Back in July, Google rolled out a few new features for the Photos app. One of those features is a tool that uses Veo 2 (Google’s AI-powered video generator) to turn your pictures into short six-second videos. The tech giant is now working on an update that will give you more control over the style of video this feature creates.

When the “Photo to video” feature was rolled out to Google Photos, there were two options to choose from: Subtle movement and I’m feeling lucky. The former simply adds subtle movements, just as the name suggests. While the latter generates videos in random styles. We have spotted that a third option could be on the way.

Growing up, my dad and I bonded over sprawling fictional universes (in case anyone wondered how nerds are created). He got me to slog through the entire Dune saga, his personal favorite, which I enjoyed but also consider a heroic act of filial love. Every time he brings up Tolkien, though, I stall out. And then a colleague told me about fictional dictionaries, or “Fictionaries,” on Kindle.

How fictionaries work

Samsung was widely expected to ditch the Galaxy S26 Plus for the S26 Edge, but a new report suggests that we could see both models. If confirmed, this would mean that we have four mainline Galaxy S26 phones next year.

Which one would you choose, though? That’s the topic of our featured poll today, so let us know by voting below. You can also leave a comment if you’ve got more on your mind.

The Google Pixel series is notoriously prone to leaks. Typically, we know everything about the next Pixel phones months before their announcement, but occasionally, the odd rumored device never arrives, leaving us with a mystery. This was the case with the canceled first-gen Pixel Fold, codenamed “pipit,” for example, until we showcased what it was last year.

Another of these mysteries is the alleged third flagship Pixel 4 device, codenamed “needlefish.” There were many theories about what it could be, but we had never seen any concrete details, until now. Thanks to a photo leak and our sources, we’ve managed to get to the bottom of what the mysterious handset was.

One of the most common complaints I keep reading from YouTube Music users is that Google treats it and their regular YouTube experience as one and the same. If you like one artist’s songs, you’re now subscribed to their videos as well. If you listen to or search for some music, it’s now part of your YouTube recommendations as well. For the few people who solely (or mostly) use YouTube to watch music videos, that’s fine. But most people have more varied interests than just music videos and end up with an odd mix of two experiences that shouldn’t be merged.

Me? I don’t watch music videos at all, so seeing any YouTube Music content in my regular YouTube feels like unwanted clutter that I have to weed through. Having my video subscriptions littered with artists and bands led me to cull most of my liked artists on Music, then ditch it altogether for Spotify’s more powerful featureset. Then, one day, I realized I was sitting on the perfect cure for that annoying YouTube overlap: multiple channels.