June Feature Drop: New features and upgrades for the Pixel portfolio

Jun 11, 2024 11:00 PM - 4 months ago 54901

Jun 11, 2024

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Mikaela Kraft

Product Marketing Manager, Pixel

Our latest Feature Drop is here, and it’s packed pinch unthinkable caller capabilities for your device, including Gemini Nano coming to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a arsenic a developer option, and Car Crash Detection to Pixel Watch 2, positive truthful overmuch more. These features statesman rolling retired to devices coming and will proceed complete nan adjacent fewer weeks.

For Pixel Phones

Gemini Nano expands to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a

Gemini Nano is Google’s astir businesslike AI exemplary built for on-device tasks,1 and starting today, you tin usage Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a to entree Gemini Nano arsenic a developer option. You tin enable developer options successful your Pixel’s settings.

Take your transcripts to nan adjacent level

Gemini powers Summarize successful Recorder to tally on-device connected Pixel 8 and 8a – and nan Recorder app2now delivers much detailed, downloadable summaries3to Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8a. It’s capable to observe and see nan names of speakers truthful conversational transcripts are improved. And pinch nan expertise to export transcripts into matter files aliases Google Docs,4keeping way of things for illustration interviews and people lectures is made easy.

Take your intermezo to nan large screen

Pixel 8a, Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro tin now show contented connected a larger screen,5like your machine monitor, erstwhile you plug it successful via USB-C, giving you much abstraction to bask your favourite movies, shows and slides.6

Find your phone, moreover erstwhile nan artillery dies

Find My Device is getting a adjuvant upgrade that enables you to find your telephone moreover erstwhile it’s disconnected aliases nan artillery is dead,7all while keeping your location information encrypted and backstage from Google.

Put your champion faces forward

The Pixel camera tin now automatically place nan champion infinitesimal from your photograph successful HDR+ pinch conscionable a azygous shutter press, truthful it’s easier to threat a photograph wherever your look is successful attraction and smiling.8

Quickly look up a enigma telephone number

Don’t admit a telephone number? With conscionable a fewer taps, you tin now do a reverse telephone number hunt straight from your telephone log.9

Save and entree your mundane essentials from Google Wallet

Google Wallet recently expanded to India, truthful moreover much group tin securely shop and entree mundane items, for illustration boarding passes, loyalty cards, arena tickets, nationalist carrier tickets, gift cards, and more.

Additional telephone improvements

Pixel’s camera now lets you manually prime which camera lens you want to usage while taking photos, giving you much power complete capturing nan cleanable shot.10

For Pixel Watches

Extra bid of mind erstwhile you’re connected nan go

In clip for National Safety Month, Car Crash Detection11is launching arsenic a marque caller information characteristic connected Pixel Watch 2 that gives you much ways to enactment safe and get thief erstwhile you mightiness request it most, moreover erstwhile you don’t person your Pixel phone. If you’re successful a terrible car accident, your watch tin now cheque successful to make judge you’re okay. If you request thief aliases don’t respond, it will automatically dial emergency services. Car Crash Detection integrates pinch Emergency Sharing connected your watch,12 truthful your emergency contacts will beryllium notified and get your real-time location if you’ve been successful an accident. We’ve besides improved Fall Detection to amended observe falls from bicycles.13

Make life easier pinch improved app experiences

Now you person much ways to salary from your Pixel Watch erstwhile you’re retired and astir without taking your beingness wallet out. You tin now nexus your PayPal relationship to Google Wallet14on your watch for easiness nan adjacent clip you time off your wallet astatine location aliases your hands are full.

Your Google Home app is getting a revamp and you tin now entree your smart location devices faster and easier straight from your watch:1516

  • Access your Google Home Favorites pinch conscionable a swipe connected your watch. Tap nan instrumentality icon to unfastened nan Home app and set nan temperature, dim nan lights, and more.
  • You tin now entree a smart location instrumentality from your watch look connected Wear OS. Tap nan instrumentality shortcut and make adjustments, correct connected your wrist.
  • The Google Home app connected Wear OS gives you much ways to power your smart location devices. Adjust nan rotation of your blinds aliases instrumentality speed, each from your watch.

For Pixel Tablet

See who’s there

Is personification ringing your doorbell? Your Pixel Tablet will now person richer doorbell notifications17when docked successful hub mode, giving you a snapshot of who is astatine your beforehand door. You tin talk to them pinch two-way talk, aliases nonstop a Quick Response.

Smart location favorites

The caller Google Home Favorites widget18gives you moreover quicker entree to your compatible smart location devices. You’ll get quick, customizable smart location controls connected your telephone and tablet location screen, truthful you tin entree your thermostat aliases move connected your lights pinch conscionable a speedy tap.

All of these features squad up to make your Pixel devices moreover better. Whether you’re astatine location aliases traveling, your Pixel devices are must-haves for this summer.

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