First appearing earlier this month, Google Pixel phones are rolling out a handy new Family feature in the Settings menu. Here’s what it can do.
Rolling out now via what appears to be a server-side update (tied to Google Play Services), Google Pixel phones are adding a “Family” section to the Settings menu. The feature is appearing for us on a Pixel 11 Pro XL running the October 2026 update (not Android 17 QPR2), while a Pixel 10 Pro has also just surfaced the new UI.
This new section, which Google has previously referred to as “Family Hub,” gives users a quick place to see their family members and settings in one central location. It shows a list of your family members – child accounts and anyone attached to your Google One family plan – with controls over Google One storage, Google Play Family Library, shared payment methods, and “Family events” in Google Calendar.
You can also see the live location of any family members you are sharing your location with or start sharing your location with another family member. You can also easily remove or add members to your family plan via this new menu. Each family member gets their own page where you can see benefits shared, location, and also if they are a “parent” in the family – with “remove” and “transfer” options available.
While this won’t be helpful for all users, it’s certainly full of useful shortcuts and tools for those at the center of a family plan and looking to share benefits with their household.
As far as we can tell, this is widely rolled out to Pixel owners at this point. As mentioned, we’re seeing it across multiple devices, and 9to5Google readers mentioned they’re also seeing it live even prior to installing the latest system update. The folks at Droid-Life also mention now seeing it on their Pixels.
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