Nine new Android features are coming to users via an update that will soon be rolling out. These features via the coming updates will roll out to smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, as well as the Android Auto system. In this article, we’ll have a look at the nine features that are coming to your Android device and how they aim to step up your user experience.
Google advertises these new features as productivity-oriented features that will soon be available for usage. In total, nine new features are coming to Android users and most of them bring AI features for usage. The first feature is the use of AI in Android Auto to summarize long texts and give reply options while the user is driving, hence ensuring safety on the road.
Next on the list is the mage captions in Lookout feature, which will help blind and sight-impaired users get auto-generated AI descriptions of photos on their Android devices. Users will soon be able to get information on places by using the lens feature in Google Maps and pointing their phone’s camera to the place they wish to learn more about. This is another coming feature, next is the ability to add handwritten annotations on Google Docs on an Android smartphone or tablet (with or without a stylus).
Improvements to casting controls (for media control around the house) on Spotify are rolling out to users thanks to this coming update. Health Connect on the Fitbit app brings data from the users’ various wearable devices and apps to one place. Google Wallet passes are now coming to Wear OS smartwatches for easy access to various tickets, cards, or passes from the user’s wrist.
Still for Wear OS smartwatches is the coming transit directions feature on Google Maps, users can access a ton of information from their wrist. Lastly, is the ability to use Gemini on Messages by Google from your smartphone or tablet. These are all the interesting features that are coming to Android devices in the coming weeks via an update.