs, and all the tools in the company’s office suite. The difference with the normal Gemini is the following. AI chatbots require you to have it open for it to do things. Then, you ask them to do something, they respond and do it, and that’s it. The session ends there. Spark for his part maintain a persistent presence in your apps and digital environment, when you give it the order it can work in several steps and continue doing it in the background while you do other things, or while you sleep. How it works and what you can do with Gemini Spark Gemini Spark doesn’t live inside your device, but on dedicated Google virtual machines. This is what makes keep running in the background even if you close your laptop or lock your mobile. It connects to Gmail, Docs, Slides, and other Workspace tools with structured API integrations, making it more predictable than agents navigating the desktop pixel by pixel. This agent can connect natively with Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube and Google Maps. It is important that you know that these connections are disabled by defaultand you will be the one who decides which of them you want to activate to work with Spark. Spark can use a remote browser to leave the Google ecosystem. This way, they can enter a website and interact with it to perform tasks such as adding products to a shopping cart on your behalf. This tool will be able to do complex jobs for you. You can set recurring tasks to be done as often as you decide, teach it new skills, and let it execute multi-step jobs on your behalf. You can also organize your Google Drive files, even adding them to a spreadsheet by adding tags and notes. It can also automatically extract data from emails, create folders in your Drive cloud, etc. You can also teach it personalized behaviors or “Skills” to repeat, such as reading your last 50 emails sent, generating a style guide with your writing style and applying it when you ask it to write an email, and more. Another thing you can do is configure schedules to organize tasks with schedules or when conditions are met. For example, you can ask that every Monday at nine in the morning scan your inbox and summarize your emails, propose a list of priority tasks, or block gaps in your work calendar. You will also be able to create written documents or presentations from a prompt in tools such as Docs or Slides. It can review events, respond to invitations or schedule calendar meetings, convert email chains into a travel plan, record expenses in a spreadsheet, analyze past bills to anticipate future household payments, add recurring reminders, browse websites and compare options, help you complete reservations, and much more. The most important thing is that all this is going to do under your supervision. It’s as if Spark were an employee, who will send you updates on steps it deems critical, and will require your explicit approval to perform high-risk actions, such as sending emails. Who can use Gemini Spark Gemini Spark is part of the Google AI Ultra subscription. This means that if you want to use it you will have to go for the most expensive subscriptionwhich in Spain means paying a minimum of 100 euros per month. Additionally, Spark can only be used in the United States at the moment, because It is a tool that is still in beta phase. There is still no confirmation on when it will reach other languages ​​and countries, although when it finally arrives it will be able to be used on Gemini websites and apps of Android and iOS. They also plan to integrate it directly into Chrome in the future. In Xataka Basics | 64 free courses for AI with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot created by your own companies

OpenClaw led the way for AI agents. Gemini Spark is Google putting a toll on it

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In January of this year the technological world was amazed by OpenClaw (at that time Clawdbot), the most powerful AI agent that we had seen to date, capable of taking total control of the computer and everything open source. Technology companies took good note of this and some like Pereplexity or NVIDIA They have set out to copy it. Google just joined the party. Gemini Spark. This is how they have named this personal agent based on Gemini Flash 3.5 that, in the words of Google itself, “helps you manage your digital life.” With Gemini Spark you can assign it a task and it will start working on it autonomously, even with your phone and computer turned off. Google emphasizes the issue of security, which was a major concern with OpenClaw, and says that Spark is designed to “consult you before taking important actions.” What Spark can do. Because it’s integrated with all Google Workspace tools, Spark can perform complex tasks like making a document with a party’s attendee list from the information you receive in email. You can also schedule recurring tasks, like reviewing your bank statement at the end of the month for strange charges, organizing your drive files, or creating workflows from meeting notes. Who can use it. Here comes the main difference with OpenClaw and that is that Gemini Spark is obviously not free. Google has confirmed that its new agent will be part of the Google AI Ultra subscription. In Spain that means paying a minimum of 100 euros per month (there is a 220 euro plan with more features and storage), but even if you want, you won’t be able to try it because at the moment it will be launched in beta version only for US users. At the moment there is no confirmation of when it will reach other languages ​​and countries. When available, Gemini Spark can be used on Android, iOS and in the web app, but they have also talked about integrating it directly into Chrome. Why is it important. The viral success of OpenClaw earlier this year showed us how far a single person can go with a good AI idea, and how short-lived that sweet moment was. Not even three months had passed when OpenAI signed its creator and shortly after we began to see large companies copying the idea. Perplexity with Personal ComputerNVIDIA with NemoClaw and now Google with Gemini Spark. A single open-source project has set the agenda of an industry that has swallowed it in the blink of an eye and returned it to us in the form of a monthly subscription. Image | Google In Xataka | An AI set up a cafeteria from scratch: obtained permits, hired staff and negotiated with suppliers. Then he ordered 3,000 rubber gloves

Gemini Intelligence promises to be Google’s AI revolution. The problem is that almost no one will be able to use it.

