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Did you know that Google has a secret home screen widget for your camera app? When the Pixel 8a shipped in 2024, it came with this new “Snapshot” widget that lets you snap an instant photo with your camera and immediately pin it to your home screen. The widget remained under the radar, even though it showed up again on the Pixel 9a in 2025, but it never made it to any other phones beyond these two.
I just stumbled across the widget while digging through my Pixel 9a and realized it was tied to a standalone APK from Google called “Family Space.” After extracting the APK, I sent it to my other phones — Pixels, Samsung, Nothing, and OnePlus — and it worked there too. Here’s how to get it on your phone’s home screen.