It's about a week pass that Google had just announce their latest flagship devices.
But I guess that most of out us had miss out few important thing and how Pixel line is gonna change the way Google approach of their with the Android.
1) The "version" of Android that come with Pixel are no longer just a Stock/Pure Android. In the past, when Google came out with the new Nexus devices, it will be the plain version of Android that most of us loved, it's the most stock version of Android with the Google apps pre-installed in it, otherwise it will be just same as their AOSP counterpart.
2) With these moves, not only Google wanted to control their hardware, Google even wanted to control the software part of it. Start with Pixel Launcher and Google Assistant only available on Pixel devices, temporary I guess. But these approach also makes Google Pixel stand out than any other Android devices out there, it's not just some plain version of Android which capture the geek market, it's a full Google version of Android which wanted to capture mass market with their own unique experience and proprietary features.
3) It's safe to say that there is high chance that we will see more proprietary functionality which will only available on the Pixel devices in the future, these function may or not added to the AOSP part of Android.
4) Which leads to the price also increase to "meet" the standard of the consumer market price (sound stupid, but that is actually how corporate world works).
5) Google are in big gamble with their announcement of Pixel devices, there is OEM that may feel that this is a threat from Google, some may feel it's just another healthy competition, but I am curious to see whether this action will drives Samsung even further to Tizen, or make them wanted build a better Android phone to compete with Google Pixel.
I love Google and I love Android, certainly the introduction of Pixel may bring big impact on the future of Android, not just to the previous Nexus user (like me), but also to the entire Android market.
But I guess that most of out us had miss out few important thing and how Pixel line is gonna change the way Google approach of their with the Android.
1) The "version" of Android that come with Pixel are no longer just a Stock/Pure Android. In the past, when Google came out with the new Nexus devices, it will be the plain version of Android that most of us loved, it's the most stock version of Android with the Google apps pre-installed in it, otherwise it will be just same as their AOSP counterpart.
2) With these moves, not only Google wanted to control their hardware, Google even wanted to control the software part of it. Start with Pixel Launcher and Google Assistant only available on Pixel devices, temporary I guess. But these approach also makes Google Pixel stand out than any other Android devices out there, it's not just some plain version of Android which capture the geek market, it's a full Google version of Android which wanted to capture mass market with their own unique experience and proprietary features.
3) It's safe to say that there is high chance that we will see more proprietary functionality which will only available on the Pixel devices in the future, these function may or not added to the AOSP part of Android.
4) Which leads to the price also increase to "meet" the standard of the consumer market price (sound stupid, but that is actually how corporate world works).
5) Google are in big gamble with their announcement of Pixel devices, there is OEM that may feel that this is a threat from Google, some may feel it's just another healthy competition, but I am curious to see whether this action will drives Samsung even further to Tizen, or make them wanted build a better Android phone to compete with Google Pixel.
I love Google and I love Android, certainly the introduction of Pixel may bring big impact on the future of Android, not just to the previous Nexus user (like me), but also to the entire Android market.