Along with the new Google mobilesthe Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and the foldable Pixel 9 Pro Fold, the Mountain View firm has announced the improvements coming to Gemini for all users. It now becomes the center of its operating system, capable of replacing the traditional Google Assistant that we have been using for years.
However, this is not the only function related to artificial intelligence: Pixel Screenshots arrivesan app that will always have an eye on the Pixel screen to help us go back. We’ve been eagerly awaiting it and after a few leaks it’s real. This is the Android feature that reminds us of Microsoft’s Recall.
Google gives photographic memory to its Pixels
Pixel Screenshots is not part of Gemini, but instead comes in the form of standalone application and new for the Pixel 9. We heard about it a few weeks ago, in one of the leaks, and it has turned out to be just as we knew it.
In case we choose to activate it on a Google Pixel 9, the app will analyze each screenshot that we store on our mobile. According to the Mountain View company, the power of the new processor, the Tensor G4, is needed.
And Pixel Screenshots does it all on-device: like Gemini Nano, Data does not leave the devicewhich increases the level of privacy for the user. This new feature will be useful when we cannot remember a search we made from our mobile phone.
As mentioned above, a screenshot of the content will be required. In this case, we can ask the new Android assistant, Gemini, which will also show us the specific screenshot it uses to generate the answer.
Google has confirmed that in addition to analyzing screenshots taken from the phone itself, can be imported from others: Pixel Screenshots will process them. The fact that the feature works with screenshots is what differentiates it from Microsoft’s Recall, a Windows 11 feature that debuted on the new Surface and that is always (if enabled) watching the screen.
The app follows the design lines of Material You, presenting a carousel of reminders on its home screen. It also has the ability to group screenshots into collections and when you open one, you are presented with a summary with recommended actions.
Thanks to your search barwith an icon to activate the microphone and search with our voice, it will be easy to find any capture stored on the Pixel. Without a doubt, a distinctive feature for Google mobiles. They have been making strong strides, especially in the field of artificial intelligence.