Google is adding new features to Android to spice up the holidays and Christmas.
Google Photos is adding two new artists to its collage editor backgrounds: Australian couple DABS MYLA and watercolor artist Yao Cheng Design.
For inputting pictograms, Google's input system "Gboard" provides a mashup function for emojis, and new emojis will correspond to the mashup for the holiday season.
A new feature is a reading mode that helps people who are blind, partially sighted, or dyslexic. It offers customizable display options for contrast, font type and size, and read-aloud with adjustable speed.
YouTube Widget, Google TV App
The YouTube app will have a search widget for the Android home screen, making it easy to access content such as videos, shorts, and libraries in addition to searching.
Introducing the Google TV app. You can select content on the app and give instructions to display it on a TV running Google TV, or use your smartphone as a remote control. You can also select the next content on the smartphone app while it is displayed on the TV.
Smartwatch has improved navigation and memo functions
Wear OS for smartwatches will add a Google Maps tile to make navigation easier. The memo app "Google Keep" has been updated so that memos and to-dos can be displayed in the same way as on smartphones, and it also supports customizable backgrounds, photos, and drawings.
Wear OS also makes it easy to start more than 30 exercises with voice commands using Google Assistant in the "Adidas Running" app.
In addition, the function of Android's digital car key has been enhanced, and it will be possible to share keys with people and family members between Pixel and iPhone. The digital car key can be used in some countries, and compatible car models and compatible smartphones are limited.
