Pixel machine house owners will certainly be busy discovering a number of new options because of the discharge of Android 15. Nonetheless, Google’s newest October Pixel Drop brings much more options to new and up to date units. As traditional, this quarterly replace applies to a number of units starting from the Pixel 6 to newest Pixel 9 Professional Fold together with Google’s ecosystem merchandise just like the Pixel Watch and Buds sequence TWS earphones as nicely. It is clever to remember the fact that whereas Google has added a number of options for older units throughout the Pixel vary, options like Gemini Reside are solely out there on choose units, languages and nations.
Google’s October Pixel Drop) begins rollout right this moment in a phased method. Should you do not see it but, do not panic, it ought to present up quickly.
Gemini Updates
For starters, Gemini Reside is now extra accessible in the event you personal a pair of Pixel Buds. Google Pixel Buds Professional or A-series house owners can now merely say “Hey Google, let’s discuss” to start out a dialog with the AI assistant by way of their earphones, which was lately made out there for all Pixel customers, freed from cost. The common Gemini assistant now additionally works with the Pixel Screenshots app letting you discover issues in your screenshots on the press of a button.
Updates for Pixel Telephones
The Audio Magic Eraser device that debuted with the Pixel 8 Professional final yr and arrived in an “improved” type with the Pixel 9 sequence is now rolling out to Pixel 8 sequence smartphones. Pixel 9 sequence house owners (aside from the 9 Professional Fold after all) will now see improved images and video recording with richer and extra correct colors.
Google claims to have added some main enhancements to Astrophotography in Night time Sight mode and it is out there for customers from the Pixel 6 onwards. Night time Sight additionally makes its strategy to Instagram letting Pixel house owners snap Night time Sight captures straight from the Instagram app.
The Temperature app out there on the Pixel 8 Professional, 9 Professional, and 9 Professional XL fashions will now allow you to use the viewfinder as a information to see what precisely you’re pointing it at. Google additionally added themed suggestions for widgets within the type of widget classes (Social, Leisure and extra).
Updates for Pixel Watch and Tablets
All Pixel Watch house owners can now set a brand new particular person contact tile with fast actions to name, message or open a contact. Customers may ship or react with emojis (for the Gmail app) straight from their Pixel Watch. Google’s Lack of Pulse Detection function, which is accessible solely on the Pixel Watch 3, is now out there for customers in Belgium, Italy and Spain.
It is now simpler to seamlessly switch media (as a substitute of utilizing the solid icon) from Pixel Pill or a Pixel 9 Professional Fold to a Pixel telephone. A brand new function can be arriving within the coming weeks, however it mainly lets customers solid media from one machine to a different by merely bringing a Pixel telephone nearer to a Pixel pill. Pixel pill customers may also be glad to know that notifications will sync throughout their Pixel telephone and pill which means that they merely have to dismiss a notification on one machine and never two units individually.