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New features for the Pixel Watch in the December Pixel Feature Drop. In addition to new features for phones, Google hasn't forgotten about the watch either: • Call Screen is now on the Pixel Watch (English only in the US). With this feature, Google Assistant will be able to answer calls for you and display a summary of the conversation right on the watch. It has already been present for a long time on phones. • Watch Unlock. You'll now be able to use your Pixel Watch to unlock your Pixel phone when it's nearby. The feature works through Google Play Services and is waiting for server-side activation. • The first-gen Pixel Watch will now get Do Not Disturb and Bedtime Modes syncing, which was previously only available on the Pixel Watch 2. The first-gen watch also recently received new watch faces from the second-gen. As of now, the features may not be available yet and it may take a couple of days or weeks for them to arrive. Google News | En

The December 2023 Feature Drop update brings a much newer Arm Mali GPU kernel driver to Tensor Pixels, which users report significantly improves performance in games like Genshin Impact and Fortnite! The GPU kernel driver has been upgraded from r38p1 released on August 18, 2022 to r44p1, which was released on October 11, 2023 (H/T @mile_freak07). (The GPU kernel driver version in the current Android 14 QPR2 beta is still r44p1.) If you have a Tensor Pixel, try out some games/GPU benchmarks and see if the performance has improved significantly for you. Alex Mullis noticed a major performance improvement in Genshin Impact a few weeks back after the game's version 4.2 update. The game ran quite poorly on the Pixel 8's Android 14 stable release, but ran much better on the QPR beta. User TechDroider did a performance comparison between stable Android 14 and Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 in Fortnite.

The Pixel's December 2023 Feature Drop is rolling out today, and it brings a new feature I previously detailed called Repair Mode. What is it and how does it work? Here's a first look at Repair Mode and an explanation of how it works under-the-hood.

Android 14 QPR1 includes 37 fixes and improvements for Pixel devices. The entire list is shown in the attached images. 🔗 Pixel Phone Help Google News | En

The December Pixel Feature Drop based on Android 14 QPR1 has arrived. Pixels 5a and newer are getting the update (support has officially ended for the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G). In addition to the new features and fixes added in Android 14 QPR1, Google is also adding new features in system apps. So, in order: Pixel 8 Pro: • Summarize in the Voice Recorder app with Gemini Nano • Smart Reply in Gboard with Gemini Nano • Video Boost with Night sight video mode • Night Sight in Time Lapse (8 and 8 Pro) • Improved Portrait Lighting (Pixel 6 and newer) • Google Photos' Unblur tool now better sharpens images of dogs and cats. (Pixel 6 and later) • Dual Screen Preview feature in Pixel Camera on Pixel Fold • Webcam mode via USB connection (Pixel 6 and newer) • The camera's Clean feature can help remove smudges, streaks, and creases from scanned documents. (Pixel 6 and later) • Google Password Manager can now identify which of your accounts support passkeys and help you add them with just a few taps. • Repair Mode (Pixel 6 and newer) • Unlock with Wear OS Watches • Weather in the Clock app • Contextual replies in Call Screen (Pixel 6 and newer) • Spatial audio for Pixel Tablet • Clear Calling for Pixel Tablet • Recorder app now transcribes in 28 new languages • Pixel’s Direct My Call and Hold for Me are expanding to business numbers without a toll-free prefix.18 Both features are also now available in the UK (Pixel 6 and newer) Build Number: UQ1A.231205.015 Security Patch: December 2023 🔗 Full description in Google Blog Google News | En

New Pixel Camera Update v.9.2 adds Night Sight Time Lapse for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. Google Rolling out new Pixel Camera update that includes next new features: • Night Sight in Time Lapse [exclusive to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro]. The camera app already allowed you to record short time lapse videos of about a second in Astrophotography mode. Now there will be a separate setting in Time Lapse mode that allows you to record longer Nigh Sight Time Lapse videos. ○ 1080p: 5-minute recording → 10-second video ○ 4K: 20-minute recording → 10-second video • Customizing the "Palm timer" feature. The function itself was added in June this year, now with the settings "Always on" or only when the timer is active. • Separate switch for Ultra HDR photos in advanced settings. Google News | En

