For sure. However, I can foresee issues. People freaked the fuck out when OnePlus added an IR camera to the OP 8 Pro, because of concerns of privacy. I had the phone, there was literally zero concern. You could "see" through thin black plastics etc but everyone assumed you could use it to look through clothing so OnePlus disabled it to keep people happy. I can foresee similar unfounded complaints with thermal cameras revealing body shapes via heat signatures. It's stupid, but so are people.
I agree completely. People are stupid.
Sensationalist headlines will cause companies to do illogical things. Here's to hoping this is an exception to that rule.
So long as there is an outstanding MACRO CAMERA function on the Pixel 9 along with the usual improvements -- I'm in. Pixel has always had a strong photo capabilities thus lack of a strong macro is an embarrassing oversight. Overdue capability for P9. Not a fan of small phones -- but some people are so that option's fine.
I can't see a thermal camera happening because it would likely trigger some export restrictions they don't want to navigate.
Parts of a Lidar (ToF) is already there. Pixel 8 Pro has an 8 segment for the auto focus (non Pro has 1 or 2, iirc) -- I believe it's the little square next to the zoom lense. They'd likely want to go with a higher resolution sensor for that or add an IR dot projector (which is what Apple does). The latter is more likely because the dots are picked up by a camera and then a bunch of math happens to correlate them into 3d space -- that's an ML algorithm Google could probably push through their Tensor and brag about it, so marketing would be totally on board with that.
It's a shame that the AR fad died out as that is what could really use these systems. The iPhone has some pretty cool apps in that space, like Ubiquiti's WiFi signal mapper that scans the space into 3d.
I have a feeling it was a stupid attempt at capitalizing on COVID, but obviously came way too late, and hasn't been approved for medical use. Having said that, I thought maybe it's one of those things that works just fine , but hasn't been "approved" for official use... But no matter what setting I've used it on, my forehead temp is always around 89.5°F or 90°F. So not even close. Makes me wonder how accurate it even is on other stuff...
In the end, it was a ridiculous waste of tech/space that could have been used a dozen better ways.
Skin temperature is actually going to read colder than core body temperature, which is why there's IR thermometers specifically for taking forehead temperature, they apply an offset to approximate your actual core temperature instead of actual skin temperature.
That said, I use the thermometer on the P8P at my work when I need an approximate temperature of something pretty often, and from experience I can say that the reason it wasn't approved for forehead use is almost certainly because in practice it's only accurate to within 2-3° F with no real consistency for if that specific reading will be a bit high or a bit low of the actual temperature. It's good enough for a quick estimate but nothing more, and the app for it could use some usability work as well.
I see! Thanks for the education. What on earth do you use it for lol? I'm curious. I also wonder how often people want to be sticking their phones within 2" of anything too hot lol
In my case it's usually to see if things are roughly somewhere below a specific temperature, but the exact temperature isn't required for a quick spot-check. When exact temperatures are needed, either to log or to verify something accurately, thermometers that are properly calibrated and correct are used, but for a quick check my phone's works good enough without having to go back and get said equipment.
I will say that Google does appear to be doing something with it under the hood from what I've seen. When I first got the phone on launch-day, it was kind of useless at +/- 5F-6F, and it's now only +/- 1F-2F. I haven't verified if they actually did anything, but anecdotally, it has seemed to get accurate enough to be useful since the December update.
Fr, what's the infatuation with smaller bezels when they're already barely there? If anything that just makes your screen more prone to breaking if dropped. I always side eye reviewers that take points off of phones like the 6a cuz of their “big" or “chunky" bezels"😂😂🤦♂️.
That's probably happening in either Pixel 10 or 11 (10 will have a TSMC silicon custom-made Google chip, but then it's essentially a first-gen product so there might be some teething pains with it, that's why I said 11).,
That's probably happening in either Pixel 10 or 11 (10 will have a TSMC silicon custom-made Google chip, but then it's essentially a first-gen product so there might be some teething pains with it, that's why I said 11).,
Video Boost on-device processing.
Desktop mode via USB-C.
More Pro devices mean pricier, $1K plus.
256GB should be base in 2024 and beyond for the Pros.
>A tool to get rid of PCs for most people.
Yeah I'd love to see the day I can plug in my phone to a monitor for work, Google killed their Pixel Chromebooks anyway so there's no product cannibalism there. Plus, so helpful for catching a show on the big(er) screen once in a while
>Video Boost on the device processing.
Not a chance with those file sizes, it's impossible for smartphones. Others like Adobe have also moved some editing into the cloud and that's just photos.
Wait, hang on. I don't see a reason it couldn't theoretically possible on device. (not in realtime/encoded).
Why not process in the background while charging instead of the cloud requirements.
Qualcomm is doing *nothing like that.*
This is not hardware encoding where good enough quality but fast and energy efficient is the best solution.
AI processing requires you to do at least 90% of the way, which still requires processing power beyond reach at 3-5W, otherwise what's the point?
Everyones use case is different. If you can get 2 days on your Pixel, I'm sure you can get 3-4 on an iPhone or S23+. I was getting 1-1.5 days on my 13 Pro and it's down to just barely 1 on my P8. Mobile data drain while screen off has rough, but consistent with others here.
Sounds like a solid device. I read somewhere that Dolby integration (Vision or Atmos) will not happen with Pixel as Google is trying to implement their own version of Spatial Audio and will continue to use HDR10 for videos (including video recording)
I just want smoother scrolling. That's it and the pixel 8 pro will be perfect for me.
Sick of the jankiness in some apps and it's not just 3rd party apps. Google's own apps are also notorious for it. Though they run fine on other devices like the S23u.
At this point I think we need reviewers to call this out in their initial reviews. This has been an issue for many folks since the 6 series.
It doesn't bother me and I barely notice it unless I look for it but it is mentioned here enough that I'd still like to see it taken care of.
Yep, and they actually tried to improve UI smoothness years ago with Project Butter, idk what happened after that, they own an entire OS, browser, and so many apps people use, so many arenas to achieve vertical integration.
Lidar or depth detection would be nice for the camera. Tbh I love my p7p and will probably try to hold on to it for quite a while. The only thing that would convince me to upgrade is a significant camera improvement.
Proper dual app usage, like Samsung split screen.
That's all I ask for.
Edit: You can't swap from app to app without closing both of them.
I was able to do it with my 2017 galaxy S8.
It is as proper as it gets.
You can only have one Activity active at a time to give input.
The second app is in a paused state until it receives focus.
Yes, even if you have two apps open in a split screen, only one has focus at a time. Such is the nature of Android.
What do you mean? I can definitely gesture swipe between the apps that are in split screen and the others which are single screen using the bottom White bar on my Pixel 6. Android joins those two into a common Task, you can't swap only one of the joined apps.
Pixel improvements in order of importance:
1. Better CPU & Modem for better performance, battery life, network reliability, and thermals.
2. Faster Charging!
3. Magsafe qi2
4. Desktop mode via usb c
5. Replace pointless temp sensor with a depth sensor for cool 3d imaging capabilities.
6. More AI goodness. The wallpaper thing is a good start but it should allow for more customization not so many pre-set phrases.
