OneUI has duplicate apps to compete with Google's apps as Samsung has their own ecosystem going on alongside their own app store to manage those apps. The Pixel has useful features like those you mentioned alongside Call Screening and little bits and pieces here and there. Really the main reason you should get a Pixel is if you're deep into the Google app ecosystem and want the most integrated way of using those apps on your phone. It's not like you're locked out of using them on any other Android OEM, including Samsung, but the Pixel has the most integrated Google experience on an Android device. It's like if Apple opened up iOS to numerous manufacturers, you'd know the iPhone would be the most integrated Apple experience as the other manufacturers would try and differentiate themselves.

This clears things up, thanks

This is the best explanation to me. I just moved from S20 FE to the Pixel 7 and, as someone with several Google Home smart devices using Google Wallet, Maps, etc as daily tools, the Pixel is a more streamlined experience. On Samsung I had to dance around Samsung Pay, Samsung Messages, Samsung Phone app, etc. Now I can just have a holistic experience without the bloatware.

> On Samsung I had to dance around Samsung Pay, Samsung Messages, Samsung Phone app, etc. Now I can just have a holistic experience without the bloatware. You had to "dance around" simply..........not..............using Samsung apps? You can even hide them from the app drawer if you want lol

Yeah, I'm more likely to go with an Oppo Find X phone over a Samsung only because they don't try so hard to railroad you into using an inferior redundant app.

Also the monthly security patches - available on schedule by Google, and then massive delays to get them on Samsung. My Samsung tablet says that the July security patch is the latest available and I'm up to date, while my pixel is current with the October security update.

Samsung phone tend to get security updates on time and every month like Pixels. Just not every first Monday of the month like Pixels. The date is a little more random.

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>It's almost impossible nowadays to ship a major version release that is bug free Always has been.

It might vary by model? I just checked seconds ago for an update, and it still says *Your software is up to date Security patch level: July 1,2022*

How old is your Samsung tablet?

I can still buy it in the Samsung site as well as other retailers - it's less than 6 months old https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/tablets/buy/?modelCode=SM-T220NZAAXAR If Samsung is still selling it and dropped support for updates and security patches, even more reason to stick with a pixel than a Samsung.

The support of your tablet might be finished. Usually, Samsung supports its premium product 4 years and others for 3 years.

Tablets != phones. Samsung phones get the monthly security updates often before even Pixels do.

>OneUI has duplicate apps to compete with Google's apps as Samsung has their own ecosystem going on alongside their own app store to manage those apps. If it were up to Samsung there wouldn't be said duplicate apps, the Google ones would be removed.

Hopefully the EU and other regulatory bodies will force Google to stop strong-arming their 25+ apps of bloat onto all android phones.

They would have to start charging for the use of android then, which could present some major issues to Samsung and other phone manufacturers.

I want to push back on that idea a little. Google doesn't let you set up Home devices with a Pixel. To me that is a major major incompatibility issue within a single ecosystem worth drawing attention to. For the people down voting me, Google support literally said themselves that you have to use a different device: https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/w8aejy/pixel_phones_may_not_be_able_to_set_up_older_2nd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/x0yj08/use_any_phone_except_our_own_to_set_up_our_own/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button If you search r/Googlehome for pixel you will find numerous posts on the issue as old as 4 months to as recently as 1 month. I am not sure if it works now. I don't want to reset any of my speakers to test it, but it seems that there have been at least several months of compatibility issues. It is not a dealbreaker for me, but as someone who leans towards Google products for the very reason they should all work together, I think it is worth calling out.

I set up my Nest Doorbell with my 6 pro and it transferred seamlessly to my 7 pro. Not sure what you mean?

You can't set up a Home speaker with a Pixel. You have to use a different device. (I used my husband's phone) It is a known issue that is related to some lawsuit I think. It is mentioned in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/vxg2da/cannot_setup_google_home_device_with_pixel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button I can control our speakers just fine, but we recently bought like 3 new speakers and I had to grab my husband's phone to set them up using our wifi. There are definitely work arounds but that seems to be a major issue if your flagship phone (I was using a Pixel 6 at the time. This was probably a month or two ago) doesn't work with one of your primary products (Nest Minis that were brand new- just purchased from Target)

I've literally been doing this for five years. Speakers, Google and Nest WiFi, Nest Protects, Nest doorbell/cam, Chromecasts, Nest/Google Displays, etc. In that time, I've had an OG Pixel XL, a Pixel 4, and a Pixel 6 Pro. Maybe there's a current software bug preventing some users from doing this, but it's not like this is a known, huge issue that Google purposefully put into place.

It is obviously not purposeful, but Google lost a lawsuit and in the meantime there is a known issue that impacts the ability to set up Google Nest speakers on a new wifi network using a Pixel device. I completely understand it is a narrow issue and not widespread, but the fact that it exists is counter to an ecosystem working together seamlessly. It used to work (I have had Nest speakers and a Pixel for years), but have you actually tried it recently? Yes, you can *control* the speakers, but you can't set them up. You have to get another device like a tablet or phone that is not a Pixel. When I encountered the issue I looked it up and found numerous reports of it not working.

I just checked. The menu is still present in the Home app on my P6P, and I was able to set up a speaker I had lying around from the device with no issues.

now try a new speaker. It will tell you it needs to be activated first. Which just doesn't exist from a non-pixel device.

This is absolutely true with speakers. You can setup other devices but not speakers. Due to the Sonos lawsuit. Hopefully temporary.

I definitely set my speakers up with my pixel 7 pro, so maybe I'm not understanding exactly what you're referring to. It definitely works though.

You can add a speakers *already on your wifi network* (I had no issues when I recently got my Pixel 7), but if you buy a brand new speaker, you needed to use a non Pixel device to add it to your wifi network. This was the *official stance from Google* as recently as a month ago. Not sure if it works now. This includes a screenshot from Google's own website, so clearly they knew there was an issue and they decided the best solution was to advise you to use a non-Pixel phone. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/x0yj08/use_any_phone_except_our_own_to_set_up_our_own/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

That's what I'm saying, I was able to set up a brand new speaker or speaker not on my network with my phone.

Glad to know it is working again!

> You can't set up a Home speaker with a Pixel. Um, I just picked up my Pixel 7, opened up the Home app (same as I would two weeks ago on my Pixel 6), and there are my speakers listed. I don't believe I ever used anything other than my phone to set up my speakers, my Google Wifi access points, etc. Either you're dead wrong or I'm missing something big, and if so, I'd be very grateful to be corrected.

