Last October, Google announced the Pixel 8, its premium phones that compete at the highest level. Today, in its promise of continuous updates, the Mountain View (United States) based company announced both the availability of new features based on artificial intelligence (AI) and a new and attractive mint colorwhich is now available in Europe.
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in mint color are available today on the Google Store, while the deployment of new features that They make the mobile phone more useful and versatile The work begins tomorrow and will be completed in a few weeks, the company explains in a press release.
Some of these features offered on the latest Google phones are also coming to Samsung’s top of the range, the Galaxy S24, which can boast a leap forward in powerful artificial intelligence tools that seek to be more useful to the user.
Google Pixel 8 Pro in mint color
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Specific, the features that Google brings to your Pixel phones starting this week: Circle to search, Magic writing in messages and Custom Photomojis, a trio of new features that complement the new tools that Pixels are gradually receiving in this update promise for 7 years.
Circle to search
Searching for things on the internet with your Pixel 8 and 8 Pro is easier than ever thanks to a new and simple gesture: surrounds what is seen on the screen. Starting January 31, the new Circle to Search feature lets Google’s AI find everything we’re looking at on our phone without having to leave that screen or switch apps.
Circle to search
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To activate it, simply press and hold the Pixel’s home button or navigation bar; then circle what you want on the screen, by scribbling it with a circle. The user will immediately access more information, wherever they are.
In practice, it’s a more advanced feature of Google Lens than we’re used to, and it can be used to identify what clothes a YouTuber is wearing, get help with crossword puzzles, or find out where a photograph is that we are looking at. Additionally, with the latest AI-assisted advancements in Mixed research, The user will be able to ask a complex question related to the image you have on the screen.
Best writing
One of the most interesting details of AI is its ability to help when writing messages. Now it will be useful to change the tone or wording of our messages, which we were looking for a more professional tone, more formal or to clarify an idea.
This feature will not only reach the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro but will also reach older Google Pixel models, since it will be available from the Pixel 6, the phone launched at the end of 2021. In any case, it will be in the Pixel 8 Pro where it works best, and in this case it works on the device thanks to Gemini Nano, Google’s most effective language model for tasks.
personalized photomojis
The Fotomoji feature, available in Google Messages, allows users to transform favorite photos in reactions with the help of Google AI, which runs on the device. The only thing the user will have to do is select a photo, check how they want to react and click send.
The different creations They will be saved in a special tab, you can therefore reuse them as many times as you want. Additionally, friends in your chat groups will also be able to use the photomojis you send.
Personalized photomoji
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Other features
This update on Pixel phones isn’t the only one to hit the Google ecosystem in recent weeks. On the one hand, the form has been improved to Share content quickly. Called Quick Share – previously called Nearby – it allows you to quickly transfer images, files and text from the Pixel mobile to any compatible device via the Android, Chromebook and Windows ecosystems.
To do this, simply tap the new icon Quick share and a list of nearby devices will appear to share content with, even if you don’t have an internet connection at the time.
As is the case in other ecosystems like Apple, confidentiality is in the hands of the user, since in the phone settings you can determine who can detect the device (anyone, only your contacts or only your own devices)
On the other hand, the Pixel Watch now also has the function Audio change; This way, when the user switches from one paired device to another, the Pixel Buds Pro will automatically connect. There is no need to manually switch from one to the other.
The user can now switch the Pixel Buds Pro from the Pixel Watch to any Pixel phone or tablet and receive helpful notifications wherever the audio is. Everything to achieve a fluidity of ecosystems more advanced than ever.
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