Google Chat gets a long-overdue Gmail feature (plus a new home on the web)

Google Chat can now be accessed right at chat.google.com in your browser. The old URLs still work, but Chrome extensions may need to be updated. Chat is also adding the ability to schedule messages in ...
VentureBeat

Google brings Gemini AI chat app to Workspace, boosting productivity for millions of enterprise users

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google is adding Gemini chatbot to its business productivity suite, ...
BGR

8 Missing ChatGPT Features That The App Should Add Immediately

ChatGPT is my go-to AI app right now. I use it on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with the first being my preferred way to interact with the AI. I'm also a ChatGPT Plus user, as I want faster access (at ...
CNET

Beeper Relaunch Lets You Link Your Chat Apps Without the Cloud, but Still No iMessage

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...
Fast Company

Forget Zoom, Meet, and FaceTime: This video-chat app beats them all

At this point, video chatting has become a common part of our day-to-day lives—and yet, when you really stop and think about it, it tends to be a pretty awful experience. Whether you’re using Meet, ...
Android Police

RCS Chat: What you need to know about the next-gen messaging protocol

Cianna Garrison is an evergreen writer for Android Police who's written about everything from food to the latest iPhones and earbuds. Her work has appeared in Elite Daily, How-To Geek, and Reader's ...
TechCrunch

Copilot Chat in GitHub’s mobile app is now generally available

GitHub on Tuesday announced that Copilot Chat, its AI chat interface for asking coding-related questions and code generation, is now generally available in its mobile app. The Microsoft-owned ...
The Washington Post

Not everything is secret in encrypted apps like iMessage and WhatsApp

This article is a preview of The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. One feature of apps such as iMessage and WhatsApp is that your texts or voice ...
Computerworld

Copilot Chat comes to M365 apps for no extra cost

Microsoft 365 customers will no longer have to pay to access the Copilot Chat AI assistant inside Office apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft’s Copilot Chat AI assistant is now ...