Google One VPN Now Launching on Pixel 7 Phones - PCMag

Google contiguous announced a important diagnostic driblet for Pixel devices, including the awaited VPN by Google One, Google's Clear Calling feature, spatial audio for the Pixel Buds, and more. Further, Google is expanding the availability of erstwhile diagnostic drops to much languages and regions.

Welcome Pixel Security Updates

Many of the caller capabilities successful this month’s diagnostic driblet are constricted to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. For example, the VPN by Google One is lone coming to Google’s latest phones, truthful older Pixel owners won't summation entree to the built-in VPN arsenic portion of their Google One subscription. For Pixel 7 devices, though, the VPN works successful immoderate web browser connected the telephone astatine nary other cost.

Clear Calling, designed to trim inheritance sound and heighten the dependable of voices, is different summation to the Pixel 7 family, arsenic are Recorder Speaker Labels. The autochthonal Recorder app tin present transcribe recordings of aggregate speakers by labeling each idiosyncratic and inserting enactment breaks erstwhile the talker changes.

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New Security and Privacy settings volition scope each eligible Pixel phones. Pixel owners volition spot a azygous convenient hub to show each their information and privateness settings, hazard levels, and different information. It volition besides supply enactment cards that archer radical astir immoderate information risks and supply steps to heighten security.

If you ain Google Pixel Buds and a Pixel phone, you'll beryllium capable to bask spatial audio with caput tracking starting successful January. Spatial audio volition beryllium disposable to non-Google headphones arsenic well, but caput tracking is reserved for the Pixel Buds only.

More Fitbit for Pixel Watch

Google is further integrating Fitbit into the Pixel Watch acquisition by adding a Fitbit Sleep Profile feature. With it, Google volition supply insights into your slumber and assistance you amended the prime of your rest.

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The Pixel Watch is besides getting caller Wear Tiles. While not needfully caller to Wear OS, these are caller to the Pixel Watch. Google is adding Weather, Contacts, and different tiles to guarantee much utile functions are disposable to Pixel Watch owners.

Last, Google is bringing Fall Detection to the Pixel Watch successful 2023, which volition interaction exigency services if the Watch senses you've taken a hard fall. This is simply a large peace-of-mind feature.

Coming Soon to a Pixel Near You

As per the norm, Google says these caller features volition statesman to rotation retired via an over-the-air update starting Dec. 5. Google’s diagnostic drops mostly instrumentality respective weeks to scope each users.