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A few features still missing from Android 13

Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

Android 13 offers a host of changes that can’t be captured visually—support for MIDI 3.0, Bluetooth LE Audio, and Spatial audio come to mind—but some features still haven’t made it over from the beta.

Per 9to5Google, we’re still missing a unified Pixel Launcher search ability, which lets you search your device per the search bar on the Home screen. In Android 12 and before, the search bar differs from the one in the application drawer, and it’s annoying to have to tap through to the correct search bar to search your device. The lauded and revamped Security & Privacy hub also has yet to appear in the settings menu. And the cross-device messaging and copy-and-paste features announced between Android and Chrome OS are not yet available, though those should be rolling out sometime this fall.