June Pixel Drop: New features for creators, Gemini upgrades and more
Google Blog 2026-06-16 18:00:00
Context: Google has announced the June Pixel Drop, a new update that brings several features to Pixel devices, including AI-powered video and music creation, improved multitasking, and enhanced emergency features. The update is rolling out to Pixel devices starting today and will continue over the next few weeks. This update aims to make Pixel devices more personalized and helpful.
Key Facts
- The June Pixel Drop introduces several new features, including screen recording reactions, AI-powered video and music creation, and improved multitasking with floating app bubbles, which allows users to turn any app into a compact, floating window.
- Gemini, Google's AI tool, now helps users create custom videos, original music tracks, and edit photos, and can even create a custom AI avatar that looks and sounds like the user.
- The update also brings real-time voice translation to more devices, including Pixel 10a, which currently supports translations between English and German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Hindi.
- Emergency features now automatically notify users' loved ones if they are in danger, and users can customize who gets notified by toggling Emergency Contacts on or off for each specific detection type in their settings.
- The June Pixel Drop also includes other features such as Custom Greetings for Take a Message, Manual Call Screen on Pixel phones in India, and Edit with Ask Photos, which is now available in Google Photos on Pixel phones in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.