A new report today describes hardware efforts like a “Pixie” AI assistant that could launch with the Pixel 9...
  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    11 months ago

    The best reason to buy a Google Pixel phone is still to be able to install GrapheneOS on it to remove the back door control over your data that Google has on most other Android systems.

    • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      I switched from Graphene to Calyx. Regardless of your ROM of choice, the sheer volume of custom ROMs available on Pixels is the best feature of them.

      • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        If you don’t mind me asking, what made you make the switch and what notable differences did you notice?

        • Carter@feddit.ukEnglish
          41·
          11 months ago

          The final straw was my banking app stopped working on Graphene and I was getting more and more curious about MicroG.

          I find Calyx to be a more complete OS with apps generally being more modernised. The search bar in the app page of Graphene for example has always been a bit buggy and most the default apps look like they haven’t seen an update since KitKat.

          I also found app compatibility seemed better with MicroG than sandboxed Google Play despite the claims that Graphene would always have better compatibility.

  • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Fuck Google. Can’t use virtue or any smart glasses because Google doesn’t do display out. So they can spin