Your Android keeps getting better.
Explore all the latest and greatest Android features that help you stay connected, creative, productive, and safe.
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Android Auto Teacher approved games
Keep kids entertained while parked.
The new kid-friendly lineup offers a fun and educational play experience right on your dashboard. With games catered for ages 3-12, children can learn and play with games like Disney Coloring World, LetraKid: Writing ABC for Kids, Draw a Stickman: EPIC 3, and more. ⓘ
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Google Messages Leave and report group chats
Easily spot and leave spam group chats.
Receive alerts on potential spam chats as soon as you’re added. If an unknown number invites you to a group in Google Messages, you’ll see one-tap actions to leave the group, block the number, and report it as spam. ⓘ
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Phone by Google Call Reason (in beta)
Make your important calls stand out.
Locked out? Concert tickets about to go on sale? Coming soon, Call Reason (in beta) lets you flag a call to a friend as ‘urgent’, so they know it’s time-sensitive and can prioritize answering or getting back to you. ⓘ
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Digital Car Key Expanded availability
Use digital car keys with more vehicles.
Unlock and start your car, right from your phone. Digital car key is now available on Porsche and coming soon to Rivian, Ram, and Cadillac. See the full list of compatible vehicles here. ⓘ
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Gmail App Send larger files
Send larger attachments from your phone.
Send your biggest files right from the Gmail mobile app. Simply attach large videos, photos, and more, and Gmail will automatically create shareable Google Drive links for anything over 25MB in size and add them to your email. ⓘ
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Circle to Search See continuous translations
Translate the whole page as you scroll.
See continuous translations, wherever you scroll. Whether you’re reading menus, news articles, or social media posts and comments, get automatic translations in your preferred language, without switching apps. ⓘ
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Gemini Live Gemini Live with highlights
Help you can see.
Need to fix a gadget, or select the perfect book? Soon you’ll be able to show Gemini what you see and it will highlight exactly what to focus on, providing the easy-to-follow visual guidance you need to understand your surroundings. ⓘ
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Google Maps on Wear OS Continue navigation on your watch
Phone navigation continues on your watch.
When walking, cycling, or doing anything else that keeps your hands busy, navigate hands-free from your Wear OS watch. Start a Google Maps journey on your phone, and it will now also display on your wrist – for safer, glanceable directions. ⓘ
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Android Auto Gemini in Android Auto
Get more done hands-free in the car.
Coming soon, chat naturally with Gemini for hands-free assistance while you drive. Ask for help brainstorming ideas, reading or drafting texts, and completing tasks with connected apps. ⓘ
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Google Home Favorites in Google Home
Customize Favorites across your devices.
Coming soon, you will be able to pin light controls to your phone, the thermostat to your smartwatch, or security cameras to your TV. Find and manage smart home products faster with customizable Favorites. ⓘ
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Stay informed of kids’ spending.
Help kids make safer and more convenient payments in stores. Parents can now add payment cards to their child’s Google Wallet and easily view recent transactions in Family Link to stay informed of their child’s spending. ⓘ
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View PDFs directly in Chrome.
Open PDFs without switching apps. Simply tap a PDF link to start reading, with the option to download it if you need to.
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Android 16 Notification auto-grouping
Minimize clutter and keep things organized.
Forced notification auto-grouping stops apps from overwhelming you with multiple individual notifications, grouping them together to keep things looking tidy.
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See where your ride or package is at a glance.
Know when your car, food or package will arrive without diving into compatible apps. Get real-time updates with a progress bar right in the notification.
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Android 16 Desktop windowing
A desktop-like experience on your tablet.
Open, move and resize multiple app windows, just like a desktop, for easier multitasking on your tablet. Group apps together to streamline your workflow.
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Android 16 Advanced Protection
Stronger security in a single tap.
Get Android’s strongest protection from online attacks, harmful apps, unsafe websites, scam calls and more. Advanced Protection enables multiple safeguards to defend your device and data in one tap.
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Android 16 Hearing device support
Clearer calling with hearing devices.
Control hearing devices from your device for a simpler experience across different hearing device brands. Or switch to your phone as input with LE Audio hearing devices for clearer calls in noisy environments.
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Android 16 Custom keyboard shortcuts
Customize your workflow.
Create your own shortcuts for faster access to the actions and tools you use the most. Add custom shortcuts on your Android tablet with a keyboard.
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Android 16 Taskbar overflow
Find apps fast when your taskbar is full.
Too many open apps? Not anymore. Taskbar overflow helps you find the app window you need, even when your taskbar is full.
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Android 16 Slider haptics
Get a feel for things with haptic sliders.
Dial in precise volume or phone brightness with haptics that respond to the movement and speed of your swipe at each step of the slider.
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Android 16 Adaptive refresh rate
Optimize battery life and fluid visuals.
Experience smoother scrolling, gaming and animations. Adaptive refresh rate automatically adjusts your display when viewing motion-intense or static content to balance performance and battery life.
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Android 16 HDR screenshots
Flawless screenshots in HDR.
Take, save, edit and share screenshots of your HDR photos and videos while preserving the quality, color and detail of HDR content. Know that they’re seeing what you’re seeing.
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Android 16 Predictive back
Glimpse your destination before going back.
Get a preview of your previous screen before committing to going back by long-pressing the back button in three button navigation.
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Android 16 Identity Check
Protect against takeovers outside of trusted locations.
Help stop common scams like shoulder surfing & PIN theft. Coming to more devices, Identity Check requires biometric authentication to access sensitive resources when you’re outside trusted locations.