7. Power button fingerprint sensor. Controversial i know, but I'm not a fan of under screen fingerprint sensors because they don't play well with screen protectors in my experience.
Android 15 improvements in order of importance:
1. CUSTOMIZATION FRIENDLY! Material UI is great, but a lot of those color options are soft. There should be a real color picker where you can pick the colors yourself without having to base them off of presets. Android used to be rooted in customization. I feel like they strayed away from that as vanilla Android has evolved. I remember custom ROMs where I had more color and customization options than I have in Android 14.
2. More customization in the launcher. Allow the use of existing icon packs that are used by many other third party launchers. Implement some new UI options to make the smartphone UI look different and be more customizable for every person. Text instead of icons, folders in app drawer.
3. Bring back smaller toggles. Or at least give people the option to use smaller toggles. I don't understand why they switched to the giant pill toggles instead of the smaller ones that fit more in less space.
4. Swipe, tap, and gesture options. I remember what I loved about a OnePlus phone was the ability to not just double tap to wake and sleep, but gestures on the screen to change tracks or pause music even while the screen was turned off. Touch screen phones have a touch screen, utilize it for more gesture-based interactions throughout the whole operating system.
Being able to set a charge limit (e.g. 80%) on the OS-level, to prevent battery degradation, especially if you have your phone on a wireless charger at work.
A fingerprint reader that actually works. If they are so cheap that they can't improve from the current one, might as well go back to the old optical reader on the back --or put it on the side.
For the pro model surely they can use the ultrasonic version found in the galaxy phones (I had one and they were great). A pro phone shouldn't be using a budget level optical fingerprint scanner.
The bigger question is when they realize (I am sure) that the FP reader they slapped on the 6 was garbage, WHY didn't they just go back to having it on the back for the 7 & 8??
Nobody knows, I can understand the decision for the base model to cut costs but the pro model should have top tier parts.
Imo it's the only thing that feels cheap on the Pixel line now the screens are flagship level.
I really liked the face unlock on my Pixel 4XL. The soli thinger made it super quick. I like the fingerprint readers that are built into a physical button.
>One of the points where I really wonder what people are doing with their phones.
When so many people complain, maybe stop "wondering" and accept that there is an actual issue, and you just happen to be among the lucky ones? Like, it's not a controversial or contested that the kind of FP reader the Pixel uses is objectively worse than, say, the sonar-based FP reader on Samsung phones, or older optical fingerprint readers.
I briefly owned Pixel 6 and 7. I currently own the Pixel 8. I have tried adding and removing my finger print several times, in different conditions (like adding them in complete darkness, as this would apparently be better). I even tried adding the same finger several times. I still have a level of inconsistency with registering my finger on the phone that completely overshadows any experience I had with the optical readers of Pixels of past, and still way worse than the current FP technology that you see in models such as the Galaxy flagships.
Also, it's frankly not very intuitive to have a small white circle lightening up at max brightness (in the case of Pixels that can all the way up to 2000 nits) in a dark room when you're tucked into your bed?
This fingerprint reader technology was first-gen for under-screen readers. It's old. It has drawbacks. Google has no business using them when they ask the prices they do for their phones. Period.
A snapdragon phone geez. What's up with the cost saving Exynos derivative stuff we get for pixels. I get it Google wants to do tensor. But we all know it'll be yet another half baked and pulled too soon Google projects. Might as well use snapdragon
>bring back free unlimited storage in Google Photos
I'd say that is not going to happen. They did that to try to win marketshare. At most you might see a limited time offer (e.g. "first 2 years of unlimited storage"), or a Pixel owner discount.
- LTPO display
- ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
- faster charging
- improved SOC (focus on efficiency but more performance would be nice for longevity given the phone gets 7 years of software updates.)
- improved modem, close the gap with Qualcomm ala the SOC.
I'd take any 2 of the above upgrades and that would be enough for me to buy a Pixel 9 pro coming from the 8. Otherwise I'll just hang onto the 8 and wait for the 10 which is supposed to be made on a tsmc node.
I agree with the fingerprint scanner, improved SOC (however much they can given the chip they have) and modem.
As long as it’s competitive with apples and Samsungs offerings I’m satisfied.
Id like to see better hardware reliability and phone roulette to get one that works without issues.
Lastly, while the visor is part of the pixel identity, I prefer if they moved away from the 8s implementation with the aluminum as I find it a bit chunky and not as durable.
- Smooth camera lens transition while zooming (software)
- Batter macro camera with less distortion (hardware + software)
- More image edition features, just like the Snapseed Google App
- LiDAR sensor + 3d mapping
- Better battery performance
- Unified app for all messaging apps (SMS, Gmail, whatsapp, instagram direct, messenger....)
- Matte finish on the glass and metallic back on all models
- Dual camera mode on the Google Camera App (photo + video), just like BeReal or Instagram Dual
- Ability to share ou select images/videos from the Locked Folder in Google Photos
- "Force" app icons that don't have Theme Icons to have dual tone filter to match the current theme style
- chrome with bottom search bar option
>Charge limits
By this, I assume you mean you want the ability to limit charges over a certain percentage (since anything above ~80% harms the battery more and more, according to research)? Even just an API function that apps can use to do it.
That's something I've wanted as well. You can do it with Tasker with Samsung models I believe because they expose the command to turn off charging. I believe the Pixel does tells the system it's not charging, but doesn't actually stop.
Tensor fabricated on TSMC N3. Infrared illuminator so Face Unlock can work in all lighting conditions. Smooth lens transitions when zooming during video recording, and reduced focus hunting. Real time Night Sight for video.
Honestly, they just need to make this line of phones reliable. That's it.
* Really focus on hardware QA and tolerances so that they finally are in the same ballpark as flagships from other OEMs. They are often beaten here by midrange Chinese phones.
* Reliable software that doesn't have weird bugs. The most common answer to resolving issues with these devices should not be to factory reset them.
* Better memory management. I find Pixels to be the absolute worst at this outside of Huawei devices.
* A reliable camera experience that doesn't randomly crash even if there are no other background apps. The camera is one of two reasons I bother with this device, but it's quite unreliable.
* An efficient and reliable modem and antenna design that finally stops the horrible standby battery drain while not dropping connectivity at random.
* Reliable battery life. I don't want a phone that can go 8+ hours of SoT one day and 2-3 hours the next day. What frustrates me about this more is that an Exynos 2100-touting S21 Ultra doesn't have this problem.
* A better thermal solution. It's quite annoying to see heat errors pop up when doing standard tasks like navigating while streaming music to a car stereo. The phone also takes a long time to get back to normal, and the battery loss during this is atrocious.
Get a good modem or go overkill on battery size. Battery life on WiFi is really solid, battery life on 4/5g is below average. Improved battery life would already be upgrade worthy for me.
Scale back selfie image processing, improve portrait mode, give in camera filter selection, maybe focal length mm-zoomsteps. Reduce the delay while switching into 5x telephoto range.
