![]() It's a much more mature, secure, and less buggy OS than it was just three years ago, and better received by some bloggers too because of it. Is Android being abandoned? Obviously not, tho it's been predicted by editorials here for at least 5 years now. There's been so much in the way of negative connotations over the years connected to the types of customers attracted to Android that emphasizing "Pixel" and deemphasizing the OS running it, particularly since Google is trying to differentiate the Pixels as a premium brand and not "cheap Android", seems to me to be a great move. Google isn't selling us on the OS with the Pixels, they're trying to build a premium hardware brand and positioning it as unique and innovative. Rather it makes total sense if you think about it from a brand-building perspective. The knee-jerk reaction might be "proof that Google is giving up on Android", not that we haven't heard it before in years past. I think I recall reading that Google mentioned Android only once when doing their grand reveal of the new Pixels on Tuesday. Yes, Google (like Apple) puts far less emphasis on the OS than the product running it at hardware events. This is a more accurate editorial than the one linking HTC and LG as Pixel 3 builders IMO, even tho we can disagree on what it all means. I think "somebody" was reading an editorial at another Apple site. ![]()
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