Google New Android Features are making everyday tasks easier, including remembering where important items have been kept.
As part of its September Android Drop, Google has announced new features involving Gemini, Find Hub and accessibility tools.
One of the biggest additions lets users save the location of items such as keys or passports without attaching a physical tracker.
Google has also introduced features designed to help visually impaired users and reduce motion sickness while using a phone in a moving vehicle.
Google New Android Features Can Remember Your Items
The new Gemini and Find Hub integration can help users remember where they have placed important belongings.
For example, a user can tell Gemini that spare keys are kept in a particular drawer or that a passport has been placed in a cupboard. Users can also share a photo of the location where an item has been stored.
This information can then be saved under the Remembered Items section in Find Hub.
When the item is needed later, users can ask Gemini about its saved location or check the information directly through Find Hub.
Unlike Bluetooth tracking devices, this feature does not physically track an item’s live location. Instead, it remembers the location information previously provided by the user.
Available on Android 16 or Newer
The remembered-items feature will be available on devices running Android 16 or newer.
Availability will also depend on whether Gemini and Find Hub are supported in the user’s country.
This means not every Android smartphone will receive the feature, even if it can run other Gemini functions.
Gemini Live Gets Guided Vision
Google is also adding Guided Vision to Gemini Live for blind and visually impaired users.
Users can share their phone camera with Gemini, which can then help them understand objects and information in their surroundings through audio guidance.
The feature could help users understand small text on food packaging, read restaurant menus or identify household objects.
Guided Vision will be available on phones running Android 9 or later in regions where Gemini is supported.
Motion Assist Aims to Reduce Motion Sickness
Another addition is Motion Assist for Android 17. The feature is designed to reduce discomfort that some people experience when looking at a phone while travelling in a moving vehicle.
When enabled, visual bubbles appear on the screen and respond to the movement of the vehicle.
Users will be able to adjust the size, colour and transparency of these visual indicators. Motion Assist can also be configured to activate automatically or be turned on through Quick Settings.
Together, these Google New Android Features focus on common everyday problems, accessibility and more comfortable smartphone use while travelling.
