Google Brings Android 11 to Pixel Smartphones With Several New Features

Business Standard Google brings Android 11 to Pixel smartphones with several new features

Google on Tuesday rolled out the much-anticipated Android 11 first on Pixel devices, that comes with features like location privacy for employees, Live View with Location Sharing in Google Maps, etc.

Google on Tuesday rolled out the much-anticipated Android 11 first on Pixel devices, that comes with features like location privacy for employees, Live View with Location Sharing in Google Maps and new Smart Reply on Pixels keyboard.

Employees will now see separate tabs for work and personal when they share files, open content or go into their settings menu.

"To give employees more information about their location privacy, we've added a new notification whenever their IT admin grants location access to work apps," Google said in a statement.

Google Calendar will soon allow people to see personal events in their work calendar, helping to better schedule around commitments across their day.

Personal calendar events will remain privately stored on device in the personal profile, invisible to both colleagues and IT, Google said.

"We've also enhanced our agreements with device manufacturers to help ensure all work profile privacy protections are reliably enforced".

"If your friends have chosen to share their location with you, simply tap on their icon and then on Live View on the right side of your screen," Google said.

You'll see where they are in relation to you, along with how far away they are.

Tapping on start will then show you arrows and directions placed right on top of your world so you can see exactly which way to go.

The new Smart Reply on Pixel's keyboard makes typing effortless by giving helpful suggestions when people are using chat apps.