Overview
- A Gemini-powered chatbot is rolling out to summarize bills and answer account questions after positive tester feedback.
- AI “optimized audio” for calls is scheduled for mid-November, adding background-noise filtering and clearer voices alongside HD and HD+ support on compatible connections.
- A redesigned browser experience with RCS arrives in early December, enabling rich media and threaded messages without turning off RCS to use web calling or texting.
- Wi‑Fi Auto Connect+ is expanding for Pixel phones on Fi to tens of millions of public hotspots, including LAX, ORD, and JFK, with a VPN used when switching to public networks.
- Google says calls and texts will route through a VPN with seamless, secure switching to Wi‑Fi at no extra cost and without counting against data.