All news with #product update tag

🤖 Google is testing integration of Gemini into Chrome for Android, with Chromium source references indicating an agentic feature codenamed Glic. A Google engineer noted the browser binary increases because of the added support code, suggesting significant new functionality. The integration may provide contextual, agent-like actions such as page summaries and follow-up queries, similar to mobile copilots. No release timetable has been announced.

🔐 Google is rolling out a new Personal Intelligence capability in Gemini that can access information from Gmail, Google Photos, Search, YouTube and other Google products to generate more personalized responses. The feature is opt-in, off by default, and users can choose which apps to connect, disconnect them, or turn the feature off at any time. Google illustrates uses such as pulling tire specifications from photos and emails or extracting a license plate from an image to confirm vehicle details. The functionality is launching as a U.S. beta for eligible subscribers, and Google warns that the model can still produce inaccuracies or over-personalization, inviting users to provide feedback.

🟦Amazon has expanded VPC Route Server to 16 additional AWS Regions, bringing total availability to 30 regions worldwide. The service lets virtual appliances advertise routes using BGP and dynamically update VPC route tables associated with subnets and internet gateways. This expansion broadens deployment choices and helps customers apply consistent dynamic routing across more geographies. It simplifies management of virtual appliances and supports scalable, resilient network architectures.

🌐 Amazon VPC Route Server is now available in 16 additional AWS Regions, bringing total availability to 30 regions. The service simplifies dynamic routing between virtual appliances by letting those appliances advertise routes via BGP and automatically update VPC route tables for subnets and internet gateways. This expansion broadens regional deployment choices for customers using third-party virtual network appliances and streamlines multi-region and hybrid routing architectures.

🔒 AWS Transform custom now supports AWS PrivateLink and is available in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region in addition to US East (N. Virginia). The service automates repetitive code transformation tasks—language version upgrades, API migrations, and framework updates—using natural language, documentation, and code samples or AWS-managed transformations for Java, Python, and Node.js. With PrivateLink, customers can invoke Transform custom from an Amazon VPC without routing traffic over the public internet, helping address security and compliance requirements while enabling consistent, repeatable changes across large codebases.

📶 AWS IoT Device Management now offers Wi‑Fi Simple Setup (WSS) through its managed integrations feature. Developers can add QR code scanning so end users provision Wi‑Fi devices with a barcode scan, reducing manual configuration and support needs. WSS lets users store credentials in managed integrations; a new device scans a QR code, joins a hidden network broadcast by the IoT hub, and receives credentials securely for near zero‑touch onboarding. The feature is available in Canada (Central) and Europe (Ireland).

🔎 Comments to SQL in BigQuery introduces an AI-driven way to write queries by placing natural-language expressions inside SQL comments. The system analyzes surrounding SQL context and translates plain English prompts into executable BigQuery SQL across SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY and other clauses. It supports iterative refinement and aims to help both non-SQL users and experienced analysts move faster.

⚠️ Microsoft confirmed a recent Windows 365 update is preventing some customers from signing in to their Cloud PC sessions. The disruption began Tuesday at 19:00 UTC after automated monitoring detected a spike in failed connection attempts, and engineers traced the problem to the update. Microsoft says the change was intended to improve security and is now analyzing it to determine mitigation and a permanent fix. As temporary workarounds, affected users can connect via the Windows App Web Client or use the Remote Desktop client to reach Azure Virtual Desktop.

🔔 Amazon Neptune now supports Graviton3-based R7g and Graviton4-based R8g instances in new regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Osaka, Singapore), Canada (Central) and US West (N. California). R7g introduces the first DDR5-equipped AWS database instances with up to 30 Gbps enhanced networking and up to 20 Gbps to Amazon EBS, while R8g offers larger sizes (up to 48xlarge) and an 8:1 memory-to-vCPU ratio. Graviton4 delivers up to 40% faster database performance versus Graviton3, and both families are priced about 16% lower than R6g. Customers can launch or upgrade via the AWS Management Console or CLI for Neptune engine versions 1.4.5 and above.

⚙️AWS has made the enhanced AWS Security Hub generally available, adding automation features to centralize and accelerate handling of security findings across accounts and Regions. The update integrates Security Hub CSPM into detection engines and provides real-time risk analytics, automated correlation, and enriched context to prioritize critical issues. Automation rules and integrations with EventBridge, Lambda, and ITSM tools like ServiceNow enable remediation, routing, and evidence collection to reduce manual triage and support compliance.

