5 new features coming to your phone with the September 2026 Android Drop

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Just a day in September, Google has now announced the September 2026 Android Drop, bringing a bunch of new features across Google apps. A couple of these newly announced features have already rolled out to users in August, but Google is including them in the September 2026 Android Drop regardless.

Google says that users on Android 16 and above devices will soon be able to ask Gemini to remember where they placed important items. Gemini will save the location for these items in Find Hub, so you can easily locate them later.

This will be useful for items that you don’t put a tracker tag on. For instance, you can issue a command to Gemini like, “Hey Google, remember in Find Hub that I put my passport in my bedroom drawer,” and Gemini will save this in Find Hub, with an option to add a photo too. You can then check the location of all your remembered items in the Find Hub tab, or you can ask Gemini to tell you the location.

This feature will be available in countries where both Gemini and Find Hub are supported.

Google is building on Google Messages’ RCS capabilities by integrating Google Keep’s notes and lists right within the Messages app . Starting today, users can hit the “+” Plus icon in Google Messages to add Google Keep to their conversations. Once done, you can share and update grocery lists or vacation notes right inside your chats, making it easier than ever to collaborate.

Google launched Visual Guidance with Gemini Live alongside the Pixel 10 series. When you share your camera feed, Gemini Live could highlight objects by placing a white dot on them or by overlaying a rectangle or square around them, while dimming everything else in view.

Google is taking some of the ideas behind this feature and expanding them across the rest of the Android ecosystem with Gemini Live’s Guided Vision . We’ve spotted the feature in the works before , including its Accessibility shortcut , and we now have a much clearer picture of what’s in front of us, pun not intended.