

"If you start typing 'Lyft' into Google Search, you'll see a "slice" of the Lyft app, showing prices for your ride home and the ETA for a driver so you can take action more quickly and easily." This is an important feature added to Android Pie which allows apps to shows a "slice" of relevant information from other apps when the operating system believes you need it, like showing you real-time pricing from services like Uber or Lyft when you are searching for a ride. "And when you put in headphones after work, you may see options to call your mom or start your favorite Spotify playlist." "Say it's Tuesday morning and you're preparing for your commute: you'll be suggested actions like navigating to work on Google Maps or resuming an audiobook with Google Play Books," Google explains. Android 9 Pie also comes with a new auto-brightness algorithm, which is also powered by AI to learn how users like to set the brightness in different settings, and does it for them.Īndroid Pie has a new feature called App Actions that helps users get things done faster by predicting what they will want to do next based on their context and displays that action right on their smartphone.
