| Bees have been sending location pins since before smartphones existed. | The “waggle dance” is a honeybee's way of sharing directions. It's a figure-eight wiggle, where body angle indicates direction relative to the sun and the length of each move signals how far they need to fly. The whole colony decodes it in seconds. | Think of it as nature’s GPS. | What’s in store: | Popping the hood on Android’s new AI features. Bumble broke up with the swipe. Mindstream Picks: Dyson just added AI person-tracking to its air purifier.
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| | | GOOGLE | | | The AI smartphone race just shifted into high gear. | Last week, Google announced a new suite of features powered by Gemini Intelligence, a proactive AI layer for Android OS. | And let’s just say the timing of this launch is... interesting. | Sameer Samat, President of the Android ecosystem, shared this news less than one month before the Worldwide Developers Conference, where Apple is expected to debut Siri’s long-awaited glow up. With these two competitors going neck and neck, it’s clear he’s playing to win. | “Some companies are still working on their first iteration of what that chatbot or assistant voice assistant should really be,” said Samat. “I’m sure that will be great when they get to it.” (The shade!) | But to be fair, Android is killing it with this latest AI drop. | The new OS features: | Gemini Intelligence automation that executes multi-step tasks across apps. Like syncing your Uber Eats cart and notes app grocery list. Rambler, a voice dictation assistant, can juggle multiple languages and remove filler words. Meta integration that improves Instagram video quality for Android users. (Content creators are swooning over this one.)
| Plus: widget home screen customization, AirDrop for QR codes, and a tool to fight doomscrolling. | So yeah, Android is determined to lap their competition with this new rollout. | Who’s actually winning? | It’s easy to frame this rivalry as a race to the finish line, but there’s another variable at play here: the consumer. | Apple’s loyal customer base has spent years judging anyone with green texts in the group chat. So even if Google is leading the way in AI, that doesn’t necessarily translate to their bottom line. Both companies need to continue building trust with everyday people. This can certainly happen through impressive tech advancements, but that’s only one piece of the puzzle. | So yes, Google just took the lead in the smartphone race. But first place at the halfway point isn't the same as winning. Ask anyone who's watched F1. | (Reaches for popcorn) I can’t wait to see Apple’s response in June... - TL | In the AI race, what matters more? | | Vote for live results and see results + opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | | APPS | | | Bumble is breaking up with the swipe feature in favor of AI, and users are not happy. | Whitney Wolfe Herd founded Bumble back in 2014 and seven years later became the world’s youngest, female self-made billionaire. But as modern dating lost its spark, Bumble’s paid users dropped 21%. So she’s introducing a whole new model and sunsetting the swipe. | Now, this type of integration isn’t groundbreaking. Tinder and Hinge have already rolled out AI features. But when Herd announced Bumble’s pivot, daters claimed she “lost the plot.” | So why is she getting dragged when the others weren't? | Mixed Signals: | In 2024, Herd floated the idea that AI concierges could go on dates so “you don’t have to talk to 600 people.” Last week, she walked back that statement after facing major criticism. Bumble soft-launched Bee, an AI matchmaker, set to debut in Q4 of 2026.
| Trust issues | There's an obvious tension in promising authentic human connection … while building a bot to broker it. | But if Bee can truly revolutionize relationships – using AI to work quietly in the background, so “real people can show up fully in the foreground" – it could restore faith in finding love online. | Either way, Bumble is flirting with the future of dating. | Romance isn’t dead, it’s just in beta. - TL |
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Music: Dolly Parton says neither she nor Paul McCartney will ever retire, joking they’ll keep making music for as long as they can. | Don’t Miss: Dyson’s new Find+Follow Purifier Cool uses an AI-powered camera to detect where people are in a room and automatically direct airflow toward them. The smart air purifier can also turn itself off when no one is around, while processing all camera data locally for privacy. |
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