The Latest Pixel Feature Drop Adds Better Pixel 6 Night Sight

Google is releasing another Pixel Feature Drop starting today. The latest update improves the camera functions on the Pixel 6/6 Pro Devices approaching their second year of life. It also brings some others Latest generation features for older generation Pixel smartphones.

Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro users will get faster night vision once the update is released. Google says the feature will “deliver even faster low-light photos,” citing the Tensor chip’s “improved algorithms.” It remains to be seen whether the night photos are better than those of the Pixel 7/7 Pro. I will test it as soon as the software update is available on my devices. At the very least, it’s a look at how Google might entice users of aging Pixel devices to stay here rather than switch to iOS.

Health Connect enabled pixel

GNext up are Pixel devices will also be to be bundled with connect health API. With Health Connect, you can share health and fitness data more efficiently between apps that support it. Recent apps that support syncing include MyFitnessPal, Samsung Health, and Peloton. Previously was Health Connect only at Android 13 and you had to download it separately from play store. It will also be standard on all other brands of phones once Android 14 will be released later this year.

Pixel 4a gets some modern AI characteristics

The Pixel 4a also gets it some latest generation pixel features. Pixel 4a and newer devices all have access to the Magic Eraser feature in the Photos app. The feature is already available to anyone with a Google One subscription for both iOS and Android. For Pixel 4a and older phones Google made too DirectMyCall+ available so you can see the call menu options on an automated system before you lose your calm. It’s a nice skill if you can’t afford it sit in the queue.

The purpose of the Google Pixel smartphone is to provide a blueprint for Android phones across the ecosystem and use Google as a vessel for its machine learning magic. It’s part of the reason it makes its own Chips for his smartphones at all. Although the older Pixel devices run on Qualcomm chips rather than Google’s TPUIt’s interesting to note how the company is making more of its AI-infused capabilities compatible with older hardware.