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Google deploys Android 16 to Pixel phones, adding group chat to RCS, editing suggestions powered by AI with Google photos, live notifications on the lock screen, and more– One day after Apple announced the revision of the operating system at WWDC 2025, Google launched its own set of major software upgrades for phones.
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