Key facts
- Google is releasing five new updates for Android phones.
- Motion Assist uses a bubble overlay to mitigate motion sickness in vehicles.
- Guided Vision combines the phone's camera with Gemini to assist visually impaired users.
- Gemini can now save information about where users have stored specific items.
- Google Messages is integrating with Google Keep for shared list editing.
- Google Messages is also receiving new chat customization features.
Google announced on Tuesday the rollout of five new updates for Android phones aimed at enhancing accessibility, usefulness, and personalization. Among the new features is "Motion Assist," designed to help users experiencing motion sickness in moving vehicles by providing a bubble overlay that moves with the vehicle's motion. This feature is available for Android 17 users and can be customized in shape, color, and transparency.