Pixel VIPs & Improved Connectivity, Accessibility

The June Pixel Drop helps you connect with your VIPs and enhances accessibility.

Introducing Pixel VIPs to keep your closest connections front and center, plus updates to Expressive Captions, hearing aid support, and creative tools in the latest Pixel Drop.¹

A light pink banner features the words "Pixel Drop" in large, bold, black sans-serif font. To the left of the word "Pixel" is a blue paper airplane sticker. To the right of "Pixel" is a sticker that reads "JUNE 2025" in a stylized white font with black outlining. A bright yellow smiley face sticker with black eyes and mouth replaces the "o" in "Drop".
A light pink banner features the words "Pixel Drop" in large, bold, black sans-serif font. To the left of the word "Pixel" is a blue paper airplane sticker. To the right of "Pixel" is a sticker that reads "JUNE 2025" in a stylized white font with black outlining. A bright yellow smiley face sticker with black eyes and mouth replaces the "o" in "Drop".
Your Pixel phone keeps getting more helpful over time.

The June Pixel Drop is here with exciting new ways to nurture your relationships and make your device even more accessible and fun.

Stay close with Pixel VIPs

In our busy lives, maintaining meaningful connections with the people who matter most can be challenging. That’s why we’re introducing Pixel VIPs, a new feature exclusive to

Pixel phones
(Pixel 6 and newer) designed to help you feel more connected to your closest friends and family.

Pixel VIPs lets you select up to eight special contacts and add a dedicated widget to your home screen. See your last call and message (including ones from WhatsApp), stay updated on upcoming birthdays and anniversaries, see real-time locations when shared, and jot down quick memos so you’ll remember important details. Think of it as a dedicated space on your phone for the people you care about most.

Pixel VIPs helps you stay connected to the people you care about the most.

See updates at a glance or click into the widget for the full Pixel VIPs experience, offering a deeper look into your connections:

  • Significant dates: Add birthdays, anniversaries, and custom milestones to be reminded about important dates. Pixel VIPs can provide timely notifications with celebratory illustrations.

  • Last connection: See when you last interacted, with last calls and messages – even ones from WhatsApp – making it easy to remember when it’s time to reach out.

  • Local updates: If your VIP shares their location, you can see their real-time location, local time, and weather at a glance. You can even get crisis alerts for natural disasters or emergencies near them, adding a layer of reassurance.

  • Memo notes: Jot down quick, private notes for each VIP – gift ideas, important reminders, or inside jokes – helping you remember the important details about your besties.

  • Things to do together: Provide your top preferences to receive tailored suggestions for virtual and in-person activities based on shared preferences and location, helping you better connect with your VIPs.

Pixel VIPs help foster deeper personal connections with the people you’re closest to. Your active input in the VIPs widget allows you to enrich your experience with all the available features, truly taking your connections to the next level.

Share your creativity with Gboard, powered by Pixel Studio

Communicating visually just got easier and more fun, right from your Google keyboard.

A cute, cartoonish half-avocado with a jelly-like texture, big black eyes, a small smile, and rosy cheeks. Three pink hearts float above its left side. A blue pencil with a black curved arrow points towards the top of the avocado. Below the avocado, a white rounded rectangular box contains the text "Jelly avocado with black eyes" next to a circular brown refresh icon with a white arrow. Beneath this box are several small circular icons: a null symbol, a heart, and five emoji-like faces, on a light beige background.
Create custom stickers using Pixel Studios to personalize your messages.
Pixel Studio stickers integration in Gboard

Pixel 9 series owners can now generate unique images and stickers using Pixel Studio directly within Gboard. Simply open the custom sticker tab in Gboard in any messaging or social app, type your creative prompt (like “jelly avocado with black eyes”), and send your custom Pixel Studio sticker creation instantly without needing to switch apps. It’s a faster, more seamless way to add personalized flair to your conversations.

Enhanced accessibility features

This June Pixel Drop also brings substantial enhancements to accessibility, making Pixel even more helpful for everyone.

Expressive Captions offer a richer understanding of spoken content.
Expressive Captions now has more emotion

Building on the helpfulness of Live Caption, new features in Expressive Captions offers a richer understanding of spoken content. This update, available on Pixel 6 and newer devices with Android 15+ in English, now captures the intensity of speech duration (as in “Yesssssss!”) and identifies a wider range of vocal sounds like whispering, throat clearing, and yawning. This adds valuable context, whether you’re trying to capture the spoken word or in a noisy environment, or you enjoy using captions.  

A close-up shot of a smartphone screen displaying the settings for "Anna's hearing aids." The screen shows the battery levels for the left (L: 48%) and right (R: 75%) hearing aids. Below this, "Anna's hearing aids" is listed as "Active" with a settings cog icon to the right. Further down, there are dropdown menus for "Preset" (currently "All-around"), "Default microphone for calls" (currently "Hearing aid microphone"), and an expandable "Surroundings" section with a slider. The phone's status bar at the top shows "Tue, Jun 3," "68°F," and "5G" connectivity.
Customize preferences like volume on hearing aids for a more comfortable experience.
Improved hearing aid support with LE Audio

For users with compatible hearing aids, Pixel 9 series phones (with Android 15+) now support the latest low-energy Bluetooth hearing aid technology, LE Audio. This enables reliable, high-quality audio streaming for hands-free calling directly through your hearing aids. You can easily customize settings from your phone based on your preferences and adjust ambient volume for a more comfortable and clear hearing experience, all while benefiting from the power efficiency of LE Audio.

How to get the June Pixel Drop

These features begin rolling out June 10, 2025 and will continue over the next few weeks across eligible devices. Keep an eye out for a notification on your phone, or manually check by going to Settings > System > Software updates. Ensure your apps are also updated via Google Play to get all the latest improvements.

The

June Pixel Drop
continues our commitment to making your Pixel more helpful and personal over time. From fostering deeper connections with Pixel VIPs to enhancing accessibility and creativity, these updates are designed to improve your everyday experiences. Explore the new features and discover how your Pixel keeps getting better.

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