India, April 10 -- With last month's update, Google removed a small feature from Pixel smartphones called "Now Playing", which has been on Pixel devices since the Pixel 2 smartphones. The change comes following criticism from Pixel users who noticed that the feature was gone, filling social media with concern. Finally, Google reinstated this feature on Pixel devices with the latest update.

The Now Playing is a Pixel-exclusive feature which automatically identifies the music playing nearby and puts a notification on the phone for the user to check later. The music identification is near-instant because it uses an on-device database rather than relying on the internet. This limits the number of songs it can identify, so when the music is n...