Google TV is a smart TV experience that permits you to access your streaming content in one place without even asking to switch between apps. To enhance the user experience, Google TV has picked up 10 new free streaming channels. 

Back in 2023, Google introduced FAST channels to Google TV, which offers free access to channels such as Reuters Now, BBC Earth, Love Nature, and more, without even asking to sign up or download any specific app.

Google TV offers over 800 ad-supported channels from sources such as Plex, Tubi, Haystack, and more. Now Google TV is expanding its reach by adding 10 new free channels to its growing library, bringing the total to over 100 with the June 2024 update. 

These channels arrive in addition to the 800+ ad-supported options that already exist from various sources.

The newly added channels are being speculated by StreamingBetter, and they bring the curated collection’s total to over 130 FAST channels. The list of the latest channels is mentioned below: 

• FilmRise Western
• ION+
• Johnny Carson TV
• Noticias Telemundo Ahora
• Property and Reno
• The Real Disaster Channel
• Supermarket Sweep
• The FBI Files
• The World’s Wildest Police Videos
• Yahoo Finance

Now Google offers 135 free channels within Google TV that don’t ask you to download or launch a separate app. A couple of weeks ago, the giant also introduced its new Google TV Network, which will offer brands an opportunity to target viewers on Google TV devices and smart TVs with ads. This new network will permit advertisers to target viewers with various ad formats, including unskippable ads, on over 135 free channels. 

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Initially, Samsung introduced Circle to Search with Google on its recently launched Galaxy S24 series within the Galaxy AI title. Later, Google also made this feature available on its Pixel phones. Now it seems that Circle to Search could simplify Android search by letting users draw around topics or images. 

Circle to Search is a new feature from Google for Android smartphones. This lets you search any content, like text or images, from the display by just circling it, without even switching between the apps.

This eliminates the need to open a web browser and type out a search query, making it a more instant and convenient way to find what you are looking for. 

Currently, Circle to Search is only available on countable Samsung and Google Pixel devices. It has already been reported that this feature is on the verge of integrating with Google Chrome through the Lens UI.

The new report from the Android Authority suggests that Google is looking forward to bringing the Circle to Search feature to Google Lens. If the report is to be believed, Google Lens might get a Circle to Search feature soon.

When in Assemble Debug mode, Google Lens showcased a message about searching the screen directly, which is how Circle to Search activates on some Android phones. 

However, the brand has yet to make an make an official announcement regarding this report. Some XML files refer to pill-based gesture navigation, but the feature is incomplete yet.

At the moment, the Circle to Search feature for Google Lens is in the development phase. Currently, the feature is limited to a three-button navigation bar, but Google may make changes to this once it’s ready for end users. 

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Google Translate is a part of Google Workspace. It is a web-based, free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. It translates several forms of text and media, for instance, words, phrases, or web pages. Now, to enhance the service, Google has announced that it is adding 110 more new languages. 

A couple of weeks ago, the brand added support for 24 new languages to it; now, to add an extra layer of convenience, it is bringing the total number of supported languages to 243. However, Google has never added as many languages to Google Translate as it is doing now. On the comparison side, Apple Translate supports only 20 languages, and Microsoft Translator supports 135 languages. That gives Google an upper hand among the top three players. 

Google has achieved this feat with the help of the company’s PaLM2 large language model. A few notable, newly supported languages include Afar, Cantonese, Manx, NKo, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Tamazinght (Amazigh), and Tok Pisin. Regarding this, the giant stated that the 110 newly added languages “represent more than 614 million speakers, opening up translations for around 8% of the world’s population.”

In addition, Google also stated that “some are major world languages with over 100 million speakers. Others are spoken by small communities of Indigenous people, and a few have almost no native speakers but active revitalization efforts.” 

A quarter of the 110 languages come from Africa, including Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda, and Wolfo. These additions make this the largest expansion of African languages on Google Translate yet. 

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