March Pixel Drop: Updates for Gemini Live, Scam Detection and more

Our first Pixel Drop of the year is here, bringing more helpful features and updates to your devices. These features start rolling out today and will continue over the next few weeks. ¹

New AI features for Pixel

Use Gemini Live in new ways

Gemini Live is getting an upgrade. With the power of 2.0 Flash, we’ve made improvements in understanding and multilingual conversation. Now, you can speak to Gemini Live in any combination of over 45 languages without having to change your language setting. Just start talking and Gemini Live will take it from there.

Also, multimodal capabilities in Gemini Live, which we announced in January and launched for Pixel 9 users, are now rolling out to all Pixel 6 and newer and Pixel Fold devices. You’ll be able to add images, files and YouTube videos to your conversations to provide more context about what exactly you’re looking for or trying to understand.

And in the coming weeks, you’ll be able to interact with Gemini Live through live video and screen sharing with Gemini Advanced.

Organize screenshots with ease

Want to get more organized? The new suggestions feature in Pixel Screenshots ² takes the mental load off you by automatically suggesting screenshots to add to your collections.

You can also now use the Pixel Screenshots app with your work profile, so you can easily organize receipts from client dinners, expense reports and more.

Create images with people in Pixel Studio

Create unique images of people to share with your friends and family in Pixel Studio. ³ All you have to do is type a description of a person or scene you’d like to see and watch as Pixel Studio brings your imagination to life.

Try AI features: New for Japan and Germany

Pixel users in Japan and Germany will get an extra boost of help from Pixel Screenshots, Pixel Studio, Pixel AI weather reports and Pollen tracker in the Weather app. ⁴

Japanese speakers will also get AI-powered summaries in the Recorder app, ⁵ great for summarizing class notes or meeting minutes.

Focus on your safety and health with Pixel

Strengthen Scam Detection with the power of on-device AI

Scam Detection for phone calls, powered by Gemini Nano, protects you from fraud with on-device AI while keeping your conversations private to you. This Pixel-exclusive feature detects conversation patterns in calls commonly used by scammers in real time and will notify you if it senses anything suspicious.

And Scam Detection is now available in Google Messages, too. It uses on-device AI to flag conversational text patterns commonly associated with scams, so it can identify messages that seem harmless, but turn dangerous over time. You’ll receive a real-time warning so you can easily block and report the conversation. ⁶

Stay safe, even when you’re off the grid

We’re expanding Satellite SOS to Hawaii, Alaska, Europe and Canada so you can stay connected to emergency services, even if you don’t have cellular or Wi-Fi. ⁷

Keep connected with Verizon and T-Mobile

If you’re a Verizon ⁸ user, and you’re somewhere without cellular or Wi-Fi, you can use your Pixel to text message your family and friends, or it can even connect you to emergency services via satellite to get help.

And T-Mobile ⁹ users are now able to text 911 during an emergency without cellular or Wi-Fi, as well as text message your loved ones over satellite.

Find your friends and family

You can now use Find My Device ¹⁰ to share your live location with your friends and family, so they can rest easy knowing you got to your destination safely. You can share your location with someone in the app’s settings, and they’ll be able to see you on the move. And your friends and family can share their location with you, too!

Enable Loss of Pulse Detection, now available in the U.S.

Loss of Pulse Detection on Pixel Watch 3 recently received U.S. FDA clearance, expanding this first-of-its-kind feature to people in the U.S. beginning at the end of this month. It can detect when someone’s heart suddenly stops beating from an event like primary cardiac arrest, ¹¹ respiratory or circulatory failure, overdose or poisoning, and automatically prompt a call to emergency services for potentially life-saving care if you are unresponsive. ¹²

Track menstrual health from your wrist

Pixel Watch 3 has added on-device menstrual tracking so you can conveniently log periods, view cycle status or predict your next period in the Fitbit app straight from your wrist.

Step with even better accuracy

Your Pixel Watch now tracks your steps with greater precision and accuracy by better recognizing when you deviate from a typical walking pattern, like pushing a shopping cart or wheelchair, jogging with a stroller or hiking with poles. The improved algorithm ensures that not only are your steps accurately counted toward your daily goal, but that you’ll get reliable insights into your daily activities.

Sleep peacefully with Auto-bedtime Mode

Auto-bedtime Mode (launched with Pixel Watch 3) is now expanding to Pixel Watch 2 to automatically detect when you fall asleep and turn off your watch face and disable notifications to minimize distractions. Auto-bedtime Mode helps conserve your battery overnight, so you don’t miss out on your valuable sleep tracking, and it senses when you wake up and turns Bedtime Mode off.

Snap it and share it

Capture memories the right way

Great news, Pixel Fold users! Dual Screen Preview ¹³ now supports video recording, so you can capture the perfect memory. And Pixel 9 Pro Fold users can now use Add Me with Dual Screen Preview so everyone’s included in the moment.

Stream like a pro

We’re making streaming even easier for creators: With Connected Cameras, you can connect your Pixel to another camera — like a GoPro or another Pixel phone — and use the cameras on all these devices to stream to social media platforms from different angles. ¹⁴

Stay organized and productive

Switch to Pixel and keep your recordings

You might have a few old lecture or conference recordings you want to hang on to when switching to a new phone. Now, if there are any recordings on your older phone or Pixel Watch, you can transfer them to your current Pixel phone and they'll be transcribed automatically in the Recorder app. ¹⁵

Talk to type

Easily access voice-to-type with Gboard’s new Voice Toolbar so you can effortlessly type without needing access to the full keyboard on your Pixel phone.

Customize your phone to your routine

Personalize your Pixel’s modes to adapt to your life. You can easily activate your modes by swiping down from the top of your screen and exploring customizations for situations like Driving, Bedtime and Do Not Disturb.

Control your audio content

Manage your favorite audio content with new actions on Pixel Watch to fast forward and rewind, adjust playback speed or control playback queue.

The March Pixel Drop, as well as new Android features, begins rolling out today and will continue over the next few weeks.