Made by Google 2024 event mega thread

lazycouchpotato , 2 hours ago

Disappointed to see the dumb Fitbit Premium subscription carry on. Too pricey.

meant2live218 , 1 hour ago

Maybe I’m crazy entitled, but I feel like if I’m spending a few hundred dollars on this piece of hardware, I shouldn’t have to pay an additional fee to get some of its basic built-in features to work well.

lazycouchpotato , 59 minutes ago

Especially since Apple doesn’t paywall basic health features behind a subscription.

barkingspiders , 3 hours ago

Got my new phone budget two weeks ago and I’ve been waiting to see if the new pixel was worth it or if I should just buy a oneplus 12. The camera on the oneplus’s are never as good but all the other pixel features seem so meh usually. Especially that battery life, why can’t they just stick a bigger battery in these things.

limerod , 2 hours ago

Pixels always had subpar hardware at best. Don’t expect that to change now. Oneplus and other chinese manufacturers are the ones innovating now. Be it in the form of super fast charging or providing large bateries.

Word is next year you would be getting phones with large capacities such as 5500-6000mah. Xiaomi was recently testing large batteries with super fast charging for batteries upto 7500mah and 100w of fast charging.

trk , 26 minutes ago

Chinese manufacturers always look amazing on paper, but are terrible in reality.

Huge batteries that die faster than a Pixel with half the capacity, cameras with infinity megapixels that just end up taking huge terrible photos, software updates lololol, usually the tackiest theme overlaid so you get blue highlights on buttons with green backgrounds…

I’ve had way too many pieces of crap Xiaomi and Doogee and Ulefones over the years to ever go back after having a couple of Pixels.

barkingspiders , 2 hours ago

Yeah that looks like a no for me holmes. The ai features don’t tickle my pickle and while it’s still probably the best camera out there I crave that battery life more. MKBHD already dropped his initial reviews as well for what that’s worth.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=63EVXf_S4WQ

ianovic69 , 40 minutes ago

I’ve been running a 12R since March. Big battery, mad fast charging, camera is fine, Oxygen OS is good. I have to use Samsung for work and I don’t like their skin at all.

For the money it’s a great phone. For me.

QuantumEyetanglement , 3 hours ago (edited 2 hours ago)

Despite the massive leaks, I feel like Google always “wows” with camera enhancements-- looking forward to seeing them on the stream!

Edit: Wow. Magic Editor looks bonkers-- especially with prompted generative AI tools