Here’s your first look at the new Pixel VIP widget ahead of its wide rollout

Pixel VIPs has so much potential to be a useful widget, but I wish it looked better. Credit: Stephen Headrick / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced Pixel VIP widget updates in the September 2026 Pixel Feature Drop yesterday without sharing any visual previews, but we managed to manually enable the new widget. The redesigned Pixel VIP widget introduces single-tap quick actions for calling or texting contacts, enforces a full-width layout, and reverts to the old layout if you select more than