#Home
Google Home get tons of improvements for smart home developers
If you are a developers of a smart home product, you might be interested to know all these. I know most normal users won't be interested in any stuff, but if you are the one that is interested, we are linking those articles below for you to read.
Google expanded Google Home, also introduces Suggested Routines. Besides, there is post about Engagement beyond Google Home and User Discovery. (XDA Developers)
There are new Google Home Developer Center, Google Home Device SDK for Matter devices and Android Support via Google Play Services and a new Google Home Mobile SDK. (XDA Developers)
Google Home get tons of improvements for smart home developers
If you are a developers of a smart home product, you might be interested to know all these. I know most normal users won't be interested in any stuff, but if you are the one that is interested, we are linking those articles below for you to read.
Google expanded Google Home, also introduces Suggested Routines. Besides, there is post about Engagement beyond Google Home and User Discovery. (XDA Developers)
There are new Google Home Developer Center, Google Home Device SDK for Matter devices and Android Support via Google Play Services and a new Google Home Mobile SDK. (XDA Developers)
XDA Developers
Google expands Google Home branding, introduces Suggested Routines for smart home developers
Google is expanding its Google Home branding to include its entire smarthome ecosystem. The company is also introducing Suggested Routines.
#Android
Google will soon enable Android Work Profiles for everyone in 2022
Previously, Android Work Profile have been exclusive to managed Enterprise devices. And now, Google has announced to bring it to other Android users next year.
Google said that the work profile will be arriving to unmanaged devices. Google Workspace will be the first to be supported with the Work Profile.
Once the feature is enabled, users can then see their app drawer features tabs for "Personal" and "Work," with the work profile apps labeled by a briefcase icon, which means you will have two version of apps.
In the app drawer, you will see a toggle for disabling or enabling the work profile. Once paused, those apps can't "send you notifications, use your battery, or access your location."
Google also offered $250,000 for exploiting a Pixel device. Google will even pay you up to $1 million for an attack that compromises the Pixel’s Titan M chip. (9To5Google)
Google will soon enable Android Work Profiles for everyone in 2022
Previously, Android Work Profile have been exclusive to managed Enterprise devices. And now, Google has announced to bring it to other Android users next year.
Google said that the work profile will be arriving to unmanaged devices. Google Workspace will be the first to be supported with the Work Profile.
Once the feature is enabled, users can then see their app drawer features tabs for "Personal" and "Work," with the work profile apps labeled by a briefcase icon, which means you will have two version of apps.
In the app drawer, you will see a toggle for disabling or enabling the work profile. Once paused, those apps can't "send you notifications, use your battery, or access your location."
Google also offered $250,000 for exploiting a Pixel device. Google will even pay you up to $1 million for an attack that compromises the Pixel’s Titan M chip. (9To5Google)
#Wallpapers
Google Pixel ‘Mandalorian’ wallpapers collection has been removed, but you still can download it
A wallpaper collection is set to disappear from Pixel devices, the Star Wars "Mandalorian." The 5G AR app is set to disappear this month too.
With the December 2020 Feature Drop, Google announced a set of wallpapers, The Mandalorian collection. The wallpapers collection has been removed today, "Community Lens" is just introduced though. Anyway, for those who wanted the wallpapers, you can download it from the post below.
Also, “The Mandalorian AR Experience" is set to removed on October 31, 2021, according to the Play Store listing. Farewell, The Mandalorian. (9To5Google)
Google Pixel ‘Mandalorian’ wallpapers collection has been removed, but you still can download it
A wallpaper collection is set to disappear from Pixel devices, the Star Wars "Mandalorian." The 5G AR app is set to disappear this month too.
With the December 2020 Feature Drop, Google announced a set of wallpapers, The Mandalorian collection. The wallpapers collection has been removed today, "Community Lens" is just introduced though. Anyway, for those who wanted the wallpapers, you can download it from the post below.
