Google Pixel

My first foldable. Aside from a bit of extra thickness I'm enjoying it.

Anyone get one or have one of the previous iterations? Any tips to share?

I was wrong. I admit it.

Before the Pixel 10 series went official, I opined that the Pixel 10 Pro was the better small-sized Pixel to get this year. I had my reasons, and they did seem valid before I had used the phones in person. The $200 price difference felt justified; the Pro looked that much more appealing, even if the gap wasn’t massive.

But things have changed now. I said back then, too, that the Pixel 10 Pro is for those who value the extras. However, those differences seemed bigger on paper than they do now in flesh. After nearly a month with the base Pixel 10 — and swallowing my pride — I’ll admit I was wrong.

I noticed my battery saver never turns off automatically because of this lol

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36391347

We've received the Pixel 10 we ordered and have confirmed it supports unlocking, flashing another verified boot key and locking again.

Our Pixel 10 support will likely only be possible to complete after we finish porting to Android 16 QPR1 which is being released in September.

A second Pixel 10 we ordered has arrived at a package forwarding service in the US to be shipped to a country without Pixels available.

We'll order a Pixel 10 Pro (XL) and Pixel 10 Pro Fold for our main device testing farm today too since we'll supporting all 4 variants of them.

Previously, we likely would have been able to implement support for the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL in the next 48 hours. However, we likely need to wait for Android 16 QPR1 and our port to it since we don't expect a Pixel 10 device branch will be pushed to AOSP.

We've received confirmation that Android is switching to having quarterly releases across devices. There will be 3 quarterly and 1 yearly release of Android and the Android Open Source Project. Monthly releases are Pixel exclusive and will have far fewer changes than before.

Previously, only Pixels shipped the quarterly releases in practice. Other OEMs will now be pushed to ship those, but not the monthly releases which are now officially Pixel exclusive. Please note monthly Android Security Bulletins are a different thing from the monthly releases.

Android Security Bulletins are backports of a subset of patches deemed High/Critical severity to older Android releases. That currently means the initial yearly releases of Android 13, 14, 15 and 16 without the monthly/quarterly updates for those. This will need to change now.

The changes are acceptable for us and we can deal with it. We're currently working with a major OEM towards future generations of their devices meeting our requirements and providing official GrapheneOS support. GrapheneOS on both Pixels and these future non-Pixels will be fine.

Pixels are still the most secure Android devices and the only ones combining a high level of security with proper support for an alternate OS. However, it's clear they don't value alternate OS support and won't remain the best devices for GrapheneOS once we have official ones.

We could continue supporting future Pixels such as the Pixel 11 and Pixel 12 after we have another option available but we won't depend on them continuing to provide alternate OS support. It's good that the Pixel 10 still provides it since our alternative is a year or two away.

!graphene_os@lemmy.sdf.org !

Pixel 10: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_10

Pixel 10 Pro: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_10_pro

Pixel 10 Pro Fold: https://store.google.com/product/pixel_10_pro_fold