In abstract
- November Pixel Drop rolling out now
- Themes, notification summaries, rip-off safety and extra
- Some options US-only
The November Pixel Drop is right here, bringing a number of new options to Pixel smartphones.
Google has commenced rolling out its newest Pixel Drop, which is the identify it offers to main Pixel smartphone software program updates laden with recent options.
They have a tendency to reach each few months, however as we reported in the direction of the tip of October, this newest one has arrived a month early.
Listed below are the principle additions you may count on with the November Pixel Drop. There’s a extra intensive rundown on Google’s assist web page.
Notification summaries
Google has put its highly effective AI to make use of in providing bite-sized summaries of incoming notifications proper there within the notification shade. This implies which you can get the gist of a prolonged message or dialog at a look, with out even opening the app.
We’ve seen one thing comparable from Apple in current variations of iOS, although it’s usually not very helpful. Right here’s hoping Google’s provision offers extra helpful perception.
From December, Google says that you simply’ll be capable to silence lower-priority notifications.
Personalised photograph edits
Persevering with the event of its spookily naturalistic picture modifying instruments, Google now offers the flexibility to repair group pictures with a sentence.
Faucet “Assist me edit” and ask Photographs to “Take away Riley’s sun shades, open my eyes, make Engel smile and open her eyes” (different good friend names can be found), and Photographs will now pull picture data from different images in your gallery to make the suitable edits – offered your contacts are correctly labelled in Face Teams.
Once more, that is US-only for now (sigh), and also you’ll have to be 18 or over and with location estimates enabled.
Rip-off safety in messages
Google has upped its Rip-off Detection recreation app with the brand new Pixel Drop, providing rip-off alerts throughout quite a lot of well-liked messaging providers.
When a doubtlessly dodgy message is available in, Google provides you with a “Doubtless rip-off” heads-up notification.
Sadly, it is a US-only function for now, and it’ll solely work on Pixel 6 telephones and later.
Depraved theme packs
This addition was closely featured in leaks forward of the November Pixel Drop, however Google is including themed customisation packs to its Pixel telephones. These embody customized wallpapers, icons, GIFs, and even sounds.
To kick this off, it’s offered a Depraved: For Good theme pack to tie in with the brand new musical film. There are three kinds to select from the off: For Good, Glinda and Elphaba.
VIP priorities
As predicted, Google is giving its half-baked VIP contacts function some love. Notifications out of your chosen VIPs will now be prioritised, and there’s now a disaster badge within the Contacts widget to maintain you up to date on important alerts.
Photograph remixes
Google has added a Remix function to Google Messages, permitting you to make on-the-fly edits inside the message thread. If the opposite get together can be on Google Messages, you may even bat remixes forwards and backwards between you.
And sure, the outcomes will present up for whoever’s within the chat with you, whatever the telephone they’re utilizing.
Save energy in Google Maps
This one’s neat. Press the facility button whereas navigating in Google Maps, and it’ll change to a simplified format displaying solely key data like your subsequent flip. It means you’ll nonetheless have navigation even when your telephone is about to die.
Rip-off Detection and Name Notes expands
We’ve already signalled our annoyance on the US-only availability of a few of these new options, however Google is bringing a few of its earlier additions to extra folks.
Rip-off Detection in voice calls is now coming to Google Pixel 9 (and later) customers within the UK, Eire, India, Australia and Canada.
Name Notes is rolling out to Australia, Canada, the UK, Eire and Japan, permitting customers to transcribe and summarise telephone calls.
Magic Cue will get a lift
Keep in mind Magic Cue? It’s the Google Pixel 10 function that apparently affords one-tap cross-app recommendations, however which many individuals (myself included) have by no means actually been in a position to get to work.
Google says it’ll now provide “extra well timed recommendations”, which I’m hoping means “will really work for most individuals”. We’ll see.