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On Tuesday, Google announced it's rolling out five new updates designed to make Android phones more accessible, useful, and personalized. Announced in a blog post on Tuesday, the features include those aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind and low-vision users navigate their surroundings, remembering where users leave important items, and another that adds new ways to personalize Google Messages. While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements. The most interesting update is “Motion Assist,” a feature designed to help people who experience motion sickness while using their phones in a moving vehicle. It adds a bubble overlay to the screen that moves in response to the vehicle’s motion, helping reduce the disconnect between what users see on their screens and what their bodies feel. The concept isn’t entirely new, however. Apple introduced “ Vehicle Motion Cues ” in 2024, which uses animated dots around the edges of the display that move in response to a vehicle’s motion. Users can set "Motion Assist" to turn on automatically, add it to Quick Settings, and customize the bubble’s shape, color, and transparency. Google says this feature is available to Android 17 users. Google is also introducing “Guided Vision,” a feature designed with blind and low-vision users in mind. It combines the phone’s camera with Gemini to help with tasks such as reading small print on a food label, viewing a menu in a dark restaurant, or identifying objects around the house. The feature can also provide voice guidance when the camera isn’t positioned correctly, telling users to move the phone, pan around, or center an object. Guided Vision is coming to phones running Android 9 and newer in countries where Gemini is available. Another update gives Gemini a new way to help users remember where they put important items. A "remembered items" section in Find Hub will allow users to tell Gemini where they’ve stored something. For example, a user could say they put their passport in a bedroom drawer, and Gemini can save that information in Find Hub. Users can also attach a photo to make the item easier to identify later. Additionally, Google is adding a Google Keep integration to Google Messages, allowing people to share and edit grocery lists, vacation notes, and other information directly within a conversation. Plus, Google Messages is getting more personalization options. Users will be able to customize individual chats with backgrounds, photos, and colors, Google says. The text bubbles will automatically match. Apple added a similar custom background feature to Messages last year. Topics AI , Android , Apps , Google , Hardware When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission . This doesn’t affect our editorial independence. Lauren Forristal Lauren covers media, streaming, apps and platforms at TechCrunch. You can contact or verify outreach from Lauren by emailing laurenf.techcrunch@gmail.com or via encrypted message at laurenforris22.25 on Signal. View Bio October 13 - 15 San Francisco Don't miss out . The startup community will gather to answer a pivotal question: How do you build sustainably in the AI era? REGISTER NOW Most Popular Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage Sarah Perez MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario Sarah Perez Musk's faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem Connie Loizos Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU Russell Brandom Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck Rebecca Bellan Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition Connie Loizos Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation Lucas Ropek