{"id":865685,"date":"2026-09-30T08:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865685\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:58:11","slug":"new-pixel-11-hilight-features-messaging-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865685\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pixel 11 HiLight Features: Messaging is Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pixel 11 series launched with its new HiLight feature and we were initially quite excited about it. We love it when companies try to bring freshness by playing with hardware. Unfortunately, Google failed to deliver a robust set of features for HiLight and I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve found the new lighting system useful in any way.<\/p>\n

Thanks to an update to Android 17 QPR2 today<\/a>, we\u2019re getting our first new feature and a preview into the future of where HiLight<\/a> could go on the Pixel 11 series.<\/p>\n

Now that we\u2019ve had time to update to QPR2 Beta 6.1, our hunt for new features immediately started with HiLight, since that\u2019s really one of the only new ideas that Google has confirmed it will look to improve in the near future. Sure enough, we have a new option!<\/p>\n

New HiLight Feature: Messaging Notification Lights<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

If you update today on your Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, or Pixel 11 Pro Fold, head into Settings>System>HiLight, there\u2019s now a 3rd option to toggle on.<\/p>\n

Previously, we only had \u201cSpeaking with Gemini\u201d and \u201cCalls from favorites,\u201d but with the update to QPR2 Beta 6.1, Google has added an option called \u201cMessages from favorites.\u201d Yep, that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

When toggled on, assuming you have favorites set for HiLight, you\u2019ll see the color for that favorite glow when they message you.<\/p>\n

Also, to make sure these are setup, you\u2019ll head into your Contacts app, tap on one of your favorite contacts, and then scroll within their contact until you see the option for HiLight. When you tap on it with QPR2 installed, you\u2019ll now see a \u201cMessages\u201d option alongside \u201cPhone calls.\u201d You can still change colors for each contact, but the Messages toggle is new and allows the color to show when they message you.<\/p>\n

Look, this isn\u2019t much, but it is something. We\u2019ll take any improvements that Google can give us with HiLight, although we have our doubts on it expanding much further. Prove us wrong, Google.<\/p>\n

Add Droid Life on Google:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pixel 11 series launched with its new HiLight feature and we were initially quite excited about it.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[168,338806,270142,338802,338804,338803,74],"class_list":["post-865685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-google","tag-hilight","tag-pixel-11","tag-pixel-11-pro","tag-pixel-11-pro-fold","tag-pixel-11-pro-xl","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}