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I\u2019m not really a huge fan of modern AI. For the past couple of years, it\u2019s just been shoved into everything online, and usually not for the better. Google, though, has really hit its stride lately in finding incredible, out-of-the-box ways to use AI to just make things better, and there are a couple of key examples of this.<\/p>\n

This issue of 9to5Google Weekender is a part of 9to5Google\u2019s rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here<\/a> to get it delivered to your inbox early!<\/p>\n

Google has been an AI company since before the ChatGPT era reinvented the term \u201cAI\u201d to simply refer to large language models (LLMs). The clever Android and Google features you loved a decade ago? Those were machine learning, which preceded the tools we have today. After OpenAI jumped the gun with the release of ChatGPT, the smash hit popularity of that product led to Google playing a huge game of catch-up because, well, Pandora\u2019s Box was open. AI this, AI that, it\u2019s been everywhere, and often not in the ways we really wanted it. I\u2019m personally still in favor of AI not being in products like Google Search, for example, but it\u2019s clear this stuff is here to stay.<\/p>\n

That said, Google has finally made it to the good part, where AI actually becomes objectively useful and fulfills some of those lofty promises we\u2019ve been hearing for the past few years.<\/p>\n

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The first recent example of this is Google Home. <\/p>\n

The Gemini rollout in Google Home \u2013 and speakers, but that\u2019s a subject for another day \u2013 has led to some incredibly cool new features that just wouldn\u2019t be possible without AI. That includes the labeling of Nest camera footage and being able to use natural language to search through that footage. What once took several minutes of frantically scrolling through camera history now takes a single question in the Home app.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not perfect, as I discussed in last week\u2019s 9to5Google Weekender<\/a> and on a recent episode of our podcast, The Sideload<\/a>, but the arrival of Gemini has been an overall win for the Google Home app.<\/p>\n

The other example that came to mind was the Fitbit Coach.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s revamped Fitbit app uses Gemini<\/a> to analyze your fitness data and provide a coach that\u2019s powered by AI. Using natural language responses, the app can discuss how to meet your fitness goals by just having a conversation with you. I\u2019ve been using this on my own fitness kick as of late, and it\u2019s been a valuable goal. As someone who\u2019s really struggled to figure out how to integrate some basic strength training into my life, the simple approach of Coach\u2019s workout plans combined with the Fitbit app\u2019s previews of workouts just makes it so easy to get started. Making things even better is that the Coach is super flexible. Sore from the previous day? Have plans to do something else active? The \u201cAdjust plan\u201d option makes it very simple to just explain what\u2019s going on and request a change, and the AI quickly adjusts everything to meet your needs.<\/p>\n

The Fitbit Coach works because it\u2019s built on what made the Fitbit app great to begin with \u2013 simplicity.<\/p>\n

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AI is very much here to stay, whether we like it or not, but these two examples from Google really show that there are ideas out there for this technology that don\u2019t have to feel tacked on or limitless. Sometimes, you just have to think outside of the box.<\/p>\n

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The OnePlus 15 is here! The latest release from OnePlus packs a huge battery and epic performance, but the overall experience is a bit underwhelming as our Will Sattelberg explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The OnePlus 15 isn\u2019t a bad phone, but it\u00a0is\u00a0an inherently frustrating one. There\u2019s still plenty of OnePlus magic under the hood here \u2014 an ultra-fast chipset, a camera unafraid of colors and life-like saturation, and the largest battery I\u2019ve ever used in a smartphone by a longshot. Simultaneously, though, I just can\u2019t say this phone captured my heart the way the last couple of this company\u2019s flagship releases did. Combining a disappointing redesign with less impressive camera performance and a UI overhaul dramatically hoping you\u2019ll recognize iOS in every nook and cranny just doesn\u2019t feel like a path to success.<\/p>\n

On top of that, the OnePlus 15 isn\u2019t coming to the US for a bit longer, as the US government shutdown delayed some regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n

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