MICROSOFT INTRODUCES AI-POWERED CHATBOT TO SWIFTKEY FOR ANDROID
Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard app for Android now comes with an extra feature that lets you chat with Bing Chat’s AI. The AI-powered chatbot was first released in February and has since gone up against other chatbot heavyweights like Google’s Bard and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. With the latest update, users will see three tabs in SwiftKey, including Bing Search, Chat that lets you talk to Bing Chat’s AI, and Tone that reads your conversations and composes suggested replies with a similar emotional tone. The rollout is happening gradually, so users might not see the Bing Chat tabs right away.
GOOGLE ADDS PODCASTS TAB TO YOUTUBE MUSIC APP
Google has added a Podcasts tab to its YouTube Music app in what could signal its growing interest in getting more action going with podcasts and possibly absorbing some of the audience from the popular music and video platform. The move comes after Google combined its messaging and video chat services Meet and Duo into one confusing package last year and fused its dedicated Google Play music service into YouTube Music before that.
RAKUTEN LAUNCHES E INK TABLET YOU CAN WRITE ON
Rakuten, the company best known for its Kobo e-readers, has launched an E Ink tablet that comes with a pen for scribbling notes. The Kobo Elipsa 2E has a 10.3-inch screen that lets you read ebooks and documents while taking notes with the accompanying pen. The Elipsa is pricier than its main competitors, the ReMarkable 2 and Amazon’s Kindle Scribe, but is still a quality device that offers a competitive alternative to other e-readers in the market.
