{"id":133461,"date":"2025-11-14T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/133461\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:30:10","slug":"pixel-journal-now-available-for-the-pixel-8-and-9-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/133461\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel Journal now available for the Pixel 8 and 9 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-cover-a.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/11\/11\/november-2025-pixel-feature-drop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 2025 Feature Drop<\/a>, Google is bringing the Journal app introduced this generation to the Pixel 8 and 9 series.<\/p>\n<p>The app wasn\u2019t immediately available for older devices following the Tuesday announcement. Pixel 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold, and 9a users can now download the Journal app from <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.pixel.aurelius\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After installing, the set-up process starts by deciding whether you want to sign-in with your Google Account. Doing so lets you \u201cback up your journal and get AI-powered features like customized writing inspiration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next up is picking a journaling goal to \u201cgive your writing direction and purpose\u201d: Mindfulness, Daily reflections, Creativity, Health &amp; Fitness, Personal growth, Productivity, or Life story. You can choose \u201cNot now\u201d and select one at a later time from Settings.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>You can grant Journal access to Google Photos and Health Connect for \u201ccustomized writing inspiration.\u201d Backing up \u201cjournal entries and activity\u201d is handy when you get a new phone, while you can choose \u201cNo lock\u201d or \u201cSame as screen lock\u201d for an additional layer of security. The final step is allowing notifications for reminders and writing inspiration.\u00a0<\/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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2350\" data-id=\"695900\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=695900\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-2c.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=627\" data-width=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-2c.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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2349\" data-id=\"695901\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=695901\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-4a.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=628\" data-width=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-4a.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By default, the app launches to the journaling screen for immediate text entry. There are basic Font (Sans or Serif) and Color (five) customization options. The Add item menu allows you to Take photo \/video, Add photo, Health Connect activity, and location &amp; map.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Journal has a two-tab bottom bar (tall, though Google\u2019s screenshots show a short version), starting with Entries. It\u2019s organized by Recent, Bookmarks, and More entries, while there\u2019s a large FAB (floating action button).<\/p>\n<p>The Insights tab defaults to a Week view, but Month is also available for the calendar. There are stats like Most active time, Total entries, and Longest word count.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AI features like past topic, deep dive inspirations, reflections, and the mood tracker are only available on the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold.<\/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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2350\" data-id=\"695903\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=695903\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-1a.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=627\" data-width=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-1a.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-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2351\" data-id=\"695902\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=695902\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-5a.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=627\" data-width=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pixel-Journal-Play-5a.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/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\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the November 2025 Feature Drop, Google is bringing the Journal app introduced this generation to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-133461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}