The Google Pixel 5 was officially released in October of 2020. It has a 6-inch screen and is available in Just Black and Sorta Sage. The camera boasts 16 megapixels, and the phone has an 8GB RAM with 128GB memory. The battery is 4,000 mAh, which can be charged wirelessly or with a USB-C cable.
This phone was designed to be more eco-friendly than its predecessors, thanks to the use of recycled aluminum in the chassis. It also has a 90Hz display refresh rate to make games and apps run smoothly, and it has 5G capability.
In other words? This thing can do basically anything you could want from a smartphone. You can read more about the Pixel 5’s specs here! But for now, let’s jump into what we’re really interested in: the apps! After all, if you’re going to get this new smartphone, you’ll want to know which apps are best for using on it—right?
Below are our picks for the top 10 apps for your new Pixel 5!
Best Apps For Pixel 5
One of the best parts of using a Pixel is the way tasty little specks of Google intelligence get sprinkled all throughout the experience. Those small but significant morsels show off the value of having Google’s greatest ingredients integrated right into your phone’s operating system, without any competing forces or awkwardly conflicting priorities at play.
And Goog almighty, does that make a world of difference. The features in question may not always be the most eye-catching or marketing-friendly advantages, but they’re incredibly practical touches that can make your life easier in some pretty powerful ways.
Today, we’re gonna zoom into an especially possibility-packed part of the Pixel’s software setup, and that’s the Android Overview area. The simple-seeming interface for switching between recently used apps is overflowing with advanced actions on a Pixel phone, and once you discover (or maybe just remind yourself) what’s there, you’ll be saving time and flyin’ around your phone like nobody’s business.
So as a supplement to my popular Pixel Academy e-course — a totally free seven-day email adventure that helps you uncover tons of next-level Pixel treasures — join me for this tour of outstanding and out-of-the-way Pixel Overview gems. Check ’em out, try ’em out, and then come sign up for the course for even more super-practical Pixel awesomeness.
(Note that most of the possibilities on this page require Android 11 or higher to work. That means if you’re still hangin’ onto a first-gen Pixel phone, they won’t be available for you, unfortunately. But don’t despair. You can still find lots of other worthwhile goodies in my Pixel Academy!)
[Related: 5 hidden Pixel features for smarter calling]
Pixel superpower No. 1: The quick text copy
We’ll start with a simple but supremely helpful feature for copying text from practically anywhere in a snap. You can use it to snag words from something like a web page or a document, sure, but you can also use it to highlight and copy anything from within an image, a screenshot you’d previously saved, or even an area of Android that wouldn’t typically let you select and copy text — like a specific screen within the system settings, for instance.
Whatever the case may be, all you’ve gotta do is open up your Pixel’s Overview interface — by swiping up an inch or so from the bottom of the screen and then stopping, if you’re using Android’s current gesture system, or by tapping the square-shaped button at the bottom of the screen, if you’re still holding onto the old legacy three-button nav setup — and then press and hold your finger onto the words you want within the view of your most recently used app (or any other app in your current history).
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Pixel Features: Overview text copyJR
As long as your phone is running Android 11 or higher, you should see the text in question get selected. And you can then slide your finger around as needed to expand or refocus the selection. If you want to select all of the visible text on the screen, you can also use the relatively new “Select” command at the bottom of the Pixel Overview interface. Either way, once your text is selected, all that’s left is to hit the “Copy” command in the menu that comes up and then do a spritely little jig of celebration.*
At that point, you can head into any other app or process you want — an in-progress email draft, a messaging app, or perhaps a note-taking tool of some sort — and press your finger down in any text editing field to pull up the “Paste” command and send your freshly copied contents wherever they need to be.
- Spritely jig optional but highly recommended.
Pixel superpower No. 2: The speedy text share
In addition to copying and pasting text from anywhere, the Pixel’s Overview interface allows you to share text and send it directly into other apps and processes on your phone. It’s an even easier way to beam the info you need directly to the place where you want it, especially if the final destination is a new email, note, or message (as sharing will typically place the info in question into a new item instead of a draft you were already working on).
Performing this feat is quite similar to pulling off our first bit of Pixel sorcery: Once more, you’ll open up the Overview interface and then press and hold your finger onto whatever text you want to copy within the preview of any recently used app. The only difference is that this time, you’ll select “Share” from the menu that comes up, then select whatever app you want to send the text to from there.
If what you require is context, you can also select “Search” instead of “Share,” and your Pixel will send the text into a new Google Search instance faster than you can say “Aw, shucks, Siri sucks.”
Doesn’t get much easier than that.
Pixel superpower No. 3: The language-translating genie
Here’s a Pixel power you’d probably never know existed: If you highlight some text within your Pixel phone’s Overview interface that isn’t in your native tongue, your phone will automatically offer to translate the text on the spot for you.
See?
Pixel Features: Overview translate textJR
Fantástico, ¿no?
