Google has begun rolling out its November 2025 feature drop, bringing AI-powered notification summaries, a new Google Maps Power Saving mode, and expanded scam detection to its Pixel devices, all built on Android 16 QPR1.
Starting with the notification summaries, this feature generates quick summaries of long conversations right in your notification shade, as long as the conversation is in English. This is powered by the on-device Gemini Nano model and is limited to the Pixel 9 and above (excluding the 9A). A follow-up update this December will organize and silence notifications it deems low-priority.
This feature might remind you of Apple"s version, which ran into the usual hallucination issues that plague LLMs. The worst case was when it made up a headline about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO"s murder, claiming he killed himself. In reality, he was in custody, and the AI had just misread BBC News headlines.
The Pixel Journal app, introduced with the Pixel 10, has been expanded to the Pixel 8 and 9 series. This app can help you document your day with more than just text. You can add photos and videos, and it integrates with Google services like Maps and Health Connect to pull in relevant data.
Scam Detection has also expanded. For Pixel 6 and newer devices in the US, the feature now scans notifications from popular chat apps and displays a "likely scam" alert on suspicious messages. The in-call scam detection feature is also now available for the Pixel 9 and above in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the UK.
Other things to look out for in this latest drop include Call Notes expanding to Australia, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Japan (Pixel 9 and above, excluding 9a). A new VIP contacts feature highlights messages from important people in yellow (Pixel 6 and above).
For those long drives, Google Maps has a new Power Saving Mode that strips the UI down to the essentials (Pixel 10 series only). And Google Photos gets "Personalized Edits" to fix things like closed eyes or sunglasses in group pictures by pulling data from other photos you have taken (Eligible US Android users).
You can learn more about the latest Pixel Drop from this Google Support post.