For as long as Android has existed, the price of its openness has been a quiet tax on attention — the constant switching between apps just to find what you already know you have. With the Pixel 11, Google has begun to close that gap, weaving Gmail, Photos, Drive, Messages, Calendar, and Files into a single searchable thread accessible from the launcher. It is a feature Apple's Spotlight has offered for years, and its arrival on Android — and even on Samsung's newest foldables — signals that Google is finally treating search not as a gateway to the web, but as a map of your own digital life.