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Explore Android 14
New features across your devices.
Stay connected and organized at a glance with these new updates and features across your Android devices.
- Connectivity
- Google Apps
- Protection
Connectivity
Wear OS
Keep the conversation going.
With WhatsApp now available on your Wear OS smartwatch, you can securely send and receive messages, answer calls, and keep up with chats without having to get out your phone.1
Download nowUsing WhatsApp on Wear OS to read and reply to messages on a smartwatch.
With WhatsApp now available on your Wear OS smartwatch, you can securely send and receive messages, answer calls, and keep up with chats without having to get out your phone.1
Wear OS
Place info on your wrist.
Find new places, place information, and directions on your smartwatch.1
Download nowUsing Google Maps for Wear OS to locate a grocery store and view its information on a smartwatch.
Find new places, place information, and directions on your smartwatch.1
Google Apps
Assistant At a Glance widget
What you need, when you need it.
The AI-powered Assistant At a Glance widget intuitively surfaces helpful information on your home screen. Get high-precision weather alerts, dynamic travel updates, and upcoming event reminders.2
On the home screen of an Android phone the Assistant At a Glance widget is showing the current weather and upcoming flight information.
The AI-powered Assistant At a Glance widget intuitively surfaces helpful information on your home screen. Get high-precision weather alerts, dynamic travel updates, and upcoming event reminders.2
Lookout
Visual content is now more accessible.
Image Q&A uses AI to generate image descriptions and answer follow-up questions that you can ask using your voice or typing. Use it on everything from images on social media to your photo gallery.3
Download nowUsing Image Q&A on Lookout on an Android phone to hear an AI-generated image description and ask follow-up questions.
Image Q&A uses AI to generate image descriptions and answer follow-up questions that you can ask using your voice or typing. Use it on everything from images on social media to your photo gallery.3
Google Assistant
Start your day with a little motivation.
You can now hear your Fitbit or Google Fit data — like hours slept, sleep start time, and step count — in your personal Routines to help you stay on top of your wellness goals. Learn how to set it up.4
Using Google Assistant on an Android phone to set up a morning Routine that lets you hear the number of hours slept the night before.
You can now hear your Fitbit or Google Fit data — like hours slept, sleep start time, and step count — in your personal Routines to help you stay on top of your wellness goals. Learn how to set it up.4
Translate in Gmail
Translate emails right from the Gmail mobile app.
When Gmail detects you’ve received an email in a foreign language, you’ll be prompted to translate it to your preferred language, right from the mobile app.5
The Gmail mobile app detects an email in Chinese and translates it into English on an Android phone.
When Gmail detects you’ve received an email in a foreign language, you’ll be prompted to translate it to your preferred language, right from the mobile app.5
Google Meet
Fewer distractions on calls.
Easily take calls on-the-go with a simplified mobile experience.6
Download nowActivating Google Meet on-the-go mode to use larger, easier-to-use buttons during a team meeting on an Android phone.
Easily take calls on-the-go with a simplified mobile experience.6
Google Photos
Your memories, in one place.
AI curation organizes your photos so you can revisit special moments.
AI curation organizes your photos so you can revisit special moments.
YouTube Shorts
Join in on the fun.
Use effects to add some flair to the people or places in your frame.7
Download nowUse effects to add some flair to the people or places in your frame.7
Download nowGoogle Wallet
Access everyday passes.
Digitize and store your everyday tickets and passes for easy access.
Download nowAdding a gym pass to Google Wallet via a photo of the barcode on an Android phone.
Digitize and store your everyday tickets and passes for easy access.
Protection
Unknown tracker alerts
Stay safe on the go.
Your Android device can now automatically detect and notify you of unfamiliar tracking devices (like Bluetooth tracker tags) moving with you, so you can take action to locate and disable them.8
Download nowAn Android phone shows Unknown tracker alerts notifying the user that an unfamiliar tracking device has been detected.
Your Android device can now automatically detect and notify you of unfamiliar tracking devices (like Bluetooth tracker tags) moving with you, so you can take action to locate and disable them.8
Android Earthquake Alert System
Early earthquake warnings.
React faster with early earthquake alerts, available in 95+ countries.9
Learn more
Earthquake alerts notifies an Android phone user that a tremor has been detected 20 miles away.
React faster with early earthquake alerts, available in 95+ countries.9
More features and updates
Android Auto
Conference calls in the car.
Coming soon you will be able to stay connected from your car with Zoom and Webex by Cisco on Android Auto.10
Try nowMessages by Google
Keep your RCS chats private.
All messages are now end-to-end encrypted, including group chats.11
Download nowWear OS
Prefer to talk than type?
Easily send and receive voice messages on your Wear OS smartwatch.12
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See what more your phone can do.
June 2023
New skills, glanceable info and music on your wrist.
Explore the latest features that can make Android and Wear OS devices more helpful, secure, and expressive.
Explore features
February 2023
Google Photos, Fast Pair, Google Keep updates and more.
Latest features, Chrome accessibility updates, and new ways to customize emoji. All to make your Android device even better.
Explore features
- June 2023 New skills, glanceable info and music on your wrist.
- February 2023 Google Photos, Fast Pair, Google Keep updates and more.
- December 2022 Smartwatch features, account security and more.
- September 2022 Quick Share, Google Meet, password safety and more.
- June 2022 Google Play, accessibility, camera quality and more.
- March 2022 Better conversations, photo editing, Google TV and more.
- September 2021 Google Assistant on Android Auto, accessibility and more.
- June 2021 Improving safety, messaging with Google Assistant and more.
- March 2021 Password check, schedule send, TalkBack and more.
Discover how Android connects your devices.
Sync your Android phone with your TV, watch or car for a unified experience. Move from one device to another seamlessly and make everything work better together. Securely and swiftly transfer large files to Android phones, tablets and Chromebooks, even when offline.
Step into a story
A smartphone wirelessly connects to earbuds. A tablet wirelessly plays Spotify through a Nest Hub. A smartwatch wirelessly takes a photo on a phone.
Sync your Android phone with your TV, watch or car for a unified experience. Move from one device to another seamlessly and make everything work better together. Securely and swiftly transfer large files to Android phones, tablets and Chromebooks, even when offline.
Phones ready for action.
Experience these new features from Android on devices made for the latest and greatest.
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Experience these new features from Android on devices made for the latest and greatest.
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