Time to check your old Assistant speaker — more third-party models are getting Gemini

TL;DR Gemini for Home’s official list of supported devices only covers first-party Google Home and Nest hardware. Users are seeing Gemini replace Google Assistant on speaker and display models from Insignia and Lenovo. The new models gaining Gemini support were released in 2018 and 2019, and have been discontinued. Gemini for Home is rolling out … Read more

A mysterious YouTube Music glitch is leaving offline songs unplayable

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Some YouTube Music Premium users say downloaded tracks won’t play and get stuck loading, while streaming still works. Complaints on Google’s support forum and Reddit indicate that the issue occurs only on Android devices. There’s no fix yet, and TeamYouTube has asked people to submit feedback. Just as … Read more

Cloudflare took down large swathes of the internet… again

Credit: Cloudflare TL;DR A variety of websites and digital services were knocked offline today. Internet service provider Cloudflare is to blame for the problem. This latest outage comes weeks after another major outage due to Cloudflare. Were you unable to access your favorite websites and services today? You’re not alone, as a major internet service … Read more

Proton’s latest addition takes aim at Google Sheets and Excel

Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR Proton has launched Proton Sheets, an encrypted spreadsheet tool inside Proton Drive. It offers real-time collaboration, formulas, charts, and full end-to-end encryption. Sheets is rolling out gradually and is free for all Proton Drive users. Spreadsheets might make you roll your eyes, but there’s a decent chance you … Read more