Google smartphones are becoming more and more popular. The new Pixel 6 phones in particular have attracted a lot of interest due to their good price-performance ratio and are selling well. With a free Android app, you can make Google smartphones even better.

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Pretty up Google smartphones with punch-hole cameras

The new Google smartphones offer many functions and will be expanded with new features over time. However, Google does not benefit from a design feature of the cell phones. The hole in the display for the front camera remains unused. That’s where it comes from free Android app Energy Ring. This can be used to prettify the hole in the screen and add practical functions. This works not only with new models, but also with older cell phones from Google.

Energy Ring: Universal Edition

Energy Ring: Universal Edition

Developer: IJP

The Android app ensures that the display around the camera hole is given a task. For example, you can display there how much battery life is left. The remaining battery life is displayed in a circle and is therefore always in view. You can also have a fancy animation displayed when charging, with which you can see that the smartphone is being charged.

The function with which you with a ring around the front camera when it is active. Google smartphones with Android 12 already do that in a small animation in the notifications. Here you get it only displayed directly. It’s very practical in any case, because you know immediately when an app is accessing the camera.

The Android app is a perfect match for the new Pixel 6:

Which Google phones can you use the app with?

Basically with all Pixel smartphones that have a punch-hole camera. These include, for example, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but also older models such as the Pixel 5 or Pixel 4a (5G). The camera does not have to be installed in the middle of the display either. The Android app recognizes the smartphone and displays the LED ring around the camera in the right place. Of course, there are also Samsung and Xiaomi phones.