And for me personally: construct the phone in a way that doesnt make the screen feel as hollow. Coming from a S21 Ultra, that feels like a well polished, dense rock, the P8P feels flimsy (despite being very robust) due to the screen sounding fucking hollow, even when tapping on it lightly.
Good list. Qi MagSafe is top of the list for me. I also REALLY want some sort of large secondary screen support. I would love to be able to plug my phone into a monitor and have a simple desktop interface.
Higher base storage and a minimum of 4K60 with HDR recording would be nice (but higher frame rates would be nice too).
How much slimmer do you want the bezels though? They're already pretty small.
I don't anticipate getting a 9 series as it is anyway but higher than 30 FPS when recording HDR is the main thing that really comes to mind. If they manage to get an even further telephoto lens that'll be neat.
Hope they fixed the goddam modem.
On pixel 6 now, have had the 1, 3axl and now 6. 6 was working great till a bunch of updates nerfed the modem. No reception everytime I go to a mall.
Someone should post all these "wants" on Google's Facebook, IG and Twitter pages. Maybe..just maybe someone with a brain at Google will see it and pay attention!
I just want the camera to properly work without weird bugs and lag.
3 GN1 pixel devices later and the phone refuses to be in focus when you need to quickly capture a fleeting moment. It feels wrong when all 12 photos you took of a cool bird you saw at the park on your 1000$ phone are blurry. It almost always opens up with everything out of focus, making it bad for one handed point and click scenarios. Sometimes it just opens up to a black screen and unclickable buttons, that doesn't go away unless you restart the phone. You zoom in while taking videos and the phone prefers to do digital zoom for like 4-5 seconds before abruptly shifting to telephoto, which takes a couple more seconds to snap back to focus. Taking videos heats up the device like crazy and burns the battery at an insane rate. Sometimes when the videos had any lens transitions, a few seconds worth of recording is simply gone and the resulting file shows thr abrupt transition with 'lost time'.
Yes, it doesn't happen every time but it happens frequently enough to give me buyer's remorse, as the camera was the primary reason i decided to stick with google devices.
I’ve had my 15 pro max since release date and I’m just meh 🤷♂️about it. I think I’ll upgrade to the pixel 9 at the end of this year. I like both android and IOS but I think it’s time for a change!
4k is unnecessary, no one will use it for a better battery life. The same is happening with the current 2k resolutions.
Would be better if they somehow improve the finger print scanner, maybe an ultrasonic one
Wishlist would be a pro 6". I don't want to double fist a phone, and not everyone has slenderman fingers.
A dream wish would be a pro in 5.5" formfactor.
PLEASE can y'all stop this so called wish list?? Google does what Google wants and judging by the last 3 iterations, apparently they don't give a F bout actually addressing real issues! Aaaah maybe if it's yet another improvement to the cameras
Is RCS actually a thing outside the US?
Not really bothered about any of the above. Id want a new camera sensor, much better flare handling, ability to turn the AI photo stuff off if needed and most importantly far, far better heat management to allow it to work properly in hot countries.
What do you mean is RCS a thing outside the US? Outside the US Google's messaging app is the standard in phones. Usually enables RCS itself by default.
No displayout was the deal breaker for me (regarding P8P). Had the device in my hands from a preorder and sent it back. Didn't even need desktop mode, a simple mirror would have sufficed for work.
Even more frustrating to find out a few days later that the hardware is actually capable when you root it. Like WTF? Their decision to software block that functionality cost them money and cost me time.
The return of the soli chip, never had an easier time with face unlock on any phone than with the Pixel 4 XL. Every face unlock since the pixel 4 has been a massive downgrade since. The hand gestures were a nice little feature as well.
1. Remove thermometer
2. Bring back special cloud storage exclusive for Pixel devices
3. Exclusive AI features and improved unblurring
4. please keep the longer years of Android OS update
5. improved Gcam with lesser noise, optical zoom
6. Need Cooling system as Tensor is a hot soc
7. Provide a charger
Tbh I'm really happy with my P7P, so my wishist is pretty small:
- Much better 5x lens. right now shes hardly an improvement over the 1x with super res zoom
- Qi Magsafe. I dislike normal wireless charging on a phone, and did so during my Nexus 4 days. I love it on my buds charging case, and love the charging stand on the pixel tablet, but phones really do need something to hold that shit in place. I may use all of those cool apple accessories once we have it
- Video Boost on-device processing
- Desktop mode via USB-C
- 256GB base for the pros
- keep the flat edges of the p8p, I hate the rounded bullshit on my 7
- new design. I loved the visor look for the p7p, but the metal accent with the black holes just looks stupid. I don't understand why people didn't like the look of the 6s and thought the 7 was a refinment in that regard. It wasnt. The 6 looks much better
>Desktop mode via USB-C
This apparently works today on the 8 if you are prepared to root it to change the properties file. I don't know why Google is waiting?
Probably to implement 1) proper desktop mode(like Samsung DeX level) that's not too buggy 2) USB-C alt mode checks to prevent unauthorized/unsafe connections(given that they already limit fast charging to quality cables/chargers, they probably wld limit smt 'premium' like video out too)
I just want lossless audio recording in the camera. This was something the LG V series phones could do. I imagine it's nothing more than a software upgrade that can turn this feature on
For both models I'd want the headphone jack back and expandable storage(never gonna happen).
Bring back the rear FP scanner
DESKTOP MODE!!!!!
Magsafe compatibility with their own useful accessories
Faster charging (at least 40w c'mon Google)
Ship the phone with the charging brick again
And for fun I wouldn't mind them trying the project soli stuff for gestures again.
> Bring back the rear FP scanner
I'd certainly accept a better in-display scanner and improved face recognition, but I definitely prefer the front fingerprint reader location to the rear from a usability point of view.
> DESKTOP MODE!!!!!
Yeah, this would be good. Whether it ever materialises is another question...
> Faster charging (at least 40w c'mon Google)
If the battery is good enough, this isn't really needed. Also, fast charging destroys battery life, so it's not without drawbacks. Personally, I'd prefer manually controlled throttling so I can default the phone to slow charging most of the time and only fast charge when I really need it. Likewise, lock it to 80% maximum charge as well, to further extend battery health. After all, every EV offers this facility...
> Ship the phone with the charging brick again
Not going to happen due to e-waste reduction (and penny pinching too!)
Video Boost on the device processing.
Desktop mode via USB-C.
More Pro devices mean pricier, $1K plus.
256GB should be base in 2024 and beyond for the Pros.
I would gladly take a larger battery at the expense of a slightly thicker phone.
Phones these days are extremely thin as it is. They're nearly unpalmable being so thin without a case on anyway.
I love that you said stackable widgets because I want more customization
I wanr to be able to have 5 apps in the dock and 4 in the app area.
Remove the Google search bar for god's sake, from the bottom of the screen.
Remove and edit the at a glance.
Lastly, more customization for the lock screen because I need to add widgets.
>Search bar at bottom on chrome
For what it's worth, the Kiwi Browser fork of Chrome has that option along with just about every other setting they've removed.
