Finding a charging station for your electric vehicle just got a lot easier. Starting today, you’ll be able to enter your electric vehicle (EV) car and plug type into the Waze app to find relevant EV charging stations along your route. This feature will roll out globally over the coming weeks.Charging station information is often…
Digital mobile health apps are capable of lowering the barrier to equitable healthcare. They are quickly becoming essential tools to help healthcare workers deliver better care to patients — especially in under-resourced communities. However, it’s been costly and difficult for developers to build tools that share health information across systems and work well in areas…
We’ve spent the past several years researching artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare — exploring how it can help detect diseases early, expand access to care and more. We’ve taken a “move slow and test things” approach to prove efficacy, equity, helpfulness and safety above all. Today, at our annual health event, The Check Up, we…
Scaling a new venture will take you through some exciting milestones: your first sale, your first paid employee, your first physical location. As your business grows, you may find yourself making plans to expand your inventory, launch a new product line, or even take on a new geographic market or customer segment. But growth comes…
Health is a company-wide effort at Google. The global reach of our products, services and platforms — coupled with our advanced AI technologies — provide a way to help billions of people live healthier lives.People come to Google with health-related questions hundreds of millions of times a day. They also turn to YouTube, where videos…
Briogeo founder Nancy Twine left her career on Wall Street to start a clean hair care company, inspired by her mother and grandmother’s home-concocted formulas. While clean hair care is a trend in 2023, it was a new category when Nancy launched her brand Briogeo 10 years ago. “I’ve always been taught to take smart…
Keeping players returning to your game is just as critical for game growth as new user acquisition. That’s why we’ve made updates to App campaigns for engagement (ACe) to help you reengage lapsed players easily. For example, Automated ACe setup, currently in beta, can help to suggest campaign inputs such as audiences, assets, bidding events…
You’ve stumbled upon a business idea that could change the world (or at least your high school). What now? If you’re under 18, it’s possible to bring that idea to life and start your own small business. But there’s a catch. Young entrepreneurs will often need parental support or sign off to complete many of…
On my return to the UK after six years working from Google’s Bay Area headquarters, I’m immediately reminded of how centuries of longstanding tradition — from street names to architecture — blend seamlessly with the modernity for which Britain is also known.This country is a thriving home for the creative and advertising industries, a global…
Chris Hau has always been creative. As a toddler, he memorized the dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and performed it for his family in their living room. In high school, he joined a band with his English teacher, called the Detention Crew. Growing up, it was less a question and more a fact that he’d…