Everyday Tech · Oct 8, 2026
Still not using Pixel VIPs? Here’s how to set it up on your Pixel phone right now
Pixel VIPs is finally becoming a widget worth using.
It’s not every day that we get a genuinely useful new widget on Android. Sure, Google is bringing the ability for users to create their own widgets on Android very soon, but it’s been a while since we saw a great new widget from Google itself.
With the September 2026 Pixel Feature Drop, Google updated its Pixel VIPs widget. Pixel VIPs has been around for a while, but the latest update makes the widget much more useful than before.