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Google Pixel 10 series

scott craft said:
Are there any advantages to having pixel buds with a Pixel phone? I have galaxy buds right now and I'm wanting to get galaxy buds pro 3 but if Pixel buds work better I can go that route.
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You get some Pixel Buds controls in Quick Settings. And Pixel Buds settings baked into Android settings without the need for a standalone app.

With the Galaxy Buds, you'll have to use the standalone app from Samsung to control your Galaxy Buds settings.

There might still be a few Gemini exclusive features on Pixel with Pixel Buds, but nothing to get too excited about IMO.
 
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dumastudetto said:
You get some Pixel Buds controls in Quick Settings. And Pixel Buds settings baked into Android settings without the need for a standalone app.

With the Galaxy Buds, you'll have to use the standalone app from Samsung to control your Galaxy Buds settings.

There might still be a few Gemini exclusive features on Pixel with Pixel Buds, but nothing to get too excited about IMO.
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Thanks. Sounds like the Galaxy buds would work in a similar fashion as they do on my Samsung. I will check out some reviews on both.
 
dumastudetto said:
What would it take you to switch back to iPhone?

If best-in-class versions of your favorite apps doesn't swing it for you, then is there something that could have persuaded you to come home to Apple? Or... is it more of a its not you, its me, kinda breakup with Apple?
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I have been going back and forward between Android (some xiaomi and a couple of Pixels) and iPhone, I guess there isn't a sigle thing that would make me switch either way, I try to get the best phone (for me) each upgrade, sometimes Apple is doing a better job, sometimes its Android.

Pixel 10 Pro XL this year of me it's better, the build quality is top notch (Apple like) the software is well polished and Material 3 Expressive is gorgeous, the phone flies doing task and the AI is good (mostly used for images).

Love the 100X with sometimes gives awful result but when it works well it works wonders.

I have invested both in iOS and Android during years, I love using my Pad Pro M4 11 so iOS I know well and like, this year probably more iPad OS than iOS.

I don't think you can go wrong either way, if you pick an Android the choice is harder as there are tons of "flavours" some works well some less so.

Pixel Experience is almost as guaranteed Apple feeling as the os is simple and polished, the upgrade is granted for 7 years.

I will buy an iPhone next if the 18 -19 or whatever tickles my interest, sure it is a bit more expensive for comparable performance (daily not benchmark) and features.

Not a die hard fan of either, I try to pick the one I like the most when due for an upgrade.
 
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yabeweb said:
Not a die hard fan of either
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Same. I have one of each and go back and forth all the time. I make sure most everything is platform agnostic so I don't notice it much when I switch. Not really in love with either. They both feel very unpolished in different ways at different times.

My wife stays on iPhone, so there are some small things with iMessage that cause the occasional headache when I am on Android. I can't edit RCS texts to her. And when I send her links, her phone does not load the link preview like it does with iMessage. (I will ask her a day later about something I sent her and find out she missed it or tactfully ignored it because she didn't know what it was.) And if I want to send her a link from my iPad, I would first have to save it to Google Keep and then pick up my Android phone to send it from my phone number. None of these are huge issues though.

Some small quirks with each frustrate me all the time:
  • Google Calendar on Android has a "+Birthday" option when adding events. I have already added everyone's birthdays and will never use this button again. It doesn't exist on iPhone, so not sure why Google is so insistent on having a button just for birthdays on Android.
  • QPR2 beta 2 has lock screen widgets, but they aren't on the main lockscreen, they are off to the right. I stuck my calendar and weather widgets over there, but it is still one extra swipe I would rather avoid.
  • The playback controls on Pixel are too high up on the screen and too small. And while I love nearly all of Material 3 Expressive, I do not care for that squiggly line on that widget. I prefer the way the iPhone does Now Playing--low near my thumb with big controls so I don't need both hands on the phone.
  • At a Glance is super useful, but multiple times a year the weather just stops updating for hours or even a day. Also, the text is way too small.
  • But I also hate on iPhone that Inoreader doesn't have the floating checkmark for Mark All Read that exists on Android.
  • iPhone Calendar app puts the + button at the top and Reminders puts it at the bottom. Have some consistency!
  • Shazam quick setting is nowhere near the awesome notification history + music recognition on Pixel.
  • iOS animations are way too slow. Everything feels like it takes longer on an iPhone. Of course, I would love iOS to have a developer options screen for animation tuning, but we will never get that.
  • Favorite for Simkl on Safari is transparent/black and doesn't look right on a black Safari homescreen. But it doesn't show this way in any other browser on either OS, so not sure who's issue that is. Even looks fine as a homescreen icon on a black background. Only that one bookmark. Weird.
  • Siri is just bad and Apple seems lost in how to make it better. Is it going to be a chatbot? Is it going to be a partnership or acquisition of another AI company? The rumors give me no confidence that they have any idea what they are doing.
  • But that said, Magic Cue hasn't done anything useful for me once and the Daily Hub preview is gone, so my Pixel is also lacking some AI smarts that Astra/Mariner/etc. promised.
If F-Droid and ReVanced and such go away on Android, I might be swayed to go to iPhone only. Apple would just need custom launcher support and icon packs and it would be 95% of what I want in an OS. Doubtful I will ever get those two things though.

Side rant: Why do Google Calendar custom colors set on a PC never look the same in the iOS Calendar or Google Calendar for Android? I dialed in the exact shade of dark, ashy blue that I like, but can't have it on mobile.
 
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