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Some newer Pixel phones have a secret notification weapon.
This feature gives you a quick overview of longer messages.
These summaries are displayed on your Pixel lock screen.
Google is always trying to make Android a more user-friendly and efficient mobile OS. With the advent of AI, some features can be simplified in ways that would not have been possible without the help of local LLMs.
One such feature is the new Android notification summaries. This feature aims to summarize longer messages from popular messaging apps (such as Google Messages) and present the summaries on your lock screen (not when you're using your phone).
There are a couple of caveats to this. First, because the summarization happens on-device, the power required excludes the Pixel 9a, which leaves the 9, 9 Pro, 10, and 10 Pro. That's not a long list of devices, but it's very possible the feature will eventually trickle down to other devices (so long as they have the hardware capable of doing on-board AI).
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