Google is releasing a long list of updates in its December 2024 feature drop, aiming to improve the usefulness of AI on its phones.
Google announced a long list of new features coming to its Pixel lineup, some of which will also be available for additional Android phones. While none of the updates will drastically change how users make images, there are some noteworthy new features related to the camera, photo apps, and audio.
Google’s December 2024 feature drop is large, with a long list of new or updated features coming to Pixel phones and a handful for the broader Android base. While the update focuses unsurprisingly on AI, the photography, audio, and content creator updates are largely AI-free. That includes new ways to interact with Pixel Fold displays while taking photos, tools for taking images of children, and an improved experience for Snapchat and Instagram users.
Snapchat users also get a taste of something new with this release. Google has made it easier to find photos and videos they want to share on Snapchat. They can see all their folders, favorites, and cloud photos through the Photo Picker. This change will be available on the Pixel 6 and all newer Pixel phones, so having the latest device to access this update isn’t necessary.
Parents and caretakers with the first-generation Fold phone also get a new tool, or at least one previously unavailable to them. Google has expanded the Made You Look feature, which plays an animation to grab a child’s attention and then takes the photo at the perfect moment. It is now available on the Pixel Fold and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Joy from ‘Inside Out’ is a newly added animation option in Made You Look, though only for Pixel 9 Pro Fold users.
Pixel users aren’t the only ones getting an audio update, either. Expressive Captions are now available for compatible Android phones. This feature uses AI to automatically capture the intensity and emotion of any content with sound on compatible Android phones, even livestreams. The press release explains that users may “see things like a gasp at a juicy secret, cheers and applause for a big win and all caps when someone is really excited.
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