Google Announces November Pixel Drop

Google announced its November Pixel Drop on November 10, adding Gemini Intelligence features, custom widgets, call screening changes, and connectivity updates across Pixel phones and watches. The updates begin rolling out that day and continue over the next several weeks.

Gemini Intelligence is available on Pixel 10 devices, excluding Pixel 10a, and can use Rambler to remove filler words from voice dictation and format speech as text. Gemini can also handle multi-step tasks such as grocery shopping, ride booking, takeout orders, and restaurant reservations; that task feature is available in Japan, the UK, and India. Pixel phones can also suggest actions, including sharing an ETA or finding a dinner spot.

Users can create personalized widgets for tasks such as tracking monthly spending, showing a team’s colors on game day, or counting down to a trip using flight and reservation details. Widget creation is also coming to Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Watch 5. Pixel can summarize long conversations, with summaries available in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, and Traditional Chinese; the feature is coming to Pixel Watches.

On Pixel 11 series phones in the U.S., Gemini’s upgraded Call Screen asks unknown callers why they are calling, displays a live transcript, and handles the exchange until the user answers or ends the call. Google is adding custom icon styles across home-screen app icons, and Pixel search is available on Pixel 6a and newer phones to search photos, emails, messages, calendar events, and settings. HiLight now glows for messages from favorite contacts when the phone is face down.

Pixel Tag, available November 11, costs $29.99 for one or $99.99 for a four-pack. Its battery lasts over a year, and Google says the Find Hub network of more than 1 billion Android devices can help locate belongings; ultra-wideband (UWB) provides nearby direction and distance guidance.

Google Fi’s new super network, available starting that day on eligible Pixel phones, switches between two U.S. 5G networks and millions of secure Wi-Fi networks. Existing Pixel owners can get 50% off select unlimited plans for 12 months, with the offer ending December 1, 2026. Pixel Watch 3 and newer models are also receiving step-by-step workout instructions, rep and weight logging, and activity metrics on the watch or phone. A watch unlock feature linked to an unlocked nearby phone is due in the next few weeks.

Google announced its November Pixel Drop on November 10, adding Gemini Intelligence features, custom widgets, call screening changes, and connectivity updates across Pixel phones and watches. The updates begin rolling out that day and continue over the next several weeks.

Gemini Intelligence is available on Pixel 10 devices, excluding Pixel 10a, and can use Rambler to remove filler words from voice dictation and format speech as text. Gemini can also handle multi-step tasks such as grocery shopping, ride booking, takeout orders, and restaurant reservations; that task feature is available in Japan, the UK, and India. Pixel phones can also suggest actions, including sharing an ETA or finding a dinner spot.

Users can create personalized widgets for tasks such as tracking monthly spending, showing a team’s colors on game day, or counting down to a trip using flight and reservation details. Widget creation is also coming to Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Watch 5. Pixel can summarize long conversations, with summaries available in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, and Traditional Chinese; the feature is coming to Pixel Watches.

On Pixel 11 series phones in the U.S., Gemini’s upgraded Call Screen asks unknown callers why they are calling, displays a live transcript, and handles the exchange until the user answers or ends the call. Google is adding custom icon styles across home-screen app icons, and Pixel search is available on Pixel 6a and newer phones to search photos, emails, messages, calendar events, and settings. HiLight now glows for messages from favorite contacts when the phone is face down.

Pixel Tag, available November 11, costs $29.99 for one or $99.99 for a four-pack. Its battery lasts over a year, and Google says the Find Hub network of more than 1 billion Android devices can help locate belongings; ultra-wideband (UWB) provides nearby direction and distance guidance.

Google Fi’s new super network, available starting that day on eligible Pixel phones, switches between two U.S. 5G networks and millions of secure Wi-Fi networks. Existing Pixel owners can get 50% off select unlimited plans for 12 months, with the offer ending December 1, 2026. Pixel Watch 3 and newer models are also receiving step-by-step workout instructions, rep and weight logging, and activity metrics on the watch or phone. A watch unlock feature linked to an unlocked nearby phone is due in the next few weeks.