Key Takeaways
- Capture and store call recordings with on-device processing.
- Get personalized weather forecasts with the Pixel Weather app powered by Gemini Nano.
- Pixel Screenshots allows you to easily search, add notes, and access information within your screenshots.
The new Pixel 9 smartphone is here. Made by Google At this event, Google: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XLand Pixel 9 Pro Foldable .
AI was a big focus when the Pixel 8 smartphone was launched, and Google is making a big push into AI with its latest models. However, some of the new features aren’t exclusive to the Pixel 9 smartphone. For example, Google Assistant is Gemini Live is an AI voice assistant capable of complex, natural conversations. It is currently available to Android users with a Gemini Advanced subscription, and will be available on iOS in the near future.
However, some of the cool new features Google has introduced with Gemini are only available on the new Pixel devices. Here are five things you can do with Gemini on your new Pixel 9 smartphone.
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1 Use call notes to save call summaries
No need to write down your phone details anymore
One of the biggest announcements at the Made By Google event was a new voice chat feature called Gemini Live. Chat GPT Voice you can have natural conversations with your AI assistant. Gemini Live is available on a wide range of devices, including Pixel, Samsung, and other Android phones, so it’s not included in the list of Pixel-exclusive features.
But Gemini’s ability to understand conversations can come in handy in other situations, too, including when making phone calls. New on the Pixel 9 smartphone is Call notes All text generated by Gemini can be used to create transcripts of phone calls.
Call notes generates a complete transcript as well as a summary of key details from the call.
Processing happens on-device, so you don’t have to worry about sensitive data leaving your phone and onto the cloud.Call Notes generates not only a full transcript, but also a summary of key details of the call.
Call notes don’t work by default; you must enable them during a call. Once enabled, everyone on the call is notified that the call is being transcribed. You can then select the transcribed call in your call history to see the summary that Gemini generated, or the full transcript if you prefer. This makes it easy to find information like an address or phone number.
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2 Get customized weather forecasts from the Pixel Weather app
Personalized weather forecasts
Another feature exclusive to Pixel smartphones is Pixel Weather app. Many of us start our day by checking the weather on our phone, and Pixel Weather aims to make that even easier.
The Pixel Weather app looks mostly familiar, with large graphics and Current Temperature and Weather conditions, Hourly Forecast See how the weather changes throughout the day and get a longer 10-day forecast You’ll know what the weather is going to be like in the future.
What’s different about the Pixel Weather app is that it uses the Gemini Nano to generate personalized weather forecasts based on information from the app.
As you scroll down, you’ll see tiles that show you the following information: Current Air Quality, Visibility, wind speed, Precipitation, UV index, HumidityYou can drag the tiles to make the information that’s most important to you easier to access.
Features of the Pixel Weather app: Gemini Nano We use information from the app to generate personalized weather forecasts that use information specific to your precise location, so your forecast will be different from forecasts generated for other people who haven’t shared their location with us.
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3 Use Pixel screenshots to find information quickly
Gemini tags your screenshots to make them easier to search
Another powerful use of Gemini Nano Pixel smartphone new Pixel Screenshot The app is enhanced with screenshots, making it a simple and effective way to remember ideas and information.
When you take a screenshot, Gemini analyzes the content of the image you take and generates tags that make it easy to search for your screenshots. For example, if you take a screenshot of a recipe, you can find it by simply searching “recipes” in the app. This in itself is not particularly groundbreaking, but there’s a lot more to Pixel Screenshots.
Pixel Screenshots also stores information about where the screenshot was taken from, so if you take a screenshot of a product, it will include a link to the website it came from.
You can add notes to your screenshots for later reminders and add them to groups to organize them. The app can also provide information from the content within the screenshots. For example, in the Made By Google demo, when you search for “t-shirt price” in the Pixel Screenshots app, it not only shows you screenshots of t-shirts with pricing information, it also shows you a comment extracted from the image showing the price of the t-shirt, so you don’t have to comb through the images to find that information yourself.
Pixel Screenshots also stores information about where your screenshots are taken from, so when you take a screenshot of a product, the screenshot will include a link to the original website – simply tap on the link in the screenshot to open the website. In Chrome This is a great way to create gift ideas and shopping lists without having to copy and paste links to web pages, and simply take a screenshot of the items you find online.
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4 Generate images using Pixel Studio
Pixel smartphones have a dedicated app for generating images.
One of the most exciting features of generative AI is its ability to create images from text prompts. Being able to create an image of almost anything you can imagine in seconds is a ton of fun and never gets boring.
You can already use Gemini to generate images, but the new Pixel 9 smartphone comes with a dedicated app for doing just that. Pixel Studio Combined with Google’s on-device diffusion model Image 3 A text-to-image model that runs in the cloud.
You can generate images by simply entering text prompts, and your images will be created in just a few seconds.
Simply enter a text prompt to generate an image, which will be created in a split second. You can edit the prompt to modify the image, or choose from predefined styles, such as: Cinematic, 3D Comicsand video gameyou can change the look of your image. You can also add stickers and text to your images. In our Made By Google demo, we used Pixel Studio to quickly generate a beach bonfire party invitation in just a minute.
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5 Insert yourself into a group photo with “Add Me”
No member will be left out of your group photos
We’ve all been there: you want to take a photo of you and your friends or family, but there’s a slight problem: someone has to stand behind the camera for the team, and they don’t appear in the group shot. Unless you get a kind passerby to help you, or use a timer or remote control to prop up your phone, there’s always going to be one member missing from the group shot.
new Add me The Pixel phone feature solves this problem by taking two group photos and using AI to stitch them together into one. Take the first photo of the group, making sure there’s enough clear space for you to stand in. Then, Pixel 9 Give directions to someone else and jump into the shot with an open space.
The new “Add Me” feature on Pixel phones aims to solve this problem by taking two group photos and using AI to stitch them together into a single photo.
The original image will appear on screen as an overlay, allowing the new photographer to adjust the position of the image. Once the second photo is taken, the “Add Me” feature will magically combine the photos into one with the help of AI, creating a group photo with the whole group in it. Gemini Features However, this is an AI feature exclusive to the Pixel 9 smartphones.
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