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Updates have always been Android’s Achilles heel, but for several years we have seen how manufacturers are pushing to offer up to seven years of updates on your mobiles. It is good news for users and regulators. The problem is that AI threatens to introduce a new form of fragmentation: having an updated mobile phone no longer guarantees access to the most important functions, even if it is high-end. What has happened? A few days ago, during the Android Show, Google announced the new star feature coming to Android: Gemini Intelligence. We are no longer talking about specific functions, but rather about a layer of AI that covers everything, making the mobile phone act autonomously within the system and the apps. It sounds great, what doesn’t sound so good is the list of requirements. Hardware requirements. Google has detailed the minimum requirements for a mobile phone to run Gemini Intelligence and it is quite not encouraging. We are talking about devices with 12 GB of RAM and that mount recent “flagship” processors. These requirements directly leave out the majority of the current vehicle fleet, but also at the current time with the memory crisis raising pricesthe high-end is going to become even more unattainable. The real problem. If the RAM and the processor already leave out many mobile phones, the software requirements are even worse. This is where Google makes the real difference since, to run Gemini Intelligence, compatibility with Gemini Nano V3, the local language model for mobile phones, is necessary. If we look at the current compatibility list, it is no longer that it affects cheap phones, it is that it also leaves out phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 which was launched in the summer of 2025 and cost 2,109 euros, or the Xiaomi 17 Ultra which has just been launched for almost 1,500 euros. It is not clear that the list is definitive, since it is possible that there are changes because they allow it to be updated later, but for now the outlook is bleak: The list of devices compatible with Gemini Nano v2 and Gemini Nano v3. Image: Xatakamovil There is still more. The software requirements don’t end here. Google has also put several additional conditions for a device to have Gemini Intelligence. The device must receive at least five years of operating system updates and six years of security patches, in addition to meeting a series of quality requirements regarding stability, failure rate and multimedia, among others. The privilege of AI. “The best of Gemini in our most advanced devices” is the phrase we find in the Gemini Intelligence official websiteso Google already warns us from the beginning. That updates or more advanced functions reach the most expensive phones is something we are used to, but with AI we are seeing the bar rise even higher. Furthermore, it is not a specific function as it was ARCorewe are talking about the central axis of the proposal, a new way of interacting with the mobile that only a small percentage of users will be able to test, including those who have a Google Pixel. Cover image | Google In Xataka | Android 17 news: list with a summary of everything that will arrive in this version of the operating system

Gemini Omni wants to do with video what Nano Banana did with images: Google is aiming very high

