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Pixel 3 just cause 4 background7/6/2023 It’s seriously fast and worked through polarised sunglasses just fine. Google has dumped the fingerprint scanner for its new Face Unlock using 3D face recognition technology similar to Apple’s Face ID. Unlock the phone with your face in a snap, even with your eyes closed. The technology is more impressive than the functionality currently. It lights up the ambient screen when you’re within 60cm, will silence calls or snooze alarms when you reach for the phone, and skip music tracks when you swipe in mid-air above it. Motion Sense uses radar to track motions around the phone. The new Assistant still doesn’t work with Google’s own commercial G Suite accounts though, which is a bit of a blunder. Google’s voice transcription app is equally excellent, as is the Live Caption feature. Google Assistant is much faster and works without an internet connection for many tasks. The Pixel 4 also has the same new on-device natural language processing that was so impressive on the larger Pixel 4 XL. At least three years of software updates from the phone’s release are included and it will get Android version updates before most other devices. The Pixel 4 is one of the first smartphones to ship with the latest version of Android 10, complete with system-wide dark mode, full theming support for changing colours, icon shapes, typefaces and more, and vastly improved gesture navigation. Google on the inside, Google stamped on its backside. ![]() A full charge via cable took 105 minutes hitting 70% in 45 minutes. The Pixel 4 fast charges at up to 18W via any USB-C Power Delivery charger, of which one is included in the box, and wirelessly charges at up to 11W. That was while using it as my primary device, with 200 or so emails, messages and push notifications, two hours of browsing in Chrome, four hours of Spotify via Bluetooth headphones, 40 minutes of Into the Badlands from Amazon Prime Video, and three photos.įor comparison, similarly sized iPhone 11 Pro lasts 32 hours and the Pixel 4 XL lasts 26 hours under similar conditions, while the majority of smartphones in 2019 can last at least 24 hours with heavy usage. Anything under 24 hours simply is not good enough, particularly given I didn’t play any games or do anything particularly battery-draining. Turning off the bells and whistles such as the ambient display only added about 40 minutes to the battery life. Remove it from the charger at 7am and it will be dead by 9pm. The Pixel 4 only lasts just over 14 hours between charges. The Pixel 4 has the same 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and one of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 as the Pixel 4 XL and performs identically – fast and fluid, but not quite as speedy as the OnePlus 7T.īattery life was really poor. You’ll be frequently reaching for the USB-C cable with the Pixel 4. Processor: octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Ĭamera: Dual rear cameras (12.2+16MP) with OIS, 8MP front-facing cameraĬonnectivity: LTE, wifi 5, NFC, eSIM, Bluetooth 5, GPS, 3D face recognition For comparison, Apple’s £1,049 iPhone 11 Pro is currently the best smaller phone available, but it’s 71.4mm wide and 188g, while the £799 Samsung Galaxy S10 is 70.4mm wide and 157g. It’s a joy to be able to easily use a smartphone one-handed again. Buy the white or orange version and the contrasting colours make the Pixel 4 stand out.Ĭombined with its slender proportions of just 68.8mm wide and 162g, the Pixel 4 is one of the smallest, lightest and easiest of top-end smartphones to hold and use. The sides are aluminium, but with a black textured coating, while the glass back is frosted with a texture similar to super-smooth skin. There’s the same large forehead containing the sensors for Google’s new Face Unlock and Motion Sense systems. The large bezel at the top of the screen contains the Soli radar sensors for Motion Sense and the 3D face recognition system for Face unlock.
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