Google Is Bringing These New Features to Android Users

Google has announced several Android features that will enhance various experiences on the operating system. There will be significant upgrades to apps like the Gboard, Google Photos, Live Transcribe and Google Messages and other functionalities. Google hasn’t provided exact release dates for these features, but they may be rolling out over the coming weeks.[1]

Google's Gboard for Android offers everything you'd expect from a keyboard. But it goes further by providing built-in search to hunt for information that you can easily share with messaging partners.[2]

The Gboard (Google Keyboard) is an essential part of typing and messaging experience. To further enhance the overall experience, Gboard is getting grammar correction features that will detect grammatical errors for the user. According to Google, the feature will work on-device along with the spell check feature. Earlier, the grammar feature was exclusive to Pixels but now it will get a wider roll-out to other devices as well.

The Google keyboard app will also be updated with more than 2,000 ‘emoji mashups’ to provide an exciting messaging experience. Google Pixel users will get an exclusive feature that will allow them to convert words into colourful stickers in the Gboard.[1]

Google Photos’ portrait blur feature is getting an update where it will be able to blur the background in a wider range of photos, including pictures of pets, food, and plants. The feature has previously been able to blur the background of pictures with people only. The feature will be launched for Pixel owners and Google One subscribers with a future update. Portrait blur can also be applied to existing photos.

Google’s Live Transcribe app is also getting an important update. The app, designed to offer quick speech-to-text transcription for those who are hard of hearing is being updated to work offline. Google says that this will be helpful for conversations that happen in areas with low network coverage like subways or airplanes. Live Transcribe is available across all Android phones and comes pre-installed on Samsung and Pixel phones.[3]

Google Maps feature to pay for parking is already available in 400 cities of the US. With the update, the Google Assistant will now be able to handle parking payments for the users.

Users can simply say “Hey Google, pay for parking” and the assistant will handle everything. It works by integrating the Google Maps with Parkmobile.

The feature drop also brings improvements to Google TV by adding a personalised feed of entertainment, news, reviews and additional content based on the user's TV show interests.

A new time screen widget is also coming that will tell users how much time they are spending on their Android device and what they’re doing on the phone or tablet.[1]

References:

1. https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/google-may-soon-roll-out-these-amazing-features-for-android-users/ar-AAUY6z7?ocid=BingNewsSearch
2. https://download.cnet.com/Gboard-the-Google-Keyboard/3000-20432_4-75930953.html
3. https://www.news18.com/news/tech/google-is-bringing-these-new-features-to-android-phones-with-latest-feature-drop-4863917.html

Cite this article:

Thanusri swetha J (2022), Google Is Bringing These New Features to Android Users, Anatechmaz, pp. 183