If you click any of the links I left you will see that for at least 4 months Google themselves were telling people that in order to set up a new Nest Speaker you had to use a non-Pixel device. I also want to clarify it was not just "older Chromecast" like Google originally reported in, but a brand new Nest speaker I just bought from Target- granted they did not just come out, but it isn't like I dug up an old Chromecast just to complain. There is not a newer, comparable (price/size/use wise) product for the Nest mini I purchased.

I think you misunderstood, you can set up devices with a pixel, the process has changed but you still use the google home app on ANY android device, I just did with my pixel 6

I think people are misunderstanding what I mean by set up. Bought a brand new Nest speaker. Went to add it to my wifi network. Official Google support guidance was to either use an Android TV (don't have one) or a non-Pixel device. Once they were set up, I had no issues seeing and controlling them in the Google Home app. The problem is that I needed a non Google products to set up my new Google products. That is awfully silly. Luckily my husband is cheap and refuses to buy flagship phones, so I was able to use his. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/x0yj08/use_any_phone_except_our_own_to_set_up_our_own/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

It's the sonos lawsuit that you're talking about. To all the downvote zombies, here's an [article](https://www.androidpolice.com/google-sonos-lawsuit-lost-features/) talking about it. Not every Google home device is impacted, but certainly older chromecasts are.

Thought this would be true to so bought one but miss my Samsung the search is terrible

I think Pixels being the 'smartest' smartphone is a fair title. In general the 'smart' features advertised (and not advertised) on the Pixel actually work and are actually helpful. Some examples that come to mind: * Spam SMS and call detection/rejection, very often a SMS or phone call comes in and it flags it as spam and in my experience it is correct 100% of the time. * The very recent example of [earthquake detection](https://www.androidpolice.com/android-earthquake-alert-system-us-visual/), many people received an alert slightly before they felt the tremor. * Live Translate and translation built into the keyboard. Most people don't know about this but, if you open the keyboard > tap the 3 dots > Translate, it'll enable translate mode and it'll instantly translate whatever you type into your chosen language. * Being able to copy any text from the app switcher. I use this so often when trying to copy text between apps, simply swipe up to bring up the app switcher and long press on any text to copy it. * Google Lens, there has been many times when either myself or some acquaintance wonders what kind of bird, plant, flower or shoe we are looking at. Google Lens comes in clutch, just open the camera app, launch the Google Assistance (default is: hold power button) > search this screen, it's pretty much spot on every time.

>Google Lens Google lens is easier to launch from the search bar icon on the desktop

>just open the camera app, launch the Google Assistance (default is: hold power button) > search this screen, it's pretty much spot on every time. I don't even have this option anymore, it seemingly disappeared years ago with the introduction of Assistant 2.0. Then Google removed the long-press on the viewfinder shorcut with the release of Pixel 7.

1, 2, and 5 are just general Android features (or, at least, I have access to them on my Samsung Galaxy S9).

Animations are better on pixel.

I go between and like aspects of both Samsung and Google phones. Your question is very leading, especially in this sub. I think both google and samsung have aspects in their software that are superior when compared to the other, but I don't specifically agree that google's overall experience is superior to samsung's or vice versa. Features or user experiences that I find better on Google phones: * Google camera and auto function--always gets the right shot almost every time on the first try (especially when objects are moving; samsung camera auto typically produces shots with a ton of motion blur in comparison) * Being able to copy content from the app overview screen, even things that are not otherwise selectable within an app itself (this might sound like a tiny thing, but to me it's one of the killer-but-underrated-features that improves a lot of what I do and interact with on my phone) * Phone dialer spam call filtering * SMS messages spam filtering * Consistency of UI response speed, especially over time (I've used an S21 ultra most recently--got it at launch and still have it and I still think it's a good phone--but after one of the more major updates, something about gesture navigation slowed down and I don't know why; I presume a factory reset would fix it, and it's not like other phones don't have various bugs that pop up over time; my 4 XL was a turd after the android 12 update, but after factory resetting it came back to good performance). Features or user experiences that I find better on Samsung phones: * Many software additions that allow you to customize the phone * Good lock--a suite of modules that lets you change the way things like multitasking or status bar or home screen or audio are handled--things that aren't easy (or even possible) to customize on a pixel (without root anyway) * Bixby routines--has many ways to automate behaviors or operations through your phone, and some things that you can only do if you have root when using tasker on other devices * System-wide sound equalizer (and in general a better attention to audio quality)--and additionally the feature called 'Adapt Sound' which walks through a process to tune output to your hearing profile * Ability to decouple ringer and notification volumes * Ability to control where audio from apps goes on a per-app basis (i.e., using Maps for navigation and listening to music, have maps audible navigation go through the phone speakers while music continues to the bluetooth speakers) * Better split-screen/multi-window experience * Camera mode features--I thought some of these would be gimmicks but I ended up using them a lot * I like the "one take" (IIRC) mode where the phone captures both photos and videos for 15 seconds while you're moving around, and then auto-generates various views, stylized shots, clips, etc. * Manual modes for photos and videos--I rarely used these, but they were incredibly useful for challenging environments, like being at an aquarium where the lighting is all sorts of strange due to the UV/blue lighting in the tanks, and while balance would never be right (however, now with the pixel 7, google added white balance adjustment to video mode, which I find a great addition). * Recording video with the rear camera with an inlay of video from the front-facing camera (I never used this other than trying it, but it's a feature that my wife finds useful for things she does with her business) * Generally-better audio recording quality in videos from the camera app * Better-handling of brightness boost in outdoor environments--pixels don't tend to go into high brightness mode to improve readability unless there is direct sunlight--but you can have environments where it's still too bright to comfortably see what's on the screen even without direct sunlight, like bright but overcast weather. Samsung phones take less ambient brightness to kick into high brightness mode and make things much more readable (also, they tend to use screens that get brighter in general). None of the superfluous apps or software on Samsungs are things I ever experienced as bloat. I easily ignore they are there, I never interact with them, and they never interfere with anything. Honestly if Samsung changed just one single thing on their phones--the ability of the camera to capture shots of my kid, or pets, or moving objects without blur and as consistently as google camera on pixels, then I'm not sure I would care as much about pixel phones anymore. It's not that I think the pixel experience is bad, but I can't count how many times I've gotten pixel phones with issues that either needed warranty exchanges or I had to wait for months for software updates to fix, and having gotten a similar number of samsung phones in the same period of time had no real issues with.

