Someone already figured out how to fully control Pixel 11 Pro's 'HiLight' and make it useful

Someone already figured out how to fully control Pixel 11 Pro's 'HiLight' and make it useful

“HiLight” is one of the biggest hardware features on Google’s Pixel 11 Pro devices, but it’s also one that the company hindered by heavily limited what you can do with it. Android being Android, someone already figured out how to hijack “HiLight” and make the Pixel 11 Pro’s RGB light a lot more useful.

This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful

Google's new HiLight notification LED on the Pixel 11 Pro is nearly useless. Out of the box, the only two things it can glow for are when the phone is face down and you're interacting with Gemini, or when you get a call from a favorite contact. And even then, it can only glow one of five colors! This is a massive wasted opportunity for a feature that used to be so beloved on older Android phones, so developers have wasted no time doing what Goog…

This app does with Pixel 11 Pro's HiLight what Google should have done in the first place

TL;DR Google heavily restricted the Pixel 11 Pro’s rear HiLight LED array out of the box, limiting it to Gemini and calls from favorite contacts. The open-source HiLight Studio app unlocks the LED’s full potential with custom app notifications, light patterns (comet, pulse, rainbow), Quick Settings toggles, and built-in hardware protection limits. You can set up the app by sideloading its APK and granting core permissions using Shizuku over Wir…