Dive Deeper with Your Pixel: Underwater Photography & Private Space Arrive in New Feature Drop

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Along with Android 15 today, Google has also dropped yet another Feature Drop for Pixel smartphones. This feature drop brings in quite a few new features for new and old Pixel devices. This feature drop is available for the Pixel 6 and later.

First up is Night Sight for Instagram. Now you’ll be able to take great photos at night and post them to Instagram straight from the Instagram app. There’s no flash needed, and this will also make your photos look much, much better. This is available on Pixel 6 and later, excluding the Pixel a-series.

Google is also adding underwater photography and video on the Pixel 9 series. Now you can use any waterproof case to catprue your favorite under-the-sea moments. This includes snorkeling and swimming. Google has improved the underwater photography and video recording so that colors look richer and more accurate.

Some Android 15 features rolling out exclusively to Pixel

There are a few Android 15 features that are also rolling out, including Private Space. This protects your privacy by giving you a separate space that you can hide and lock with a separate PIN for organizing those apps with sensitive information. This is technically part of Android 15, but is rolling out in this Pixel Feature Drop for Pixel 6 and newer.

Audio Magic Eraser will be rolling out globally to Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8a. Additionally, it’s available in limited markets for Pixel 9 series. The Pixel Weather app is also starting to roll out to legacy Pixel devices, that includes Pixel 6 and newer, including the Pixel Tablet. There’s plenty more in this feature drop, and you can check out the full list of additions here.

The Pixel Watch is also getting the new Contacts app, new emoji email reactions, and the new Loss of Pulse Detection that was talked about at the Pixel event in August. The Loss of Pulse Detection is only available in Belgium, Italy and Spain on Pixel Watch 3. The other features are available on all Pixel Watch devices.