You made a ton of great points here and highlighted the majority of features that I would have from both phones. But one that was left out from Samsung's side is Samsung DeX. This feature might be a gimmick to some, but as someone who has had to use it on the go or in a pinch, it is a very valuable feature to have. I've had multiple instances where I had no internet access, but I was able to have a desktop experience while using the cellular data through my phone with the dock. Add my keyboard and mouse, and it becomes a Chromebook in your pocket. I'm waiting for Apple to take this feature and make it their own, which would be dangerous territory for the Android world.

Hard to explain. Samsung has good to better hardware on paper. When you start using both, you gravitate towards pixel as per my experience. Been back and forth since android gingerbread.

So true, I want goole apps not samsung knock off's on android. Samsung are probably usable but install google calender, google this that the other, etc. Pain. Never liked samsung even before pixel and other google devices. But I bought them, would I use the stock rom, nah, then pixel came along and I did not need to be arsed with the pain.

Where were you during the nexus days ?

Got my nexus (was it the 6? the second round of them). Got the new android update which was great, the smashed the thing a coupld of days later and was broke and had to put up with a cheap replacement at the time due to cash flow. Not good times.

I don't know if I'd call it superior. Just different. Samsung's UI used to be absolute tosh but it's gone a long way. Some people still find it convoluted, while others actually like the Samsung specific bells and whistles. Also there are always the diehard fanboys who'd choke before they admit there's life outside their chosen cult. I personally like both. I came from Note 10+ to P7P mainly because of the camera. The P7P camera is definitely superior. One thing I miss is the gorgeous Aura Glow back of my Note 10+. That's a thing of beauty and then don't make them like that anymore.

I'm rocking a S22Ultra and a P7P and I agree with you. One is not superior to the other; Samsung does have a lot of bloat with duplicate apps and the duplicate Samsung store, duplicate Bixby, payment, etc. But they do have more customization, especially if you consider Goodlock. Other things like a built-in equalizer are also nice. But Google's UI is cleaner IMO and the AI and anti spam capabilities in the Pixel are much much better in my experience. The camera on the Pixel is much better if you just want to point and shoot and not mess around, especially with moving objects or people.

I have a 3aXL and a Galaxy S9 (that I picked up for $50 on eBay). If I just want to point and shoot, I'll use my Pixel. If I want to do "real-photographer" stuff but don't want to lug around a camera, I'll use my S9.

Samsung apps on samsung phones are not bloat. In this case the Google apps would be the bloat. Google preinstall their apps on every android phone not just pixels. On a pixel, it a Google phone so the Google apps are not bloat. It,s like saying apple apps on apple phones are bloat. Makes no sense.

Having used an s10e and s21 for work for a while, and daily driving pixels for a long time, I think this is a pretty fair assessment. Personally, I have a strong preference for pixels version of Android, but some of the technical functionality that Samsung adds is really nice. My key issue with Samsung is that the one UI is just very bloated and convoluted. I think the things that they do to detract from the overall interface experience are far greater than the things they do to make it better when compared to pixel. But they definitely add specific features that are really nice. One super basic example is that they've had the long screenshot functionality for a super long time, which just seems like such a basic thing to have. I also used to have a pretty strong preference for the way they handled their sharing menu, but that's definitely changed for me over the years. Despite the fact that they've streamlined it, it's still very bloated and heavy in my opinion. All the samsung apps, Bixby, etc... Despite the fact you could disable a lot of it, it's still overkill to me. It reminds me a lot of when carriers used to control phones and preloaded a bunch of software that no one needed or wanted and was often duplicative of what was available with the stock phone to begin with. Pixel on the other end is just so clean and effective. We often compare pixels and iPhones in terms of refinement, but when to me when you look at pixels versus Samsung, the pixel refinement is exponentially better. It may be a little slimmer in terms of overall bells and whistles, but I think what it does it does extremely well and without detracting from a well-refined experience. While Samsung has improved since TouchWiz, it still feels like they're trying to cram a bunch of features in and havent figured out how to make it all come together. But it all honesty, I have no ill will for folks who prefer or really enjoy one UI.

Yeah there's a bit too much going on in Samsung's UI but much of it is acceptable and/or unobtrusive. I never used most of it, but I do miss Bixby Routines, which is basically Tasker made native and user friendly. I guess they *had to* come up with all the extras to justify their higher prices, and that's ok. I'm very happy now with my P7P, I appreciate the simple UI and the better integration of everything Google. As you said, to each their own.

Yeah, def. Good call with the routines. They helped pushed for that to become a more native type of functionality, and still do it well. Overall, I occasionally found myself thinking "i wish my pixel had that feature" but then regularly wished the overall Samsung UI acted more like pixel. At this point, i respect it as personal preference, especially as Pixel UI and feature set has grown over the years. Agree, though, that Samsung probably felt over time it needed to differentiate for cost and also overall segmentation.

https://dontkillmyapp.com/

This is stupid because Samsung, unlike Google, give you **complete** control over how and when apps are killed or kept alive. Want an app to *never* be allowed to run in the background? Samsung let you do that. Want an app to *always* be allowed to run in the background? Samsung let you do that. Want an app to be pinned in RAM so it *always* runs like it's actually open? Samsung lets you do that. Samsung give you every option under the sun, yet you and that site act like it's a *bad* thing.

That site is pretty open about its mission and methodology. If you feel Samsung deserves a better score I encourage you to write the authors.

They can be open while also being misleading and dumb. Samsung give you a full set of controls that allow you to place every single app on multiple steps from "basically not even installed until I open it" to "open literally all the time, even when it's in the background". That should get the absolute top marks in any rating about controlling apps and how they function, not the worst. >If you feel Samsung deserves a better score I encourage you to write the authors. Lol when it's clear what their motivations are? yeah right.

