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Pixel Recorder is working on a “Clear voice” feature that will “Reduce background noise while recording for clearer speech playback.”

Not sure if your Pixel is overheating? Google has brought live device temperature measurements to various Pixel phones.

We were expecting VPN by Google support for the Pixel Tablet to arrive with a Drop next year, but it's quietly gone live already.

After months of leaks, Google has released the Pixel Watch Performance Loop Band aimed at being “your new run buddy.”

New data claims that Google's Pixel lost a big chunk of the market share it reportedly earned between September and October.

The Pixel 7a is impressive, but not without issues. We take a look at common Google Pixel 7a problems and solutions on how to fix them.

The Pixel Buds Pro 2 are a remarkable upgrade over the original Pixel Buds, and we now know how Google made its new earbuds so good.

Pixel Camera 9.6 started rolling out in mid-October with a handful of additions introduced with that month’s Feature Drop...

Google this afternoon released Android QPR1 Beta 3.1 for Pixel devices. This is a "minor update" with several bug fixes.

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Google has canceled development of the Pixel Tablet 2, a source tells Android Authority. The Pixel Tablet 3 may still be coming, though.

The Pixel’s background song recognition feature has not been updated in ages, but Google is now getting ready to “Enhance Now Playing.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22266205

Google has reportedly canceled the Pixel Tablet 3, indicating that the company is once again getting ready to exit the tablet market.

Suddenly the normal sleep tracking became something completely unusable. Is this enshittification or did I do something wrong?

The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are now getting Android 16 Developer Preview 1, which bodes well for the public launch...

The option turns the Pixel 9’s display extra warm and yellow.

As announced with the October Feature Drop, Pixel Weather now has a Pollen count card, as well as Immersive weather vibrations.

Google is working on reducing Watch Unlock notifications by calculating the distance between your phone and paired smartwatch.

A new feature called "Screen time reminders" is now available on Google Pixel devices as well as other Android phones.

New reports of a Google Pixel Laptop are out, and we suspect that this hardware is likely to run Android, not Chrome OS.

Following the announcement on Wednesday, the new real-time Scam Detection is rolling out to the Phone by Google app beta on Pixel.

I've upgraded my Pixel XL every year from the 6 to the 9 (pro). Say what you will about that financial decision. Each year I've told myself I only did it because it was such a "great deal" either for the sale price on the pixel or the "boosted trade-in value" from the previous.

I thought it would be fun to look at the prices for each in the context of the others and see how they varied from year to year.

Each year I bought the XL model with the lowest storage space (except the 9 pro), and pro when it was offered. Only one of the years I received a promotional item and I'll note that. The total price is listed with tax.

Pixel 6 Pro 128gb

10/19/2021
Total: $969
Trade-in: $175 (of two year old Pixel 4XL)
Pixel Buds A: $99 (retail)
Net: $695

Pixel 7 Pro 128gb

11/7/2022
Total: $968
Trade-in: $500
Net: $468

Pixel 8 Pro 128gb

12/26/2023
Total $753
Trade-in: $315
Net: $438

Pixel 9 Pro 256gb

11/6/2024
Total: $904 (with "gold" play  points discount)
Trade-in: $699
Net: $205
Net (If I had bought the 128gb): ~$105

Originally I'd planned to keep my 8 pro another year, but looking at it this way it makes more sense why I couldn't help myself and go with the update again.

On another note, I find it annoying the way Google plays around with "boosted trade-in values." I get that they do a lot of sales to encourage purchases, but changing around the trade-in values to create a sense of urgency and price confusion -- especially on their own phones! -- seems distasteful to me. They should stick with what they think is the actual value of their phones, and admit whether they do or don't hold that value over time.

I got the update notification for Android 15 QPR2 Beta. It said I can now exit the beta without wiping if I opt out of the beta program. I opted out and now I'm seeing this update which says it will wipe data if installed. Should I expect another update to show up instead of this one?

In a change to the usual release cadence, Google said yesterday that the next Pixel Watch update is not coming until March 2025.

Google is preparing to upgrade the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels to Linux 6.1 in Android 15 QPR2.

Following the other three phones in the series, repair parts — including the screen — for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold are now listed on iFixit.