While we to wait Android 12 will be officially launched by the end of this year, Google has one lots of modifications and updates will arrive on Android this spring.
Following the 2019 update in Chrome, now Google provides Password check on Android to help alert you to possible data leaks or breaches that may have exposed your existing passwords to hackers. Password checking will be deployed on devices running Android 9 and later and will automatically check passwords already saved on Android along with new ones. If Google detects that your password has been exposed, you will receive an alert suggesting that you change it.
Password checking is important, but let’s move on to the good stuff: Google Maps is finally getting the longexpected official dark mode. And inside Google Messages on Android 7 and later, Google adds the ability to send scheduled messages, similar to From Gmail scheduled email function. All you have to do is write a message normally, and then press and hold the send button, which brings up a new menu that lets you set the exact time of text output.
Even the Google Wizard is doing a small update, with the possibility of doing so make calls, set timers and alarms, and play music on your phone using voice commands. This means that your Android phone can now function as a smart speaker, and helps expand the role of the Google Assistant by simply answering questions with these additional automation features.
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Android Auto is also updated. Google added new car-inspired backgrounds and voice activated games like Danger to help long road trips happen a little faster. And to make it easier to access things like contacts, Google also adds shortcuts to Android Auto and widescreen cars get a new split screen mode so you can see Google Maps and your media controls at the same time.
Finally, for blind or low vision people, Google is also releasing a new version of its version Talkback application with a redesigned menu, more intuitive gesture recognition, improved reading controls and more.
Google’s new Android software updates will begin rolling out today, with Talkback version 9.1 available in the Google Play Store and the Android Auto update that will be available “in the coming days.”