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Google ‘feature drop’ for Pixel phones brings huge photography upgrade

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Google has announced Pixel ‘feature drops’ bringing new upgrades (Google)

Google Pixel users are getting an early Christmas present in the form of several new features for their devices.

The tech company has revealed its latest ‘feature drop’ which sees software upgrades made available for the Google-branded phones.

The first package zeroes in on photography – which is already one of the Pixel’s strongest areas. From this week, users will gain access to greater photo editing controls, allowing them to blur the background of images, even if they were taken some time ago.

As part of the update, Google said Pixel 4 devices in the UK and Ireland will be ‘soon’ receive a new faster and more helpful voice-powered Google Assistant.

The new Recorder app is also due to arrive on older generations of the Pixel, while Pixel 3 and 3a handsets will be able to experience Live Caption, the company’s new AI-driven audio captioning option.

Google’s ‘feature drops’ will keep giving Pixel owners new software features (EPA/Justin Lane)

Google said it will also roll out an update to its memory management to ‘proactively compress’ background apps in a bid to make the Pixel run more smoothly when multitasking.

Users in the US only will have an additional feature, automatic screening of robocalls to silently filter out cold calling – if it’s not spam, a description of who’s calling and why is provided, so users can decide if they wish to pick up.



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