Just shows you how companies are different in focus, quality control and attention to detail.
The thing about Apple is, and has been since its inception, that makes devices that actually work in a way people can benefit from it instead of ticking items on checklists.
Mind you, Apple makes bluetooth earphones that reached business since larger than some of the most sexy and famous businesses out there. These bluetooth earphones have just one feature that is outstanding: They work as expected, most of the time.
I'm sure people have found androids useful in a way they actually benefit from it.
I don't have anything against Android, I'm happy it exists but I'm annoyed with the lack of polish of the products running it or the fragmentation they created.
Better hope you don't listen to Apple Music in Lossless, though, because the newly announced Airpods... don't support it.
PS: It actually does play whatever sound you play but it wouldn't transfer it as a lossless since bluetooth can't handle those bandwidths.
Again, just because Google doesn't open their presentation with a dramatized video of people sending them fan letters about how their product saved their life doesn't mean their product aren't useful or not saving lives.
Another thing Google has had for some time is early Earthquake warning, which also has saved lives, maybe that's another feature you'll see show up on iPhones in a few years, and people like you will claim Apple invented it and praise Apple for it.
iOS has supported early earthquake warnings in Japan since iOS5. (see https://9to5mac.com/2011/08/21/ios-5-includes-early-earthqua...)
For other regions, like California, you can download a supported app to receive alerts, like MyShake (https://myshake.berkeley.edu).
Not so - just checked and it auto-corrects that to Pixel 5 Car Crash detection. Even the strawman argument is proven false.
https://9to5google.com/2021/02/23/pixel-car-crash-detection-...
Doesn’t look like Apple’s feature is country-restricted.
1. Different companies have different focus and strategies. I would say Google likes to experiment, but sometimes has poor follow-through. Apple often waits a few generations before committing to new technology, so they often are not innovation leaders, but they execute well.
2. Roll-outs often do not occur all at once. There might be blockers which are not immediately visible, such as regulational, financial, cultural. A regulational example would be how Apple Watch's ECG was not rolled out world-wide at first, and was spread slowly as various countries gave approval for this feature.
Whereas Google just sticks to the same 10-or-so countries for rollout.
(I had Nexus/Pixel phones for a decade up until recently)
Since Pixel 3, so 4 years ago.
I loved my Nexus 5 phone. It’s still my favorite phone as far as aesthetics goes. It was a great value and much cheaper than comparable phones at the time. It bricked itself with a boot loop issue 2 weeks out of warranty. Google was nice enough to replace it with another one that promptly ended up boot looping as well.
I also loved my Nexus 7 tablet. Beautiful device that was so far ahead of its time in terms of looks. It had an issue with absolutely terrible storage that made it so sluggish past its initial release (I believe the issue was the chip itself was degrading and it was a widespread issue). Updating to a higher version of Android made it completely unusable.
I’ve not owned any, but I keep hearing about issues of reliability in both software and hardware with Pixel phones as well.
My best phone for Android has been the Samsung Galaxy S6. Every iPhone i’ve had has been almost entirely problem-free. At this point, I don’t see any reason to buy Google anything.
The Nexus 7 was a nice form factor for reading web pages because it was long and thin in portrait mode. The combination of hardware issues reported by other people and again lack of supported upgrades led me to eBay it.
I'm not saying they do have those issues, but how do you know they don't? You can't compare a released product to a marketing ad.
Apple released fall detection in Apple Watch few years ago, there are already stories of lives it saved.
I'm pretty sure if Apple had an outstanding software bug of not being able to call emergency services for over a year now, I'm pretty sure we (HN crowd) would know it by now.
Android/Pixel safety features: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7055029?hl=en
I'm wary of the actual math on these things.
I think it's an honest attempt either way, but aside from a few anecdotes of 'it working as intended' I really do wonder if the math works out on this stuff i.e. cost/benefit is really there.
Without seeming too apathetic, if 2 or 3 people are able to make life saving calls due to this every year because they were 'out in the wilderness' ... then it may not be worth a massive global technical deployment. It might be more rational for people to buy/rent proper off-trail gear, or, for cars to have these things built in or something along those lines - where the cost efficiencies are much greater.