The latest Google Pixel Drop is here with several upgrades for your Pixel phone. Some are small-scale, but there are two larger improvements to Google Messages and Google Maps that Pixel owners should pay attention to.

Google Messages is getting two upgrades, including the addition of the AI-based Remix feature and improvements to Scam Detection. Meanwhile, Google Maps now has a new power-saving mode. More on both below.

What’s new in Messages

Remix is a generative AI tool that originally debuted in Google Photos in August and lets you change the style of images in various cartoon styles. Remix utilizes Nano Banana to generate the images.

The version in Google Messages lets you and another Google Message user “remix” the same image back and forth without having to exit the app. The too

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