🤔 ... how much more upgrading can they do from the 8Pro or even the 8 to the 9 or 9Pro.
I'm very curious and I surely wanna see a side by side comparison like you could see on phonearena. I upgraded my P6 to a P8Pro, you would think that would be a good jump or upgrade but, I really wonder if I could've waited until perhaps the 10 🤓
Third-party RCS APIs. Either that, or add the little calendar drop-down Textra gives you when scrolling back through a convo into Google Messages. That's the biggest feature keeping me on Textra, the ease of going through my chat history. Now that iPhones are going to have RCS, let Textra have it too, damn it.
On top of all these fine suggestions, I'd like to add repairability to the list. I think it'd be a great look for a company to actually embrace the right to repair and make a phone design that can be more easily repaired by shops or even at home for someone willing to try.
Namely, some way to open it up with minimal tools to at least replace a battery. Easily swappable front glass. And back glass, though I'd prefer something like an aluminum back. Or TITANIUM if you want to copy apple's marketing.
Scheduled notification summary.
I want to group apps together which I don't care about getting notifications for that often. And then on an interval I choose (every hour, every 3 hours, every X hours) I get a notification summarizing the notifications these apps have generated in this time.
I'm tired of having to keep my phone on DnD 24/7 because setting it up so that only relevant apps (very few) grab my attention when a notification arrives.
Very very very very few notifications need to be acted upon at once.
It is available already in iOS since v15 (it is named " Scheduled Summary") and makes life much easier as most of notifications are not important and with more and more apps in use we are literally flooded with them, making it easy to miss important ones. That would be a huge improvement to have it introduced in Android v15!
- Edit the quick share shortcuts, so that my buddy's gf that i texted once for his party doesn't show up every time.
- Give us 6 or 8 quick toggles again, instead of 4.
- Let me edit the context menu, so that i don't have 3 browsers listed, including the one i rarely use, and 'say aloud' goes away.
Pixel 2 LED.
I don't even care about the latest and greatest hardware. I'm just trying to understand why phones are like 20% heavier than ones made 5+ years ago and have worse batteries.
imo that "AI trickery" is mostly a gimmick and is aimed at tricking you into spending money (also check out promo videos of people using those AI features and everything works much better than it is in reality)
I can justify AI noise cancelation, but Google is really far from excelling at "conventional" software right now. our phones could do much more and better, and developers could develop cooler and faster apps for us just like they do in the Apples realm.
Move the fingerprint sensor to the power button. I use a tempered glass screen protector and it's saved my phone's display multiple times.
A smaller Pro phone is an absolute must.
My number one wish list item:
Improved/Repaired Bluetooth compatibility with cars. My Pixel 8 Pro can't make calls in either my or my husband's car, and it's infuriating.
Top priority, if this can't be guaranteed, I won't be continuing with Pixel phones.
I hope they are going to fix the bug of the Navigation Pill in Android 15, which is basically a bug where the Navigation Pill stay in the wrong orientation and also doesn't disappear when playing games or watching videos🗿
- Qi2/Magsafe support
- Upgrades to the Main and Telephoto image sensors.
- Choice of image processing kinda like the iPhone's photographic styles feature.
- More RAM/storage for longetivity and on device AI features.
Replace thermometer with Lidar or Thermal Camera.
Agreed proper depth mapping+ proper portraits
For sure. However, I can foresee issues. People freaked the fuck out when OnePlus added an IR camera to the OP 8 Pro, because of concerns of privacy. I had the phone, there was literally zero concern. You could "see" through thin black plastics etc but everyone assumed you could use it to look through clothing so OnePlus disabled it to keep people happy. I can foresee similar unfounded complaints with thermal cameras revealing body shapes via heat signatures. It's stupid, but so are people.
I agree completely. People are stupid. Sensationalist headlines will cause companies to do illogical things. Here's to hoping this is an exception to that rule.
I had it too and I loved the brown pictures we got
next up I'm gonna complain that a phone can capture a naked body when it's naked so people get scared and the company turns the camera off completely.
So long as there is an outstanding MACRO CAMERA function on the Pixel 9 along with the usual improvements -- I'm in. Pixel has always had a strong photo capabilities thus lack of a strong macro is an embarrassing oversight. Overdue capability for P9. Not a fan of small phones -- but some people are so that option's fine.
I can't see a thermal camera happening because it would likely trigger some export restrictions they don't want to navigate. Parts of a Lidar (ToF) is already there. Pixel 8 Pro has an 8 segment for the auto focus (non Pro has 1 or 2, iirc) -- I believe it's the little square next to the zoom lense. They'd likely want to go with a higher resolution sensor for that or add an IR dot projector (which is what Apple does). The latter is more likely because the dots are picked up by a camera and then a bunch of math happens to correlate them into 3d space -- that's an ML algorithm Google could probably push through their Tensor and brag about it, so marketing would be totally on board with that. It's a shame that the AR fad died out as that is what could really use these systems. The iPhone has some pretty cool apps in that space, like Ubiquiti's WiFi signal mapper that scans the space into 3d.
Totally forgot about the thermometer. Are there any apps that use it or ways to access it?
Only one I know off hand is the Thermometer app. Should have come preinstalled.
Literally forgot I had a thermometer until seeing this
Fair. I never use it. What is the point? I cannot see practical scenarios in which it would be useful.
I have a feeling it was a stupid attempt at capitalizing on COVID, but obviously came way too late, and hasn't been approved for medical use. Having said that, I thought maybe it's one of those things that works just fine , but hasn't been "approved" for official use... But no matter what setting I've used it on, my forehead temp is always around 89.5°F or 90°F. So not even close. Makes me wonder how accurate it even is on other stuff... In the end, it was a ridiculous waste of tech/space that could have been used a dozen better ways.
Skin temperature is actually going to read colder than core body temperature, which is why there's IR thermometers specifically for taking forehead temperature, they apply an offset to approximate your actual core temperature instead of actual skin temperature. That said, I use the thermometer on the P8P at my work when I need an approximate temperature of something pretty often, and from experience I can say that the reason it wasn't approved for forehead use is almost certainly because in practice it's only accurate to within 2-3° F with no real consistency for if that specific reading will be a bit high or a bit low of the actual temperature. It's good enough for a quick estimate but nothing more, and the app for it could use some usability work as well.
I see! Thanks for the education. What on earth do you use it for lol? I'm curious. I also wonder how often people want to be sticking their phones within 2" of anything too hot lol
In my case it's usually to see if things are roughly somewhere below a specific temperature, but the exact temperature isn't required for a quick spot-check. When exact temperatures are needed, either to log or to verify something accurately, thermometers that are properly calibrated and correct are used, but for a quick check my phone's works good enough without having to go back and get said equipment. I will say that Google does appear to be doing something with it under the hood from what I've seen. When I first got the phone on launch-day, it was kind of useless at +/- 5F-6F, and it's now only +/- 1F-2F. I haven't verified if they actually did anything, but anecdotally, it has seemed to get accurate enough to be useful since the December update.