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Creating an image with AI is no longer as surprising as before. What begins to make a difference is the ability to modify it, give it continuity and turn an initial idea into something more elaborate without losing the thread along the way. In video, that challenge is much greater: there is movement, time, physics, and characters that must continue to appear coherent. Gemini Omni comes with the promise of addressing this problem and making editing a much easier task. Google DeepMind itself asks to think of Gemini Omni as in Nano Bananabut for video. The reference makes sense because Nano Banana was Google’s image generator that took visual creation with AI to a very striking scale. The first version, released in August 2025, added 13 million users in four days and had generated more than 5 billion images by mid-October. Google now introduces Gemini Omni Flash as the first model in the Gemini Omni family. According to the company, it is designed to create content from any entry. The idea is that the user can combine images, audio, video and text as a starting point to generate high-quality videos supported by Gemini’s real-world knowledge. A video generation model that is committed to coherence The most interesting part is how Google describes the editing process. It is not only proposed as a tool to generate a clip from scratch, but as a system capable of working on a scene using chained instructions. The company talks about changing specific elements or completely transforming a starting video, adjusting aesthetics, action, environment, angle, style or specific details. It also promises to maintain character consistency, preserve scene continuity, and offer more coherent physics. In his note, he shows how Gemini Omni can start from a scene and modify it with direct instruction, whether to change the material of an object, alter an action, or turn a complex idea into a visual explanation. Let’s look at some examples of prompts. “Make the sculpture out of bubbles” “When the person touches the mirror, make the mirror ripple beautifully like liquid, and the person’s arm turns into reflective mirror material” “Claymation explainer of protein folding, everything is made out of clay, no hands, stop motion, accurate” At Xataka we have done orna first test with a recognizable image: Puerta de Alcalá, in Madrid. The starting point was a static photograph and the prompt we used was the following: “Create a video from this image. Cars are moving forward and people are walking.” (Create a video from this image. Cars move forward and people walk.) The idea was to see to what extent Gemini Omni could turn a real scene into a small moving clip. In the video above you can see precisely that attempt to animate the original imagewith cars moving forward, pedestrians walking, and ambient sound that fits the scene. It also appears to retain some visible branding elements on the vehicles, especially the Mercedes-Benz logo, although in other cases, such as Fiat, the result is less clear. Let’s talk about availability. Google ensures that Gemini Omni Flash begins to reach Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers through Gemini and Google Flow, while its deployment at no cost in YouTube Shorts and YouTube Create App launches this week. In our test with a corporate account, however, we found ourselves with a fairly tight limit: after generating three videos, the system warned us that “we had reached our video generation limit until May 20 at 7:59 p.m.” It is not too surprising if we think about what is happening below: creating video with AI requires a lot of resources, so everything indicates that Google would be dosing access, at least in this first phase. When we talk about video generation with artificial intelligence, it is likely that one of the first names that comes to mind is sora. It arrived like one of the great promises of OpenAI for this terrain. The route, however, ended up being much shorter than that initial ambition suggested. Its website and app were no longer available at the end of April 2026.although the API will continue to work until September 24. Images | Google | Xataka In Xataka | There is a battle to have the AI ​​model that programs best. And a good, pretty and very cheap rival has appeared in it: Cursor

How to create a pack of Chibi stickers from your photo with Gemini or ChatGPT and then use them on WhatsApp or wherever you want

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Let’s explain to you how to create a “Chibi” style sticker packthat Japanese style in which a face is caricatured with a big, adorable head. Let’s do this using artificial intelligenceand a prompt that you will be able to use both Gemini as in ChatGPT. Once you have generated your sticker packall you have to do is cut out each one of the image and use it as you want. For example, you can use the methods we have told you to convert any image into sticker directly on WhatsApp. The positive part of the prompt that we are going to tell you is that it will make you a series of stickers defined with pre-established expressions that you will be able to edit together with the prompt. And although it was created by OpenAI for ChatGPT, you can use it by hand both in this and in any other AI that generates images, such as ChatGPT. Create a sticker pack from your photo To create a sticker pack from your photo, you first have to upload a photo in which your face can be seen well and your features. If it’s a selfie, better, because then the AI ​​can use your features to compose the pack. Once you have attached your photo to the ChatGPT and Gemini writing field, write the following prompt. You have to send both things at the same time, the photograph and the prompt. The command to use is the following: Using the uploaded photo, create a pack of adorable, illustrated chibi stickers. Clean white background, vertical format with a thick white border. Create various tender expressions: laughing, crying, sleepy, surprised, confused, eating, grumpy, cute expressions… Each expression must include a tender text, for example: Good morning! Whatee? / Huh? / I remind you! / What a dream / Wow! Approved! / Brilliant! / Hey, you! Achís! / Angry! / Huh??? / Good night :3 / Too cute / Am I cool now?! Once you send the image along with the prompt, AI will create a set of stickers from your photograph, and it will put them all into a single image. Now all you have to do is digitally cut out each one and use it to generate your sticker for your messaging app. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT are not supposed to be used in China. It is supposed

