Tag Archives: Pixel

Nearly every company is working on a foldable phone and you can bet that even those who say they aren’t are at least doing some R&D into it — afterall, who wanted to be left behind when a new trend takes off. Now patents have revealed that Google are at …

Android Q is everywhere and for those who have tried it it contains some things that will take some getting used to and others which are a great change. Underneath the hood though there are of course a lot more changes and details that no one knows about yet. Over …

One of the more controversial changes in Android Pie was the replacement of the three navigation buttons with the two button system that included navigation gestures. Now it looks like Google may change them again in Android Q. The folks at XDA Developers have gotten hands on a very early …

Google have had a busy day today, not content with releasing the new version of Android, Pie, they have also released the monthly security bulletin and security patches for August. In what can only be described as a good thing, there are no functional patches but instead security updates only. …

You may remember that the Google Phone app got a major update back in February where it enabled convenient chat heads for quick in-call controls and over the coming weeks (after beta testing has been completed) the default dialer for Pixel, Nexus, and Android One devices is adding further spam …

Eight months on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL are still widely regarded as the smoothest, fastest Android experience available. Eight months on though means one thing, we are only a few short months away from the next iteration of the Google Pixel. As 2017 is the year of the …

It seems that Google only very recently rolled out the official Android 7.1.1 for Nexus and Pixel devices. Now, beginning today, it is possible to upgrade yet again to the new 7.1.2 version of Android if your device is one of those select devices within the Android Beta Program. Via …

Telstra are very particular about their network. Maybe that’s why they do have the best network around but unfortunately it means that Telstra users often receive updates later than others. So far it seems that no one in Australia, using a Telstra SIM in a Google Pixel phone has received …

Yesterday afternoon TRWP was released for the Pixel phones, albeit in an alpha form. Unfortunately the alpha version broke root access and as such was fairly useless as there is nothing to flash with it at the moment. This morning Chainfire has released an update to his root method to …

Back in mid-late October I reported on the progress of root access and a custom recovery for the Google Pixel phones. We have since seen root access arrive for them but due to the complexity of the new File Based Encryption the Pixels use the development of the recovery has …

I’ve said it once this year and I’ll say it again: 2016 is a very Pixelly year and you would think any company would love to be associated with it. The Google Pixel phones were made by HTC, but there has been many rumours regarding Huawei and their refusal to …

It was just three days ago that Chainfire obtained root access on his Pixel and then a day later he achieved root with a systemless method and DM-verity switchable. He said at the time that it would take him a bit of work to package it up into a nice …

It was only five days ago that I pondered the question here whether root access on the Pixel phones would be attainable. Despite what appeared to be an insurmountable number of hurdles to jump and hoops to leap through I was confident that it would be possible in the end. …

To say Google are all in on the Pixel phones is an understatement. We are seeing them market this phone like they have never marketed anything before. We have seen them release several videos espousing the advantages of a Pixel purchase and now they have released videos to help users …

The Google Pixel XL is not a cheap phone, as my credit card will attest to. Google have so obviously priced the phone exactly the same as the high end iPhones, aiming at the premium market. It also seems that the cost to manufacture it is on par with the …