Washington: American tech giant Google has shared some new features coming to Android this month. These include updates ranging from Gboard and emoji to new accessibility features.
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Along with these, Google Meet, Wear OS and Near Share are also getting some attention, according to GSM Arena. Gboard is getting a new ’emojify’ feature that lets users add emoji immediately after typing a message.
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Google Meet gets a new Live Sharing feature that lets users watch and play games simultaneously in a video call. They can now pin specific participants of Google Meet calls that they choose. These are now underway, GSM Arena reported. Nearby shares will receive an opt-in option “in the next few weeks”.
This will let users send content to nearby devices on their Google account without prompting, even when the screen is off.
Google Apps will also have larger widgets optimized for Android tablets. There are also new accessibility features on Android for people who are hard of hearing or visually impaired. One is called Custom Sound Notifications and when enabled it listens for specific sounds and notifies the user by vibrating, flashing lights, or a Wear OS notification. Finally, Wear OS (theme/wear-os) gets new Bitmoji watch faces and a new Google Keep tile that makes it easy to quickly dictate a note or view your other notes, according to GSM Arena.