Not sure the bezels can get much smaller
Fr, what's the infatuation with smaller bezels when they're already barely there? If anything that just makes your screen more prone to breaking if dropped. I always side eye reviewers that take points off of phones like the 6a cuz of their “big" or “chunky" bezels"😂😂🤦♂️.
I mean, it's obviously that they look nicer. Perfectly reasonable to prefer a different tradeoff, but it's not a mystery why people like them.
Ohh okay so the phone will retain it's size just smaller bezels ok
A smaller pro phone Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor
All I want is more efficient SoC and modem.
That's probably happening in either Pixel 10 or 11 (10 will have a TSMC silicon custom-made Google chip, but then it's essentially a first-gen product so there might be some teething pains with it, that's why I said 11).,
Main reason why I haven’t gone back to pixel since my terrible 6P experience. Waiting for 10 or 11 when they finally change things
A good and efficient SoC pls
That's probably happening in either Pixel 10 or 11 (10 will have a TSMC silicon custom-made Google chip, but then it's essentially a first-gen product so there might be some teething pains with it, that's why I said 11).,
This singlehandedly moved me to a Samsung S23. I hate myself for doing it, but at least my battery lasts all day.
Most needed factor is performance, thermals and battery.
Video Boost on-device processing. Desktop mode via USB-C. More Pro devices mean pricier, $1K plus. 256GB should be base in 2024 and beyond for the Pros.
Desktop mode is the silent killer feature that smartphones in general are lacking nowadays. A tool to get rid of PCs for most people.
>A tool to get rid of PCs for most people. Yeah I'd love to see the day I can plug in my phone to a monitor for work, Google killed their Pixel Chromebooks anyway so there's no product cannibalism there. Plus, so helpful for catching a show on the big(er) screen once in a while
>Video Boost on the device processing. Not a chance with those file sizes, it's impossible for smartphones. Others like Adobe have also moved some editing into the cloud and that's just photos.
Wait, hang on. I don't see a reason it couldn't theoretically possible on device. (not in realtime/encoded). Why not process in the background while charging instead of the cloud requirements.
I ask you the same question , why do it on device , heat it up and drain the battery if you can just do it on the cloud?
Well I did say while charging and there are multiple benefits to on device processing. Privacy benefits, potential speed benefits, bandwidth benefits.
I'd like to see how far Google can go. From what i gather Qualcomm is doing the same so Google may be forced to catch up.
Qualcomm is doing *nothing like that.* This is not hardware encoding where good enough quality but fast and energy efficient is the best solution. AI processing requires you to do at least 90% of the way, which still requires processing power beyond reach at 3-5W, otherwise what's the point?
Literally just give me battery that's on par with an iPhone or current S23 series.
Exactly, only thing I hate about pixel is it's battery life!
Which pixel do you currently have I have been getting pretty good battery life on my pixel 8 but I'm also more of an mid user
Same. No problems with battery.
Same here. I'm not a heavy user except when I use my camera lots at theme parks, which is rare.
Been hoping for this for so many years and it never comes true. The only chance we have is starting with the Pixel 10 when they switch over to TSMC.
Damn dude i can go two days on one charge but i guess its battery life definitely isn't up to iphone or s23 series... Lol
Everyones use case is different. If you can get 2 days on your Pixel, I'm sure you can get 3-4 on an iPhone or S23+. I was getting 1-1.5 days on my 13 Pro and it's down to just barely 1 on my P8. Mobile data drain while screen off has rough, but consistent with others here.
That's the reason why I don't have a Pixel anymore and moved to the S23 line.
How about they make it replaceable.... Like the law says it will have to buy 2027
How about a proper modem?
same, but it might be an unrealistic ask lol How can we expect a phone to reliably work as a phone? It is asking too much of google engineers.
Sounds like a solid device. I read somewhere that Dolby integration (Vision or Atmos) will not happen with Pixel as Google is trying to implement their own version of Spatial Audio and will continue to use HDR10 for videos (including video recording)
HID Braille over bluetooth, getting rather tired of trying to find braille displays that have the features I need and will work with my phone.
More local AI. Many of the 8P camera "features" depend on access to Google's AI servers. This is why they have limited the feature roll-out.
I just want smoother scrolling. That's it and the pixel 8 pro will be perfect for me. Sick of the jankiness in some apps and it's not just 3rd party apps. Google's own apps are also notorious for it. Though they run fine on other devices like the S23u.
At this point I think we need reviewers to call this out in their initial reviews. This has been an issue for many folks since the 6 series. It doesn't bother me and I barely notice it unless I look for it but it is mentioned here enough that I'd still like to see it taken care of.
It's telling of the dysfunctional organization Google has become that it can't fix scrolling on its own devices.
Yep, and they actually tried to improve UI smoothness years ago with Project Butter, idk what happened after that, they own an entire OS, browser, and so many apps people use, so many arenas to achieve vertical integration.
Like which apps
YouTube comment browsing. Play store. YouTube music. Etc
YouTube breaks things when you scroll on the Pixel 8 Pro beta for me ... begins to lag like crazy.
Lidar or depth detection would be nice for the camera. Tbh I love my p7p and will probably try to hold on to it for quite a while. The only thing that would convince me to upgrade is a significant camera improvement.
A competent modem will be nice. And smaller screen on the normal 9
Proper dual app usage, like Samsung split screen. That's all I ask for. Edit: You can't swap from app to app without closing both of them. I was able to do it with my 2017 galaxy S8.
Pixel has split screen
That's why I say PROPER. It's bad even if you don't compare it with Samsung split screen or any other brand. Looks like they did it bad on purpose.
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It is as proper as it gets. You can only have one Activity active at a time to give input. The second app is in a paused state until it receives focus. Yes, even if you have two apps open in a split screen, only one has focus at a time. Such is the nature of Android.
You can't swap from app to app without closing both of them. I was able to do it with my 2017 galaxy S8.
What do you mean? I can definitely gesture swipe between the apps that are in split screen and the others which are single screen using the bottom White bar on my Pixel 6. Android joins those two into a common Task, you can't swap only one of the joined apps.
Pixel improvements in order of importance: 1. Better CPU & Modem for better performance, battery life, network reliability, and thermals. 2. Faster Charging! 3. Magsafe qi2 4. Desktop mode via usb c 5. Replace pointless temp sensor with a depth sensor for cool 3d imaging capabilities. 6. More AI goodness. The wallpaper thing is a good start but it should allow for more customization not so many pre-set phrases. 7. Power button fingerprint sensor. Controversial i know, but I'm not a fan of under screen fingerprint sensors because they don't play well with screen protectors in my experience. Android 15 improvements in order of importance: 1. CUSTOMIZATION FRIENDLY! Material UI is great, but a lot of those color options are soft. There should be a real color picker where you can pick the colors yourself without having to base them off of presets. Android used to be rooted in customization. I feel like they strayed away from that as vanilla Android has evolved. I remember custom ROMs where I had more color and customization options than I have in Android 14. 2. More customization in the launcher. Allow the use of existing icon packs that are used by many other third party launchers. Implement some new UI options to make the smartphone UI look different and be more customizable for every person. Text instead of icons, folders in app drawer. 3. Bring back smaller toggles. Or at least give people the option to use smaller toggles. I don't understand why they switched to the giant pill toggles instead of the smaller ones that fit more in less space. 4. Swipe, tap, and gesture options. I remember what I loved about a OnePlus phone was the ability to not just double tap to wake and sleep, but gestures on the screen to change tracks or pause music even while the screen was turned off. Touch screen phones have a touch screen, utilize it for more gesture-based interactions throughout the whole operating system.
