Google is injecting AI-powered features and accessibility improvements into its Android operating system. The popular Messages app will now integrate Google’s Gemini AI chatbot, offering suggestions to improve your conversations.
Android Auto will also leverage AI, summarizing texts and suggesting replies to minimize distractions for drivers. Google Maps will provide spoken details about places detected by your camera, aiding navigation. Additionally, Google’s Lookout app expands its image captioning support, improving accessibility for the visually impaired.
Google Docs now allows handwritten annotations within documents, while updates to the Fitbit app incorporate data from the Health Connect platform. Spotify joins YouTube Music compatibility with Android’s convenient output-switch shortcut for casting audio.
Finally, Wear OS users will welcome new features that have long been available on Apple’s watchOS: displaying Google Wallet passes and offering turn-by-turn transit navigation.
