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Google Pixel's new VIP contacts lets your favorite people bypass do not disturb


It will also show you their location, time zone and more.

If you click on a specific person then you can see their real-time location, weather and time. The possibility that Google was working on this update first arose last summer under the name "besties," rather than "VIP." Reports from 9To5Google showed it replacing the favorite contacts option but didn't reveal much else.

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