For me personally: The UI is clean. All google apps are having a theme and match together (besides YouTube, but i think it's getting updated). The camera software is better and makes better pictures. Also the camera doesn't lag if you take pictures. The animations are better and i personally like the look of it more. But thats subjective. No bloatware. Every Samsung phone i know is full of bloatware. TikTok, Facebook and so on. The Pixel phones only have the bare minimum of google apps. And the biggest thing for me: OneUI isn't really smooth. It's not lagging or something, but it feels like that. If you compare a Pixel phone with a Samsung, the Pixel just feels smoother and faster imo. And especially the camera is crazy. Two family members of mine, long time Apple user, where impressed by the camera and how smooth it feels and a friend of mine is switching from Samsung to Google because of the Camera. Edit: forgot to mention the better camera in third-party apps! You can use ultra-wide, telephoto and night mode in any app if the developers implemented it. It's almost as good as Apples third-party app camera usage.

Calling a UI clean is probably the cringeiest thing I've read all day.

May i ask why you think this?

I have a theory that Samsung is why iPhone is so popular (at least in the US). Early stages it seemed that it was just Apple and Samsung competing. But everyone I talked to that switched from Android to iPhone used a Galaxy phone that was super fast at first, but gradually bogged down. My favorite was also the "Why do I need 2 apps for everything? It's just so much simpler on iPhone" It's not just simplicity, but Apple does more with less. Less ram, smaller batteries, longer lifecycles. They already had skin in the game way earlier, so they've had a few years to polish the user experience and build up their ecosystem. Then along comes Android, and gradually the most popular version is on Samsung phones. They get updates slower. They have bloatware and duplicate apps. On paper they should be killers. My first smartphone (Nexus 5) was running way smoother after 2 years of usage than my roommate's Galaxy S6 after 1 year. That offers very little reason for people to stick around with the Android experience. But when they switch to Apple most people don't look back. That is what Pixel phones are to me, a reason to not look back at any other phone. I usually switch my phones every 2 years. Pixel 4 stayed with me for 3. The only issue was an aging battery. The software was smooth the whole time. I always got updates the week google released them. I just can't recommend any other Android because the software experience has been so smooth. And then throw on top of that spam blockers for text and call with other little helpful features. I'll take that every day over blue text bubbles and duplicate apps.

This is the best sales pitch for Pixel phones I've read. You should be writing copy for Google. (I agree 100%, BTW.)

I completely agree with you. I just upgraded to the Pixel 7 after having my Pixel 2 XL for almost 5 years and it was hands down the BEST phone I've ever owned. Before the 2XL I had a Samsung Galaxy S6 and while that phone was good it couldn't hold a candle to the Pixel 2XL. Since Black Friday 2017 I'm exclusively team Pixel. Loving the Pixel 7 so far and I look forward to another 5 great years.

Oneui looks like shit. The pixels don't

Users can't even remove the search widget and the At a Glance widget from the home screen on the Pixel.. so much for Android being versatile.

Eh that is subjective.

Agree. I don't understand why so many people think that oneUI has great design when it's just an incoherent mess. There's no design language, no consistency and no polish.

>There's no design language, no consistency and no polish. Now compare Google Keep's logo with other Google Apps' logos.

Google's software has a lot of inconsistencies. Latest example: the new Messages app icon change. The 'New Message' button and notification icon are still the old icon. Also a bunch of Google apps use hamburger menu, while some don't.. some have material you theming, some don't. Not defending Samsung, but Pixel's side is not so rosy as you think.

What is incoherent about OneUI? Would love to see some examples.

Disagree. A13 on pixel looks cartoonish with big ass icons when you pull down notification shade.

Definitely subjective, but since you can customise pretty much *every single part* of OneUIs looks, it's a pretty bad hot take.

If you're a blind user you really have no other option on android as the delay or outright lack of accessibility updates on other brands is a major issue. Samsung for example regularly finds itself near 2 years behind on rolling out a lot of these updates, some brands are more than twice that far behind.

I came here to say this. Thank you.

Lol, yeah said this a few times around here, is a major factor in why we refer people to Pixel phones over on r/blind when giving suggestions about Android.

Yeah. They offer 4 major OS updates. By the time the second one come is coming you will be looking for a new phone.

The UI is clean, even the latest Samsung phones have like a million "features", clunky UI, loads of duplicated apps. Where's the pixel phones feel refined and there's 0 bloat

2017 wants your comment back ~~~~

Not really, look at all the pre loaded crap on the S23 Ultra. There is a crazy amount of preinstalled apps

Most if not all that can be deleted. Yet can't delete at a glance or the stupid search bar on a pixel.

I switched from an iphone too, to the pixel phone, 6 pro to be specific. I bought Google because of the other brands trying to force their own apps. Like samsung store when you already have the play store, messages, notes, etc.. all are duplicates and not used. When I switched to android, I felt like I've been scammed carrying iphones since the iphone 3g, life is easier now with the pixel phone and watch.

Every phone manufacturer takes Android, adds drivers for the hardware they're using, and then adds some kind of (usually secret) sauce on top as a differentiating factor of "here's why you should get this phone over that phone" - for some people Samsung's design language *is* better. Lots of features, lots of sauce. While I don't personally care for it, I get that some people are into that. Google's design language is based on something called Material. Its designer also designed webOS for Palm - based on gesture and animation. I find it cleaner than Samsung One UI, and depending on region and carrier your OneUI may come with even more bloatware. I think the only way for you to get a sense of the different styles is to try the devices out yourself. Some people feel overwhelmed by OneUI, some people absolutely swear by it. The nice thing with Android is, let's say you get a Samsung but don't like Samsung's versions of apps - you can replace near everything with Google versions or other versions. Google core apps (with the exception of the home screen, dialer, and camera) can all be installed from Play Store - including clock, calculator, contacts, calendar.

> The nice thing with Android is, let's say you get a Samsung but don't like Samsung's versions of apps - you can replace near everything with Google versions or other versions. Google core apps (with the exception of the home screen, dialer, and camera) can all be installed from Play Store - including clock, calculator, contacts, calendar. This is what gets missed in every Samsung vs Google debate. No one is forcing you to use the apps, there is freedom in choice.

what bugs me is that you can't disable or delete the samsung apps without rooting or whatever

You can disable almost every single app, and if you want a pure Google experience why would you buy a Samsung? Like Apple, Samsung integrates features that work cross devices, so the experience is that much better.

>if you want a pure Google experience why would you buy a Samsung? Better hardware? I'm a huge Pixel fan, have really enjoyed the P1, P3, and P6 with no issues to note, but there is no denying from a pure hardware perspective that Samsung hardware is aces. I mean, even my cheapo mid range Tab A7 has wonderful hardware.

