The top Google Pixel tips of 2025

More and more, there are Android tips — and then there are Pixel tips.

Owning a Google Pixel phone has become a ticket of sorts to a uniquely top-tier type of Android experience. With Google’s pure vision for the way the operating system itself should work (and none of the experience-harming and often even privacy-compromising layers other device-makers love to lard into the software) — not to mention all the extra bits of exceptionally helpful Googley goodness that are available only in the Pixel environment — the Google Pixel increasingly represents Android at its best. And as anyone who’s spent any amount of time living with a Pixel can tell you, nothing else comes close to comparing.

That’s why I wanted to put together a special series of Pixel-specific tips to complement my collections of more general-interest Android tips and Google Android app tricks from 2025. Increasingly, some of the most interesting and beneficial bits of Googley intelligence are relevant only to those of us who are actively palming Pixels. And if you’re lucky enough to be part of that group, you deserve to have the best Pixel experience possible.

So here, without further ado, are the most memorable Google Pixel tips from Android Intelligence over the past year. Read ’em, remember ’em, and then do yourself a favor and come check out my free (and freshly updated!) Pixel Academy e-course to treat yourself to an entire treasure trove of advanced Pixel knowledge.

2025’s top Google Pixel tips

14 hidden Pixel features for smarter calling

Let your Google Pixel phone make your life easier with these exceptionally effective annoyance-eliminating options.

22 new tricks for your Google Pixel Clock app

Your Pixel phone’s Clock app is surprisingly smart, but some of its most exciting elements are all too easy to overlook.

Got a Pixel Fold? Get this app now

Brace yourself: Once you’ve read this, you’ll never think about your folding phone in the same way again.

Bonus: 6 easily overlooked ways Android 16 can make your life easier — and 7 Android 16 additions that are quietly working for you

These assorted enhancements are well worth your while to notice — and embrace.

Hey, thanks for making the most of your precious Pixel with me over the past 12 months. Stay tuned for even more Pixel pondering in 2026!

And in the meantime, don’t let yourself miss an ounce of Pixel magic. Sign up for my free Pixel Academy e-course to discover tons more hidden features and time-savers for your favorite Pixel phone — on demand and anytime you want.