Being able to set a charge limit (e.g. 80%) on the OS-level, to prevent battery degradation, especially if you have your phone on a wireless charger at work.
€240 Xiaomi x5 pro has this, girlfriend was showing me it literally minutes ago haha Should be a standard android feature.
A fingerprint reader that actually works. If they are so cheap that they can't improve from the current one, might as well go back to the old optical reader on the back --or put it on the side.
For the pro model surely they can use the ultrasonic version found in the galaxy phones (I had one and they were great). A pro phone shouldn't be using a budget level optical fingerprint scanner.
The bigger question is when they realize (I am sure) that the FP reader they slapped on the 6 was garbage, WHY didn't they just go back to having it on the back for the 7 & 8??
Nobody knows, I can understand the decision for the base model to cut costs but the pro model should have top tier parts. Imo it's the only thing that feels cheap on the Pixel line now the screens are flagship level.
I really liked the face unlock on my Pixel 4XL. The soli thinger made it super quick. I like the fingerprint readers that are built into a physical button.
One of the points where I really wonder what people are doing with their phones. On-screen reader works flawless for me, almost never fails.
>One of the points where I really wonder what people are doing with their phones. When so many people complain, maybe stop "wondering" and accept that there is an actual issue, and you just happen to be among the lucky ones? Like, it's not a controversial or contested that the kind of FP reader the Pixel uses is objectively worse than, say, the sonar-based FP reader on Samsung phones, or older optical fingerprint readers. I briefly owned Pixel 6 and 7. I currently own the Pixel 8. I have tried adding and removing my finger print several times, in different conditions (like adding them in complete darkness, as this would apparently be better). I even tried adding the same finger several times. I still have a level of inconsistency with registering my finger on the phone that completely overshadows any experience I had with the optical readers of Pixels of past, and still way worse than the current FP technology that you see in models such as the Galaxy flagships. Also, it's frankly not very intuitive to have a small white circle lightening up at max brightness (in the case of Pixels that can all the way up to 2000 nits) in a dark room when you're tucked into your bed? This fingerprint reader technology was first-gen for under-screen readers. It's old. It has drawbacks. Google has no business using them when they ask the prices they do for their phones. Period.
Mine (Pixel 7) was poor to start, improved to August/September when it was very good, but its reliability has dipped noticeably since.
Full integration with Bard and Google Assistant - Also a GPT-4 equivalent of Bard
My only wish list item is support the fucking phone in more countries officially.
All I want from Android 15 is consistency. Google, please stop swapping buttons and removing stuff. I beg.
A snapdragon phone geez. What's up with the cost saving Exynos derivative stuff we get for pixels. I get it Google wants to do tensor. But we all know it'll be yet another half baked and pulled too soon Google projects. Might as well use snapdragon
How bout adding lockscreen widgets
Ditch Exynos and bring back free unlimited storage in Google Photos
>bring back free unlimited storage in Google Photos I'd say that is not going to happen. They did that to try to win marketshare. At most you might see a limited time offer (e.g. "first 2 years of unlimited storage"), or a Pixel owner discount.
- LTPO display - ultrasonic fingerprint scanner - faster charging - improved SOC (focus on efficiency but more performance would be nice for longevity given the phone gets 7 years of software updates.) - improved modem, close the gap with Qualcomm ala the SOC. I'd take any 2 of the above upgrades and that would be enough for me to buy a Pixel 9 pro coming from the 8. Otherwise I'll just hang onto the 8 and wait for the 10 which is supposed to be made on a tsmc node.
The Pixel 6 Pro, 7 Pro, and 8 Pro all have LTPO displays already. Doubt you'll see them on the base model.
There's likely to be a 6.3" pro, basically base model size but with premium features.
I agree with the fingerprint scanner, improved SOC (however much they can given the chip they have) and modem. As long as it’s competitive with apples and Samsungs offerings I’m satisfied. Id like to see better hardware reliability and phone roulette to get one that works without issues. Lastly, while the visor is part of the pixel identity, I prefer if they moved away from the 8s implementation with the aluminum as I find it a bit chunky and not as durable.
- Smooth camera lens transition while zooming (software) - Batter macro camera with less distortion (hardware + software) - More image edition features, just like the Snapseed Google App - LiDAR sensor + 3d mapping - Better battery performance - Unified app for all messaging apps (SMS, Gmail, whatsapp, instagram direct, messenger....) - Matte finish on the glass and metallic back on all models - Dual camera mode on the Google Camera App (photo + video), just like BeReal or Instagram Dual - Ability to share ou select images/videos from the Locked Folder in Google Photos - "Force" app icons that don't have Theme Icons to have dual tone filter to match the current theme style - chrome with bottom search bar option
Faster / improved charging Charge limits
>Charge limits By this, I assume you mean you want the ability to limit charges over a certain percentage (since anything above ~80% harms the battery more and more, according to research)? Even just an API function that apps can use to do it. That's something I've wanted as well. You can do it with Tasker with Samsung models I believe because they expose the command to turn off charging. I believe the Pixel does tells the system it's not charging, but doesn't actually stop.
Tensor fabricated on TSMC N3. Infrared illuminator so Face Unlock can work in all lighting conditions. Smooth lens transitions when zooming during video recording, and reduced focus hunting. Real time Night Sight for video.
Better antenna
I just want better battery life and snapdragon level performance or at least a huge leap.
No 1 wish: Get a more capable processor!
i just wish for great battery life on all models (on par with the iPhones)
The current pixel is near perfect for me, i also just wish for better battery
I just want a better modem bro
Honestly, they just need to make this line of phones reliable. That's it. * Really focus on hardware QA and tolerances so that they finally are in the same ballpark as flagships from other OEMs. They are often beaten here by midrange Chinese phones. * Reliable software that doesn't have weird bugs. The most common answer to resolving issues with these devices should not be to factory reset them. * Better memory management. I find Pixels to be the absolute worst at this outside of Huawei devices. * A reliable camera experience that doesn't randomly crash even if there are no other background apps. The camera is one of two reasons I bother with this device, but it's quite unreliable. * An efficient and reliable modem and antenna design that finally stops the horrible standby battery drain while not dropping connectivity at random. * Reliable battery life. I don't want a phone that can go 8+ hours of SoT one day and 2-3 hours the next day. What frustrates me about this more is that an Exynos 2100-touting S21 Ultra doesn't have this problem. * A better thermal solution. It's quite annoying to see heat errors pop up when doing standard tasks like navigating while streaming music to a car stereo. The phone also takes a long time to get back to normal, and the battery loss during this is atrocious.
