Pixel Feature Drop

Google this morning announced the April 2025 Pixel Drop with just one feature. Notably, Gemini Live’s new Astra camera and screen sharing is available for free on the Pixel 9 series.

The March 2025 Feature Drop also brings a handful of updates to the Pixel Watch across health.

Alongside Android 15 QPR2, Google today announced the March 2025 Pixel (Feature) Drop with a slew of first-party app updates, as well as new camera and connectivity features. The OS and application updates are rolling out starting today.

The three generations of Pixel Watch are not getting an OTA update this month, but December 2024 Feature Drop does bring a handful of additions.

Google is rolling out the December 2024 Pixel Feature Drop alongside Android 15 QPR1 today, and it’s a rather sizable update.

With the launch of Android 15, Google is rolling out the October 2024 Pixel Drop. Besides the slight naming tweak, there are new features for all devices, while a lot of things introduced on the Pixel 9 are coming to older devices.

Despite being released almost a week ago, the June Pixel Feature Drop is still unavailable for some US Verizon and T-Mobile subscribers.

Google is rolling out the June 2024 Pixel Feature Drop alongside Android 14 QPR3 today. This should be the last major update before Android 15 later this year.

The latest March Pixel Feature Drop has brought with it a slew of new functions and features, but annoyingly it has removed one useful addition in recent updates – the battery information section.

Google’s latest Pixel Feature Drop for March 2024 is here, bringing a bunch of exciting new features and improvements to your favorite Pixel device. Let’s dive in and see what’s new!

Following the unexpected January edition, Google is rolling out the March Pixel Feature Drop. Notably, it’s arriving today in all countries but the US, while stateside availability is not until March 11.

Google confirmed today that the January Pixel Feature Drop just consists of app updates from the Play Store. Meanwhile, the Google Store has emailed the 20% off discount codes for the Mint Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.

Google is giving the Pixel a surprise January 2024 Feature Drop that coincides with the Mint 8 and 8 Pro. This follows a big update in December and comes two months ahead of schedule. 

Generally speaking, Made by Google has six big software launches over the course of a year. Some of the quarterly Pixel Feature Drops are bigger than others, an observation that continued to be the case in 2023, while the other two moments are tied to the mid-year and fall hardware launches. 

Google is rolling out a pretty big December Feature Drop that notably adds Video Boost to the Pixel 8 Pro and other camera features, while Watch Unlock is finally here for the Pixel Watch.

With the launch of Android 14, Google is rolling out an October Pixel Feature Drop that particularly benefits the Fold and Tablet. It’s coming a month later than expected, with many of the additions part of the broader OS update.

After adding Fall Detection three months ago as part of its first big update, the next notable Pixel Watch release is here with three health and exercise features in the June Feature Drop.

After a week’s delay, the next Pixel Feature Drop is rolling out with Android 13 QPR3 and the June security patch to the Pixel 4a – 7a. Compared to the previous quarterly update, this is a big one.

Given that two out of the last three updates arrived late, we’re not too surprised that Android 13 QPR3 with the June 2023 security patch and the next Pixel Feature Drop is not yet out.

The March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop ends the latest round of QPR Beta updates and gives the stable channel a whole host of new features. Here are all of the most important new additions.