Following the announcement last month, Google Messages is rolling out the ability to send and listen to voice memos from the Wear OS app.

Earlier this year, Google Meet introduced 1080p streaming for 1:1 conversations, and it’s now coming to group calls.

The default wallpapers on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are officially part of the “Minerals” collection, but Google is bringing a new collection — called “Gems” — of ringtones, notification sounds, and alarm sounds to all Pixel phones.

After launching in May, Google will soon actively encourage users to set up passkeys for their Gmail, YouTube, and other first-party accounts.

Following Gmail last week, Google Calendar for Wear OS is now available to download on the Play Store.

YouTube Music’s three-dot overflow menu is finally getting a redesign that at least starts to address how overcrowded and cluttered it is.

Announced at the start of September, the At a Glance widget redesign is now widely rolling out to Pixel phones. 

After debuting on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, Google’s new Magnifier app is now available to download in the Play Store. It lets you “magnify small text, see object details, or zoom in on faraway text like street signs or restaurant menus behind a service counter.”

After introducing “Resize” in recent weeks as a more visual way to customize appearance, Gboard has removed the old “Keyboard height” setting.

Google Drive on the web is getting a new “Activity” feed that “shows all pending access requests, recent comments, and approvals.”

Google Calendar is getting the ability to share events via links to match the ubiquity of video meeting links in recent years. 

Google is bringing emoji reactions to email, starting with Gmail for Android, to let you “express yourself and quickly respond.”

Following the big redesign last month, Fitbit 4.01 is rolling out on Android today with an updated Material You widget and — surprisingly — a live wallpaper for step count.

Back in June, the Google Home Script Editor launched to let users build more advanced automations, and it’s soon getting a “help me script” feature powered by generative AI.

Google is updating the Individual Contact Android widget it introduced earlier this year to bring more Material You flourishes.

 YouTube has long maintained its own design language that sets it apart from other Google apps. YouTube for Android is now testing a somewhat notable redesign that replaces the Library tab with “You.”

Following the news that Google Podcasts is shutting down next year, YouTube Music now has the ability to auto-download podcasts.

Google started testing a homescreen redesign for Messages back in June and is now widely rolling it out to stable users after months of beta testing.

Google is continuing to expand the Search Generative Experience (SGE) by letting teens in the US sign up for it.

A small quality of life improvement to Google Calendar adds the current date to every screen of the Android app. 

The “Listen again” carousel is how I primarily interact with YouTube Music, and Google is testing a larger, more dense version.