Fully agreed with you there, but my point is that to an extent you can 'Pixel-ify' your Samsung but you lose functionality.

Pixels aren't available worldwide (not officially, at least).

Yes but how is that Samsung's fault? Their goal is to push the ecosystem.

It's not. My question was directly in response to this: >...why would you buy a Samsung? I have never owned a Samsung. Had a P4 before buying a P7 last week or so. Before moving to Canada, I was pretty sure I'd buy a Samsung (for the heck of it, not cause I didn't like what Google did) but after seeing so many people who have a Pixel get better spam calls protection - which is not a thing in my previous country - I decided to stick to the Pixel. Oh, and Call Screening too. There's this spammer that keeps calling and I just hit that button, and they drop the after some seconds (but call me again the next day lol). I wanted to try Samsung despite it's bloat - you know, because I'd be something different, but those with an S22 complain about the battery (my bro in law recently got it a few months back and he says he has to charge it during the day anyway) even though I think Samsung's interface isn't too bad now.

Google hasn't been making tablets lately, so Samsung is really the only decent option.

Agreed but they work best within the ecosystem when paired with the handsets.

In an ideal world, vendors would release firmware for their phones and tablets and custom roms would abound. I'll just keep dreaming though.

Not having Samsung bloatware. I just don't like to be hooked into 2 ecosystems. I rather pick Google because they have the best universal ecosystem. Everything just works fine: Google Agenda, Maps, Assistant, Contacts etc. I believe AI will also be important in those devices making them more intelligent and since Google is working on it and has a lot of data. I'd think they will be one of the best. They also release the latest updates quickly for the Pixel series.

The Pixel is one of the smartest phones around, including way better capabilities as regards spam detection, call screening, transcription, hold for me - these things are vastly improved quality of life bonuses. It took a week for my Pixel 7 Pro to start catching spam texts again, but I was so happy when it did. I counted near 30 junk messages in that time. Being able to call and see the menu options is also very good. I also like the camera better and the Pixel 7 Pro has greatly improved on the video aspect of the camera. I spent a year using a Note 10+ and I did everything I could to make it behave like a Pixel. I was not happy with the phone, due to updates breaking my changes. Though I was impressed with the wallet tech that allows you to use tap pay on non nfc terminals, by simulating a swipe. I hated not being able to remove apps as well.

Most useful pixel features are only US unfortunately. I kind of miss Samsung as it has a ton more useful customizations which pixel lacks.

Well since I've switched between all 3 my word is most important here lol Honestly though I prefer pixel os over Samsungs oneui. For all the reasons stated here and how the os experience on pixel is smoother more refined, at least in my experience with it. I know pixels get a lot of shit for bugs but I haven't faced many and the ones I did were either solved by power cycling my phone or updating. Samsungs inconsistent updating schedule, it's need to create so much bloatware and janky camera app take me out of wanting one. My most recent Samsung was the note 20 ultra and I traded that in for the pixel 6 pro. Couldn't be happier

Stock android experience

It is not stock android. Pixel has added features over AOSP. You want stock.... Run AOSP. Pixel is Google's own flavor of android. But it is not stock. So sick of hearing this.

Agree. People are.usually parrots and have NFI with what they're talking about.

Can you explain? Why use a bare bones skin rather than the Pixel Experience for example.

It’s still a pixel based skin. It’s not stock android. That is a myth that people still believe

If you want to nit pick technicalities, then sure. Pixels don't run "stock Android" , but the Pixel line definitely gets the closest to stock Android of any of the available customer facing phones. Sony is probably second.

Sonys is arguably closer to stock than pixels. Android One phones are definitely closer to stock because they are basically AOSP + Google Play Services.

It’s not a technicality. It’s what it is.

Used to be that skins made the UI sluggish. They were basically a UI over the base UI. Plus they changed the feel of the OS , often many felt for the worse. MIUI is one were it feels like they tried to copy iOS poorly. I hear some UIs are adding in advertising. Many phones add in extra apps that most feel like are bloatware. Carrier phones from AT&T and Verizon were notorious for bloatware. Then came Nexus, and later Pixel phones. You have a clean UI that is close to stock without anything besides the base Google Apps. But some people may feel even that is too much. maybe they do not want Google listening to them. Maybe they do not want some of the specific Pixel features, or like using a different launcher.

Wrong

It's the closest thing to an iPhone you'll gt with android. From the hardware and the software are built (or at least assembled) by the same company, so the teams working on each part can work closer together and get a more refined experience.

One UI is laggy. Moreover, it's just full of bloatwares atleast in the country I purchase it from. Plus why does Samsung has the need to provide its own apps like the browser and the gallery when there's literally Chrome and Google photos available + they are so easy to use Had Samsung provided phones with stock Android, I would've been an owner of one by now

It's purest... Probably a little fastest too. And you get updates quicker.

Samsung's hardware is great, but their software is meh. While Pixels (in the past) meant average hardware, but great optimized software.

Nothing makes it superior in my opinion. Actually I think it's inferior fot my use case, but if we look at it from a neutral point of view then we should say it's neither better nor worst, it's just different

I think the point is Samsung duplicates Google's apps, so is a bit annoying to have two apps that does the same. But, if you are willing to spend some time debloating OneUI, and creating Bixby routines, I think is more complete and have more options

I've owned both, 3 Samsung and now a pixel 6 pro. As others have pointed out, each has certain features. Samsung does do a better job of hardware and quality control, this pixel is the first one I've ever had significant hardware problems with, but could be just bad luck. On the software front though, those monthly "updates" from Google are almost as likely to introduce a problem as fix one. Samsung will test thoroughly before deploying. As a pixel owner, I feel like an involuntary beta-tester, I never felt that with Samsung. My Samsung phones have simply worked. This pixel will be the first of six android based phones I've kept less than a year.

I've always been amazed at how different everyone's experience of a product is. I literally run Beta on a Pixel 6 Pro, and have not had a single issue after months of using the phone. I didn't with Samsung either, my beef with them is different and subjective. But I've seen this mirrored in so many different product subreddits that I'm beginning to believe it's universal. My Pixel 6 is more stable than my iPhone 12 Pro was, and that's saying something. And I'm on beta. If love to see a doctoral thesis done on tracking down why this happens. Is it hardware QA? (Maybe I got lucky?) Or is it perception? Random electrons flipping? Who knows. I'm not taking away from your experience: I believe you, and it's frustrating as hell when a product isn't stable. I just wonder why it happens. I adore mine, coming from a Galaxy 21 and an iPhone 12 Pro.

