Other Android updates include better-looking document scans in Google Drive thanks to improved contrast and white balance in document processing steps, and easier sharing with Quick Share, which is Google’s equivalent to Google’s AirDrop. Apple. You can quickly share images and videos with a QR code instead of requiring the person to be a contact or modify your app’s sharing settings.
One of the most notable improvements to Gemini is “Information Saved with Gemini,” which allows you to tell Gemini to remember certain things about you so it can generate better personalized results for you. For example, if you are vegan and you ask it to find recipes, Gemini can remember that you are vegan and will only provide you with vegan recipes without you having to specify that detail in your query.
“Information saved with Gemini” is rolling out to Gemini on all Android phones and on the web.
Pixel phone updates
Many other new features announced today will be rolled out specifically to Google’s Pixel phones, although some of them may come to the broader Android ecosystem in the future.
Some core features of the Pixel phone are receiving quality of life updates. Call Screen, which is Google’s system that filters phone calls to eliminate robocalls and telemarketers from your life, now offers suggested responses you can take advantage of when a call is screened. So if a delivery driver calls and you’re in a meeting, you can respond with a series of taps on the screen instead of answering. You can also view the real-time conversation between the Google detection agent and the caller, and take control 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 activate to remove distracting noises from your audio, such as typing on a keyboard or blaring speakers on the street if you’re in a noisy place. environment when you recorded the conversation. Audio cleanup has been an issue for Google, as it uses similar technology called “Clear Calling” on its Pixel Buds Pro 2 wireless earbuds and Pixel phones to reduce background sounds, not to mention Audio Magic Eraser, which lets you delete. Unwanted sounds in recorded videos.
Now Playing, one of the original features that debuted on the second Pixel phone, lets you see right on the lock screen what music is playing around you so you don’t have to search for anything. This feature can now recognize even more songs and artists, and when you go to the Now Playing history in the settings menu, it will show the album art.