{"id":680798,"date":"2026-11-10T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/680798\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:36:10","slug":"google-is-making-pixel-hilight-slightly-more-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/680798\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is making Pixel HiLight slightly more useful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Google is adding a new feature to its underwhelming HiLight light on the back of Pixel 11 Pro phones: as part of the November 2026 Pixel Drop, the light can light up when you get Google Messages texts from your favorite contacts. Sure, it\u2019s a small addition to the disappointing ways you could use HiLight at the Pixel 11 Pro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/981713\/google-pixel-11-pro-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August launch<\/a>, which included glowing when you used Gemini and lighting up for calls from your favorite contacts. But it\u2019s something!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Fortunately, that\u2019s not everything included in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products-and-platforms\/devices\/pixel\/november-2026-pixel-drop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Pixel Drop<\/a>, as there are a bunch of other new features coming to a wider range of Pixel devices. The \u201cCreate My Widget\u201d feature to build a custom widget with a prompt is rolling out to Pixel 11 and Pixel 10 phones. Google is bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/928724\/gemini-intelligence-android-io-autofill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini Intelligence features<\/a> to Pixel 10 devices, including the Rambler transcription tool. Users with Pixel 11 and Pixel 10 phones will be able to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/1000116\/google-gemini-business-phone-calls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini make calls on your behalf<\/a> to help with tasks like making reservations or checking inventory. If you have a Pixel Watch 3 or newer, you\u2019ll be able to see step-by-step instructions during workouts. And users on Pixel 6A phones and newer will be able to take advantage of a new \u201cFamily Hub\u201d spot in settings that consolidates family management controls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google is adding a new feature to its underwhelming HiLight light on the back of Pixel 11 Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1711,6794,61,60,202,43,216,80],"class_list":["post-680798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-google","tag-google-pixel","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}