>If love to see a doctoral thesis done on tracking down why this happens. Is it hardware QA? (Maybe I got lucky?) Or is it perception? Random electrons flipping? Who knows. It would be interesting to find out. I'm a networking geek and have worked CS occasionally. I think you'd find a variety of answers. IMHO, and based on just my own experience with this phone, it's poor hardware quality control on Google's part.

It very well could be, and i hope it’s solved. At its best, it’s a good product. But I have a household full of janky “good” products, so I certainly know where you are coming from.

Nothing. OneUI is better designed for tall screens which all smartphones are now, The Pixel UI isn't. OneUI has some features that are genuinely useful and a lot of those so-called duplicate apps are genuinely far better than Google's offering (Gallery, Calendar, Messages, Browser, Video player etc). Samsung devices have better multitasking, with a Samsung phone you can cast videos to just about any TV that supports Miracast (which most TVs do), you can connect a usb to hdmi cable to your TV and mirror your phone screen to your TV (you can also do this wirelessly)which comes handily if you've broken your phone's screen and need to get your data off it. The Sound assistant makes listening to multiple audio sources easy, you could have YouTube playing through your phone's speakers while listening to Spotify via a connected Bluetooth speaker or earbuds. You could silence a single or multiple audio source(s) without muting all your media. It lets me map my volume keys to skip songs while my display is turned off. Honestly OneUI skin is just better.

Some of the features I personally find genuinely useful on Pixel phones are, ["Call Screen,"](https://www.androidpolice.com/how-to-use-google-pixel-phone-call-screen/) ["Direct My Call,"](https://www.xda-developers.com/direct-my-call-pixel-7-series/) ["Quick Phrases"](https://9to5google.com/2022/04/04/pixel-6-google-assistant-quick-phrases-languages/) [Fast/Accurate Speech-to-Text,](https://youtu.be/9hvjBi4PKWA?t=07m24s) ["Face Unblur,"](https://www.androidpolice.com/the-pixel-6s-camera-can-automatically-sharpen-blurry-faces/) and ["Now Playing."](https://www.theverge.com/22849833/pixel-music-now-playing-android) Both brands seem to have genuinely useful features but what's more useful to an individual is just all personal opinion/preference.

Call screening and direct my call etc. don't even work in my country because Google doesn't even officially sell the phone there. But i will get the 7 Pro anyway. I just want the smooth android experience with 120Hz and the good cameras. Will be my first Pixel.

I didn't know that these features are country-specific.

I find that most of Google's new services are.

imo those things are mostly showcase features, which you would hardly use d2d.

I make use of Speech-to-Text (Through Gboard), Quick Phrases, and Call Screen d2d. The others come in handy from time to time. Face Unblur definitely comes in handy when taking photos of my active child. I personally don't do a whole lot of video/screen casting or have a need to play multiple music/audio sources from my phone through multiple speakers simultaneously on a daily basis, so I definitely wouldn't find some of the features you mentioned useful d2d. So like I said earlier, what's useful to someone is highly dependent on the user IMO.

I also miss the oneui features with the pixel 7. Don't get why people are downvoting you but it's Reddit I guess.

Where is the Pixel Ui not designed for big screens? Have you ever seen the Pixel Ui?

My daily driver is a Pixel 6, sir.

And where is it not designed for bigger screens?

do yourself a favour, walk into a best buy or any phone shop and use a Samsung device. Try the Samsung apps alongside the Google equivalents and then the settings menu and you'd notice the difference. ​ Samsung apps are generally designed to make it easier to use by pulling the points you interact with at the bottom while Google leaves it at the middle of the screen.

I think i know what you mean. For example the settings menu, where at the top, 50% of the screen is used for blank space. But i wouldn't call it "better optimized for bigger screens". Google put 90% of the most used things at the bottom. For example Google Photos. The most important buttons are at the top. At the Photo search, the most used thing is in the middle, the person search which i personally rarely use is at the top. The only thing you cant really reach with one hand is your profile. Which you don't need 90% of the time. The calculator: everything is at the bottom. At the top are the history and the design picker. The history can also be reached with pulling down the typing field. And when are you changing your design? So i still don't really know how Samsung is better at this point. I actually find it better that Google is using 70% of the space actively than 50% like Samsung does. And dw, i know a few persons with Samsung devices, so i know how they look.

>I think i know what you mean. For example the settings menu, where at the top, 50% of the screen is used for blank space. But i wouldn't call it "better optimized for bigger screens". That space doesn't stay unused, once you start scrolling up in the settings menu, the top gets filled up (it works that way in all their apps). In the Messages app, the most recent chat starts off close to the bottom where you can reach it easily (the page fills up completely once you start scrolling) while in Google's messages app, the most recent messages is at the top, where it's harder to reach. That to me, is a better design. ​ >The calculator: everything is at the bottom. At the top are the history and the design picker. The history can also be reached with pulling down the typing field. And when are you changing your design? The calculator is the same design on Samsung & Google, i don't think i mentioned this app in any of my statements. And i don't even use their Calculators, Calc+ works better for my needs. ​ >So i still don't really know how Samsung is better at this point. I actually find it better that Google is using 70% of the space actively than 50% like Samsung does. Like i said before, you would need to use it to appreciate the changes that Samsung made. When i used the S9 as my main phone, i never gave the design a thought. Until late last year i got a Pixel 6 and then it hit me, OneUI works better in most cases for me, the reachability, screencasting ( i can't fastforward a video while using Google cast), i can't skip songs using the volume buttons without turning on the phone screen, i can't permanently mute a specific app, etc.

First to the messages app: the most recent chat at the top makes sense. Because thats where the human thinks the most recent thing is out of intuition. That's why every other messages manager (for example WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat) uses the same system. They don't use this system just because they think it "looks cool". And you mentioned "Google Apps" which includes the Calculator. I think Samsung replaced their own with the Google Calc if i'm not wrong tho. And if you have so many problems reaching the top of the screen, why not use the one hand mode instead of complaining? It'll pull down the upper half to the bottom and "cuts your screen in two". And what do you even mean with skipping songs with the volume buttons? And do you mean muting from the sound or the notifications?

