By Abner Li
Publication Date: 2025-12-28 22:45:00
The portfolio of Pixel-exclusive apps grew in 2025 in a trend that will only continue as Google works to differentiate its experience. Notably, availability was not limited to just new devices.
New apps
Journal is Google’s new “app” for 2025. It launched on the Pixel 10 series before coming to the Pixel 8 and 9 a few months later. It follows Apple introducing a Journal app for iOS in 2023.
The core functionality of letting you write about what’s happening in your life is pretty straightforward, with Google opening the app to the journaling screen for immediate text entry being notable. Entries can have images, videos, Health Connect activity, and locations.
AI is leveraged to provide topic suggestions on what to write about based on past entries. It’s also used to provide “Insights” about patterns and progress in a dedicated tab.
Design-wise, there are a lot of Material 3…
