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Google’s Pixel 9 series is going through a post launch rough patch at the moment. Current owners are complaining online about a wireless charging problem affecting the Pixel 9 Pro XL.

You’ll find multiple posts over on the Google Pixel subreddit with people sharing their varying experiences. One poster claimed that they tried charging their Pixel 9 Pro XL in their car. The device draws power “for a few seconds” before suddenly stopping. Another user states they placed the phone on a Qi-supported charger and again — nothing.

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What’s disconcerting is this issue occurs on both first-party and third-party wireless chargers. A poster on the official Pixel Phone Help forums says their model…

Google is taking steps to better integrate Gemini, its generative AI model, into Android. 

At today’s Made by Google event, where Google unveiled the Pixel 9 series, the tech giant also took some time to announce how Android is reimagining what your phone can do with Gemini. That includes new ways to interact with Gemini on Android, like using the AI assistant to ask questions about anything that’s on your phone screen. 

Google also talked about Gemini Nano, its large, on-device multimodal AI model made specifically for the Pixel, and how any personal data processed in the cloud or on-device is kept safe and private.

And Circle to Search, which allows you to draw on your screen to quickly perform a visual search, has a new share feature that allows you to circle a selection and share…