Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD
Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD
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Videos:
Google Pixel 8/8 Pro Impressions: Software Magic! - Marques Brownlee
Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro hands - on Engadget
Pixel 8/8 Pro Hands-On! | EVERYTHING New! - 9to5Google
Google Pixel 8 Pro - Early Thoughts! - Dave2D Articles:
The Pixel 8 Pro has better cameras, a brighter screen, and a lot of new AI tricks -Verge
Android 14 info:
clock/weather update - Mishaal
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Good to see minor battery life improvements to the Pixel Watch 2. Hopefully that upgraded heart rate sensor is actually accurate.
Pixel Watch was embarrassingly bad in health tracking compared to the Apple Watch SE. It's cheaper to get an Apple Watch SE + (discounted) iPhone than just a Pixel Watch.
And please get rid of the Fitbit subscription, Google.
Yup, I considered the pixel watch for my android phone but Garmin has an advantage over it in every category while having no subscription. I would have considered an apple watch if it were compatible with android.
I think the pixel watch is doomed to fail unless they can separate from the Fitbit model and continue to improve the hardware and software.
I still wouldn't consider an apple watch over a Garmin. Apple/Google/Samsung need to get their battery life on par with Garmin.
I agree, after owning Garmin watches I wouldn't want an apple watch.
had no idea Google owned Fitbit. But looks like you don't miss out on many features by not subscribing to the Fitbit pro thing. Could be wrong. But Yea screw a Fitbit subscription.
They moved detailed sleep tracking insights under the subscription model. It's pretty disappointing.
I can't stand sleeping with a watch on so not getting the sub hasn't bothered me a bit.
Interesting! My smart watches are almost solely for sleep tracking and are used mostly as regular time pieces during the day.
I use my smart watch for 3 features
- As a watch
- For notifications
- For sleep tracking
I don't really do any sports, but it's nice to know how many steps I took today and how far I walked. (it's between 100m-20km per day)
What would be the difference (if there is one) from the detailed sleep tracking and non detailed version?
Sleep phase details, which can be useful for monitoring sleep quality over time.
Thanks for the link! yeah thats a shame about the health tracking
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do you trust that guy because he calls himself a scientist or because he has fancy graphs, maybe his accent? hmm… must be the lab dress shown for 5 seconds in the intro.
I saw both of his videos where he compares pixel watch and apple watch against polar h10 chest strap as a reference device, but somehow the reference device is ranked lower than apple device in his pixel watch ratings? How does that happen?
how does a reference device wind up being less accurate against the device you are testing against? I couldn't find him testing them against an actual medical equipment.
Him comparing Apple watch against Polar H10: https://i.ibb.co/MnSJXR1/image.png
His ranking when testing Google pixel watch where polar h10 is less accurate?: https://i.ibb.co/Xt9hS4J/image.png
Google is shit at hardware and nobody wants a subscription for a watch but maybe, just maybe, this guy seems like a apple fanboy?
The guy doesn't reveal his data or the code he uses to plot the graphs, just 100s and 100s of affiliate links. How the hell people consider this scientific and why the fuck is it so popular?
I'm no scientist but I don't know. educate me
He reviewed a second Polar H10 strap, which is why it was on the chart. https://youtu.be/6F_RccP7Ec0
It does seem to have been removed from newer videos. It's not in the Apple Watch Series 9 review.
Regarding the accuracy of the Polar H10 strap itself: https://youtu.be/YGMZNF7Lnmo
Regarding comparing with actual scientific tests: https://youtu.be/7m_oBiYk8Rk he only does it for devices with significance, it seems.
It's not a perfect series of tests since the subject is only him, but he's clear about it and it's above and beyond what regular tech reviewers do, who gloss over spec sheets.
These are the kinds of reviews I personally value.
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