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Google Pixel 10 series

Harthag said:
Welp, I've come full circle. I got the P10PXL at launch and returned it because it would refuse to work with my Galaxy Watch Ultra. Bought and sold Oppo X9P, OnePlus 15. Currently have the S26U. Saw a P10PXL at Best Buy open box for $740, applied $25 rewards as well. Phone is pristine and looks unused, not even a micro-scratch on the screen. Couldn't resist for the price, one of those rare Best Buy open box gems. Been using it for 2 days, my Watch Ultra now syncs perfectly w/ the Pixel. Having BB Total membership also adds re-assurance.

I like the S26U but want more for $1300 and am just "meh" about the phone. Little issues such as poor fingerprint recognition despite multiple fingerprints / resets / tuning and screen protectors. Lack of unified visual voicemail within the Phone app. I still find battery life to not be great and use the phone in "light" performance mode. With the S25U this was fine, with the S26U I've seen little hitches and micro-stutters. Battery life has been better so far on the Pixel, but it's new and has far fewer apps so we'll see. And software updates, I like day 1 updates rather than waiting months for Android 17.

I love OneUI and all of its features. Luckily the Panels app on the Play store is really solid and I don't miss any features I have on the Edge panel of the S26U. I have been getting many spam calls as well for some reason, they have disappeared on the Pixel (for now). The only game I play is Retro Bowl so I don't care about Snapdragon vs Tensor. Have to say the haptics on the Pixel are the best, the keyboard really is excellent.

I think I'll be sending the S26U back to Amazon, I have 5 more days. I'm spoiled by iOS and live activities on the lock screen which I use all the time and really miss on Android. I like what I'm reading about Android 17 on the Pixel and hope that it'll finally utilize live activities (and force devs to implement it).

I'll be tempted by the upcoming Z Fold Wide and iPhone foldables for sure. But after my experience with some Chinese phones and S26U I've grown to appreciate the Pixel again. Thanks for reading!
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Interesting. I got the S26U yesterday and I absolutely love it. The privacy display is something I hope to see implemented on all devices. I like it enough that I might just sell my Trifold before demand tapers off on them. Also couldn't pass up the crazy Pixel sale right now and have a 10XL coming today. Sending out the 9 Pro Fold as a trade in. Hard to beat getting a new 10 Pro XL for around $400. Hate to part with the 9PF but with the upcoming foldables I don't see much use for it in my collection right now. Got my eye on either the Fold 8 Wide or the iPhone Foldable.
 
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aggie99 said:
Interesting. I got the S26U yesterday and I absolutely love it. The privacy display is something I hope to see implemented on all devices. I like it enough that I might just sell my Trifold before demand tapers off on them. Also couldn't pass up the crazy Pixel sale right now and have a 10XL coming today. Sending out the 9 Pro Fold as a trade in. Hard to beat getting a new 10 Pro XL for around $400. Hate to part with the 9PF but with the upcoming foldables I don't see much use for it in my collection right now. Got my eye on either the Fold 8 Wide or the iPhone Foldable.
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Nice! I'm always glad to see I'm not alone in my obsession with these gadgets 😂. Love the privacy display, I only used it with notifications and banking apps, passwords. On my flight last weekend content was still visible to a person sitting beside me when I was testing it but overall it's a great feature. Regardless I ended up returning the S26U back to Amazon two days ago.

I've tailored the Pixel to my liking and am very happy. The Panels app is essentially the same as Edge panel and I've found another app called Always On Widgets that enables any widget you want on the lock screen and AOD. Call screening is vastly upgraded on the Galaxy but Pixel is still the best, it's stopped all spam calls so far which I'd been receiving on the S26U. I also find the fingerprint sensor to be more responsive on the Pixel. I installed a new screen protector yesterday and didn't need to redo my fingers, I did it anyway just because. Even with dry fingers at night it still works where the S26U could struggle.

I'm excited to see what the Fold 8 Wide is like. The wide screen format is exactly what I want out of a foldable.
 
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Harthag said:
Nice! I'm always glad to see I'm not alone in my obsession with these gadgets 😂. Love the privacy display, I only used it with notifications and banking apps, passwords. On my flight last weekend content was still visible to a person sitting beside me when I was testing it but overall it's a great feature. Regardless I ended up returning the S26U back to Amazon two days ago.

I've tailored the Pixel to my liking and am very happy. The Panels app is essentially the same as Edge panel and I've found another app called Always On Widgets that enables any widget you want on the lock screen and AOD. Call screening is vastly upgraded on the Galaxy but Pixel is still the best, it's stopped all spam calls so far which I'd been receiving on the S26U. I also find the fingerprint sensor to be more responsive on the Pixel. I installed a new screen protector yesterday and didn't need to redo my fingers, I did it anyway just because. Even with dry fingers at night it still works where the S26U could struggle.

