The September Pixel Drop is present – it brings cardinal improvements to the VIP contacts widget, adds adjacent much scam protections, expands Pause Point availability to older models and adjacent celebrates the merchandise of the caller Harry Potter audiobooks.
All Pixel devices going backmost to the Pixel 6 bid are eligible for this update but for the Pixel Tablet. Do enactment that portion the rollout starts today, it volition hap successful stages and immoderate models (especially bearer phones) whitethorn get it successful the coming weeks alternatively than today. Also – and this is important – immoderate of these features are portion and connection dependent.
The VIP contacts widget present has speedy actions that let you to telephone oregon connection that astir important idiosyncratic with a azygous tap. Additionally, determination are badges indicating missed calls and messages. The update besides makes it casual to power betwixt VIP contacts utilizing the bottommost floating menu.
The VIP contacts widget
Gboard present has a Scam Detection feature. It whitethorn dependable a small unusual to enactment this connected a keyboard, but it makes consciousness – erstwhile you commencement to reply to a suspicious message, a “Likely scam” informing spot volition look supra the keys. And that is if you adjacent marque it that acold – determination is Scam Detection for notifications excessively that brands iffy messages with the aforesaid “Likely scam” chip.
Scam Detection successful notifications
Scam Detection works connected the instrumentality itself to support your conversations private. Note that this lone supports six languages for now: Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese and Spanish. Initially, Scam Detection launched lone successful the US, but present 9 caller countries are covered: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Pause Point was introduced with the Pixel 11 series, but present Pixels going backmost to the 6-series get it. It’s a elemental integer detox diagnostic – it adds an other measurement to launching definite distracting apps. Are you definite you privation to unfastened Facebook? The telephone volition springiness you a infinitesimal to reconsider.
Pause Point helps you interruption atrocious integer habits
Finally, Audible released the Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions audiobooks. To assistance you get successful the tone of things, Google made the Harry Potter Audiobook Packs, which are themes – they alteration your icons and wallpaper and adjacent usage sounds from the books.
Pixel users get a escaped Audible proceedings truthful that they tin perceive to the caller Harry Potter audiobooks
Don’t worry, eligible Pixel users get a two-month Audible proceedings for free, truthful they tin commencement listening to the audiobooks now. Here’s what “eligible” means – the Audible proceedings is disposable to users successful the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Australia until January 14. The themes are disposable until December 31.
This array shows you which features are disposable for which Pixel devices. Again, it’s each Pixel phones from the 6-series onward, portion the Pixel Tablet misses out.
The September Pixel Drop is disposable for these models
PS. The Pixel Watch was besides updated with improved Raise to Talk (it got a caller motion model), much One Handed motion app integrations and a assortment of bug fixes. You tin find more details here.
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