Pixel superpower No. 4: The smooth text operator
This is probably my favorite tucked-away Pixel possibility — ’cause once you get in the habit of using it, it can really be a major step- and time-saver. So here it is: Anytime you’ve got a bit of text that’s associated with an action on your phone, you can highlight it in your Pixel’s Overview interface (using the same process we’ve used in our first few superpowers) and then find a specific option for acting on it in whatever way makes the most sense.
Let’s think through some concrete examples, shall we?
If you highlight a phone number within Overview — in a web page, an email, even a screenshot you captured of something six months ago and just pulled up in the Photos app — your Pixel phone’s Overview spirit will summon up the option to call that number with a single fast tap. (You should also be able to find an option to send a message to the number in question within that three-dot menu icon.)
Pixel Features: Overview call numberJR
Highlighting an address in Overview will give you the option to beam it over directly into a Google Maps navigation — no copying, pasting, or fussing required.
If you have any ride-sharing apps like Lyft on your phone, you should also see the option to send any addresses directly into them for easy and immediate processing. Those sorts of options are often tucked away within that three-dot menu icon alongside “Copy,” “Share,” and the other more standard choices, so be sure to look closely to see if they’re available.
When you select a word within the Overview area that your Pixel phone thinks you might not know, you’ll see an option to get a definition for it on the spot.
Pixel Features: Overview definitionJR
Hey, Google: Give a guy a little credit, would ya?!
Pixel superpower No. 5: The lovely link lifter
Need to grab a link from a web page you’re viewing — maybe to share with someone or to save for your own future reference? Just head into your Pixel phone’s Overview area directly from Chrome, and holy moly, wouldya look at that?
Google Pixel, Android 12: OverviewJR
On Pixels running Android 12, you’ll find a fancy new link-lifting button right then and there, just waiting for your finger-tappin’ pleasure. Give that bad boy a tap, and…
Google Pixel, Android 12: Overview linkJR
Ta-da! Just like that, you’ll have your link.
Pixel superpower No. 6: The instant image extractor
This next one’s cool: When you’ve been looking at anything involving an image in an app — a web page, a social media feed, even a screenshot that had photos within it — you can press and hold the image inside your Pixel’s Overview area and then pull it out of the preview for simple sharing or saving.
Pixel Features: Overview image extractJR
It’s a spectacular way to save anything you encounter anywhere — even in places where you can’t usually extract images easily — and then zap it over into a note, email, message, or anywhere else you might need it.
Pixel superpower No. 7: The intelligent image searcher
You know how much I love Google Lens, right? Well, you’d be forgiven for forgetting (or maybe failing to notice in the first place!), but Google’s excellent image intelligence technology is built right into your Pixel phone’s Overview area for super-easy searching within images in any apps you’ve been using.
This one’s pretty wild: Just pull up your Pixel’s Overview interface and press and hold any image you see within an app’s preview. That should make “Lens” pop up as an option. And if you tap it, Google’s almost eerily smart system will do a number of different things, depending on the context:
It’ll identify a landmark, a painting, or even a plant or an animal, if one is pictured, and then offer up additional info about that object.
It’ll show you images similar to the one on your screen within Google Image Search along with information and links related to what’s pictured — including even shopping-related links so you can compare prices and purchase the item in the picture, when relevant.
Pixel Features: Overview image searchJR
It’ll scan a barcode or QR code for you — no futzing around with third-party software required.
It’ll offer to read text within an image out loud to you.
It’ll offer to send text within image over to a computer where you’re also signed in (in Chrome) for hassle-free cross-platform copying.
And all of that’s just the start of what Lens is capable of doing. Remembering that it’s always standing by and available in your Pixel phone’s Overview area is one of the most efficient ways to tap into its magic.
Pixel superpower No. 8: The simple screenshot machine
Android’s always allowed you to capture screenshots with a quick press of a phone’s power and volume-down buttons, but that key combo isn’t always convenient to activate — at least, not without some serious hand yoga involved.
So make yourself a mental note of this: You can always capture a screenshot of anything by sliding your way over to your Pixel’s Overview area. Ergonomics aside, that gives you the advantage of getting a completely clean and neat image of whatever’s on your screen, without all the usual system interface elements (the status bar, the navigation bar or buttons, and so on) around it.
Just march your way back into that Pixel Overview area and look for the “Screenshot” command at the bottom of the screen.
Pixel Features: Overview screenshotJR
Tap that son of a sausage and tap it good, and you’ll be staring at a static image of whatever you last had open by itself, without any extra gobbledygook above or below it.
(If you don’t see that command, by the way, you’re probably still using one of the older Android navigation setups — either the legacy three-button nav model or the Android-9-era two-button gesture system. Go into the System section of your phone’s settings and select “Gestures” followed by “System navigation.” Change the setting there to “Gesture navigation,” and everything should work flawlessly from here on out!)
Pixel superpower No. 9: The app info shortcut
Ever find yourself needing to head into an app’s information screen — maybe to adjust its notification behavior or permissions or even to open up its Play Store page so you can search for an update or revisit some introductory info?
