Google opens Connected Apps Platform preview for MCP tools inside Search and Gemini
Developers can submit tool integrations to Google Search and Gemini using MCP, but access is phased, users must connect apps, and Google reviews submissions.
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Grafana Pages turns connected telemetry into interactive apps — but only in Cloud preview
Grafana Pages goes beyond dashboard panels: prompt-built interactive pages can use connected telemetry and invoke external tools via MCP. It is a public Grafana Cloud preview, not a self-managed release.
Marketing & DistributionSEO & SearchGEO & AI SearchPaid AcquisitionConversion & AnalyticsActive dossier
Google starts testing AI Mode ads for users who connect Gmail and Photos context
Google reversed its earlier ad-free approach to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode. Connected-app-derived insights may influence ads, with testing scope and advertiser controls still unclear.
SaaSMarketing & DistributionProduct & GrowthMarketplaces & PlatformsConversion & AnalyticsActive dossier
Google launches Universal Cart in US Search and Gemini, shifting shopping decisions into its own interface
The multi-retailer cart, previously previewed in May, is now available in the US. Price alerts, promo-code suggestions and Google Pay or merchant checkout could reshape how ecommerce sellers measure product discovery and conversion.
Gemini 4 Argon opens to developers at $2/$10 — with prices doubling December 1
Gemini 4 Argon is now available through Google's paid API and eligible subscriptions. The introductory $2 input/$10 output rates double on December 1, and its 1M-token continuation feature requires special integration.
Gemini CLI 0.60 hardens the boundaries around extensions, sandboxes and MCP OAuth
This is not one headline vulnerability fix. Gemini CLI 0.60 is a coordinated hardening pass across the plumbing that lets extensions, sandboxes, filesystem paths and MCP authentication influence an agent’s execution environment.
Artificial IntelligenceWeb DevelopmentAI ModelsAI CodingInference & APIsDeveloper ToolsActive dossier
Gemini 3.8 Flash raises agent capability at the same token price — but may use more tokens per task
Gemini 3.8 Flash keeps 3.7 Flash’s promotional per-token rate and Flash-tier latency, but early independent analysis suggests harder reasoning can increase tokens consumed per task. A separate 3.8 Flash Cyber model is available only through Google’s Fairwind defensive-security program.
Artificial IntelligenceWeb DevelopmentCloud & InfrastructureCloud PlatformsInference & APIsDeveloper ToolsActive dossier
Google is temporarily restricting new Gemini API access from service accounts
The change creates an authentication compatibility boundary for server-to-server Gemini integrations: an architecture that works in an existing project may not be reproducible with a newly introduced service account, and Google has not published an end date for the restriction.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe gives developers separate live and file speech-to-text APIs at about $0.009 and $0.005 per minute
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe turns Google’s audio understanding into a purpose-built developer surface: low-latency live transcription costs roughly $0.009/minute at Google’s published assumptions, while file transcription is roughly $0.005/minute and supports richer metadata.
Gemini Omni Flash goes GA with video extension, interpolation and 4K output controls
Gemini Omni Flash has crossed from preview into a production API with a broader editing surface. Builders can extend existing clips and interpolate between images, but preview integrations now have a September migration deadline.
Gemini Notebook is replacing simple usage quotas with a compute budget that refreshes every five hours
Google is changing Gemini Notebook’s packaging from feature-style quotas toward a compute budget. That gives users more flexibility but makes the effective cost of one request less predictable and ties premium upgrades more directly to computational intensity.
Google turns purchased books into entitlement-gated AI sources inside Gemini Notebook
Google is tying licensed commercial content directly to an AI workspace: book ownership becomes the access control for grounded AI use. That gives publishers a new distribution path while keeping paid-source entitlement inside the AI experience.
GitHub Apps gain narrow repository-creation permissions and safer installation automation
GitHub Apps no longer need repository-administration permission just to create repositories. New fine-grained installation controls and token-rotation support reduce the privilege required for integration automation.
Google Play lets AI Studio builders run private Android apps without developer accounts
Google has separated personal app installation from public app publishing: an AI Studio-built Android app can launch through Play without a developer account, but sharing and public distribution remain restricted.
GitHub Copilot can now operate desktop apps, not just code
The useful boundary change is that Copilot can now cross from code and terminals into ordinary desktop interfaces, with per-app approval and organisation-level controls.
Apple puts Intel-only Mac apps on a Rosetta end-of-life path
Rosetta’s transition is now an application compatibility deadline rather than an open-ended safety net. Intel-only Mac apps need an Apple-silicon build before support ends after macOS 27, with only a narrow exception retained for older unmaintained games.
Google has shut down Imagen 4 API endpoints
The Imagen 4 shutdown is now effective, not merely scheduled. Builders still calling the old model IDs need to migrate to current Gemini image generation, where model names and interaction patterns differ enough to warrant explicit compatibility testing.
Shopify sets offline-token cutoff dates and adds IP restrictions for public apps
Public Shopify apps must migrate legacy offline tokens by January 1, 2027. Enforcement now has explicit stages and new developer security controls.
Google tells platforms to keep link-only generated pages out of Search by default
Google now advises noindex or crawl blocking for user-created pages meant for direct sharing, plus Search Console and platform-level spam monitoring.
NativePHP Mobile patches seven security flaws — rebuilding and app-store releases are required
NativePHP mobile 4.6.1 and 3.3.11 fix seven flaws; developers must regenerate, rebuild and distribute app updates, while older 1.x/2.x lines are unsupported.