iPhone owners can now drag or tap to add videos in Gemini, ask questions about the footage, and get instant answers from Google’s AI.
Yadullah Abidi
Yadullah Abidi is the News Editor at The Mac Observer, where he leads the site’s Apple news coverage. A tech journalist and software developer since 2018, he has also covered Windows, Linux, programming, PC hardware, cybersecurity, malware analysis, and gaming. Yadullah holds a BSc.(H) in Computer Science from Delhi University and a postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism from the Asian College of Journalism. His work also appears in Candid.Technology and MakeUseOf.
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