Celebrate with eight exciting new features—including tools built to help you create lasting memories, keep your personal information safe and stay organized through the holiday season.
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New widgets on Android let you enjoy the important parts of life right from your home screen. Rediscover your favorite photos of people and pets. Search for holiday classics and keep the party going with YouTube. Or conquer your holiday reading list with Google Play Books. Plus, you can resize your widgets at any time—just touch, hold and drag—so they fit just how you want them.
Learn moreRelive even more of your favorite moments with new types of Memories added to Google Photos. Now you can easily look back on the moments you celebrated, like holidays, graduations, birthdays and more.
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If you haven’t opened an app in a few months (like that music festival app you forgot about) Android can automatically turn its permissions off so that it won’t have ongoing access to your data. You can turn permissions back on anytime. It’s like housekeeping for your phone—that we do for you.
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Keep your family’s daily schedule on track with Family Bell from Google Assistant. Set a reminder on your speakers, smart displays or mobile devices to help you tackle important parts of your day. You’ll be notified with delightful sounds when it’s time to get out the door in the morning, do a midday workout or wind the family down at night. You can create custom bells for your family or modify existing bells to create a schedule unique to your family.
Learn moreUse your Android phone to unlock and start your compatible car. It’s as easy as tapping your phone on the car door.1
Learn moreEmoji Kitchen is the gift that keeps on giving with over 1,500 emoji mashups in Gboard. Celebrate the holidays by gift wrapping your favorite Emoji. Or if you’re more of a dog person, tell the world with a new collection of furry friends.
Play ButtonYou can now instantly play your favorite music with a new always-on play button on Android Auto.
Smart RepliesSmart reply options make it even easier to respond to a text message while driving with Google Assistant. Simply tap to respond or select a custom message. Feature coming soon.
Auto LaunchA new auto-launch setting will now start Android Auto as soon as you connect to your compatible car.
Learn moreExperience new features from Android on devices made for the latest and greatest.
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