🚀 Amazon EC2 X8aedz instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Asia Pacific (Seoul). These instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (code named Turin) and deliver the highest maximum CPU frequency in the cloud — 5 GHz. Built on sixth-generation AWS Nitro Cards, X8aedz targets EDA workloads and relational databases that need high single-thread performance and large memory capacity, pairing 5 GHz CPUs with local NVMe for faster memory-intensive processing.

🗣️ Amazon Web Services announced an update to Amazon Lex that adds a neural automatic speech recognition (ASR) model for English locales. The model, trained on data from multiple English-speaking regions, better recognizes conversational speech, non-native speakers, and regional accents, reducing repeated prompts and improving self-service success. Administrators can enable the capability by selecting the "Neural" option in a bot's locale speech recognition settings. The feature is available across all AWS commercial regions that support Amazon Connect and Lex.

🔒 AWS added two services — AWS Security Incident Response and AWS Transform — and the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region to its PCI DSS certification scope. The updated PCI DSS package includes an Attestation of Compliance (AOC) and an AWS Responsibility Summary, both validated by Coalfire. Customers can retrieve the package in AWS Artifact, and AWS also published the PCI report package in NIST OSCAL JSON to enable machine-readable, automated compliance workflows.

🧭 The Amazon SageMaker HyperPod console now validates AWS service quotas for your account before initiating cluster creation. The console automatically compares your requested cluster configuration—instance types, EBS volume sizes, and VPC-related resources—against account-level quotas and presents a clear table of expected utilization, applied quota values, and compliance status. If validation detects potential quota shortfalls, it issues a warning and provides direct links to the Service Quotas console so you can request increases before provisioning begins.

🔊 Amazon Lex now offers three configurable voice activity detection (VAD) sensitivity levels—Default, High, and Maximum—that can be set per bot locale. The Default setting suits typical background noise, High targets consistently moderate noise such as busy offices or retail spaces, and Maximum is designed for very noisy environments like manufacturing floors or outdoor locations. You configure VAD sensitivity when creating or updating a bot locale in the Amazon Connect Conversational AI designer, and the feature is available in all AWS commercial regions where Amazon Connect and Lex operate.

📢 Microsoft has begun retiring the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for iOS and Android, with removal from app stores set for February 9, 2026 and scanning functionality scheduled to stop on March 9, 2026. Microsoft updated its Microsoft 365 Message Center guidance and recommends users switch to OneDrive's built-in scan feature. Existing scans remain accessible via MyScans while the app stays installed and the user is signed into their last active account, though Microsoft will no longer support the app after the cutoff. No administrative action is required; administrators should notify users of the change.

🎥 Amazon Connect now publishes agent screen recording status to CloudWatch via Amazon EventBridge. Customers can subscribe to the Screen Recording Status Changed event to receive near‑real‑time updates on recording success or failure, failure codes and descriptions, client and browser versions, OS, and start/end timestamps. This enables supervisors to correlate recordings with calls, chats, or tasks for coaching and compliance reviews. The feature is available in all Regions where Amazon Connect operates.

🔍 Amazon Inspector now supports Java Gradle dependency inventory and vulnerability scanning for Lambda functions and ECR images, using gradle.lockfile content to build Java dependency inventories. The release also adds detection for MySQL, MariaDB, PHP, Jenkins-core, 7zip (Windows), Elasticsearch, and Curl/LibCurl. These enhancements improve detection of packages installed outside package managers, broadening coverage across languages and runtimes and helping teams reduce blind spots. The new capabilities are available today in all AWS Regions where Amazon Inspector is offered.

📚 Microsoft will retire the Send Documents to Kindle option in Microsoft Word, with the change rolling out after February 2026. The feature, formerly accessible from Word's Export menu, allowed .doc and .docx files to be transferred to a user's Kindle library while preserving page layout and most formatting. Microsoft notes that comments and tracked changes were not preserved when files were sent. After the retirement, users should use the Send to Kindle website to transfer documents.

🆕 Amazon Lightsail now offers two larger managed database bundles with up to 8 vCPUs, 32 GB memory, and 960 GB SSD storage. The new bundles are offered in both standard and high‑availability plans and support managed MySQL and PostgreSQL engines. They target production workloads and data‑intensive applications—such as e‑commerce, content management systems, business intelligence, and SaaS—by delivering increased storage and processing capacity. These sizes are available in all AWS Regions where Lightsail is provided.