Also, “The Mandalorian AR Experience" is set to removed on October 31, 2021, according to the Play Store listing. Farewell, The Mandalorian. (9To5Google)
#Pixel #Pixel6
Pixel 6 Pro 20x Super Res Zoom just doesn't look good
Ice Universe on Weibo just posted a picture showing the Google Pixel 6 Pro and a iPhone 13 Pro zoom image, and the result just doesn't look great.
You will noticed that the Pixel 6 Pro have many noise in the image, making it looks crappy. Meanwhile the iPhone 13 Pro take softer image. By the way, there is also other camera results from the Pixel 6 devices with the new feature like Motion Mode and Magic Eraser.
Since the Pixel 6 Pro has 50MP wide camera len and greater computational photography with the Tensor chip, I bet Google can fix it with a software update. (Ice Universe)
Pixel 6 Pro 20x Super Res Zoom just doesn't look good
Ice Universe on Weibo just posted a picture showing the Google Pixel 6 Pro and a iPhone 13 Pro zoom image, and the result just doesn't look great.
You will noticed that the Pixel 6 Pro have many noise in the image, making it looks crappy. Meanwhile the iPhone 13 Pro take softer image. By the way, there is also other camera results from the Pixel 6 devices with the new feature like Motion Mode and Magic Eraser.
Since the Pixel 6 Pro has 50MP wide camera len and greater computational photography with the Tensor chip, I bet Google can fix it with a software update. (Ice Universe)
#Pixel #Pixel6
Google Pixel 6 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Camera Comparison
YouTube Video
Someone from Taiwan posted a video of a camera comparison between Google Pixel 6 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro. Apparently the 20x Super Res Zoom example from Ice Universe is taken from this video.
The video language is in Chinese but you could still check out all the results from both of these phones. I haven't got the time to watch but I guess that guy is impressed by the Pixel 6 Pro results and lastly order it.
Highly recommend to watch the full video as it goes through every section and for now, this is the complete Pixel 6 Pro camera comparison we can find.
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Google Pixel 6 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Camera Comparison
YouTube Video
Someone from Taiwan posted a video of a camera comparison between Google Pixel 6 Pro & iPhone 13 Pro. Apparently the 20x Super Res Zoom example from Ice Universe is taken from this video.
The video language is in Chinese but you could still check out all the results from both of these phones. I haven't got the time to watch but I guess that guy is impressed by the Pixel 6 Pro results and lastly order it.
Highly recommend to watch the full video as it goes through every section and for now, this is the complete Pixel 6 Pro camera comparison we can find.
Follow @PixelHubUpdates
YouTube
終於登場！Google Pixel 6 Pro 對決 iPhone 13 Pro 快速比較！最新攝影功能表現如何？ [CC字幕]【器材老實說】
【器材老實說】
字幕好了請開啟！！！
終於登場！Google Pixel 6 Pro 最新攝影功能表現如何？！
對決 iPhone 13 Pro！
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特別感謝/
Google 邀約
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0:00 開場介紹
1:13 花絮畫面
2:18 最新功能測試－魔術橡皮擦
3:06 最新功能測試－動態肖像
4:37 拍照功能 三鏡頭對決 iPhone 13 Pro
7:24 夜間模式 對決 iPhone 13 Pro
9:09 自拍鏡頭 對決 iPhone 13 Pro
10:21 結語 (我買下去了!!!!)
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字幕好了請開啟！！！
終於登場！Google Pixel 6 Pro 最新攝影功能表現如何？！
對決 iPhone 13 Pro！
-
特別感謝/
Google 邀約
-
0:00 開場介紹
1:13 花絮畫面
2:18 最新功能測試－魔術橡皮擦
3:06 最新功能測試－動態肖像
4:37 拍照功能 三鏡頭對決 iPhone 13 Pro
7:24 夜間模式 對決 iPhone 13 Pro
9:09 自拍鏡頭 對決 iPhone 13 Pro
10:21 結語 (我買下去了!!!!)
…
#News #Pixel6
US & Canada customers who forgot to order the Pixel Buds A-Series when buying the Pixel 6 will still get it
For those who are in the US or Canada that has pre-order a Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, you will be getting the Pixel Bud A-Series even if you forgot to trigger the offer.
