Google releases a bunch of new features for Pixels and Android: here’s what’s new. The December security patch update brings with it the fourth and final feature drop of the year adding a bunch of new features within the software of supported Pixels and Android.
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December’s news for Pixels and Android
The functions have more or less all been announced by Google in recent weeks, with betas and press releases, and for this reason we already know them a little, but now the time has come to see them in detail, also discovering what Pixel models are available.
VPN for Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro
Finally, after being anticipated a few weeks ago, the free VPN integrated within Google One is available for Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro. It can be used with any type of network and for any type of navigation, for which guarantees a high level of safety.
New security and privacy settings
Security and privacy settings have been unified and moved to one place, making them easier and faster to access. This is to have a single screen in which to have access to all the functions for the protection of the smartphone.
Clear Calling for Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro
Clear Calling is available for Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro. It is a function that uses the data and Wi-Fi connection and the capabilities of the Tensor G2 SoC to increase the quality of telephone calls by improving the voice of the interlocutor and reducing background noise.
Labels for Google Recorder
This function is incredible because it adds a really smart thing to your recordings, provided you have a Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 7 Pro, Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro. Basically, now Google Recorder is capable of recording real own meetings, interviews, and conferences by automatically adding an individual tag to the person speaking – this means that Google Recorder self-tags each new and different person speaking within your recordings.
Read more about sleep
With a combination of Fitbit Sleep Profile, Google Pixel Watch, and Fitbit Premium, you can now learn more about your sleep and get different tips on how to rest better. The feature takes into account 10 different aspects of sleep, including duration, bedtime consistency, and interruption, to represent patterns with one of six sleep animals in order to evaluate and change sleeping habits. he rests. In addition, Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro are now able to detect cough and snoring in order to provide more information to have an even more complete picture of sleep.
New wallpapers from the Curated Culture category are available, all designer and made to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ready to be used to customize the Pixel.
Then there are new animated backgrounds capable of reacting to the movements of the smartphone by moving and swinging and new tiles for Wear OS capable of showing sunrise and sunset and up to 5 quick contacts taken from Google Contacts.
Finally, other functions expand
- The digital car key, a function for unlocking, locking and starting a smartphone compatible car, can now be shared with friends and family who need it.
- Gboard’s grammar checker is now available in French, as well as Spanish and English.
- Live Translate is now capable of translating text in messaging applications, both in received and sent messages, into other languages: Arabic, Persian, Swedish, Vietnamese and Danish.
- Better search is now available for Google Pixels from Pixel 4a onwards, so you can quickly find what you’re looking for, whether it’s an app, contact, screenshot, setting or web result.
- Voicemail transcription in Google Messages now supports Google Pixels from Pixel 4a onwards.
- Spatial audio for the Google Pixel Buds Pro will be available with the January update and will support head movements to deliver a more immersive and immersive sound to feel even more at the center of your favorite movies and shows, provided you have a Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 7 Pro, Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro.
Those are all the new features announced and released by Google tonight, except for spatial audio for the Google Pixel Buds Pro which will only be available next month.
