Other Android updates include better-looking document scans in Google Drive thanks to improved contrast and white balance when processing documents, and easier sharing with Fast sharingwhich is the Google equivalent of Apple’s AirDrop. You can quickly share images and videos with a QR code instead of requiring the person to be a contact or changing your app’s sharing settings.
One of Gemini’s most notable improvements is “Information Saved with Gemini,” which lets you tell Gemini to remember certain things about you so it can generate better results tailored to you. For example, if you’re vegan and ask it to find recipes, Gemini can remember that you’re vegan and will only provide vegan recipes without you ever having to specify that detail in your query.
“Information Saved with Gemini” is available on Gemini on all Android phones and on the web.
Pixel phone updates
Many other new features announced today will roll out specifically to Google’s Pixel phones, though some of these may make their way into the broader Android ecosystem in the future.
Some key features of the Pixel phone are receiving quality of life updates. Call screenwhich is Google’s phone call filtering system to erase robocalls and telemarketers from your life, now offers suggested responses you can select when a call is filtered. So if a delivery person is calling and you’re in a meeting, you can respond with a series of taps on the screen instead of answering. You can also watch the real-time conversation between the Google screening agent and the caller and take over at any time. This latter feature is available on Pixel 6 and later, but the suggested answers are exclusive to the Pixel 9 series.
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Google’s Recorder app, which transcribes recordings in real time, now has a “Clear Voice” feature that you can turn on to eliminate distracting noises from the audio, such as typing on a keyboard or the sound of car horns on the street if you are in a noisy environment. environment in which you recorded the conversation. Cleaning audio has been a bit of a theme for Google as it uses a similar technology called “Clear Calling”. Pixel Buds Pro 2 wireless earbuds and Pixel phones to reduce background sounds, not to mention the Audio magic eraserwhich allows you to erase unwanted sounds in recorded videos.
Now Playing, one of the original features that debuted on second Pixel phoneit lets you see right on the lock screen what music is playing in your surroundings so you don’t have to search for anything. This feature can now recognize even more songs and artists, and when you access the Now Playing history in the settings menu, it will show album art.
