The Pixel Tablet was made to be useful no matter how or where you use it, whether you’re trying to multitask around the house or charging on the speaker dock while watching YouTube videos while preparing dinner. It’s made improvements to the tablet during the past year, which could be particularly helpful during the hectic holiday season.
Check your calendar and access other apps more easily
As you go about your day and travel around your house, you may personalize your Pixel Tablet to support your routine. You can quickly access your favorite apps with the new lock screen widgets: To locate these widgets and access what you need with a few touches, simply swipe left.
The new lock screen widgets allow you to set an oven timer and play holiday music while you’re in the kitchen preparing a dinner. Additionally, you can utilize lock screen widgets to set an alarm, play white noise, and see what time you have to be in the office the next day while you get ready for bed.
Bring your music and whatever else with you
Additionally, it included new ways to improve the interoperability of your Pixel devices. For instance, you can use Tap to Cast to start streaming music on your phone while you’re driving and then switch to your tablet when you reach home. All you have to do to transfer your music is bring your phone inside and hold it up to the docked tablet. Simply bring your phone close to the docked tablet once again to transfer the song back to your phone so you can resume listening while on the road.
Managing notifications on both your tablet and phone is also simpler. Now, a notification will automatically sync and vanish from all of your devices when you check and dismiss it on one.
Ask AI to help you plan, shop and more
With the larger screen and innovative AI features of the Pixel Tablet, you can accomplish more in less time. Your go-to productivity and creative helper, Gemini may aid you with writing to-do lists, coming up with gift ideas, organizing your weekend, and more. Simply ask Gemini, “Help me plan a brunch date: Find a restaurant open this while holding down the power button. Continue with “Find me coffee shops within walking distance”. Talking over ideas in real time is even possible with Gemini Live.
For convenient browsing, you may also use Circle to Search on your Pixel tablet. Have you seen the ideal holiday present? Your tablet will locate and display further information without requiring you to navigate between apps if you simply circle the thing that interests you.
Pixel Drop: New phone, tablet, and more features
With new Gemini usage options, camera enhancements, and security updates, the most recent Pixel Drop adds more clever, practical, and user-friendly capabilities to your gadgets. Even better, it expands the number of nations where select features are available.
Use Gemini in new ways
Customize how Gemini helps you
With Gemini Advanced’s new saved info feature, you can receive more tailored responses from Gemini. With saved information, you can ask Gemini to recall your preferences and interests so that it can respond with more relevant and helpful information that is suited to your requirements and goals.
Tell Gemini you’re a vegetarian, for instance, and Gemini will remember and give you vegetarian-friendly dishes without you having to remind them all the time. Any information you’ve shared may be readily seen, edited, or deleted, and you can also see when it’s utilized.
Get help across more of your favorite apps
Google is making it simpler to use more Gemini apps and services on Android. You may now use your usual phone and messaging applications to create and send messages, as well as ask Gemini to call businesses or personal contacts. You can even access your camera to snap a quick selfie, adjust your device’s settings, and set alarms.
In the upcoming weeks, Google will be adding support for many more apps. You can play your favorite songs and find playlists for any mood with the new Spotify plugin. You can ask Gemini to manage smart home appliances like lighting, air conditioning, or televisions that are accessible through your Google Account. You can also ask Gemini to look up more details about a location on Maps, read reviews, and search websites for answers.
Answer phone calls the smart way
Screen calls with even smarter replies from Gemini Nano
In the Call Screen, Gemini Nano on Pixel may now recommend more contextual, tap-friendly responses for you. This implies that responding to unknown callers is simple and doesn’t need you to answer the phone. For instance, you can use this function to reply to the delivery person when a box is being delivered by answering their yes-or-no questions or by posing pertinent follow-up queries, all through straightforward prompts that appear on your screen.
See live transcripts of your screened conversations so you know if want to pick up
During an automated Call Screen, you can now listen in on the caller and AI agent chats. At any point during the screening process, you have the option to accept or reject a call.
Listen (and look) at better audio-visual tools
Give your captions new life
Expressive Captions, which are now available for Android phones, employ artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically record the emotion and intensity of speech for any sound-based content on your phone, including livestreams. You’ll witness things like a gasp at a delicious secret, cheers and clapping for a major win, and all caps when someone gets particularly excited when you’re watching live sports, messaging, using social media, or seeing a video message.
Enjoy cleaner audio
With the latest version of the Recorder app, noise and distractions are automatically reduced. Whether you’re recording a lecture or a crucial interview with the app, it can be difficult to follow audio playback due to distracting background noise. To concentrate on speakers and cut down on surrounding noise, you can now use the Recorder’s “Clear voice” option.
Enjoy a smoother, faster Pixel experience
Make your Pixel easier to read and navigate
It launching Simple View, a brand-new method of smartphone navigation. Simple View makes it easier to read and utilize controls, apps, and widgets by increasing the font size and touch sensitivity of your phone.
See what’s playing
Use the most recent update to Now Playing to find new music and artists. Now that you can view the album art for every song in your Now Playing history, discovering new music will be simpler.
Faster access to controls on the Pixel tablet
With your Pixel Tablet, you can now immediately start utilizing your preferred controls. To access widgets for instant controls of your smart home appliances, timers, music, and more, simply slide right from the tablet’s lock screen.
Try the enhanced security and safety features
Travel with peace of mind
This holiday season, are you taking any trips? Identity Check in beta will now demand your fingerprint or face authentication before allowing you to make any changes to your phone’s critical settings when you’re in a new place. By changing your PIN or turning off theft prevention measures, you provide yourself with more security against anyone attempting to steal your phone and access your credentials.
Keep your data even safer
You may now utilize free built-in Google VPN on your Pixel Tablet, which was previously limited to Pixel phones. This means that when you connect to public Wi-Fi networks, your private messages and photographs, location data, banking information, health information, and internet traffic are all safeguarded.
Tune into your home from your wrist
Keep an eye on who’s at your door with your Pixel Watch 2. You may now see a live view of your porch and speak with anyone there from your wrist when you receive a notice from your Nest Cam or Nest Doorbell.
