Connect on the go and learn new skills with new Android features
A few weeks ago
at Google I/O, we announced features that can
make Android devices more helpful, secure and expressive. We’re introducing
these throughout this year within regular updates, ensuring your devices keep
improving in between our yearly OS releases.
Today, we are announcing seven new updates and
features rolling out now to help you learn new skills, stay productive on the
go and protect your information. Here’s what you need to know for your phones,
tablets and Wear OS smartwatches.
Build new reading skills
Reading practice is
now available, helping new readers improve their vocabulary and comprehension
skills using their Android phone or tablet. Try it out on thousands of children’s ebooks marked
with a “Practice” badge on Google Play Books. You can hear the pronunciation of unknown
words, practice mispronounced words and receive feedback in real time.
Get your info at a glance
Three new Android widgets have
arrived, so you can keep customizing your phone or tablet home screen with more
helpful shortcuts. Quickly find personalized movie and TV show suggestions with
Google TV, track selected stocks with Google Finance and enjoy headlines
curated daily from Google News.
Listen to your favorites from your watch
Press play right from
your wrist and let Spotify’s DJ deliver a personalized lineup of music, stream episodes
from your favorite podcasts and listen to what’s in your heavy rotation — all
with new tiles and watch face shortcuts from Spotify for Wear OS.
ap your watch and skip the line
Commuters in
Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area can now use their Wear OS smartwatch to tap
and ride with their SmarTrip and Clipper cards via Google
Wallet.
Stay on track from your wrist
On Google Keep for Wear OS,
you can now add a tile for fast access to a selected note or to-do list on your
watch. Simply swipe through your tiles and find your pinned note (like a
shopping list) to stay on top of things.
Add some fun to your messages
Emoji Kitchen lets you remix your favorite emoji into stickers that you can send as messages via Gboard. Now you can take a bite