💬 Google Messages will get 7 new features to celebrate 1 billion RCS users. There are now more than one billion monthly active users who have RCS enabled in Google Messages. To celebrate reaching this milestone, Google Messages is introducing seven new new ways to express yourself : 1. Photomoji — lets you turn your favorite photos into a reaction using Google's AI right on your device. Simply select a photo, choose the object you want to turn into a photomoji, and tap the "Send" button. They'll be saved in a special tab for reuse, and your friends in group chats will also be able to use the photomoji you send. 2. Voice Moods, plus improved audio quality — Voice moods bring voice messages to life. With nine different emotions to choose from, the recipient will be able to hear your words along with a visual that expresses your feelings in the moment. Voice messages also have increased bitrate and sampling rate. 3. Screen Effects — when typing specific phrases like "it's snowing" or "I love you", you will see full-screen animations. Try to uncover all 15+ hidden Screen Effects prompt words. 4. Custom Bubbles — Customize the bubble color and backgrounds of your conversation and the person you’re communicating with. 5. Reaction Effects — ten popular emoji: 👍❤️ 😂😮😡👎💩🎉😠😢 will get special reaction animations on messages. 6. Animated Emoji 7. Profiles — you can personalize your profile name and the photo that accompanies your phone number. With Profiles, you can now define what you look like on Google services. This solves the problem of receiving messages from phone numbers not saved in your contacts, which can be especially useful in group chats so you know who everyone else in the group is. 🔗 Google Blog Google News | En

Google Chat on Android and iOS has gotten a new navigation design Google introducing a new bottom navigation bar within the *Gmail* Chat app on Android & iOS devices that will now have easy access to the following views: • Home: helps you stay on top of all conversions in one unified view, with a filter that allows you to drill down to unread messages. • Direct messages: see a compact list of all your 1:1 and group messages, including pinned conversations at the top of the list. • Spaces: see a compact list of all your spaces, including pinned conversations at the top of the list. • Mentions: helps you easily find messages from conversations and spaces where you’ve been mentioned. Google demonstrated the redesign with an example of a built into the Gmail app Chat tab. The "Chat" and "Spaces" tabs will be merged into one, and there will be a new floating pill-shaped container above the navigation bar with a chat FAB on the right. How this change will affect the standalone Сhat app is not yet clear. This change will be available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts in the coming weeks. 🔗 Google Workspace Updates Google News | En

🐛 Android Beta Feedback app will soon get a Material You Widget. The latest app update v. 2.39 contains a hidden widget that includes multiple shortcuts: • Bug shortcut — opens main page • Lightning bolt shortcut — opens the issue report form page and immediately starts collecting logs for bugreport • Page shortcut — doing the same as Lightning bolt shortcut • Dots shortcut — opens apps list to report app specific issue • Arrows shortcut — Opens 'Select Device' page to report an issue that involves more the one device. The widget has several layouts depending on its size, as demonstrated in the screenshots. It is currently hidden under the server-flag. Google News | En

Pixel 8a wallpapers have been leaked online As with the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, Andrew Zuckerman is responsible for the design. This wallpaper set continues the mineral theme and includes the following minerals (and their dark variations): Titanite, Barite, and Hematite. There is also an additional wallpaper codenamed 'Porcelain'. The uncompressed versions are posted in the comments. Source: Kamila Wojciechowska(via smartprix) Google News | En

🐛 Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1.1 feedback survey is now available. This survey is only for devices running Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1.1 (AP11.231020.016 / AP11.231020.016.A1). You can verify this by going to Settings > About Phone. Also, don't forget to report your bugs via the 🐛 Feedback app. 🔗 Survey Link Google News | En

Android 14 QPR2 (March) Beta 1.1 bugfix is out. List of fixes: • Fixed an issue that sometimes caused some apps to be removed after a system update was installed and then prevented those apps from being installed again. In other cases, affected apps couldn't be installed on a device even if they hadn't been installed previously. • Fixed other issues that were impacting system stability, performance, and connectivity. 🔗 Android Beta • OTA images • Factory Images Google News | En