The polls have closed, and after nearly 7,500 of you voted, there was a clear winner that emerged from our 2019 Readers’ Choice Smartphone of the Year ballot: the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL, beating out the OnePlus 7 Pro family. Understanding just why the Pixel remains the top choice among our readers isn’t difficult: […]
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The New Pixel 4 Real-Time Transcription App Is Amazing—What to Use If You Can’t Get It
Among the new features onboard the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones is a Recorder app that can transcribe spoken audio in real-time—a tool that could prove hugely useful in lectures, interviews, and more besides. It works offline too, but it’s not your only option for converting speech into text. If you have bought a Pixel […]
Pixel 4 turns up the heat on other Android phones, and not because of the camera
With the blink of an eye, Google’s Pixel 4 accomplishes something that no other significant Android phone-maker has. It finally caught up to iPhone’s Face ID — a biometric unlocking feature that Apple popularized two years ago — to unlock the phone and buy things with a scan of your face. Now that a secure version exists in Android phones, face unlock […]
PIXEL 4 VS. IPHONE 11 PRO: A FIRST LOOK AT CAMERA PHOTO SAMPLES
Google has just unveiled its latest Pixel 4 smartphone, following weeks of leaks. There’s a new face unlock feature, a high refresh rate screen, a faster Google Assistant, and spatial awareness using radar. All of those improvements look great, and you should check out our full hands-on for all of the details. But Pixel is synonymous with […]