HiLight Studio supercharges your Pixel 11 Pro's HiLight LED

Key Points:

• Google’s Pixel 11 Pro features a rear HiLight LED array primarily limited to Gemini calls and favorite contacts notifications, with restricted out-of-the-box functionality.
• The open-source HiLight Studio app, developed by Dhananjay Bhosale, unlocks extensive customization of the HiLight LED, allowing users to assign colors, patterns, and app-specific notifications, along with safety features to protect LED longevity.
• Setting up HiLight Studio requires sideloading the APK, installing Shizuku for core permission management via Wireless debugging, and granting notification and usage access, which can be technically challenging for some users.
• While the app offers impressive customization and control, including Quick Settings toggles and adherence to Do Not Disturb and battery limits, it may interfere with the native HiLight functions, as experienced by a tester whose base LED features stopped working after installation.
• HiLight Studio remains ad-free, subscription-free, and open-source, demonstrating the potential for greater LED functionality that Google has not yet implemented in the Pixel 11 Pro series.