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TL;DR
- Google’s Pixel Search app, launched with the Pixel 11, is coming to older phones.
- All phones, including Pixel 6 and newer, now support the refreshed Search experience.
- Pixel Search goes beyond traditional Google Search on Android devices, letting users look for files, folders, conversations, Drive, Photos, calendar entries, and more using natural language.
The November 2026 Pixel Drop is here, and along with several new features for the broad Pixel lineup, it also expands Pixel 11-exclusive items to older phones. One such feature is the renewed Pixel Search experience, which first arrived with the Pixel 11 series. Now, Google is expanding it to older phones, going all the way back to the Pixel 6 series.
The persistent search bar on Pixel phones’ home screens has long offered an experience that is distinct from the rest of Android devices. Unlike other Android devices, search on Pixel phones has traditionally also brought up results from local files and apps alongside web search results. Last year, Google temporarily took that away, but only to introduce an even more far-reaching Pixel Search app when it launched the Pixel 11 phones.
