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TL;DR
- Google’s next Pixel Drop could be heard on November 4, according to a new leak.
- November’s Pixel Drop would introduce Pixel themes, starting with an evil one.
- Pixel VIPs can become much more useful with the arrival of priority notifications.
Every few months, Google brings the latest major software features to its own smartphones via Pixel Drop. A couple of months ago, September’s Pixel Drop brought us all a healthy dose of Material 3 Expressive, and since then we’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s Android 16 QPR2 beta builds to find out what to expect from the next one, presumably December’s Pixel Drop. But now it looks like this update could be heard before we know it, with a new leak outlining what to expect and when.
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On Telegram, mystical leaks shares a detailed report on what they characterize as a leak from Google’s November Pixel Drop. And specifically, they say they expect this one to land in just one more week, on November 4th.
For starters, we could get our first Pixel theme pack. We’ve been following progress on this Android addition since earlier this year, with Google working on a new Theme Manager to quickly change the look and feel of your platform by swapping out new wallpapers, colors, and icons. According to this leak, our first theme pack could be inspired by the upcoming theatrical movie “Wicked: For Good.” Given that it’s releasing internationally on November 4 and in the US on November 21, perhaps that timing could be part of why we might be getting this Pixel launch sooner than planned.
You would first enter a message to generate your initial image. After that, tapping the “Animate Image” button at the bottom of the screen will bring up a new dialog box asking you to describe exactly what you would like your image to do. After giving Gemini a few moments to work on it (the source suggests it may be Veo 3 or even the new Veo 3.1 behind this, but couldn’t confirm), you’ll see your animation and can export the clip to share.
Finally, we’re hearing about a new feature for Pixel VIP that might convince some of you who are still wondering what it’s for. With this Pixel Drop, your VIP contacts could now contact you more easily through priority notifications. We haven’t seen the details yet on how exactly they might work, but they would supposedly only support specific apps, with Google Messages and WhatsApp mentioned as two.
That’s quite a teaser, and now we’re looking forward to next week to see if this release actually happens as predicted.
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