I'm excited to see what the Fold 8 Wide is like. The wide screen format is exactly what I want out of a foldable.
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I was underwhelmed by it until I toggled the button for maximum privacy protection. With that selected, even at a slight angle, the entire screen goes almost completely grey.

Pixel is still my favorite Android experience. Samsung hardware plus Pixel software would be perfection, except foldables, where OneUI is just much more capable as far as taking advantage of the larger screen devices.
 
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aggie99 said:
I was underwhelmed by it until I toggled the button for maximum privacy protection. With that selected, even at a slight angle, the entire screen goes almost completely grey.

Pixel is still my favorite Android experience. Samsung hardware plus Pixel software would be perfection, except foldables, where OneUI is just much more capable as far as taking advantage of the larger screen devices.
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I had max privacy protection enabled as well, the guy was very large and spilling over into my space so that could've been why 😂. Are you going to look at the next Pixel foldable? Apparently it'll be much thinner but retain the same display aspect ratio.
 
Harthag said:
I had max privacy protection enabled as well, the guy was very large and spilling over into my space so that could've been why 😂. Are you going to look at the next Pixel foldable? Apparently it'll be much thinner but retain the same display aspect ratio.
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Possibly. I really like the wide aspect ratio. Having the Trifold has really spoiled me 😆
 
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For those of you in the beta program. If you enroll can you opt out before you get an update and not have to reset your phone or it's not anything?
 
Sensamic said:
What Android apps are using live activities right now? Do you guys know? I've seen zero.
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NUFC2025 said:
The only thing I have seen is the sports scores from the Google app, nothing else at all.
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Same here, just sports. Hopefully things change with Android 17 and the alleged "min mode." Not holding my breath. This is why I'll always use an iPhone alongside Android, iOS live activities can't be beat and I really miss them when using my various Android phones. I don't understand why it's so hard for Google to force devs to implement this. It's ridiculous, honestly.
 
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Harthag said:
Same here, just sports. Hopefully things change with Android 17 and the alleged "min mode." Not holding my breath. This is why I'll always use an iPhone alongside Android, iOS live activities can't be beat and I really miss them when using my various Android phones. I don't understand why it's so hard for Google to force devs to implement this. It's ridiculous, honestly.
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When I had an iPhone a few years ago I remember using FotMob to follow sports though live activities.

What are the best apps that use live activities nowadays in iOS?
 
Sensamic said:
When I had an iPhone a few years ago I remember using FotMob to follow sports though live activities.

What are the best apps that use live activities nowadays in iOS?
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Apple sports, and spotify are the 2 I use the most, although the apple sports app doesn't automatically show the score unless I open the app and select follow. As a Spurs fan I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature
 
Sensamic said:
When I had an iPhone a few years ago I remember using FotMob to follow sports though live activities.

What are the best apps that use live activities nowadays in iOS?
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robvalentine said:
Apple sports, and spotify are the 2 I use the most, although the apple sports app doesn't automatically show the score unless I open the app and select follow. As a Spurs fan I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature
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On iOS the apps I have that utilize live activities are sports, Audible, Spotify, Starbucks, Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and Doordash, to name a few. Regarding Apple sports, I think I opened that app once awhile ago and selected my favorite teams. Haven't opened it at all and receive the live activities for all of my teams automatically.

One thing I've noticed on my Pixel over the last week compared to Oppo, OnePlus, Samsung is my Outlook calendar syncs instantaneously with my Google calendar and "at a glance" widget. On the other phones nothing would sync unless I manually opened the Outlook app. It's as fast as my iPhone in terms of account syncing / notifications.
 
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Harthag said:
On iOS the apps I have that utilize live activities are sports, Audible, Spotify, Starbucks, Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and Doordash, to name a few. Regarding Apple sports, I think I opened that app once awhile ago and selected my favorite teams. Haven't opened it at all and receive the live activities for all of my teams automatically.

One thing I've noticed on my Pixel over the last week compared to Oppo, OnePlus, Samsung is my Outlook calendar syncs instantaneously with my Google calendar and "at a glance" widget. On the other phones nothing would sync unless I manually opened the Outlook app. It's as fast as my iPhone in terms of account syncing / notifications.
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I live in a small town so there's no uber, no lyft in the UK, and the food delivery apps usually don't bother with the local takeaways so my experience is obviously limited. I'm just waiting for my physical sim to arrive and I'm going to try switching back to my pixel for a bit.
 
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My office is getting everyone Samsung Phones. If anyone would like to pick up a Pixel Watch 4 and Buds pro 2 for a song, PM me. I’m not gonna hook them up to a Samsung phone.
 
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