Google has announced a unexampled Feature Drop for Pixel phones alongside the new Mint fleeceable hue for the Pixel 8 range .
Google is adding the Circle to Search feature demonstrated during theGalaxy S24launch last workweek as well as a new Thermometer app to take body temperature .
Google Messages is getting a Magic Compose feature , while users will be able to reply with Photomoji . Elsewhere , Google is detailing the Quick Share ( fka Nearby Share ) and the expansion of thePixel Buds Pro‘s Audio Switch feature .
Here ’s the lowdown on the January 2024 Pixel Feature Drop , which Google says will be rolling out in the weeks to add up .
Circle to Search
Google pick out to debut this awesome - sounding new feature article at Galaxy Unpacked last week , but it ’s issue forth toPixel 8and Pixel 8 Pro from January 31 .
The feature film enables users to long compact the Pixel home button to unlock the feature before circling , tapping on or scrawl over on the detail they ’d care to perform a Google Search for . It ’s great for wearing apparel and accessory .
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Thermometer app
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are are get a “ aesculapian - form ” consistence temperature sensing element good manners of the new Thermometer app roll out to the flagship French telephone . All you ’ll need to do is launch the app and scan your forehead with your phone to get an precise reading . The reports can be saved back to the Fitbit app .
New AI Messages features
Google is adding Magic Compose , an AI powered composition tool , to Messages . On Pixel 6 and above , it ’ll rewrite a drafted message in a style of your pick . you may make it sound more professional , or dramatic ( like Shakespeare , manifestly ) or get into the whole brevity affair with a more concise message . If you have a Pixel 8 Pro it ’ll happen using the Gemini Nano pecker on twist .
you’re able to also react with Photomoji , which are stickers created from your photographs . Google allege : “ merely select the photo , review the physical object you ’d like to react with and off send . Your innovation will be saved in a special tab for reuse , and , as a bonus , your champion in group chats can habituate your sent photomoji . ”
Quick Share
Not much to cover here , but Google worked with Samsung to make an Android - panoptic variation ofAirDrop - rival Nearby portion tech . It ’s now describe Quick Share across the Android region and we ’re seeing it roll out on Pixel Phones this month .
Auto Switch on Pixel Watch
Finally , the Audio Switch feature for the Pixel Buds Pro will now rapidly channelize the wireless connecter to a Pixel Watch . It ’ll automatically perform the switch between pair devices , so you wo n’t have to do it manually .
