In an announcement updated on Thursday, google announced several feature updates that will be brought to Android, including new stickers for gboard input method, Google play points, and improvements to barrier free applications As early as March, pixel smartphone users have welcomed custom text stickers. Now, the company is trying to bring this gboard personalized experience to all Android devices.
(from: Google blog)
Angana Ghosh, director of Android product management, wrote that users can enter what they want to say, and then choose a "WordArt" design to share relevant information. This gboard function will soon be pushed to English users in the US region.
At the same time, Google has also added more than 1600 Emoji kitchen creative combinations to help users fully express themselves through rich mixed emoticons. For example, in order to celebrate pride month, there are new stickers based on rainbow.
For people with hearing impairment, Google has improved the background noise reduction experience of the sound amplifier app. In addition to amplifying and filtering ambient sound through mobile devices to highlight important information. The new version of the application is also faster and more accurate, supplemented by UI usability improvements.
The lookout app for visually impaired people can use the mobile camera to provide information about the world around them. With the introduction of the new "image" format, users can benefit from Google's latest machine learning model to hear a more accurate description of image objects.
In addition, the text, document, food label, exploration and other modes of the application are updated, and can work offline without Wi Fi / cellular data network connection.
Angana Ghosh, director of Android product management, concluded: we are launching a series of updates to help devices get a more outstanding experience and allow users to establish more connections with the world around them.
It is worth mentioning that users with Google play points can now use certain points to obtain in app products without jumping out of the current game or app. You can choose to pay all the fees with play points, or combine points with other payment methods.
Finally, it is expected that the above improvements will be gradually pushed to the global market regions in the next few weeks.