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The scrolling on that site is atrocious. What's up with the "Pixel" branding on the headphones? After the Nexus 6P, I'm never buying another of their phones again. I see "Pixel" and immediately think "not buying that". Do I need a Pixel for these to work? Will I be missing out on features of I don't have one? I can't find anything mentioning what makes these "Pixel" headphones. Google's marketing is awful.

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Never had a Nexus, but I had the Pixel 1, liked it so much I got another after I broke it (dropped it so many times, it was very resilient). Then updated to the Pixel 3a. 0 problems whatsoever and it's the best phone I've ever owned. Although, I do much less on my phone these days, mostly web browsing and SMS/calls, definitely not a power user any more.

All of your questions are answered on the linked page.

You don't need a Pixel for these to work (they even say they support iOS), and you won't be missing out on features as long as you have an "Assistant Enabled device running Android 6.0 or newer".

I have a Pixel 2 and really like it. I've hardly had any problems with the speed or performance of the device, and the camera is better than my DSLR.

Same here, I have a Pixel 2 and it has held up very well. I run GrapheneOS on it. I had issues with the back glass on the OG Pixel being extremely fragile, but no such issues with this iteration of the device.

I'm tempted to upgrade to a Pixel 4 for the wireless charging but it's not worth a grand. I will probably wait to do so until GrapheneOS no longer supports the 2.

AFAIK, Pixel is just the brand. I think there's may be minor features that only work with Pixel phones but they supposedly work with other Android phones, iPhones, etc. Personally, I bought a Pixel 2 about a year and a half ago and I really like it.

I'm in the same boat. Loved my Nexus 6P but they bungled the warranty response to the bootloop issue. I didn't buy a pixel because they were out of my price range. Everyone I know in real life that has one really likes it. The branding is confusing, I guess Pixel is just Google's phone hardware and accessories brand now.

I had a nexus 5, nexus 6p and pixel xl 1 before switching back to iPhone. The nexus 5 and pixel xl were both great workhorse phones. I switched away because I was sick of googles software ecosystem but the hardware was decent. However the 6p was an atrocious piece of machine, I hated that phone.

Pixel seems to be their generic in-house hardware monicker these days

Pixel is just the replacement for Nexus as their in house mobile device brand. It's just a name and no it looks like all the mentioned features are implementable at the app level.

I love the Pixel line of phones. I have had the 1, 3, and 4.

It is exactly like "Galaxy" in case of Samsung.

If the name "Nexus" made you dislike things named "Pixel", what name would have worked better?

I've always wondered if they named it after tracking pixel technology, something Google is very familiar with. The idea that your 'pixel' can be taken anywhere and can ping back location etc to Google seems very much like a pixel.

All marketing pages are awful if you open them with the intention to hate it.

Are you suggesting the GP opened the page with the intention of hating it? If so, what makes you think that's the case?

Well for one, they opened a link titled "Google Pixel Buds" and one of their first issues was "What's up with the "Pixel" branding on the headphones?"

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