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Samsung or Google phones? Consumer Reports data gives a clear winner

For Android buyers weighing Samsung against Google, the debate has usually come down to taste: hardware muscle versus ...
Android Authority

Watch: Here's how Google tests Pixel cameras at its secret lab

Google has shown off its camera testing facility in a CNET video. The video shows a more practical approach to testing smartphone cameras. Many smartphone brands have their own camera testing setups, ...
tvbeurope.com

The Pixel Lab 2014 participants chosen

Thirty-two cross-media professionals from Europe have been selected to take part in Power to the Pixel’s (PttP) annual Pixel Lab event, taking place in Baden-Württemberg in July. Now in its fifth year ...
9to5google

Google wants more ‘Pixel Smarts’ ML features, like Recorder, which had an unexpected origin

Recorder is one of Google’s best applications of on-device machine learning (ML), exclusive to Pixel phones. The transcription app surprisingly originated inside the Google Creative Lab as the company ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Pixel’: From a 1925 Lab to a Google Smartphone

When Google rolled out a high-end smartphone last week, the company bestowed the phone with a name it clearly relishes: “Pixel.” ...
CNET

Pixel 7A Review: Basically Google's Pixel 7 for $100 Less

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Editors' note, Nov. 1: The Pixel 7A raises the bar for lower ...