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Google November Pixel Drop Brings Gemini Intelligence to Pixel 10

Google's November Pixel Drop is rolling out and brings Gemini Intelligence, including Rambler voice typing and multi-step tasks, to the Pixel 10 family.

A Google Pixel 10 phone showing Gemini Intelligence features on its home screen with custom widgets.
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Google has started rolling out its November Pixel Drop, and its headline change is Gemini Intelligence arriving on the Pixel 10 family, with the exception of the Pixel 10a. Features such as Rambler, proactive suggestions and multi-step tasks now reach last year's phones.

What Gemini Intelligence adds

Rambler is a voice typing upgrade in Gboard. It removes filler words like "um", tidies up mid-sentence corrections and keeps up when you switch languages. Gemini can also handle multi-step tasks such as ordering groceries, booking a ride, reordering takeout or finding a restaurant reservation. It works with your apps in the background, and you can view or end the task at any time. Proactive suggestions, for example sharing your ETA with one tap when someone asks when you will arrive, are included too.

Custom widgets are new as well: a monthly spending tracker, a game day widget in your team's colors, or a getaway countdown that pulls in flight and reservation details automatically. Gemini's early experiment in making routine phone calls is now in public beta for all Gemini users on the Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 series. It can check whether a shop has an item in stock or reschedule an appointment, with a live transcript and the option to take over. On US Pixel 11 devices, Call Screen now has Gemini ask unknown callers why they are calling in a more conversational way.

Other changes

Notification summaries now support German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi and Traditional Chinese, while Notification Organizer adds Japanese and German. Both need a Pixel 9 or newer, excluding the Pixel 9a and Pixel 10a. Extreme Charging Mode, which pauses background activity to speed up charging, expands to the Pixel 10 series except the 10a. On Pixel 11 Pro models, HiLight glows in a color you choose when a favorite contact texts you in Google Messages with the phone face down.

Pixel 6a and newer get custom icon styles and broader Pixel search across photos, emails, messages, calendar events and settings. Transit Mode can switch on automatically on trains. Calculator gains Ask math for step-by-step solutions, plus mixed-unit and real-time currency conversion. A new Family Hub in Settings gathers location sharing, shared passwords, calendars and subscriptions, and VIP contacts can share real-time locations and battery levels.

Proactive suggestions are coming to the Pixel Watch 4 soon, and custom widgets will reach the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Watch 5. Pixel Watch 3 and newer get step-by-step workouts with rep and weight logging, and in the next few weeks the watch will unlock automatically when worn and your nearby phone is unlocked.

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