The Pixel 10’s Daily Hub is gone, so here’s how to make your own

One of the last flashy ways Google tried to demonstrate the power of AI on the Pixel 10 was by highlighting the different ways the phone could surface information it already “knows” about you, sourced from things like your email and calendar. Magic Cue, which bubbles up information on calls and in messages, is the more impressive expression of that idea, but Google also announced another take on the idea in the form of Daily Hub.

Daily Hub exists (or existed, more on that in a bit) inside the Pixel’s Discover page and shares similarities to Samsung’s Now Brief in the way it collects and displays relevant information throughout your day. In the morning, that might be the current weather and your sleep score from the previous night. In the afternoon, it might shift to showing upcoming events, or stats from your last workout. The idea is that Daily Hub can tap into Google services and bundle up whatever it pulls from in natural language packaging that makes it easy to digest.

At least until the company opted to pause the preview of Daily Hub and remove it from the Pixel 10. 9to5Google was the first to report that Google was pulling the feature “to ensure the best possible experience on Pixel.” It plans to reintroduce “an improved Daily Hub when it’s ready.” Anyone who was interested in the feature is out of luck until then, but it is possible to recreate some of Daily Hub’s core functionality on your phone, whether you’re using Android or iOS. It might not be a perfect substitute, but if you follow our suggestions, you could get close.

What does Daily Hub actually do?

Combining calendar events, weather reports, activity data and more

Daily Hub shares a lineage with existing Google software projects like Google Discover (a live updating page of news stories) and the At a Glance widget (which shifts from weather forecasts to upcoming events, depending on the time of day). The sources Daily Hub can draw from are fundamentally distinct though. Using Gemini, Daily Hub is able to pull in things mentioned in emails in Gmail and messages in Google Messages, on top of more obvious sources like workout data from Fitbit or a forecast from the Pixel Weather app.

Google ties all of that information together with text from Gemini and media suggestions that include everything from movies to podcasts. Building a replacement that offers all of those features at once is hard, but you can cobble something together with an app that integrates with Google’s services or widgets that offer pieces of what Daily Hub offers.

Apps that recreate Daily Hub

You need an app that can tap into the places that know the most about you

There’s no one app that can present all of your information in the same way as Daily Hub can. But there are several that can access a lot of the same sources, like your calendar, reminders, and tasks. These are mostly all-in-one productivity apps, so they’ll miss some of the more personal elements of Daily Hub, but they’re the best option you’ll have if you don’t want to do a lot of work.

Any.do is a project management and task-tracking app that’s designed for individuals and teams who work across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and the web. Trello is probably the closest analog to what Any.do does, but the key feature that makes it useful for our purposes is that it can put your tasks and calendar events in the same view to give you a sense of your day. Any.do also makes it very easy to add a new event or task just by entering it into the text field at the bottom of the screen. While you can use the app for free, unlocking things like recurring tasks, location-based reminders, and AI-powered features requires a $7.99 per month subscription.

For something less business-oriented, TickTick, which works on iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS, might be an even better option. Again, the app is primarily a task tracker, but it lets you view your calendar and tasks in the same view and has a dedicated page for habit tracking. You can even block out time on your calendar for the things you’re working on so that you commit to getting them done during a certain part of the day. On top of all those basic features, TickTick also includes a Pomodoro timer for organizing work and breaks. TickTick has a free tier, but to access things like calendar widgets and better filtering for tasks, you’ll have to pay $34.99 per year for a Premium subscription.

Both Any.do and Tick Tick would make sense as apps to check the first time you pick up your phone for the day and offer widgets that will give you glanceable info right on your home screen. If you want something truly flexible, your best bet is a custom page built in Notion. There’s a whole genre of YouTube video dedicated to the best way to build a “Notion Personal Dashboard” that can act as an inspiration, along with plenty of templates. Even something as simple as a page with a row of to-dos, a calendar embed, and widgets from a third-party widget maker like Indify.

Your phone has built-in tools for accessing glanceable information

If you’re not interested in setting up yet another new app or paying for a subscription, you could also try using the built-in widgets on your phone. iOS has a dedicated “Today view” screen to the left of your home screen that’s a perfect place to recreate Daily Hub. You can add a Calendar widget, a weekly forecast widget, and even recommended stories from Apple News (or similar widgets from Google Calendar, Google Keep, and Gmail) to make a pretty great first place to visit when you pick up your phone.

Setting up something similar becomes a bit trickier on Android, if only because some phones already have Google Discover and the At a Glance widget. If you let Discover handle things like news and weather, you can dedicate your home screen widgets to things like Gmail, Fitbit, and your music streaming service of choice. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s better than nothing until Google relaunches Daily Hub.

Your smartphone should be able to keep you up-to-date on your personal life

Who knows you better than the device that’s always in your pocket

Daily Hub and Now Brief might not be useful to everyone, but they’re clearly aimed in the right direction. Our phones already hold a lot of information about what we get up to every day, and it should all be a lot easier to access. Widgets or a good productivity app can help us stay on top of it.

Brand

Google

SoC

Tensor G5

Display

6.3-inch Actua Display 1080 x 2424 pixel resolution OLED (60-120Hz)

RAM

12GB

Google’s Pixel 10 features the tech giant’s new Tensor G5 chip and a three-camera setup for the first time that includes a 10.8-megapixel telephoto camera.

If you’re looking for other inspiration for customizing your phone or just app recommendations to keep you on top of your work, Pocket-lint has great articles you should read. And when Google finally does release Daily Hub, you can be among the first to know by reading this very website.