Google Pixel owners can rest easy—literally. Google's Android team this week unveiled new features that extend battery life, enhance personal safety, and help you disconnect at night. Every three months (since December), Google rolls out fresh tools like photo functions, automatic call screening, AR effects, and more display options.

As part of this third drop, the company upgraded its Adaptive Battery to predict when your Pixel's power will run out and automatically reduce background activity to keep the phone running that little bit longer. The software already learns your favorite apps and pulls power away from those rarely used. And a better battery means more screen time, but Google wants to help curb those late-night scroll sessions with a Clock bedtime feature that "helps you maintain a consistent sleep schedule and strike a better balance with your screen time each night," technical program manager Tok Tokuda wrote in Read more...