Google introduced a brand new set of options for telephones, vehicles, and wearables at present on the Cell World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. These options embrace utilizing Gemini to craft messages, AI-generated captions for pictures, summarizing texts by AI for Android Auto, and entry to passes on Put on OS.
The corporate’s Gemini implementation for picture technology is dealing with a number of criticism. However that isn’t stopping Google from rolling it out in a special context. The corporate stated that beginning this week, Google Messages will get a characteristic that allows you to entry Gemini within the app. The characteristic is at the moment in beta and solely helps English.
Google can be rolling out a characteristic for Android Auto that reads out summaries of lengthy textual content messages and contextualizes group chats. The characteristic, first introduced final month, additionally dishes out fast ideas for replies.
The search large can be launching just a few accessibility-related options at MWC. First, the corporate’s Lookout app, which helps visually impaired folks with issues like meals labels and paperwork, will now generate AI-powered captions for pictures which have lacking or inaccurate captions or alt textual content. The characteristic is now rolling out to all customers throughout the globe with help for English. Final 12 months, Google up to date the Lookout app with an AI-powered assistant, which allowed customers to ask questions on pictures.
Google can be rolling out improved display reader help for Lens in Maps. Customers can level their cellphone’s digicam round them and TalkBack will learn details about locations and indicators.
On the productiveness entrance, Google is extending help for handwritten notes to docs on Android telephones or tablets utilizing only a finger or a stylus. You possibly can select from totally different pen kinds and colours to spotlight sure factors in a doc.
Moreover, the corporate is launching help for Spotify by an output switcher on the Android dwelling display. This implies you possibly can resume listening to a music or a podcast from one supply to a different supply with Spotify. Beforehand this characteristic solely supported YouTube Music.
Google can be updating the Fitbit app with help to get knowledge from totally different sources like AllTrails, Oura Ring, and MyFitnessPal. The corporate redesigned the app with a brand new three-tabbed structure final 12 months. The Right now tab exhibits you knowledge like train, steps, energy burned, and flooring climbed. And the “You” tab exhibits you knowledge from totally different apps together with Fitbit’s personal knowledge.
There are just a few Put on OS-related updates as a part of this announcement as properly. Now you can entry Google Pockets passes like boarding passes, occasion tickets, health club memberships, and loyalty playing cards straight from the watch. Plus, you may get instructions for transit by utilizing voice. What’s extra, there’s an choice to mirror instructions from the cellphone or get compass-guided navigation instructions.