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New Fitbit Sleep Lab will find your ‘ideal’ wake and bedtime
In addition to “Sleep insights & tips,” Fitbit Labs is preparing a new opt-in “Sleep need” experiment that will find your “ideal bedtime and wake times.”
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid 16 Beta continues work on Pixel ‘Battery health’
Google has been preparing a “Battery health” settings page for Pixel since October of 2022, and work continues with Android 16 Beta 2.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Assistant car mics might be shutting down soon
In 2019, Google introduced a new class of Assistant device that provided dedicated mics in your car. Five years later, Google looks to be shutting down the “Google Assistant on Car accessory.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages preps deleting sent RCS messages ‘for everyone’
Back in June, the GSMA Association responsible for RCS finalized the latest standard with features like the ability to delete a sent message, and Google Messages is readying support.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Keep updating FAB to bring back ‘single tap’ to create note
Back in November, Google redesigned Keep for Android to make note creation a two-step process. Google Keep is now readying a “Create text notes with a single tap” setting.
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid Auto 13.5 debuts with improved support for non-cars, Lucid EV prep
Google is rolling out the latest Android Auto update, v13.5, in beta which brings with it improvements to support for vehicles that are not cars, and more.
Expand Expanding CloseGemini getting ready to replace Google Assistant on Wear OS
Following phones, tablets, and earbuds, Google is next bringing Gemini to Wear OS watches.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle teases ‘AI Mode’ as new way to talk to Search [APK Insight]
Google is readying some sort of “AI Mode” for the Search app on Android that appears to be a new conversational and visual (or multimodal) experience.
Expand Expanding ClosePixel Recorder preps ‘Clear voice’ background noise reduction
Google is working on a “Clear voice” feature for the Pixel Recorder that will “Reduce background noise while recording for clearer speech playback.”
Expand Expanding ClosePixel ‘At a Glance’ widget might show sports scores
Besides “Enhance Now Playing,” the latest version (V.13) of Android System Intelligence for the Pixel 9 reveals how Google is working to sports scores to the At a Glance widget.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle to ‘Enhance Now Playing’ on Pixel, tweaks homescreen icon
The Pixel’s background song recognition feature has not been updated in ages, but Google is now getting ready to “Enhance Now Playing.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages working on new in-app ‘Backup & restore’ system
For the most part, message backup on Android today is handled on the system-level by Google (One). Google Messages is now readying an in-app “Backup & restore” experience.
Expand Expanding CloseHow Gemini will ‘improve’ Google Assistant for speakers, displays
Back in August with the Google TV Streamer and new Nest Learning Thermostat, Google revealed that Assistant is being upgraded with Gemini.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle working on ‘Shielded Email’ to hide your address from apps
Google might let you hide your actual email address from Android apps with a new “Shielded Email.”
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid Auto 13.3 update prepares support for radio stations
Google is rolling out another new Android Auto update and this one further prepares for a new form of media control, including a bunch of different radio stations.
Expand Expanding CloseFitbit redesigns Weight stats page, preps LLM ‘Sleep Lab’ and logging
The modernization of the Fitbit app continues with a redesign of the Weight stats page and logging experience, while Google is working on a new “Sleep Lab.”
Expand Expanding ClosePixel Phone app working on contextual ‘AI Replies’ in Call Screen
Google updated Call Screen with contextual replies last December, and the Pixel Phone app is now readying “AI Replies” powered by large language models.
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Android Auto seems to be preparing support for more calling apps
Android Auto currently only supports using your phone’s default dialer app for making phone calls, but that may soon change as the new Android Auto 13.0 update prepares support for third-party calling apps.
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid Auto 13.0 update is now rolling out, prepares for new ‘Car Media’ feature
Google is rolling out the next version of Android Auto, version 13.0, which doesn’t bring any user-facing changes, but does continue some work behind the scenes.
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Find My Device prepares a ‘compass’ for finding trackers, likely for UWB support
Google’s rollout of the Find My Device network has been a bit less than ideal, but things are due to get better over time. One of the highly anticipated additions to Find My Device is support for UWB trackers, which the app appears to be preparing for with the addition of a “compass.”
Expand Expanding CloseAndroid Auto preparing Gemini Live support and ‘local media’ controls alongside radio
Google appears to be working on a couple of new Android Auto features, with further support for “local media” from your car continuing to be developed alongside hints that Gemini Live may be supported in the car.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Messages adding support for dual SIM RCS [U]
Since launch, Google Messages has not allowed RCS on more than one phone number, but the app is now adding support for dual (multi) SIM.
Expand Expanding CloseFiles by Google adds Circle to Search for images, preps AI summaries
After redesigning Recents on the homescreen, Files by Google now has a shortcut for Circle to Search when viewing images.
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