--- title: "Your Pixel comes with these 4 fantastic apps, and they deserve a spot on your home screen" url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-pixel-comes-with-these-4-fantastic-apps-and-they-deserve-a-spot-on-your-home-screen-azpkmeljq source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/pixel-comes-fantastic-apps-deserve-spot-home-screen type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-05-20T23:47:25.606Z updated: 2026-05-20T23:47:46.873Z tags: ["mobile", "android"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your Pixel comes with these 4 fantastic apps, and they deserve a spot on your home screen **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A roundup of four pre-installed Google Pixel apps worth keeping on your home screen: Files by Google (storage cleaner and file manager), Google Lens (QR code scanner), Live Transcribe (real-time audio transcription and sound alerts), and Now Playing (song identification with history and streaming service integration). Each app offers practical everyday utility that goes beyond what most users initially expect. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [4 useful widgets I always add to every Pixel phone right away](https://daily.dev/posts/4-useful-widgets-i-always-add-to-every-pixel-phone-right-away-8mohapsqj) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 Pixel AI features I miss every time I use another Android phone](https://daily.dev/posts/4-pixel-ai-features-i-miss-every-time-i-use-another-android-phone-fbsgqwycw) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [These 4 Pixel widgets earn their space on my home screen by cutting friction every day](https://daily.dev/posts/these-4-pixel-widgets-earn-their-space-on-my-home-screen-by-cutting-friction-every-day-7t2ofkbg0) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 apps I always remove from every new Pixel phone before I install anything else](https://daily.dev/posts/4-apps-i-always-remove-from-every-new-pixel-phone-before-i-install-anything-else-f1nbmafs1) · XDA Developers · 7 upvotes · 3 comments - [These 4 pre-installed Pixel apps create more clutter than they're worth](https://daily.dev/posts/these-4-pre-installed-pixel-apps-create-more-clutter-than-they-re-worth-0syce1vg8) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-pixel-comes-with-these-4-fantastic-apps-and-they-deserve-a-spot-on-your-home-screen-azpkmeljq)