Published Oct 23, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

Shekhar Vaidya is a veteran technology journalist and computer science engineer. He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS, storage solutions, and PC internals to help readers master their tech.

When you buy a car, you pay for its features, but they're all locked behind a thick manual that hardly anyone reads. I got my first car last year, and I thought I had tried everything it offered, but I was wrong. When I actually got around to the manual, I had Gemini Notebook read it. Then I asked it simple questions, like, “What can my car do that I might not know about?”

Nobody reads a 150-page manual, so I made Gemini do it

It knew every Kushaq, but not which one was mine

Like all car owners, I do read the manual every once in a while. Sorry, who am I kidding? Like you, I have never looked past my car’s manual's cover.…