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These Five New Features Are Coming to Android Devices
Lifehacker • • technology
Key Points:
- Google’s September Android Drop introduces five new features aimed at enhancing user convenience, including a new Find Hub capability that lets users track items without dedicated trackers by asking Gemini to remember their locations.
- Android 17 will include a new anti-motion sickness feature called "Motion Assist," similar to Apple’s Vehicle Motion Cues, which displays moving dots on the screen to help reduce motion sickness in vehicles with customizable appearance and activation options.
- The "Guided vision" feature is added to Gemini Live to assist blind and low-vision users by helping them read fine print, identify objects in low light, and properly align their camera, supporting devices running Android 9 and newer.
- Google Messages now integrates Google Keep, enabling users to create and edit notes directly within chats for easier collaboration on lists and plans without switching apps.
- Additionally, Google Messages offers new chat customization options allowing users to set chat backgrounds with photos and automatically adjust text bubble colors to match, with full manual customization also available.
