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Google Launches November Pixel Drop with Gemini Intelligence and Create My Widget

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In Short: Google has launched its November Pixel Drop, bringing a suite of new features to Pixel devices, including Gemini Intelligence and Create My Widget.

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Google has launched its November Pixel Drop, bringing a suite of new features to Pixel devices, including Gemini Intelligence and Create My Widget.

Gemini Intelligence, now available on Pixel 10 devices, offers advanced capabilities such as Rambler, which can polish messages by removing filler words and formatting thoughts into clear, polished text.

The November Pixel Drop also includes proactive suggestions, allowing users to share their ETA with a tap or find the perfect dinner spot with timely information and suggested actions.

Create My Widget, a new feature, allows users to describe the type of widget they want, and Google’s AI will create one based on their requirements.

The November Pixel Drop also introduces 10 new custom icon styles, bringing the total to 16, enhancing the personalization of the user interface.

On the Pixel Watch 3 and newer, step-by-step workouts are rolling out, and the Wear OS 7.1 update will summarize extensive notification clusters and multi-message chats into overviews.

Google's November Pixel Drop is rolling out to Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 series devices, with availability depending on the series of Pixel device.

What this adds

Background

What's confirmed

• Create personalized widgets, like a tracker to follow your monthly spending, a game day widget with your team colors, or a getaway countdown that automatically pulls in flight and reservation details.
• Our November Pixel Drop is here, with new and expanded features making your Pixel devices more personalized, intuitive, and handy.
• This feature is coming soon to Pixel Watches.

What's still developing

• Create more personalized widgets: Ever find yourself wanting a widget that doesn’t seem to exist?
• Make sure you’re on Google Health 4.12+ on your Pixel Watch and version 5.12+ on Android.
• Creating a home screen widget used to mean finding an app that offered what you wanted and settling for whatever customization options it provided.
• You can manage these connections later through the Connected Apps settings in the Create My Widget app.
• The bigger changes are bundled into quarterly Pixel Drops, and one is rolling out today.
• The November Pixel Drop will expand these AI features to the Pixel 10 lineup, but importantly, that doesn’t include the budget-oriented Pixel 10a.
• The Pixel 11 was Google’s first foray into “Gemini Intelligence” branding, something we’ll see a lot more of going forward.
• If you like customizing your Pixel phone, Google has just announced a bunch of new features that might interest you.
• The feature is called Create My Widget, and it works pretty much how you would expect.
• Pixel Watch 3 and newer will be able to summarize long conversations in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, and Traditional Chinese when paired with Pixel 9 or newer, excluding Pixel 9a and Pixel 10a.
• In a surprising move, Google dropped the first Android 14 QPR2 (March 2024 Feature Drop) beta in mid-November.
• The QPR2 Beta 1 contained several improvements, including the ability to remove the At a Glance widget (finally!), per-app screen record, and a revamped volume slider.

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• WarpBeat — background on Google Offers Up to 27 Percent Off Pixel 11 Phones for Memorial Day link
• WarpBeat — background on Google’s Pixel 11 phones are up to 27 percent off link
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