Why would i want to install custom ROMs on pixel ?

[CrAvEfieNd]

how can it be customized and what are the benefits to it ? why should i consider doing it ?

 

[Rukbat]

How? Add apps, install a different launcher (I've always put Nova Launcher on my phones, as one of the first things I do after setting them up), different keyboard, etc. I haven't seen any custom ROMs for the Pixels, but some of them (custom ROMs) do things like give you control over what appears at the top of the screen (like moving the time from the left end to the right end), giving you a kernel that lets you set the aggressiveness of the speed change (the CPU changes speed depending on load - the faster it runs, the more power it uses), etc.

The vast majority of people don't do a thing to their phones except, possibly, adding a few apps, but a few people modify Android phones, not just Pixels, so much that about all that remains the same is the hardware. That's the thing about Android - it's entirely up to you. (My phone goes into speaker mode if I'm not holding it to my ear, or if I take it from my ear - automatically. Because I like it that way. (If I recall, the phone has to be rooted to do that - I think I used Tasker to do it.)

 

[kdrag0n]

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[kingrahman]

custom rom more rich feature costomization,

 

[Tylor Turpin]

More customized and beneficial.

 

[sulla1965]

Android has a lot more options/features/customization's than what Google offers with on stock pixels.

 

[kingrahman]

what is best custom rom for pixel 3 and pixel 3 xl from now?

 

[Legend6346]

Lineage OS would be great

 

[18t]

Having just root opens up some customization also. Flashing roms isn't worth it for me anymore. CyanogenMod has been big player for long time, although they spun off into Lineage couple years ago.

 

[PGHammer20607]

Unofficial versions of LineageOS are available for the Pixel 3a and 3aXL.