{"id":258759,"date":"2025-11-12T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258759\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:04:15","slug":"how-ai-notification-summaries-work-on-the-pixel-9-and-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/258759\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI Notification Summaries work on the Pixel 9 and 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-AI-Notification-Summaries-cover.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/11\/november-2025-pixel-feature-drop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 2025 Feature Drop<\/a>, Google announced AI Notification Summaries for the latest Pixel phones. The capability is rolling out now, and here\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n<p>To enable on the Pixel 9 and 10 series (9a excluded), go to Settings &gt; Notifications &gt; Notification Summaries. This feature is off by default, and not yet widely rolled out. It doesn\u2019t automatically appear after updating to the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/11\/android-16-november-update-pixel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November patch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Google will only summarize \u201clong conversations\u201d in English from \u201cpopular\u201d messaging apps, like Google Messages and WhatsApp. \u201cShorter notifications, like brief text messages\u201d and text with multiple languages or \u201conly emoji\u201d will not be summarized. The capability is also disabled when Battery Saver mode is active.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/answer\/16691280#zippy=%2Cif-ai-summaries-dont-generate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Another reason<\/a> why an AI summary might not be generated is if \u201cyou\u2019re actively using your phone\u201d as the \u201cscreen must be off for a moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>These brief overviews start with a sparkle icon and are italicized. Expanding the notification will show the full message thread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From Settings, Google offers a \u201cDon\u2019t include these apps\u201d list to control what gets summarized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Behind-the-scenes, Android System Intelligence is powering this experience and has to be \u201cAllowed\u201d under Settings &gt; Notifications &gt; Privacy &gt; Notification read, reply &amp; control. On-device Gemini Nano is leveraged, so that model has to be up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Google will also organize and silence lower-priority notifications into categories like \u201cNews\u201d and \u201cPromotions\u201d at the bottom of the shade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1250\" data-id=\"695122\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/11\/november-2025-pixel-feature-drop\/pixel-feature-drop-november-2025-notification-summaries-1\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Feature-Drop-November-2025-Notification-Summaries-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Feature-Drop-November-2025-Notification-Summaries-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the November 2025 Feature Drop, Google announced AI Notification Summaries for the latest Pixel phones. 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