Two of the biggest names in tech now want to watch the web on your behalf.
Within a month, both Google and Apple announced features that monitor web pages and tell you when something changes. Both claim they will use AI to alert you when a condition is met and reduce false positives.
At its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8, Apple introduced Notify Me, a Safari feature that watches a page you choose and pings you when it updates. At Google I/O in May, Google unveiled information agents that do the same across the open web.
“We’re entering the era of search agents now,” Elizabeth Reid, Google’s VP of Search, told the I/O keynote.
Neither has shipped widely yet. Google’s information agents arrive over the summer for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US, and Apple’s Notify Me ships this fall with iOS 27 and macOS 27.The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!
