«These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we've already been working with closely on
the Pixel smartphone line, and we're excited to see what we can do together as one team,» Osterloh said, referring to the HTC employees who are joining Google.
We don't know if Google has a new strategy to make
its Pixel smartphone line - up a first - class citizen, but we're keeping our fingers crossed for the next Android P Developer Preview, which should be out next month, to bring factory images for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones.
For Google, the 2016 launch of
the Pixel smartphone line was a renewal and a reboot.
The stock Android - powered Google
Pixel smartphone line is still only getting started, but that doesn't make its 2017 box - office result any less disappointing.
«These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we've already been working with closely on
the Pixel smartphone line, and we're excited to see what we can do together as one team,» Rick Osterloh, Google's hardware boss, wrote in a blog post.
«These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we've already been working with closely on
the Pixel smartphone line, and we're excited to see what we can do together as one team.»
The Pixel smartphone line began last year as Google abandoned the Nexus brand, signaling its intention to exercise more control over hardware.
«These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we've already been working with closely on
the Pixel smartphone line,» said Rick Osterloh, Google's senior vice president for hardware, «and we're excited to see what we can do together as one team.»
These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we've already been working with closely on
the Pixel smartphone line, and we're excited to see what we can do together as one team.
Not exact matches
Google's previous hardware forays were more concept products for Android; the new
Pixel line of
smartphones is the real deal
Google didn't make reference to new devices, but the show is rumored to play host to a new
line of
Pixel smartphones called the
Pixel 2 and
Pixel 2 XL.
There might not be many special features in the
Pixel 2
line, but reports say Google is planning to offer a «squeeze» feature that will activate certain software functions when users squeeze the sides of its
smartphones.
A 4 inch highly responsive touchscreen that has so many
pixels that the human eye can not distinguish amongst them, the iPhone Retina Display ensures that you fall for the clear, crisp and bright colors like no other
smartphone can reproduce - hook,
line and sinker.
The
Pixel line, as influential as it is, hasn't dramatically changed the
smartphone space, but who has?
Back on October 4th Google held its official event for the announcements of the
Pixel and
Pixel XL, the
smartphones that more or less take the place of Google's Nexus
line of
smartphones.
Even more important that customer service, the
Pixel smartphones, like the Nexus
line, also gets fast security and Android version updates from Google.
This mention of the
Pixel 3 is the first indication that Google plans to continue its
smartphone line with a new generation of devices later this year.
Google's
Pixel smartphone lineup isn't the best - selling
smartphone line in the world.
Google has remained quiet about its plans for the
Pixel 2
line, though the company's
smartphone has been the subject of rumors for the last several months.
Even Google, which used to make high - end
smartphones at more affordable price points with its Nexus
line, has upped the ante with its more expensive
Pixel line.
The good news is that this third new
Pixel phone will apparently be an affordable Android Go phone, likely filling the void left by Google's dead Nexus
smartphone line.
As expected, Google has announced the new
Pixel smartphones to replace the Nexus
line.
Bear in mind the Nexus
smartphones came with unlocked bootloaders, so advanced users had legitimate concerns as to why the
Pixel line up might not.
The Google
Pixel XL is the larger of the two first - generation
Pixel devices launched by Google, replacing the much - loved Nexus -
line of affordable
smartphones that ran pure Android and was a hit not just with the Android developer community, but with millions of pure Android lovers around the world.
From afar, there's no question whatsoever that the
Pixel 2 and
Pixel 2 XL are Google's best
smartphones ever, including both its old Nexus
line and the newer
Pixel lineup.
Google has already made it clear that its
Pixel line - up of
smartphones are premium devices and will compete with flagship
smartphones from Apple, Samsung etc..
Upon hearing that the «Nexus»
smartphone line would be replaced by Google
Pixel, many developers and hardcore Android fans were suitably distressed.
Flagships
smartphones have wider apertures and larger
pixels, mostly for better low - light results, but the Play Droid's specs are in
line with other mid-range
smartphones.
The glossy, glass panel on the top - where the camera and LED flash - adds a splash of contrast which helps the
Pixel line keep its identity, and sets it apart from all the other
smartphones out there.
As is the case with the
Pixel line of
smartphones, while they do come with a very stock - like version of Android, they also do come with a few tweaks that are considered specific to the
Pixel lime.
In the beginning were the Nexus devices, then came the Android One program and now the
Pixel line of
smartphones.
Google uses Android Oreo on its own flagship
line of
Pixel smartphones.
Its chassis is also made of aluminum, but it adopts an aesthetic that's clearly intended to mimic Google's
Pixel line of
smartphones.
Google went all in on its quest to become a proper
smartphone maker with the launch of the
Pixel 2
line of phones.
Both the Google
Pixel 2 and
Pixel 2 XL feature top - of - the -
line specs, IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance (finally), as well as the best
smartphone cameras on the market, according to DxOMark.
But most of all, I think the
Pixel is special because it seems to me that Google's newly - rebirthed
smartphone line has a lot of potential.
The move gives Google «non-exclusive» access to many of HTC's most valuable intellectual property, allowing it to iterate on future
smartphones, likely in the
Pixel line, for years to come.
Google's new
Pixel line could be the start of the company's tighter grip on Android, at least as far as its own
smartphones go.
2016 marked the year that Google bucked the usual trend by ditching the Nexus brand for its
line of signature
smartphones, opting to change the name to
Pixel after its Chromebook
Pixel laptops.
Instead of a new Nexus phone, the company is said to be rebranding its
smartphone line this year as
Pixel, the same name it gave its high - end Chromebook a few years ago.
The new
Pixels are Google's first
smartphones — the company took more control over the hardware than it did with its earlier
line of Nexus devices.
But the most significant Android 7.1.2 feature change came for the
Pixel C, which inherited the
Pixel Launcher from the
smartphone line and got a whole new multitasking view added as well.
To make the most of the service, which relies on T - Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular's networks, you need to use a Fi - certified
smartphone, such as one from Google's Nexus or
Pixel line, or more recently, Motorola's Moto X4.
Especially when taking into consideration the competition the two
Pixel 2 phones are up against, and how those competitive devices are part of a long
smartphone line of succession.
The
Pixel brand was something that Google used for its top of the
line Chromebooks that it made in - house, and now the same brand name is being used for
smartphones.
The larger
Pixel 2 XL, meanwhile, has a 6 - inch, QHD + display in an 18:9 aspect ratio, in
line with 2017's flagship
smartphones.
If the rumored use of the Snapdragon 821 chipset proves to be correct, then the
Pixel smartphones will be the latest Android
line to use this next - generation processor.
The
pixel density of the display is not in -
line of other mid-range
smartphones due to less amount of
pixel count but users can not easily judge any difference.
Owners of the Google
Pixel line of
smartphones have been frustrated recently due to security updates taking a long time to arrive on their devices.
The
Pixel 2 may just be suffering from a case of the sophomores, but the device shows Google's potential if it decides on a proper direction for its
smartphone line.