{"id":458627,"date":"2026-03-05T09:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/458627\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:23:13","slug":"google-confirms-new-features-coming-to-pixel-smartphones-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/458627\/","title":{"rendered":"Google confirms new features coming to Pixel smartphones this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u24d8 Google<\/p>\n

<\/a>Google’s Feature Drop covers over a dozen devices.<\/p>\n

Google has confirmed that a bunch of new features are headed to Pixel smartphones later this month. Also rolling out to the Pixel Tablet, the March 2026 Feature Drop marks the first time that Google’s desktop experience mode will be available to use without jumping through any hoops beforehand.<\/p>\n

Google has quietly introduced a new Feature Drop for multiple Pixel devices. Overshadowed by MWC 2026 and Apple’s new product releases<\/a>, the March Feature Drop should start rolling out to eligible devices this week.<\/p>\n

As usual, Google focuses on what AI enhancements it has brought to devices like the Pixel Tablet<\/a>, Pixel 9<\/a> and the Pixel 10 Pro XL<\/a> (curr. $1,114 on Amazon)<\/a>. For instance, the first two Feature Drop updates are Circle to Search related. Additionally, Google claims to have refined At a Glance to be more reactive to people’s daily lives.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On top of that, Google boasts that Magic Cue and Gemini can now help to find restaurants and a taxi ride. The company’s desktop experience is finally rolling out to all Pixel phones from the Pixel 8 series onwards, too. Providing a multi-window desktop experience when paired with a keyboard and mouse, Google’s desktop experience is the company’s attempt at a Samsung DeX alternative.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, desktop windowing has now hit the Pixel Tablet as well. Moreover, Google has expanded in-call Scam Detection to Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain. Please see the table below for more details about which new features will be hitting which devices later this month.<\/p>\n

\t\"Alex<\/a>Alex Alderson<\/a> – Senior Tech Writer – 14364 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n

Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 Google Google’s Feature Drop covers over a dozen devices. Google has confirmed that a bunch of new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[268,165113,844,165112,269,262,165114,2306,267,261,1250,165115,38016,15561,84615,270,266,263,129,86,265,264,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-458627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-benchmarks","9":"tag-feature-drop","10":"tag-google","11":"tag-google-feature-drop","12":"tag-graphics-card","13":"tag-laptop","14":"tag-march-2026-feature-drop","15":"tag-mobile","16":"tag-netbook","17":"tag-notebook","18":"tag-pixel-10","19":"tag-pixel-8","20":"tag-pixel-9","21":"tag-pixel-fold","22":"tag-pixel-tablet","23":"tag-processor","24":"tag-reports","25":"tag-review","26":"tag-reviews","27":"tag-technology","28":"tag-test","29":"tag-tests","30":"tag-uk","31":"tag-united-kingdom","32":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}