Google has officially started rolling out the new Pixel feature drop update for Pixel smartphones. Google usually releases Pixel feature drops once every three months but this time, the OEM surprised users with back-to-back feature drops for Pixel smartphones.
However, the new January Feature Drop update only focuses on enhancements and contains a few changes. There isn’t a lot of information on the build number yet but the update will become available for Pixel smartphones starting January 25th.
If you’re looking to learn more, then this guide will be helpful. In this guide, you will get to learn more about Google releasing January Feature Drop update for Pixel users.
Feature list for January Feature Drop update for Pixel users
Here are some of the features that the January Feature Drop update will bring –
Circle to Search
Google and Samsung announced this AI feature to the Galaxy S24 last week. This feature will become available for Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro from January 31st, the same day the Samsung Galaxy S24 becomes available.
This feature will allow you to search for anything visible on the device’s screen by drawing a circle around it. This will work on highlight and scribble too. A long press of the home screen button or gesture bar triggers the circle to search and the users can draw circle.
Temperature sensor for body temperature
With the January Feature Drop update, Google will allow Pixel 8 temporary sensor to measure body temperature. Earlier, it used to be possible to measure the temperature of certain objects and wasn’t useful in real-life use.
Magic compose
For Google Pixel 6a and newer handsets, this feature will allow you to rewrite the drafted message in different styles that you can choose from. As for the Pixel 8 series, the processing tends to happen on-device while other Pixel devices use the cloud.
Photomoji
Google has brought along Photomoji to Google Messages. This will allow you to react with stickers extracted from Photos. All you’ll have to do is touch and hold the message before selecting Create -> Photo -> Select object and send.
Samsung and Google have partnered up to make the sharing between Android and ChromeOS devices significantly easier. Nearby Share is known as Quick Share but the functionality is the same. The name Quick Share has been taken from Samsung’s Sharing Tool.
