I’m really on the fence about whether to switch back to Android or not this year.
It seems like everything Google is adding this year is all Gemini related (no surprise really), but then Apple will likely be the same with Siri (if they manage to get it working in time).
As someone who’s not interested in 99% of the AI features, neither seem that appealing this year.
Agree on the Pixel Glow as well, I always put my phone down with the screen facing up so would hardly see the lights
It can, but with various limitations. For example, the fingerprint reader on Chromebooks is not available to Android apps. This new approach, built on Android, will presumably not have such limitations.
I vaguely remember something being said about how ChromeOS was going to rebuilt with android under the hood ages ago.
I didn’t watch the event yesterday, so I’m not sure what Google said explicitly, but that is seemingly what this is. Aluminium OS - Wikipedia
There’s a lengthy interview with a Google executive about these devices, and perhaps the underlying OS, here: Exclusive: Googlebook Q&A interview with Google VP John Maletis [VIDEO] . I haven’t watched it yet.
I’m very interested to see how this goes. Windows has been trying to integrate the phone into the Windows experience etc. However imo it still feels disjointed. Whereas if Google make a desktop OS based off android that’s able to communicate with your android phone it could be very interesting
Will be interesting to see what sort of specs these have and how they compare to their competitors at similar price points.
Saw an article saying that there will be both ARM and Intel versions, being Android I expected it to be ARM only.
Still have a Nest Hub Max that is only used to show the family photo library.
Not sure what it would take to tempt me to upgrade it (probably not a lot)
Anyone else getting the Fitbit Air? It’s ticking a lot of boxes for me so I’ve put in my pre order.
Unfortunately I’ll be away with work when it arrives so will need to wait an extra few days to get my hands on it.
Yes, I’ve got a pre-order in but still waiting to see the final reviews (26th May I think) as early feedback seems to be that the AI is hallucinating and making up things like workouts that you didn’t do which then throw off the stats
Which Garmin did you get?
I’m desperate for a new screen. I sold my nest Hub 2nd gens thinking they would at least announce something. I thought I would run my Pixel tab with dock to replace it but tbh its a very poor replacement for it. The hub mode features have very little parity with the nest hubs. Part of me is thinking of selling the pixel tab and dock and maybe putting the money towards a cheap Hub max off ebay. But all the hubs are strangely over priced on eBay atm.
I also bought the Pixel Tab when it came out with the plan to replace my Nest Hub Max, the idea was great as most the time it would be docked and it looked nicer than the Nest then can also be used as a tablet for the family.
Ended up returning it almost straight away as the docked features were missing the main things I wanted (automatically show the doorbell feed when it rings and show photos from both our libraries) and as a tablet it wasn’t close to an ipad spec wise.
Will wait for the quantified scientist’s review.
Taking readings every 2 seconds as opposed to my Whoops 24 a second makes me question how good it’ll be for tracking interval training.
Plus Fitbit quality is usually hot garbage.
I’m prepared to eat my words though.
Where have you seen that Whoop measures 24 times a second? Their own site says once per second WHOOP Heart Rate Algorithm — Accuracy, Testing, Updates
I’d assume the 2s interval on the Fitbit is for background readings and it would increase if you manually start a workout from the app.
If you’re tracking things like interval training and want accurate heart rate data you’re always going to be better off with a chest strap anyway.
It says collects every second, not once per second.
From the whoop app:
WHOOP samples your heart rate signal up to 100 times per second (100 Hz) at the sensor level, then processes and downsamples that data for different metrics (HR, HRV, respiratory rate, etc.).
I assume Fitbit will do similar but I can only go on what information they’ve put out so far.
And yes agreed on chest strap, any optical sensor is going to pale in comparison to an electrogram sensor.
Anyone watch any of the I/O keynote? As expected, Gemini in everything but now it’s agentic.
I wonder if the Gemini Intelligence stuff will be coming to PW4 or if I’ll need to need to purchase a PW5 to get even more jacked into the google ecosystem…
They seem to have ■■■■■■ a lot of people off by announcing the P9P won’t get Gemini Intelligence but older phones from other brands will. No word on the watches yet though.
So basically my P8P is definitely going to need to be upgraded this October then… Hopefully they have a deal with the new PW5 as a bundle then 
I’m kind of impressed by how good of an innings my P8P has had tho. for being used caseless its held up okay (cracked back not withstanding, but the skin hides that 
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