Google’s beefing up Calculator with Pixel Solver and Unit Conversion tools

Google’s November Pixel Drop starts going out today, and in addition to seeing the expansion of features like Gboard’s Rambler and Gemini Intelligence, we’re also getting some brand-new ones — including a couple designed to offer a little math assistance: Pixel Solver and Unit Conversion for Google Calculator.

We live in a world full of all different kinds of ways to measure things, and converting between them all can sometimes be less intuitive than we’d like — how often have you asked Gemini or Assistant in the kitchen to remind you how many cups are in a quart? While that’s still going to be an option, Google’s now bringing a more manual version of that to its Calculator app.

Unit Conversion for Calculator is designed to save you from constantly looking up formulas to turn one measurement into another, and let you perform those conversions, as well as do math on the results, all in one place. That even includes working with currency, and it’s able to access real-time exchange rates to keep the figures accurate.

For slightly more advanced problems, Calculator is getting Pixel Solver. This one uses AI and templates to work you through multi-step operations, helping to highlight the math you need to solve everyday problems.

Pixel Solver is debuting as a Pixel 11-exclusive feature — though, as we’re seeing with today’s Drop, that may not be a situation that lasts forever. Unit Conversion, meanwhile, will be accessible in Calculator on Pixel 6a and newer devices.