US & Canada Google Store has send out an email for those customers and a new notice today, stating that those customers who are affected will be getting the free headphones. They will receive an email by November 3 with details on how to redeem it.
Also the notice details about the waitlist system and Google explained that “some products may experience longer-than-expected delivery dates” and that the estimated arrival “can change.” (9To5Google)
US & Canada customers who forgot to order the Pixel Buds A-Series when buying the Pixel 6 will still get it
For those who are in the US or Canada that has pre-order a Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, you will be getting the Pixel Bud A-Series even if you forgot to trigger the offer.
US & Canada Google Store has send out an email for those customers and a new notice today, stating that those customers who are affected will be getting the free headphones. They will receive an email by November 3 with details on how to redeem it.
Also the notice details about the waitlist system and Google explained that “some products may experience longer-than-expected delivery dates” and that the estimated arrival “can change.” (9To5Google)
#Waze
Waze is finally gaining full dark theme support
Google Maps is great for discovering places, but Waze is great at navigating you to the destination in the shortest amount of time. Waze has a dark theme map for years now, but the full support of dark mode is coming soon.
An Israel website called Geektime, reported that Waze is rolling out the full dark theme support for a very few amounts of users. Currently, users that have got access feature received an "email notice" in the app that it is in the very early stage of development, and there is tons of bugs to be ironed out before it reach to the final release.
The feature is rolling out via app version 4.78 on alpha, which is an even earlier release of the app before reaches into beta so it is not publicly available for now. We will keep an eye out when it got wider rollout though. (Android Police)
Waze is finally gaining full dark theme support
Google Maps is great for discovering places, but Waze is great at navigating you to the destination in the shortest amount of time. Waze has a dark theme map for years now, but the full support of dark mode is coming soon.
An Israel website called Geektime, reported that Waze is rolling out the full dark theme support for a very few amounts of users. Currently, users that have got access feature received an "email notice" in the app that it is in the very early stage of development, and there is tons of bugs to be ironed out before it reach to the final release.
The feature is rolling out via app version 4.78 on alpha, which is an even earlier release of the app before reaches into beta so it is not publicly available for now. We will keep an eye out when it got wider rollout though. (Android Police)
#Pixel #Pixel6
Pixel 6 may have the best GPU performance of any Android OEM devices out there
"Peak CPU and GPU speeds look great in benchmarks, but they don't always reflect real-world users' experience," said Monika Gupta, a product manager at Google during the launch event. Okay, but seems like the GPU performance of the Pixel 6 shown in a benchmark is just higher than other flagship Android devices.
Someone on Twitter posted a picture with Galaxy S21 Ultra both Snapdragon & Exynos variant and the Huawei Mate 40 Pro 3DMark benchmark score, comparing with a Pixel 6 3DMark score shared on Reddit. You can see that the Pixel 6 scored 2,028, slightly higher than Huawei, and a huge difference over both Galaxy S21 Ultra.
Benchmark score always take the peak performance of the device, and how Pixel 6 going to perform in real life usage, time will tell, Google seems to be confident with it though. (Golden Reviewer)
Pixel 6 may have the best GPU performance of any Android OEM devices out there
"Peak CPU and GPU speeds look great in benchmarks, but they don't always reflect real-world users' experience," said Monika Gupta, a product manager at Google during the launch event. Okay, but seems like the GPU performance of the Pixel 6 shown in a benchmark is just higher than other flagship Android devices.
Someone on Twitter posted a picture with Galaxy S21 Ultra both Snapdragon & Exynos variant and the Huawei Mate 40 Pro 3DMark benchmark score, comparing with a Pixel 6 3DMark score shared on Reddit. You can see that the Pixel 6 scored 2,028, slightly higher than Huawei, and a huge difference over both Galaxy S21 Ultra.
Benchmark score always take the peak performance of the device, and how Pixel 6 going to perform in real life usage, time will tell, Google seems to be confident with it though. (Golden Reviewer)
#Pixel #Pixel6
Pixel 6 voice typing support inserting punctuations
So a guy named Greg has its Pixel 6 delivered early on October 23th, which is three day earlier than the expected date. Anyway, he done some testing with the device, released the video to his YouTube channel, and one of it is the voice typing.
