Google announced Wednesday that it is bringing a number of new features to the Android ecosystem and Pixel devices. The technological giant introduces 3 expressive material to pixel phones, adaptive sound for Pixel Buds Pro 2, pixel navigation, new AI writing tools on GBOard, improved sharing capabilities, the ability to create customized Bots Android Bots and many more.
Starting on Wednesday, the 3 expressive material comes to Pixel 6 and on the newest devices, as well as on the tablet pixel. Google says that the Material 3 Expressive will make your pixel feel even more personal as you can use live effects to add animations to the lock upholstery and create custom call cards for contacts.
Later this month, Google brings adaptive sound to Pixel Buds Pro 2, allowing buds to adapt to your environment so you can stay alert while listening to your music. In addition, you will be able to use your buds to have clear conversations with Gemini when you are in a strong environment. You can also accept or discard an incoming call with the shake or shaking your head.
In addition, Pixel Watch users can now start walking or navigation on their phone on Google Maps and then automatically appear on their smartwatch.
As for the new AI writing tools on the Gboard, you can now review your tone to be more formal, expressive or concise. You can also quickly correct your spelling and grammar. Google says that all correction and re -registration happens on your device, which means that your data remains private.
Google has also announced that you can now combine two Bluetooth le Audio headphones on your Android phone so you can hear you and another person at the same time. By sharing sound, you can hear a song at the same time or watch a movie together using your own headphones. The technological giant says this feature could be useful in various cases, such as when you are in a busy cafe or moving to a train.
In addition, you can create a QR code to share the sound with a team by starting a private show that other people can participate in. The feature allows many people to listen to the same player on their own headphones, which Google says it could be used to do things like the guest of a silent disco.
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Google emphasized that the ability to redesigned fast -sharing on Android facilitates the sharing and reception of content, allowing you to go directly between the mission and the download, the preview of the photos before sharing and open the files obtained immediately. In addition, there is a new progress indicator that shows you live updates on the file percentage that has been transferred.
Finally, Google has announced that it introduces Androidify, which is a way to build your own bot Android by uploading a selfie or writing a prompt. Androidify uses Gemini 2.5 Flash to put the photo and Imagen to create the custom bot Android. In some cases, it uses the VEO 3, the latest generation video of Google to bring your bot to life.