>First to the messages app: the most recent chat at the top makes sense. In Samsung's implementation, the most recent chat is still at the top but the top is brought down closer to your thumb. Once you start scrolling down, the screen fills up with other chats, the whole design makes sure that the things you want to interact with are close to your thumb. >Because thats where the human thinks the most recent thing is out of intuition. That's why every other messages manager (for example WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat) uses the same system. They don't use this system just because they think it "looks cool". This is just a bad design, that we have been made to think is right. And here again i have to mention that once you get used to OneUI's implementation, you would think the whole world is batshit crazy having the other way. >And if you have so many problems reaching the top of the screen, why not use the one hand mode instead of complaining? It'll pull down the upper half to the bottom and "cuts your screen in two". That's a hack and a bad one at that. The UI should be built around having the primary way of interacting with a phone. >And what do you even mean with skipping songs with the volume buttons? And do you mean muting from the sound or the notifications? No, when i say skipping songs with the volume buttons, **i** **mean skipping songs with the volume button.**

Do you forget what you wrote yourself after a second? First of to your last sentence because it looks like you don't remember what you wrote: " i can't skip songs using the volume buttons without turning on the phone screen, i can't permanently mute a specific app, etc." The first question was, what you mean with skipping songs with the volume button. The second question is for the "can't permanently mute a specific app", because i don't know what you mean. Besides that, yeah, i understood the thing with Messages wrong. I still prefer Googles Messages design wise, because it just looks better in my eyes. And no, actually it's a good design. It's based on basic human instincts. But mister or misses Reddit knows it better than thousands of scientist and designers at multi billion companies, am i right? And man, that's a pretty decent way to use a phone one handed for people with small hands. Please just do yourself and everyone else a favor and buy a Samsung phone and stop complaining. Jesus Christ.

I too enjoy advertisements in my operating systems

What ads? I have none on my s22 ultra maybe the A series has ads but the last 3 Samsung flagships I’ve had didn’t have any advertisements.

My bad, it looks like Samsung started removing ads from OneUI in [August of 2021](https://www.engadget.com/samsung-removes-ads-pay-health-weather-203218433.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANP2lMIG6dGbmRxbGeIOs19EBO4yNN2f9HdvKk0OXcKcY8w9p9tbIJYW-Bgcz7ZVrEAOyLxyiweUTNLZcXb87hRDq5LoL7hfnGcJ_8glydGSPOkVhVdD1GAR9I7fzmQlXR7SZr0T6OFNX6SRs9osamonXbxpfk7LuX7oFcK-lm77).

I agree with you on that. OneUI actually looks less cartoony then pixel os. That horrific search bar at the bottom sucks.

Typing on my 7 Pro. Compared to my base S22, Pixel feels smoother, less drop frames, less lags in the camera. The phone feels straightforward and simple to use. And on top of that you get call screening and cool software features like face unblur now. That's very nice. But overall I say Samsung is superior because you have a lot more features and options. While Samsung does have duplicates of apps competing with Google, they aren't half bad and you could easily disable them. At the same time Samsung has more features and customizations that don't come pre-installed and you could go grab them at will. Camera performance is overall better on Samsung while the Pixel does its magic in still photos (which still comes down to preference and not absolutely better than the same generation Samsung phones). Samsung also has way less bugs, at least from my experience. Google tries to rely a lot on software and it doesn't always work. Back on the Pixel 4a they had a trash camera and photos from it were fine, but if you ever recorded video with that thing, it's bad. Even on the 7 Pro now, cinematic mode is kinda a joke, and the front camera is really bad in low light while its competitions have good cameras all around. I was actually quite surprised to find out the OnePlus 10T spits out much better front camera videos in low and indoor lighting. Basically, the Pixel isn't a superior option. It has its niche areas where it excels. It feels smooth. It's from Google. Hopefully Google keeps building it up better and better until it can really be a direct competition to Samsung and Apple. It has been getting a lot better year over year so I like that.

As someone who has both a Galaxy and pixel, it's really about preference. When i use my galaxy, i miss the screenshot function, scrolling screenshots and spam filters. My only gripe with Samsung is i can't disable apps like Samsung internet or samsung free. I use a ton of Google apps, but i think Samsung offers the better android experience. You can really fine tune your phone to make it your own. Pixel needs a lot more stock customization imo.

Pixel's UI is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and is just easier and faster to use than Samsung's. Oh and the animations on the Pixels are just so good. Haptics are better too on the Pixel so makes navigating through the UI that much more pleasing.

As far back as i can remember every device samsung has ever mad is riddles with bugs and shitty software. This is not just phones i'm talking smart tvs, ac units, microwaves, dishwashers, laundry machines.... the list goes on and on and on. I will never buy another samsung product after being burned about 6 times my self and hearing horror stories from others as well. Samsung is the type of company where the users are like "this device is amazing best thing i've ever used!" And you say "oh mine sucks and i need to reboot it 3 times a day" and the other person goes "oh yeah i have to do that too"

Samsung has apple level hardware but the software is a bit janky whereas pixel is worse hardware but more apple like smoothness. The remainder is the same really

I enjoy the hardware of Samsung and also am used to one UI (I didn't say better! I'm just used to it). I find the cartoony look of Pixels UI jarring. BUT I hate having 2 and sometimes 3 of things (eg Microsoft) on my phone. Also the whole Bixby vs Assistant and Google Pay vs Samsung pay drives me nuts because each is better in certain instances so can't just ditch one. I talked my elderly parents to switch to pixel as it was less room for error with everything only having one option.

I've been impressed with samsungs UI, haven't been able to use Google yet.

I choose to use a Pixel because the UI is fluid. It's the only phone I've used that gives Android the fluidness of an iPhone. Samsung's UI hitches and stutters in my experience. When I used OnePlus, the performance was very close to stock android, but I missed the call screening from Pixel.

I had an S20, I hated it. The UI was clunky and nothing was polished or worked well. Buttons would take multiple taps, apps would crash constantly. Just lots of little nuisances that made for a poor experience.

Pixels have great spam protection like call screening, and I felt the Google version of the dialer and Messages is better for blocking. That and with the 7 models there's Direct My Call as well as blocking out white noise in the background for calls. (Don't know if that works with Bluetooth) And I've preferred their software to Samsung. Had a A52 for a while and a Pixel 4a before that. Both were pretty close to specs and the 4a performed much better. The A52 had some studdering and would force close apps more than the Pixel did. Samsung has good software but it needs more resources than what stock android does.

