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Google is pluck out Android 15 today to Pixel devices . It is also adding unexampled features through the October Pixel drop cloth , include improved depressed - light photography on Instagram and support for submersed photography and video .
Android 15 updates
Android 15 has a secret infinite feature that lets you hide and lock apps behind a disjoined PIN or biometric whorl — much likeiOS 18 ’s hide and lock up app lineament .
The novel software package update also has new thievery protective cover measures , such as requiring additional authentication if someone hear to get rid of your SIM or turn off Find My gimmick . Plus , after multiple failed tries to change sensitive configurations by guessing your word or PIN , the system will lock down the gadget .
Android 15 also brings features like a taskbar with the ability to immobilize apps and app dyad for split blind for foldaway and pad . It also adds backing for single - pat login for save passkeys and orbiter messaging when there is no connection or Wi - Fi connexion .
October Pixel drop
The October Pixel drop-off get improvements for low - visible light picture taking forthwith on Instagram for all Pixel devices starting from Pixel 6 ( debar Pixel A serial ) .
Google added an Audio Magic Eraser feature to the Pixel 8 series — it impart user the power to rick down the volume of sure sounds . The newfangled Pixel drop also admit them to wrick the volume of different informant up and down . Plus , drug user can also work the mass of various people in the picture up and down .
The party is also rolling out thieving protection measure for Pixel 6 and new devices that include automatically locking your speech sound when someone test to snatch it forth from you . Google say it practice AI to observe this motion when someone snatch the telephone set and run , wheel , or drives aside .
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Additionally , the companionship is bringing features like theft detection lock chamber to all equipment running Android 10 and above .
All Pixel devices from Pixel 6 and newer get widget recommendations ; the young update Pixel atmospheric condition app ; pollen information tracking in France , Germany , Italy , and the U.K. ; call screen in the U.K. and Japan ; Gemini Live support for audio AI conversations in France , Germany , Brazil , India , Spain , and Latin America ; and easier access to the Astrophotography style with a slide button in the Night Sight mode .
With the October Pixel Drop , Pixel 9 serial owners can use a waterproofed case to bewitch videos and photos subaquatic while snorkel diving or swimming . The company say it is making updates to the tv camera app to stand for better colors while shooting underwater . The Pixel 9 also gets backup for Gemini Extension for Pixel screenshots , so you’re able to call on Gemini to find something from your library of screenshots .
Ecosystem updates
Google is roll out the power to speak to Gemini without take out your speech sound if you have the Pixel Buds Pro 2 , Pixel Buds Pro , Pixel Buds A - Series , and the original Pixel Buds .
The caller is sum up screensavers with place controls , screensavers with clocks , and the ability to partake in , favorite , or archive photos from the photo form screensaver on the Pixel tablet . In the add up weeks , it will also roll out the power to transplant media — such as a Spotify runway or a YouTube video — seamlessly to a Pixel tablet from the Pixel 6 Pro , the Pixel 7 Pro , the Pixel Fold , the Pixel 8 Pro , the Pixel 9 Pro , the Pixel 9 Pro XL , and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold .
to boot , Google is bringing emoji email reactions and an update contact app with easier access to preferent middleman to all Pixel watch .
