I’ve been trying to work up a method to emulate Google’s easy memo-making magic in a way that’d work for everyone ever since its arrival on the 2024 Pixel 9 devices — because it really has become such an indispensable option for me and is hands-down the Android feature I rely on more than any other recent addition.
Replicating the AI sorting element of the Pixel Screenshots system is easy enough, but that’s not the part that’s actually most useful. (Simple, remember?) And while I’ve come up with some roundabout ways to recreate the memo function before, they’re inevitably either overly complex or inherently limited in how much info they actually save and resurface.
Recently, though, a crafty developer came up with an app that gives us the missing piece of the puzzle. It’s called Shots Studio, and if you aren’t using a Pixel phone — or you’re using a Pixel that came out before the Pixel 9 — it’s well worth your while to download. And, as I alluded to a moment ago, it adds some interesting new touches into the equation that may make it worthwhile even for recent Pixel owners to consider.
