Recent content by drvier8

Google isn't really trying. I do not believe they are unable to do it, so the only other explanation seems to be they are just phoning it in. Same answer for most everything in their ecosystem. But hey... we have emojis in RCS messages now. I have been shaking my head at both Google's and...

I do not recall ever seeing either as an app. Now Playing is in settings and weather is a widget.

Got tired of waiting and sideloaded it with ADB. Smooth. Took under 10 minutes.

I probably will tomorrow when I have a bit of free time

For the 99% of users who do not care about updates and would not know how to pull one, I can understand a staggered rollout. But for tech enthusiasts (nerds) who do care, make the damn Check for Updates button work. Again, I come back to Apple being able to get its updates available to all...

I wish android manufacturers would get together and tell the carriers to pound sand like Apple does. Apple releases an update and it is available to every device on every carrier simultaneously. I hate that since the Tensor chips, the carriers have been able to get back into the loop. Back in...

I'll probably sideload it over the weekend if it is not here by then.

Nothing for me

Let us know. I think I am going to hang on for another year at least. Ideally, I would like to make it to the P10, but we'll see.

Not me. I go three years minimum on a phone. Usually 4. The Fold 2 (or rumored flip) may tempt me off that cycle, but it will be the 9 at least before I upgrade. Probably the 10.

June update. I commented/complained then.

I have been very critical of the Pixel 6 in the almost two years I've had it, but installing the latest Beta (v5) has made it the phone it should have always been. Sure, I would like a stronger modem, but fingerprint, battery life, thermal control are all much better. I was sure I was going to...

I did not install any beta version before 5, but I installed it the day it came out. The difference (improvement) in battery life for me is astonishing. Overnight drain is virtually non-existent for me now... Off charger at 100% and woke today at 98%. Before that would have been 75%. Used...

13 was mid-August, 12 was early October, 11 was early September. There is no "usual" beyond late summer/early fall.

Apple does not allow carriers to modify the OS. Google could demand that they leave Android alone also if they wanted to. They've pushed a lot of functionality to google play services to get control. They could push that all the way. If you look at the update builds for Pixel phones on the...