Google Pixel: Android 15 and there and hides a surprise “Feature Drop”
Google always proceeds in the same way: alongside the deployment of new versions of Android, its mobile operating system, it sends features to smartphones under its brand – the Pixels – from time to time. They take the name Feature Drops and a new version accompanies the deployment of Android 15, the arrival of which the American company confirms from October 15, as Reddit users have just spotted. We are also in the middle of its installation ourselves!
This upgrade which follows a long period of Developer Previews and betas don't arrive alone. A Feature Drop including various new features dedicated to Pixels since generation 6 are on the menu, including the arrival of anti-theft functions seen a few days ago (including detection of snatching), but also the possibility of create private spaces on Pixels running Android 15 to store sensitive or personal applications.
Night Vision in Instagram, Astrophotography and pollen tracking
Google announces improvements dedicated to photo capture including, still from the Pixel 6the possibility of using Night Vision mode within the Instagram application; it will therefore no longer be necessary to use the Camera application to benefit from it. Pixels also gain the ability to manually opt for Astrophotography mode via the app settings, via a simple press on the Night Vision icon; at a time when comets and others northern lights allow themselves to be photographed, the novelty is welcome. Let us add, still in the area of image capture, that Mountain View's algorithms now take into account the presence of a waterproof case and process the images accordingly, diving or diving. snorkeling ; However, this only concerns the range Pixel 9.
Some new features are also dedicated to the Pixel Météo application, which gains the display of both the humidity level and that of pollen waves. Let's finish, only on the Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL equipped with the sensor ad hocby the possibility of targeting the elements whose temperature the user wishes to take using the smartphone camera. As for the audio magic eraser, it is available to better remove parasitic noise from videos.
Finally, remember that Pixels since generation 6 are eligible for Android 15, and that you just need to go to the smartphone settings then to System And Software updates to launch them faster. THE Feature Drops are generally deployed discreetly by Google outside of any upgrade schedule but, for once, the October version appears at the same time as a major version of Android.
