Google unveils 6 new features on Android including the Earthquake Alerts System

In this post, we are sharing with you the 6 new features on Android: Android Earthquake Alerts System, Star what’s important with the Messages app, Star what’s important with the Messages app, Find the perfect Emoji Kitchen sticker at the perfect time, Access more of your favorite apps with just your voice, Improved Password Input and gaze detection on Voice Access, and More customization and new app experiences on Android Auto.

1. Android Earthquake Alerts System.

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The Android Earthquake Alerts System is a free feature that detects earthquakes around the world and alerts users. With this free system, people in affected areas can get alerts seconds before an earthquake hits, giving you advance notice in case you need to seek safety. The Android Earthquake Alerts System was recently launched in New Zealand and Greece. Now, its already available in many countries around the world like Turkey, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

According to Google, they are prioritizing launching Earthquake Alerts in countries with higher earthquake risks, and hope to launch in more and more countries over the coming year.

2. Star what’s important with the Messages app

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With tons of messages from family, friends, colleagues and others, it’s easy for information to get lost. Now, you can star a message on your Messages app to keep track of what’s important, and easily find it later without scrolling through all of your conversations. Just tap and hold your message, then star it. And when you want to revisit a message, like your friend’s address or the photo from your family reunion, tap on the starred category.

3. Find the perfect Emoji Kitchen sticker at the perfect time

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Soon you’ll also start to see contextual suggestions in Emoji Kitchen once you’ve typed a message. These will help you discover the perfect emoji combination at the exact moment you need it.

Contextual Emoji Kitchen suggestions are available in Gboard beta today and are coming to all Gboard users soon for messages written in English, Spanish and Portuguese on devices running Android 6.0 and above.

4. Access more of your favorite apps with just your voice

Ask Google to open or search many of your favorite apps using just your voice.

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5. Improved Password Input and gaze detection on Voice Access.

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Voice Access gives you quick and efficient phone and app navigation with just your voice.

With gaze detection, now in beta, you can ask Voice Access to work only when you are looking at the screen — so you can naturally move between talking to friends and using your phone.

Voice Access now has enhanced password input. When it recognizes a password field, it will let you input letters, numbers and symbols. For example, you can say “capital P a s s w o r d” or names of symbols (like “dollar sign” to input a $), so it’s faster to safely enter your password.

6. More customization and new app experiences on Android Auto

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You can now customize more of your Android Auto experience for easier use, like personalizing your launcher screen directly from your phone and manually setting dark mode. It’s also easier to browse content with new tabs in your media apps, a “back to top” option and an A to Z button in the scroll bar.

Google also added added new app experiences to help enhance your drive. EV charging, parking and navigation apps are now available to use in Android Auto. Plus, we’ve improved the messaging experience, so you can access your favorite messaging apps from the launcher screen. You can easily read and send new messages directly from apps like WhatsApp or Messages — now available globally.

These Android Auto features are available on phones running Android 6.0 or above, and when connected to your compatible car.