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In China there is what is popularly known as the “Great Firewall”a large security wall that prevents its citizens from accessing certain services. At the same time, there are foreign companies that block their services in China, this is what is happening with AI tools like ChatGPTbut the law is made, the trap is made. Gray market. They tell it in South China Morning Postthere is a whole flourishing market of services that promise to provide access to American AI models, such as Claude or Gemini, avoiding the restrictions imposed on both sides of their borders. On online sales platforms such as Taobao or Xianyu, unlimited subscriptions to Claude Code, Gemini and ChatGPT are sold with low latency and without VPN. These platforms have become a solution for Chinese developers who want to access American models to program, debug or use multimedia generation services. How they do it. Access is done through what is known as ‘shadow APIs’ which, in essence, is an intermediary. What they do is set up proxy servers outside of China and divert all user requests there, so that those external servers are the ones that actually call the official APIs of models like Claude or Gemini and then return the “masked” response as if it were a local service, without the need for a VPN or foreign payment methods. It pays for them. According to the developers cited in the South China Morning Post piece, they resort to these ‘shadow APIs’ because they simply consider them to be tools that are clearly superior to the local offering. This translates into more precise code, fewer hallucinations and less time correcting bugs than with Chinese models which, according to what they say, still invent functionalities or fail more often. In addition, these services give them almost complete access to models like Claude Opus or Gemini, with huge context windows (up to a million tokens), without having to fight with VPNs or foreign payment methods. Wiles. All that glitters is not gold and there are also advertisements that do not fulfill what they promise. Some of these services advertise full access to models like Claude, but are actually processing requests with cheaper Chinese models like Qwen or MiniMax. Additionally, there is the risk to privacy as all traffic goes through an anonymous intermediary who could do whatever they wanted with often sensitive data. Frontier Model Forum. Is a coalition formed by several AI companies dedicated to the security and regulation of border models, but in practice it is functioning more as an intellectual property defense mechanism. Recently OpenAI, Anthropic and Google announced that they were working together to curb copying of their models by coordinating the sharing of suspicious usage patterns and distillation attack detection techniques through this common forum. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The center of gravity of mobile photography has moved to China and OPPO is going for the throne with the Find X9 Ultra

its recipe mixes Android, Gemini and premium design

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The laptop market had long been divided into quite recognizable territories: Chromebook as a simple and economical option, the most affordable Windows laptops, where concessions often have to be accepted, and premium equipment playing in another price league. That photograph has begun to change with the MacBook Neoa proposal that has helpedto boost Mac sales. Google seems to have read that move well. Googlebook It seems to want to move right there: into the gap of those looking for something more ambitious than a traditional Chromebook without necessarily entering the logic of the most exclusive laptop. Google itself knows well where this story comes from. In his statement he recalls which introduced Chromebooks more than 15 years ago as laptops designed for a cloud-first world, a formula that found its place and continues to have a journey. The point is that that approach was born for a very specific stage of personal computing: fewer local applications, more browsers and more online services. Googlebook wants to fill the gap that Chromebooks never finished conquering Now, Google has decided to show Googlebook before there are specific products in stores. For now, what we have is a first window into the experience, not a list of specific models. The company does make it clear that the first devices will arrive in the fall, when Google promises to share more details with its partners. Regarding the latter, we find names already known from the Windows world, such as Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP or Lenovo. The nuance is in the operating system. Google does present the Googlebook as a proposal that mixes the best of Android and ChromeOS, but it has not yet said clearly what software will power these laptops. There appears an interesting doubt: it could be Android, but also the rumored Aluminum OS, which would have been leaked in an image just before the presentation. At this point, it’s time to wait. Google insists that Googlebook has been designed from the beginning so that Gemini Help appears where it makes sense, not as a separate app that the user must open each time. The best example is Magic Pointera feature created with Google DeepMind that turns the cursor into a gateway to contextual suggestions. If we point out a date in an email, it can suggest creating a meeting; If we select two images, such as a living room and a new sofa, it can help us visualize them together. The promise is easy to understand, although now it remains to be seen how far it goes in real use. That same logic appears in Create your Widget, another of the functions that Google has advanced for Googlebook. The idea is that we can create custom widgets with a simple request, without having to search for a specific application or assemble the desktop by hand. Google gives a fairly clear example: a family reunion in Berlin in which Gemini brings together flights, hotels, restaurant reservations and even a countdown in a single panel. The iFull Android integration that idea of ​​continuity between devices. It’s not just about syncing notifications or sharing files, but about being able to use phone apps directly from your laptop when it makes sense. Google cites simple cases, such as ordering food or completing a Duolingo lesson without leaving what we are doing on the computer. Quick Access adds an equally practical layer: access your mobile files from the Googlebook file explorer, search for them and insert them without intermediate steps. Google also wants the Googlebook to be recognized before opening any applications. The company talks about “premium materials and finishes”, a formulation that points to a more careful construction, although without yet going into details. He does anticipate that there will be different formats and sizes, something logical if the proposal is in the hands of several manufacturers. The common element will be the Glowbar, a light bar that Google describes as “functional and beautiful,” and that seems designed to give these laptops their own visual identity. Everything indicates that Googlebook was born to dispute a conversation that until now has eluded Google and, to a certain extent, also Windows. The proposal seems to go towards a careful experienceconnected to mobile phones and prepared for AI in a time zone where price, design and ecosystem are becoming increasingly important. Now we have to wait to see if that promise becomes something real. More details on materials, pricing, and other features are on the way. Images | Google In Xataka | Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra, review: Samsung has finally built the Windows laptop that Apple never created

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