What’s new on Android.
Share your screen or camera with Gemini and give group chats a personal touch. See new, helpful releases made for your devices.
The magic of AI.
Talk with Gemini about anything that you see, and use it to get more done hands-free in the car. Try the latest Google AI features that feel like magic.
Gemini Live
Ask Gemini about anything that you see.
Whether you need help restyling your bedroom, using a new app or brainstorming recipes with the food in your fridge, you can now share your screen or camera in Gemini Live.2
Android Auto
Get more done hands-free in the car.
Coming soon, chat naturally with Gemini for hands-free assistance while you drive. Ask for help brainstorming ideas, reading or drafting texts and completing tasks with connected apps.3
Superpower your everyday.
Explore the everyday shortcuts that you never knew you needed. Discover the newest features that improve productivity and accessibility on Android devices.
Google Messages
Give group chats a personal touch.
Add custom icons and names to Rich Communication Services (RCS) group chats, see which friends have RCS enabled or mute notifications when you're busy.5
Gboard
Remix your favourite emoji 🐢 + 💪.
Get creative with new Emoji Kitchen sticker combinations 🙏. Remix your favourite emoji and share them with friends as stickers via Gboard to show what's on your mind.6
Google Photos
Easily edit with the new image editor.
Coming soon, get AI-powered suggestions or instantly access the right tool by tapping, circling or brushing what you want to edit.7
Chrome
View PDFs directly in Chrome
Open PDFs without switching apps. Simply tap a PDF link to start reading, with the option to download it if you need to.
Always connected.
Stay connected to other devices and your friends and family, near or far.
Google Home
Customise favourites across your devices.
Coming soon, you will be able to pin light controls to your phone, the thermostat to your smartwatch or security cameras to your TV. Find and manage smart home products faster with customisable favourites.9
Safety Check
Add extra time to Safety Check.
Go further, feel safer. Whether there have been unexpected delays or you're feeling great on a solo run, easily extend the time of a Safety Check with a few taps of your phone or smartwatch.10
Wear OS
Pay for public transport faster from your wrist.
With Google Wallet on your Wear OS watch, you can tap straight away with city travel cards even when the Wallet app is closed. If you use a credit or debit card to tap, make sure that you turn this feature on first in your settings.11
See the new features in action.
Android 16
More glanceable notifications, productivity tools to keep you in the flow and expanded support for hearing devices make Android 16 more accessible for all.
Discover more here.
Android 16 Notification auto-grouping
Minimise clutter and keep things organised.
Forced notification auto-grouping stops apps from overwhelming you with multiple individual notifications, grouping them together to keep things looking neat.
Android 16 Live updates
See where your journey or parcel is at a glance.
Know when your car, food or parcel will arrive without diving into compatible apps. Get real-time updates with a progress bar directly in the notification.
Android 16 Desktop windowing
A desktop-like experience on your tablet.
Open, move and resize multiple app windows, just like a desktop, for easier multitasking on your tablet. Group apps together to streamline your workflow.
Android 16 Advanced Protection
Stronger security in a single tap.
Get Android’s strongest protection from online attacks, harmful apps, unsafe websites, scam calls and more. Advanced Protection enables multiple safeguards to defend your device and data in one tap.
Android 16 Hearing device support
Clearer calling with hearing devices.
Control hearing devices from your device for a simpler experience across different hearing device brands. Or switch to your phone as input with LE Audio hearing devices for clearer calls in noisy environments.