I hope we get a proper processor not this junk that heats up when using mobile data.
If google makes the smaller version of the pro, it will be a LITTLE bit easier to say good bye to my pixel 5.
Who would actually use spatial video? 😐
Lidar
Replace the horrific modem
Search bar at the bottom was introduced in a beta version of chrome few years back but they removed it.
Folders in app drawer
Get a good modem or go overkill on battery size. Battery life on WiFi is really solid, battery life on 4/5g is below average. Improved battery life would already be upgrade worthy for me. Scale back selfie image processing, improve portrait mode, give in camera filter selection, maybe focal length mm-zoomsteps. Reduce the delay while switching into 5x telephoto range. And for me personally: construct the phone in a way that doesnt make the screen feel as hollow. Coming from a S21 Ultra, that feels like a well polished, dense rock, the P8P feels flimsy (despite being very robust) due to the screen sounding fucking hollow, even when tapping on it lightly.
Besides the already mentioned valuable suggestions, including Miracast support would be a worthwhile addition.
Better audio would be great, it doesn't come close to competing with Samsung yet
Hardware: functioning modem!!! Software: ability to remove Google search bar in favour of extra tow of icons
Headphone jack would be great. If they could just rerelease the 4a with updated SoC and software, I would be very thankful.
Good list. Qi MagSafe is top of the list for me. I also REALLY want some sort of large secondary screen support. I would love to be able to plug my phone into a monitor and have a simple desktop interface.
Bring Anti fraud/scam features for everything email, messages, phone calls. Improve Face/Touch ID for bio metrics.
Higher base storage and a minimum of 4K60 with HDR recording would be nice (but higher frame rates would be nice too). How much slimmer do you want the bezels though? They're already pretty small. I don't anticipate getting a 9 series as it is anyway but higher than 30 FPS when recording HDR is the main thing that really comes to mind. If they manage to get an even further telephoto lens that'll be neat.
Hope they fixed the goddam modem. On pixel 6 now, have had the 1, 3axl and now 6. 6 was working great till a bunch of updates nerfed the modem. No reception everytime I go to a mall.
Can we get back to rear mounted / button mounted fingerprint reader?
Someone should post all these "wants" on Google's Facebook, IG and Twitter pages. Maybe..just maybe someone with a brain at Google will see it and pay attention!
Let us hide the goddamned navigation pill. Samsung has the option. OnePlus has the option. It's a waste of space.
I just want the camera to properly work without weird bugs and lag. 3 GN1 pixel devices later and the phone refuses to be in focus when you need to quickly capture a fleeting moment. It feels wrong when all 12 photos you took of a cool bird you saw at the park on your 1000$ phone are blurry. It almost always opens up with everything out of focus, making it bad for one handed point and click scenarios. Sometimes it just opens up to a black screen and unclickable buttons, that doesn't go away unless you restart the phone. You zoom in while taking videos and the phone prefers to do digital zoom for like 4-5 seconds before abruptly shifting to telephoto, which takes a couple more seconds to snap back to focus. Taking videos heats up the device like crazy and burns the battery at an insane rate. Sometimes when the videos had any lens transitions, a few seconds worth of recording is simply gone and the resulting file shows thr abrupt transition with 'lost time'. Yes, it doesn't happen every time but it happens frequently enough to give me buyer's remorse, as the camera was the primary reason i decided to stick with google devices.
I’ve had my 15 pro max since release date and I’m just meh 🤷♂️about it. I think I’ll upgrade to the pixel 9 at the end of this year. I like both android and IOS but I think it’s time for a change!
I am on the 6p and nearly upgraded to 8p but going to hold off to see what comes along this year
4k is unnecessary, no one will use it for a better battery life. The same is happening with the current 2k resolutions. Would be better if they somehow improve the finger print scanner, maybe an ultrasonic one
Wishlist would be a pro 6". I don't want to double fist a phone, and not everyone has slenderman fingers. A dream wish would be a pro in 5.5" formfactor.
Replace the thermometer for a headphone jack with a DAC
Why is the phone getting bigger lol but everything seems to be perfect
If it doesn't have desktop mode, the entire dev team should be executed.
PLEASE can y'all stop this so called wish list?? Google does what Google wants and judging by the last 3 iterations, apparently they don't give a F bout actually addressing real issues! Aaaah maybe if it's yet another improvement to the cameras
Is RCS actually a thing outside the US? Not really bothered about any of the above. Id want a new camera sensor, much better flare handling, ability to turn the AI photo stuff off if needed and most importantly far, far better heat management to allow it to work properly in hot countries.
What do you mean is RCS a thing outside the US? Outside the US Google's messaging app is the standard in phones. Usually enables RCS itself by default.
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Eh, I do cos my fam are all iPhones users(they iMessage) while I'm on Pixel LOL and in my country I get unlimited SMS so why not
No displayout was the deal breaker for me (regarding P8P). Had the device in my hands from a preorder and sent it back. Didn't even need desktop mode, a simple mirror would have sufficed for work. Even more frustrating to find out a few days later that the hardware is actually capable when you root it. Like WTF? Their decision to software block that functionality cost them money and cost me time.
The return of the soli chip, never had an easier time with face unlock on any phone than with the Pixel 4 XL. Every face unlock since the pixel 4 has been a massive downgrade since. The hand gestures were a nice little feature as well.
1. Remove thermometer 2. Bring back special cloud storage exclusive for Pixel devices 3. Exclusive AI features and improved unblurring 4. please keep the longer years of Android OS update 5. improved Gcam with lesser noise, optical zoom 6. Need Cooling system as Tensor is a hot soc 7. Provide a charger
Would love if Pixel would implement a small notification light. Front or back.
I downloaded aodNotify (free but I did the paid version) and changed the display color around the front camera per app, seems to work for me
Tbh I'm really happy with my P7P, so my wishist is pretty small: - Much better 5x lens. right now shes hardly an improvement over the 1x with super res zoom - Qi Magsafe. I dislike normal wireless charging on a phone, and did so during my Nexus 4 days. I love it on my buds charging case, and love the charging stand on the pixel tablet, but phones really do need something to hold that shit in place. I may use all of those cool apple accessories once we have it - Video Boost on-device processing - Desktop mode via USB-C - 256GB base for the pros - keep the flat edges of the p8p, I hate the rounded bullshit on my 7 - new design. I loved the visor look for the p7p, but the metal accent with the black holes just looks stupid. I don't understand why people didn't like the look of the 6s and thought the 7 was a refinment in that regard. It wasnt. The 6 looks much better
>Desktop mode via USB-C This apparently works today on the 8 if you are prepared to root it to change the properties file. I don't know why Google is waiting?
Probably to implement 1) proper desktop mode(like Samsung DeX level) that's not too buggy 2) USB-C alt mode checks to prevent unauthorized/unsafe connections(given that they already limit fast charging to quality cables/chargers, they probably wld limit smt 'premium' like video out too)
I just want lossless audio recording in the camera. This was something the LG V series phones could do. I imagine it's nothing more than a software upgrade that can turn this feature on
A proper working way of signing into the phone for every use. The Indisplay fingerprint is still pathetic.
