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Adobe hires Google Pixel head for 'universal camera app'

The lead developer of the acclaimed camera software in Google Pixel phones, Marc Levoy, has joined Adobe to work on its computational photography apps.

William Gallagher | 4 years ago

Compared: Pixel Buds versus AirPods and AirPods Pro

Google has released its latest set of wireless earbuds, the second-generation Pixel Buds. We've taken them for a spin to compare against Apple's AirPods and AirPods Pro.

Andrew O'Hara | 4 years ago

iPhone 11 Pro versus Pixel 4 - comparing the best smartphone cameras

Both the iPhone 11 Pro and Pixel 4 have some great cameras packed in — but which has the best smartphone camera of 2019? We pit them against one another to find out.

Andrew O'Hara | 5 years ago

Apple should adopt these Pixel 4 features for iPhone 12

There are a lot of exciting features in the Google Pixel 4. Even if the entire Pixel 4 package is flawed, there are still features that it has, that we like so much that we hope Apple adopts them for the next generation iPhone.

Andrew O'Hara | 5 years ago

iPhone 11 versus Pixel 4 — Benchmark and hands on comparison

Google's Pixel 4 is the ideal, undiluted Android experience, and has features to separate itself from the rest of the pack. AppleInsider puts it side-by-side versus Apple's iPhone 11 lineup to see how they compare in specs and benchmarks.

Andrew O'Hara | 5 years ago

AirPods competitor Google Pixel Buds 2 coming in early 2020 for $179

At Tuesday's Google release event, the company announced Google Pixel Buds 2, offering significant improvements over the last iteration — but if you want them, you're going to have to wait a while.

Amber Neely | 5 years ago

iPad wins again, Google cancels upcoming tablet products

Google is officially abandoning its tablet efforts, including two unannounced devices, a spokesperson revealed on Thursday.

Roger Fingas | 5 years ago

Google teases triple lens camera system and square bump on Pixel 4

Google has started to tease the Pixel 4, an upcoming refresh of its Android smartphone, by tweeting an image of the mobile device's rear featuring a large square camera bump, one that seems similar in concept to the one rumored to be included in Apple's 2019 iPhones.

Malcolm Owen | 5 years ago

iOS exploit closed in iOS 12.2 let websites use motion sensors to 'fingerprint' devices

Though already patched on iPhones and iPads, University of Cambridge researchers say they've developed a hacking technique that can "fingerprint" a person by way of motion sensors.

Roger Fingas | 5 years ago

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Editorial: With sales falling backward, Google's Pixel 3a takes a desperate step into cheap commodity

When Google decided to stop rebranding its partners' Androids as Nexus models and launched its own Pixel phones three years ago, it targeted the camera as its best hope for standing out in a crowded, competitive smartphone market. That strategy failed in 2016, 2017, and in 2018. This year, Pixel 3 sales actually fell. Now, Google is back with a Nexus-priced phone in a market being devastated by even cheaper commodity.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 5 years ago

Google's iPhone-challenging Pixel 3a XL spotted in the wild with 6-inch display

One of Google's anticipated mid-range Pixel phones, the Pixel 3a XL, has reportedly already been spotted at a Best Buy in Springfield, Ohio, setting the stage for Apple's next wave of competition.

Roger Fingas | 5 years ago

Another F for Alphabet: after abandoning Android tablets last year, Google retreats from Chrome OS Pixel notebooks

After dumping support for its last remaining Android Pixel C tablet last spring, Google is starting off 2019 with another major retreat in its hardware lineup — including the cancellation of various concepts in development.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 5 years ago

Google Pixel 3 XL leak shows taller notch than iPhone X coupled with big chin

Google is seemingly following the same trend as other Android smartphone producers for the next generation of Pixel devices, a video leak suggests, by copying the iPhone X's use of a notch at the top of the display in a device believed to be the Pixel 3 XL.

Malcolm Owen | 6 years ago

Google's Pixel Android strategy is destroying HTC the same way Moto X gutted Motorola

Ten years ago, Google offered Taiwan's HTC a lifeline of sorts in the form of an Android partnership for the original HTC Dream, followed by Nexus One. However, the former Windows Mobile contract manufacturer hasn't fared so well since. Google's last two years of HTC-built Pixels have done nothing to help the struggling company.