Google Sends 'Android' Notifications You Have New Features' For All Devices

Google started sending notifications titled Your device has great new features (photo: x @WIRED)

JAKARTA - On October 7, 2024, Google began sending notifications titled Your device has great new features to non-Pixel Android users, such as the Samsung Galaxy device.

Usually, Pixel users get notifications via the Tips app to see additional from their quarterly feature update. Now, Google provides a similar experience for all Android devices.

The notification opens the full screen page via the Google Play service, featuring eight new features introduced on Android, complete with short instructions on how to start and detail availability.

Each feature is equipped with a "more learning" link that leads to support.google.com. Most of this feature was released a few months earlier, but was reminded again through this update.

Here are the features displayed:

Circle to Search

Google Lens

Google Photos

Google Wallet

Google Messages

Google Safe Browsing

Google concludes with a summary of these features at the end. While it's not clear how users can access this feature page again after the notification is missing, this notification shows Google's commitment to introducing new features to non-Pixel Android devices.