Android 7.1.1 came out for Nexus and Pixel devices this week, and while the Pixels just got a minor update from 7.1 to 7.1.1, the Nexus devices are moving from 7.0 to 7.1.1. This finally brings the older Nexus phones on par with Google's new flagships, the Pixel and Pixel XL.

Pixel-exclusive features:

Google Assistant —Google voice commands, but with some personality and a new UI.

—Google voice commands, but with some personality and a new UI. Pixel Launcher —Round icons, a new weather/search widget, a swipe-up app drawer, a dynamic calendar icon, and a new app drawer design.

—Round icons, a new weather/search widget, a swipe-up app drawer, a dynamic calendar icon, and a new app drawer design. Google system UI —Solid white navigation bar icons and slightly different (usually bluer) UI highlight colors.

—Solid white navigation bar icons and slightly different (usually bluer) UI highlight colors. Sounds and wallpapers—New Ringtone, notification, and alarm sounds. Some exclusive live wallpapers, too.

General Android 7.1 features (or at least, features that made it to the Nexus phones):

Touch-input latency improvements —Lots of general work was done to improve touch latency on Android. On 7.0, input latency could be as high as 48ms (a frame at 60FPS is 16ms); a rework of the graphics stack puts it at 28ms on the Pixel.

—Lots of general work was done to improve touch latency on Android. On 7.0, input latency could be as high as 48ms (a frame at 60FPS is 16ms); a rework of the graphics stack puts it at 28ms on the Pixel. New emoji —The new 7.1 emoji are mostly new gender-swap emojis for many previously gender-exclusive emojis. So you get female astronauts and males getting a haircut.

—The new 7.1 emoji are mostly new gender-swap emojis for many previously gender-exclusive emojis. So you get female astronauts and males getting a haircut. Support tab —A quick way to access Google support from the settings screen. This was originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature.

—A quick way to access Google support from the settings screen. This was originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature. New Camera app —Exposure adjustment, viewfinder grid modes, Smart Burst, and AE/AF Locking (No new video stabilization or white balance presets, though). Originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature.

—Exposure adjustment, viewfinder grid modes, Smart Burst, and AE/AF Locking (No new video stabilization or white balance presets, though). Originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature. Smart Storage —Automatic and manual options to remove things like backed-up pictures. Originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature.

—Automatic and manual options to remove things like backed-up pictures. Originally flagged as a "Pixel-Exclusive" feature. New call screen —The call screen was reworked to have a weird blue gradient background.

—The call screen was reworked to have a weird blue gradient background. App shortcuts —Like Apple's 3D Touch. Long-press on an app icon and get a list of shortcuts.

—Like Apple's 3D Touch. Long-press on an app icon and get a list of shortcuts. Google Wallpaper app —Not packed in but available on the Play Store. You don't get all the Pixel wallpapers, but there's a big collection in there.

—Not packed in but available on the Play Store. You don't get all the Pixel wallpapers, but there's a big collection in there. Reset button —A long requested feature. There's now a "reset" button in the power menu.

—A long requested feature. There's now a "reset" button in the power menu. Notification Panel tweaks—You get a pen-style "edit" button and an extra quick settings icon.

Features for “Android 7.1-native” devices that aren't exclusive to the Pixel but aren't coming to old devices:

"Seamless" A/B system updates —A dual system partition feature that lets the OS update one partition while you're still using the other one.

—A dual system partition feature that lets the OS update one partition while you're still using the other one. Night Light —A F.lux-style night mode that turns the screen brown for supposedly better night reading. This was originally slated for the Nexus phones, too, but Google ran into driver issues.

—A F.lux-style night mode that turns the screen brown for supposedly better night reading. This was originally slated for the Nexus phones, too, but Google ran into driver issues. Fingerprint sensor gesture —You can swipe down on the Pixel's fingerprint sensor to open the notification panel. This was originally headed to Nexus phones, but there were more driver issues.

—You can swipe down on the Pixel's fingerprint sensor to open the notification panel. This was originally headed to Nexus phones, but there were more driver issues. Daydream VR—7.1 has some Daydream improvements under the hood, but support for Google's new VR goggles seems to require at least a Snapdragon 820.

When the Pixel phones were first released, there was a good bit of confusion as to which new features were Pixel exclusive and which were Android 7.1 features that would be coming to all devices. To help clear things up, Google passed along a list in early October outlining which features went where. Now that we can compare the finished Android 7.1 product to that list, we have noticed a few differences. Here's the full software feature list as it stands today.

So if you're keeping track at home, the Support tab, camera UI improvements, and Smart Storage were originally said to be "Pixel-exclusive" but ended up coming to other devices after the reaction online. The Pixel exclusive list isn't that big today and is mostly aesthetic changes.

The biggest difference is the Google Assistant, and withholding it from the general Android population still seems crazy. Google is a search (and advertising) company, and it says Google Assistant is the future of Google Search. Relegating the future of the company to less than one percent of the Android install base seems like something that is bad for Google. The Assistant is built for a general rollout—as part of the general "Google" app , the code for the Assistant is already on nearly every Android phone. It seems inevitable that someday Google will activate the Assistant on every device.

As far as Android releases go, 7.1 (and 7.1.1) is an extremely minor release. 7.1 is the first in a "maintenance" release cycle for 7.0 Nougat, so we're not sure if this is the new normal or smaller than usual thanks to time taken up developing the Pixel phones. In a blog post yesterday, Google says it has "already started work on refinements and bug fixes for the next incremental update," so we might see yet another developer preview soon.

If you haven't gotten the 7.1.1 update yet, Google says it's slowly rolling out to Nexus devices. Rollout can take up to a month to reach 100 percent of users. If you want to brave manually doing it yourself, Google has full system images posted and OTA downloads.