{"id":469627,"date":"2026-02-12T06:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469627\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:25:12","slug":"pixel-vpn-by-google-update-adds-status-to-quick-settings-tile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469627\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel VPN by Google update adds status to Quick Settings Tile\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Quick-Settings-in-Android-16-QPR1-2.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A small update to the Pixel VPN by Google lets you more easily check connection status from the Quick Settings (QS) Tile.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the 2\u00d71 QS Tile awkwardly displayed \u201cVPN by Google\u201d twice. Now, the second line shows the current status of your connection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Connected: The Tile is also active (filled) and a rounded rectangle<\/p>\n<p>Paused: Pill<\/p>\n<p>Connecting\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t connect\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Old<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1250\" data-id=\"704136\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704136\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Pixel-VPN-Quick-Settings-old-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=885\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pixel-VPN-Quick-Settings-old-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1250\" data-id=\"704135\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=704135\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Pixel-VPN-Quick-Settings-old-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=885\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pixel-VPN-Quick-Settings-old-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These descriptions were previously only available in the VPN by Google \u201capp,\u201d and this QS addition saves you from having to open that fullscreen experience. (Tip: Long-press the QS Tile to immediately open rather than accessing via Settings &gt; Network &amp; internet &gt; VPN.) That said, most people probably use the 1\u00d71 QS Tile.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>This updated Quick Settings Tile is rolling out with <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.privacy.wildlife\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">version 2025.12.19.x<\/a> of VPN by Google, though there\u2019s a server-side component to this change. It\u2019s not yet widely available on all Pixel devices we checked today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">New<\/p>\n<p>In other Pixel app developments, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.recorder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recorder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.pixel.agent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshots<\/a> received small patch updates this week that did not result in new features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_669_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_276_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-704145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A small update to the Pixel VPN by Google lets you more easily check connection status from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-469627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}