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Google is designing a server chip codenamed Frozen v2, optimized for its Gemini AI models and slated for release in 2028. The chip could deliver six to ten times better performance per watt than Google's current AI silicon, measured by tokens generated per unit of power. Google did not directly confirm the report.

Between June 2025 and April 2026, human traffic to business websites across many industries fell roughly 40%, according to Cloudflare. Google's AI Search is cited as the cause, directly reducing the open web's audience and threatening site viability.

Snapseed Camera for Android version 4.1.1.x adds a Location Metadata toggle, off by default, and a Capture original for re-editing option, enabled by default. The update also lets users choose separate storage locations for edited and original images via the system file picker.

Google confirmed the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have reached end of life with the Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 release. The devices will not receive the OTA. They will get a few more updates: August security patch, September Pixel Drop/QPR1, and October security patch, after which support ends.

Google Fi briefly posted an image of the Pixel 11 Pro XL on its website before removing it, though the promotional listing remains. The promo offers the device for $100 with sign-up. The image shows the Canyon colorway. The Pixel 11 series is expected at the Made by Google event on August 12.

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have each introduced or renamed an enterprise agent platform over the past nine months. All three now share the same core architecture: runtime, memory, tool gateway, identity, observability, and governance. These components appear in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Microsoft Foundry, and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform under different names.

Alphabet stock rose following a report that Google is building a Gemini-specific AI chip. The chip, internally called "Frozen v2," could serve 6 to 10 times more tokens per unit of power than Google's latest TPUs.