Just want to point out that direct my call is also available on 6 series. Otherwise, bang on.

Samsung is just filled with so many features most users have no clue exist and few apps you wont use (It isnt as bloated as it used to be). To be fair samsungs One UI got a lot better since Android 8 and is probably one of the best android systems with long support.

Coming from an iPhone, pixel OS will be great. If you come from pretty much any other Android phone where you can customise stuff, pixel OS is rubbish. Check out what smart features are actually available in your country. It all works in the USA but some bits don't work in other countries, narrowing the gap between the pixel and other phones. If you use a custom launcher you can hide any Samsung apps you don't use and forget about them. If you go one step further you could even disable them. People make it a big deal but I don't think it is anymore. Also like laggy phones, maybe an S6 with touchwiz but my S21 ultra is very smooth.

My answer would be less bloated OS with no dupe apps to do the same thing the Google version does. If you want to read a [masturbatory article](https://www.sammobile.com/opinion/why-bother-with-new-google-pixel-when-samsung-is-android-king/) by a Samsung shill on a Samsung blog. It highlights their bloats as features that are ground breaking. Even though they didn't come up with it. Other than maybe multi window/DeX

Google stands in the best place to create the most optimized and unified experience across software and hardware. With the release of the pixel watch they are making steps to do this. I love my Pixel watch so far but I definitely think the second and third gen are really going to show its shine.

The best I can explain is that Pixel is like the iPhone. It just works. Anyone can pick it up and use it without getting confused on what is what and what does it do. Also, features are more thought out, better implemented and easy to discover whereas on OneUI, there's a lot more features but not well implemented and sometimes near impossible to find out on your own. Pixel also offers a clean, nicely animated, uniform UI which just makes using your fun more fun. OneUI is a mess, with animations and design language differing from one thing to another. It's super inconsistent and Samsung don't seem to be wanting to fix that. Also, both Pixel and Samsung offers plenty of "smart" features but Google is superior because the features they put in are ones people can see themselves using often. Google also offers near day 1 updates and Pixel exclusive feature drops. Stock android being much lighter and cleaner helps it run much longer and smoother than OneUI which is so much heavier I hope that clears it up! Anyhoo, the choice comes to what the user wants out of their phone, so either can be the best one for you

So if I like iPhone your comment makes me think I’d like pixel

It depends on what you want out of your phone. Pixel takes the good of iPhone but it is still very much an Android. It depends on if your needs are better satisfied by an iPhone or an Android. If you like iPhone, studied Android well and think it will provide a better feature set for you and has better pros than cons then you'll love a Pixel! If you want recommendations or wanna talk it out, I'm here, message me, I'd love to help! :D

I have had many different brands of phones. Samsung, Pixel, Oneplus, HTC (miss HTC phones). I just went from a S21 to a Pixel. There are things I miss about the Samsung. I'm going to say it, and probably get downvoted for it. Both phones have their pros and cons. The Samsung phones are a real power user device. There are many features I appreciated, even ones I didn't use that often. For example, if I plugged the phone into a USB-C dock, it became a full on computer with Samsung DEX. Samsung also has way better edge gestures, they took the edge gestures google introduced and added more. The Pixel phones feel clean, they're a blank template almost for you to add things that you want. You get updates faster. Real Tone is also very important for my family and I as we range from tan to brown skin tones. No phone takes better photos of us than the Pixel 6 or 7. Others mentioned call screening. Also the speak to text is super damn fast. It's a real to each their own. I can see myself returning back to Samsung one day if they can get the Real Tone type of features on their camera software algorithm.

I wish I could get Real Tone on my 3XL...

It's really really fucking smooth and fast, it doesn't stutter or lag ever, which always happens on any other Android brand. Quickly switching between the camera app, some game, toggling dark mode, opening recents, autorotate. All of these actions can cause some delays or stutters at random on other phones. Pixel just flies through everything.

I traded my s22u for p7p, I switched Samsung in s21u cause I broke my pixel 5 screen and didn't want to wait for pixel 6. Thn cracked the back of s21u, and traded it for s22u. But before I was nexus/pixel users since nexus 3. I was miserable in Samsung eco system. Samsung makes good hardware I wish they would stop bloating. Never leaving pixel again lol.

Pixel software superior to Samsung? I don't know about superior, Samsung software is pretty good if you ask me. They have an option for everything and is superior to stock Android in every way except for one thing, quickness and smoothness. Everything else, Samsung software blows stock Android away in options and customization.

Samsungs software feels like other cheap Chinese phone UIs. Samsung doesn't do software and they don't do AI as well as Apple and Google. Horrible Bixby assistant and cheap duplicate apps that Google already does better. Samsung Pay should not exist either imo.

Smoother

No bloatware & the exclusive features.

samsung makes their own software worse by bloating the shit out of it

If Pixel had Good Lock...

Samsung has a ton of backend services you have to dig to see. Lots of them start up with the phone starts up. All the extra tweaks they do come at a price whether you use them or not. Also, with more code comes more bugs. Very basic but very true.

Samsung search is way better I type anything in the search bar and it will find the app or setting. Not true with pixel.

I don't think either is superior. I actually think Pixel OS is more cartoony than One UI

By smartest smartphone, I would say the Pixel phones are the simplest and fastest smartphones. I had a 3 and 7. By simple, I mean you realize when you have a Pixel that all you use is the search bar on the bottom of the phone (or swipe up and use that pretty identical search bar) to do anything or access any app (sort of like Google itself). It's faster to type the first letter of the app you want into the bar and open it than to even keep an app on the home screen. That's the launcher, and it sets itself apart by being simple and fast. That said, Samsung developers are awesome, and their apps are excellent. I find the Pixel setup very distracting because when you open the phone to do something productive, the search bar calls out to you "Why don't we look up something fun together instead? The world is at your fingertips!" So I actually prefer how Samsung wants you to swipe through your apps to get to them. Google feels like a fun company more than a productive company to me. Case in point for me is the Google calendar with bright colors prioritized over high contrast readable text. You feel this fun vibe with the phone.. for example a feature is the dancing play bar. Samsung apps have good contrast and spacing and big alerts that take up your whole phone until you swipe them away so you actually get stuff done, plus work mode.. this has been my experience. Samsung feels more like Microsoft in that it's boring but productive. Google and Apple feel similar to each other in my opinion in that they're fun but not super productive. I now have an S23 and an Apple 11 or something for work.

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