A “Pixel Drop” update will be deployed on Pixel 4 and higher models. Among the expected new functions, you will be able to use your personal videos to make music, add your vaccination pass to the home screen, alert the emergency services in the event of a road accident or even manage your connected home from the locked screen.
The updates deployed by Google on its Pixel smartphones follow each other, but are not alike. The Mountain View company has just announced the imminent arrival of a new “Pixel Drop” which should bring some new features. This update, whose deployment has just begun, will arrive gradually on all compatible devices, from Pixel 4 to Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
An app to make music
Among the new features announced, Google unveiled pocket operator , a third-party app exclusive to Pixels. Developed in collaboration with the Swedish company Teenage engineering, which specializes in the manufacture of audio equipment for musicians, pocket operator should stimulate your artistic fiber by allowing you to shoot videos and use them to compose music and generate a clip video. The application, available for download on the Play Store is free, but only works on Pixel 5 and higher models.
A richer locked screen
The locked screen will also display more information. Owners of connected objects, in particular the Nest Doorbell, will for example be able to see directly on the locked screen of their Pixel, which has just rang the doorbell. An alert will also be displayed when your Pixel’s flash has been accidentally activated.
New in conversation mode
A few months ago, Google started beta testing its Conversation mode within its Sound Amplifier app. Originally designed to help people with hearing loss, Conversation mode will be deployed in a stable version on Pixel 3 and higher models. Thanks to him, it is possible to use a Pixel smartphone to capture the conversation of an interlocutor while filtering the surrounding noise. The system, which relies on Deep Learning, can amplify a conversation while reducing extraneous noise and other voices heard in the background.
To use it, all you have to do is open the Sound Amplifier and point the Pixel’s camera towards your interlocutor and let the magic happen to hear what they are saying to you with greater clarity. Google Meet should also benefit from it since a noise reduction system will also be integrated to suppress parasitic noise.
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