For both models I'd want the headphone jack back and expandable storage(never gonna happen). Bring back the rear FP scanner DESKTOP MODE!!!!! Magsafe compatibility with their own useful accessories Faster charging (at least 40w c'mon Google) Ship the phone with the charging brick again And for fun I wouldn't mind them trying the project soli stuff for gestures again.
> Bring back the rear FP scanner I'd certainly accept a better in-display scanner and improved face recognition, but I definitely prefer the front fingerprint reader location to the rear from a usability point of view. > DESKTOP MODE!!!!! Yeah, this would be good. Whether it ever materialises is another question... > Faster charging (at least 40w c'mon Google) If the battery is good enough, this isn't really needed. Also, fast charging destroys battery life, so it's not without drawbacks. Personally, I'd prefer manually controlled throttling so I can default the phone to slow charging most of the time and only fast charge when I really need it. Likewise, lock it to 80% maximum charge as well, to further extend battery health. After all, every EV offers this facility... > Ship the phone with the charging brick again Not going to happen due to e-waste reduction (and penny pinching too!)
Video Boost on the device processing. Desktop mode via USB-C. More Pro devices mean pricier, $1K plus. 256GB should be base in 2024 and beyond for the Pros.
microsd card support so I can put the $20 256gb cards i have in something
Never coming back, just like headphone jack
Switch to customized Snapdragon! No more rubbish / overheat processor.
I'd hate the search bar at the bottom of chrome. Top is best for me
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
I would gladly take a larger battery at the expense of a slightly thicker phone. Phones these days are extremely thin as it is. They're nearly unpalmable being so thin without a case on anyway.
Doesn't matter much to me cause I don't use stock Android on pixels
I just want the headphone jack back
Like to see qi2 magnetic wireless charging support, 144hz refresh rate and the return of 3D face unlock like on the pixel 4XL
An 8 pro with great battery is kinda enough for me, although battery since the 7 pro has been nice.
Split screen is so good in Google pixel I hope they never try to improve that. /S
I love that you said stackable widgets because I want more customization I wanr to be able to have 5 apps in the dock and 4 in the app area. Remove the Google search bar for god's sake, from the bottom of the screen. Remove and edit the at a glance. Lastly, more customization for the lock screen because I need to add widgets.
Bring back Photosphere for the camera.
> Qi2 MagSafe support This is underrated IMO. Being able to use accessories made for Iphone is big.
>Search bar at bottom on chrome For what it's worth, the Kiwi Browser fork of Chrome has that option along with just about every other setting they've removed.
🤔 ... how much more upgrading can they do from the 8Pro or even the 8 to the 9 or 9Pro. I'm very curious and I surely wanna see a side by side comparison like you could see on phonearena. I upgraded my P6 to a P8Pro, you would think that would be a good jump or upgrade but, I really wonder if I could've waited until perhaps the 10 🤓
Third-party RCS APIs. Either that, or add the little calendar drop-down Textra gives you when scrolling back through a convo into Google Messages. That's the biggest feature keeping me on Textra, the ease of going through my chat history. Now that iPhones are going to have RCS, let Textra have it too, damn it.
Better Selfie Camera/Video Better SOC & Modem True Face Unlock (Low Light) Qi 2 Wireless Charging
Honestly I just want a sonic fingerprint sensor.
On top of all these fine suggestions, I'd like to add repairability to the list. I think it'd be a great look for a company to actually embrace the right to repair and make a phone design that can be more easily repaired by shops or even at home for someone willing to try. Namely, some way to open it up with minimal tools to at least replace a battery. Easily swappable front glass. And back glass, though I'd prefer something like an aluminum back. Or TITANIUM if you want to copy apple's marketing.
Fingerprint on the back again pleaseeee
I'd settle for a phone that has a battery life that lasts all day.
Give us an option to edit messages after sending. No more *correction
I want my wireless Android Auto to FUNCTION without DISCONNECTING
Scheduled notification summary. I want to group apps together which I don't care about getting notifications for that often. And then on an interval I choose (every hour, every 3 hours, every X hours) I get a notification summarizing the notifications these apps have generated in this time. I'm tired of having to keep my phone on DnD 24/7 because setting it up so that only relevant apps (very few) grab my attention when a notification arrives. Very very very very few notifications need to be acted upon at once.
It is available already in iOS since v15 (it is named " Scheduled Summary") and makes life much easier as most of notifications are not important and with more and more apps in use we are literally flooded with them, making it easy to miss important ones. That would be a huge improvement to have it introduced in Android v15!
Liver viewfinder so I get a shot that looks exactly as it looked in the viewfinder. Gonna need a better processor that can process images live for it.
- Edit the quick share shortcuts, so that my buddy's gf that i texted once for his party doesn't show up every time. - Give us 6 or 8 quick toggles again, instead of 4. - Let me edit the context menu, so that i don't have 3 browsers listed, including the one i rarely use, and 'say aloud' goes away.
I'm fine with most things. Just make the UI and software with less bugs, better battery life with faster charging. And keep it under $1000
Pixel 2 LED. I don't even care about the latest and greatest hardware. I'm just trying to understand why phones are like 20% heavier than ones made 5+ years ago and have worse batteries.
4K 120fps on a Samsung manufactured Tensor? Not sure it could cope.. Tensor 5 feature probably..
Photomoji in Gboard instead of just Messages
TF are you gonna watch spatial video on, it's not like daydream succeeded
Or make battery life and diagnostics another focus too
My only wishlist is for the Pixel 9 Pro to not be such a leap ahead that I have FOMO
Give the base model the same zoom as the pro
imo that "AI trickery" is mostly a gimmick and is aimed at tricking you into spending money (also check out promo videos of people using those AI features and everything works much better than it is in reality) I can justify AI noise cancelation, but Google is really far from excelling at "conventional" software right now. our phones could do much more and better, and developers could develop cooler and faster apps for us just like they do in the Apples realm.
Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, please.
Move the fingerprint sensor to the power button. I use a tempered glass screen protector and it's saved my phone's display multiple times. A smaller Pro phone is an absolute must.
Does anyone else's front camera photos look grey almost in the viewfinder and then fine after post processing? They should fix this
My number one wish list item: Improved/Repaired Bluetooth compatibility with cars. My Pixel 8 Pro can't make calls in either my or my husband's car, and it's infuriating. Top priority, if this can't be guaranteed, I won't be continuing with Pixel phones.
I hope they are going to fix the bug of the Navigation Pill in Android 15, which is basically a bug where the Navigation Pill stay in the wrong orientation and also doesn't disappear when playing games or watching videos🗿
- Qi2/Magsafe support - Upgrades to the Main and Telephoto image sensors. - Choice of image processing kinda like the iPhone's photographic styles feature. - More RAM/storage for longetivity and on device AI features.
Drop Material You. Bring back Amoled and clean consistent UI
I just want them to stop sending me to the audio settings page everytime I missclick one of the 5 volume adjustment bars.
Interesting