We know that the Pixel 6 is getting an improved voice typing, and well it kind of true. If you haven't noticed, the words displayed on the keyboard while activating voice typing will also adapt to where are you typing, for example in email application, it shows "say the email message" which is a nice addition.
Next, the guys just speak a long story. Both phone are on par with the typing speed, with the Pixel 6 slightly faster with a word ahead of the Pixel 3. After finish speaking the story, the guys then take a quick and noticed that the Pixel 6 support inserting punctuations while the Pixel 3 don't.
He also left the transcribe words in the video denoscription which you can check it out yourself over there. There much more stuff that he showed off, and we have a summary post just for that. Anyway, here the source which is coming from here. (Reddit)
Pixel 6 voice typing support inserting punctuations
So a guy named Greg has its Pixel 6 delivered early on October 23th, which is three day earlier than the expected date. Anyway, he done some testing with the device, released the video to his YouTube channel, and one of it is the voice typing.
We know that the Pixel 6 is getting an improved voice typing, and well it kind of true. If you haven't noticed, the words displayed on the keyboard while activating voice typing will also adapt to where are you typing, for example in email application, it shows "say the email message" which is a nice addition.
Next, the guys just speak a long story. Both phone are on par with the typing speed, with the Pixel 6 slightly faster with a word ahead of the Pixel 3. After finish speaking the story, the guys then take a quick and noticed that the Pixel 6 support inserting punctuations while the Pixel 3 don't.
He also left the transcribe words in the video denoscription which you can check it out yourself over there. There much more stuff that he showed off, and we have a summary post just for that. Anyway, here the source which is coming from here. (Reddit)
YouTube
Pixel 6 Voice Typing (versus the Pixel 3)
*** Pixel 6 trannoscription ***
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#Pixel #Pixel6 #Highlights
Greg's Pixel 6 Testing Highlights
Greg, a normal US residence got his hand on the new Pixel 6 earlier than expected and tested many stuff with it, then share it on Reddit. We will keep an eye on whatever he updated over there, and also update it in this post.
YouTube Video
• Received (Pixel 6, Stormy Black, 128GB, AT&T carrier locked, received it on Oct 23)
• Unboxing (Starting from opening the box till the phone setup, and comparing size with the Nexus One)
• Fingerprint Sensor (Testing with the under display fingerprint sensor, fast and fluid)
• Voice Typing (Comparison with Pixel 3 voice typing, also we created a post about that)
• Thoughts
Camera & Performance
• Photos (Pixel 6 camera sample)
• Night Sight (Pixel 3 & Pixel 6 Night Sight comparison)
• Photos vs Night Sight (Pixel 6 normal photos & Night Sight comparison)
• CPU-Z SOC
• Geekbench ML
• 3DMark: Wild Life, Wild Life Extreme, Wild Life Extreme Stress
Source:
Reddit | Reddit (New)
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Greg's Pixel 6 Testing Highlights
Greg, a normal US residence got his hand on the new Pixel 6 earlier than expected and tested many stuff with it, then share it on Reddit. We will keep an eye on whatever he updated over there, and also update it in this post.
YouTube Video
• Received (Pixel 6, Stormy Black, 128GB, AT&T carrier locked, received it on Oct 23)
• Unboxing (Starting from opening the box till the phone setup, and comparing size with the Nexus One)
• Fingerprint Sensor (Testing with the under display fingerprint sensor, fast and fluid)
• Voice Typing (Comparison with Pixel 3 voice typing, also we created a post about that)
• Thoughts
Camera & Performance
• Photos (Pixel 6 camera sample)
• Night Sight (Pixel 3 & Pixel 6 Night Sight comparison)
• Photos vs Night Sight (Pixel 6 normal photos & Night Sight comparison)
• CPU-Z SOC
• Geekbench ML
• 3DMark: Wild Life, Wild Life Extreme, Wild Life Extreme Stress
Source:
Reddit | Reddit (New)
Follow @PixelHubUpdates