Pixel-Native Location and Wi-Fi Automation Replacement for Normal Users After Google's Built-In Rules Engine Broke in the March 2026 Update and Stayed Broken
Google's March 2026 Pixel update silently broke location-based Rules across multiple Pixel models, with users on r/GooglePixel reporting the automation simply never fires even with permissions correct and rules recreated. Two months later there's no fix. Existing alternatives (Tasker, MacroDroid, Automate) are either power-user-coded or have aged UI built for early-Android-era automation thinking. The opportunity is a small, Pixel-aware, normie-grade replacement that handles the four things Rules actually did (silent at work, ringer at home, wifi-trigger, geofence-trigger) without the Tasker learning cliff.
Don't out-Tasker Tasker. Ship a literal one-screen app with four pre-baked recipes and exactly one customization knob each. If your TestFlight beta requires reading a README, you're already losing to the regression Google is technically going to fix eventually.
landscape (3 existing solutions)
All existing options optimize for power users. None of them ship the 60-second 'set silent at work, sound at home' onboarding that Pixel Rules had. With Rules broken for two months and Google quiet, there's a clean 'just the four things that worked' product wedge.