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Make trade-ins faster.
Trade-in mode provides quicker access to key device details at the point of sale. This makes it faster to trade in a device, get a refund and upgrade.
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Google Messages Scam detection
Receive scam alerts for suspicious conversations.
Protect yourself from fraud with alerts for suspicious texts within a conversation. Scam Detection in Google Messages uses powerful AI to identify text patterns commonly associated with scams, so you can report and block a suspected scammer, fast. ⓘ
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Find Hub Family and friend finding
Find friends and family with live location sharing.
Share your location with trusted contacts in Find Hub for safety and peace of mind. Easily check your friend's ETA for dinner or make sure they got home safe, and manage who sees your location and for how long. ⓘ
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Android Auto More apps in Android Auto
Park and play. More games available now.
Level up in your downtime with more gaming apps available on Android Auto. Park your car and dive into games like Farm Heroes Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, and more. ⓘ
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Know the right time to buy and find better deals.
Feel confident you're buying at the right time to get a better deal with new shopping insights and tools in Chrome. Check a product’s price history, set up discount notifications, and compare prices across websites – all in one place. ⓘ
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Google TV Continue watching across devices
Pick up where you left off on another screen.
Google TV now saves your spot across devices so you can start a movie on your TV and finish it on your phone. Find the new ‘Continue watching’ row to pick up where you left off, without missing a beat. ⓘ
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Add helpful context to chats with Gemini Live.
Coming soon, add some helpful context when you talk it out live with Gemini for richer conversations. Just add an image, file, or YouTube video at the beginning of your chat to start a discussion about it. ⓘ
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Messaging between Android and iOS, now better.
With RCS now available on iOS, you can manage group chats, send high-quality media, and react to messages with emoji across devices. ⓘ
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Get help from Gemini across your favorite apps.
With Gemini connected to more apps, you can call contacts and send messages with your default phone and messaging apps. You can also set alarms and control device settings and your camera. Soon, you'll be able to use Gemini to control your smart home devices and get more information about places on Maps. ⓘ
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Captions Expressive Captions
Say HELLO to better captions.
Get real feels on everything live. Feel the [whispering] of a juicy secret. The [CHEERING] of a big win. The [groaning] after a dad joke. From streaming to social to video messages, we’re opening a whole new world of expression, only on Android [applause]. ⓘ
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Google Lookout Gemini in Google Lookout
Image descriptions, enhanced by Gemini.
Receive richer image descriptions than before with Image Q&A in Lookout now enhanced by Gemini 1.5 Pro. Designed together with blind and low-vision communities, use the app to hear image captions, and chat with Gemini to ask follow-up questions. ⓘ
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Quick Share Quick Share with a QR code
Easily share pics, videos, and more.
QR codes in Quick Share make it easier to transfer pictures, videos, and documents. All the recipient has to do is scan the code on your screen, no need to add them as a contact, verify devices, or change your sharing settings. ⓘ
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Google Drive Auto-enhance scans
Snap, save, and share high-quality scans.
Your scans are now crisper and clearer with auto-enhancements in Google Drive. From receipts to documents to ID cards, your scans are optimized to improve contrast, and remove shadows and blurring — no manual editing needed. ⓘ
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Google Maps Discover places with Gemini
Ask Google Maps for ideas on what to do.
Finding weekend activities or date night spots is easier when you can ask Google Maps for ideas. With new Gemini capabilities, you can simply tell Google Maps what you’re in the mood for and receive suggestions. ⓘ
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Google Photos AI-powered video presets
Easily create share-worthy videos.
Easily turn videos into share-worthy clips. New AI-powered video presets help you automatically trim your video to focus on the most interesting moment and add effects like zooming in on the main action or applying slo-mo with just a few taps. ⓘ
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Create stunning images with Imagen 3.
With our highest-quality image generation model yet, simply describe what you imagine and watch your ideas come to life in seconds. From photorealism to oil paintings, your imagination is the limit. ⓘ
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Password Manager Passkey syncing across devices
Sign in to apps and sites faster and more securely.
Passkeys are faster and safer to use than passwords, allowing you to sign in with your fingerprint, face or other screen lock. Now passkeys can be saved to Google Password Manager and used to access sites from any signed-in device, including your desktop or tablet. ⓘ
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Circle to Search Identify a song
Search songs you hear without switching apps.
Search music you hear in the moment—without switching apps. Hear a great song on social media or music playing from speakers near you? Simply long press your Home button or navigation bar and tap the music button to identify the track. ⓘ
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Keep sensitive apps and data out of sight.
It’s like a digital safe on your phone. Create a separate private space with another layer of authentication. Add sensitive apps, like health or banking apps, to keep them hidden. Private space keeps app data and notifications separate from the rest of your phone to remain virtually invisible.
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Android 15 Theft protection
Get peace of mind and privacy, all in one place.
Help deter theft, get quick protection and recover a stolen device faster. Theft protection is a suite of proactive security features including Failed Authentication Lock, factory reset protection, Theft Detection Lock, Remote Lock, Offline Device Lock and other unauthorized access restrictions. ⓘ
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Android 15 Pinnable taskbar
Keep your favorite apps within reach.
Easily pin and unpin your taskbar on larger screens. Keep your favorite apps in reach for quicker access, better control over your screen real estate and more customizability.
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Multitask in a tap by pairing your most-used apps.
Pair frequently used apps together on your homescreen. With a single-tap, quickly retrieve your favorite pair of apps in split screen to streamline multitasking and give yourself a productivity boost.
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