The swiftest way to get there while you’re using an app is to open up the Overview area on your Pixel, tap the app’s icon at the top, and then select “App info” from the menu that comes up.
Pixel Features: Overview app infoJR
Fast, easy, and fuss-free — yes, please.
Pixel superpower No. 10: The speedy screen-splitter
One of Android’s most overlooked features is the system-level option for splitting your screen in half and viewing two apps at the same time. It isn’t something you’re likely to need all that often, but when the right occasion comes along — working on a document while simultaneously referencing a web page or email, for instance, or maybe peeking in at a spreadsheet whilst also staring at photos of Gary Busey (as one does) — good golly, it sure can be handy.
And guess what? That same sweet Pixel Overview area of ours is the key to tapping into that magic.
Just glide your fancy person-feet back into Overview, tap the icon of the first app you want to use in your split-screen setup, and then tap “Split screen” in the menu that appears. That app will move up into the upper area of your screen, and you can then select the second app you want to complete the picture.
Pixel Features: Overview split screenJR
Whee!
Pixel superpower No. 11: The app-pinning possibility
A handy but hidden Android feature I always forget to use is the software’s app-pinning system. Once activated, it lets you lock one specific app or process to your screen and then require a pin, passcode, or other method of authentication before anything else can be accessed.
The idea is that you could pass your phone off to a friend, a co-worker, or some manner of rabid jungle bird — maybe so they can see a document, look at something on a website, or peck out a quick call while their own tiny bird-phone isn’t handy. And since you proactively pinned whatever app was relevant to that purpose to your screen, you can rest easy knowing the rest of your stuff will remain secure and inaccessible until the phone’s back in your hands.
To get this one going, you first need to fire up the feature within your Pixel phone’s settings:
Swipe down twice from the top of the screen, then tap the gear-shaped icon to open up the system-level settings.
Tap the Security section.
Tap the “Advanced” or “Advanced settings” line at the very bottom of the screen, then tap “App pinning.”
Make sure the toggle at the top of that screen is in the active and on position, and make sure the secondary toggle (“Lock device when unpinning” or “Ask for unlock pattern before unpinning,” depending on your Android version) is also active.
Got it? Good. Now, with that option active, hop back into your Pixel Overview area, tap the icon of any app you want to pin, and look for the aptly named “Pin” option in that adorable little menu.
Pixel Features: Overview pin appJR
Tap that, say “Ooga, booga, gherkin, workin’!” for good measure (and for my own personal amusement), and whoomp: That app will be locked in place. To get past it and into anything else, you’ll first have to swipe your finger up from the bottom of the screen and hold it in place for a few seconds, then provide whatever manner of unlocking authentication (PIN, pattern, password, appendage, 14 drops of blood from your pinky toe, etc) is appropriate to continue.
If you’re still using Android’s old three-button nav system, you’ll instead press the square-shaped Overview button to get to the Overview interface, and you’ll press and hold the Back and Overview buttons together from there when you’re ready to unpin.
Pixel superpower No. 12: The pausing power
This next item is another oft-overlooked Android option. It lets you temporarily pause an individual app, which means the app’s icon will get grayed out and the app won’t be able to send you any notifications until either you unpause it or the day ends — whichever comes first. It’s a fine way to give yourself a reprieve from the horrors of social media, the alleged humans of your workplace Slack channel, or whatever other force is demanding too much of your attention during your (theoretically) off-work hours.
The app-pausing power is always just two taps away in your Pixel’s Overview area: Get to that Overview interface, touch your favorite phalange to the icon of whatever app you want to pause, and then press the “Pause app” option. If you decide you want to unpause the app before the day’s done, just find and tap its icon within your home screen or app drawer, and your phone will prompt you to undo the deed.
Pixel superpower No. 13: The fresh start flick
Last but not least in our Pixel Overview superpower collection is an option that’s widely misunderstood and probably used more often than it oughta be. But it’s certainly worth being aware of for the right sorts of situations.
So here ’tis: Whilst viewing any app within your phone’s Overview area, you can flick its card upward to dismiss it from the list. That’ll also dismiss the app out of your phone’s active memory and cause it to start up fresh the next time you open it instead of picking up where you left off, as it normally would.
Despite what some folks believe, there’s really no need to do this as a matter of habit. Android automatically manages its active memory and removes stuff as needed. Because of that, constantly closing everything out as a form of compulsive “cleaning” is both unnecessary and often even counterproductive (since the system will automatically restart anything that needs to be running, which then leads to even less efficient use of resources). But when an app is acting funky or for some other reason requires a reset, this one-two flickeroo is a fine Overview tool to remember.
And remember, too: There’s lots more where this came from. Come join my completely free Pixel Academy e-course for seven full days of delightful Pixel knowledge — starting with some camera-centric smarts and moving from there to advanced image magic, next-level nuisance reducers, and oodles of other opportunities for advanced Pixel intelligence.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over time, it’s that here in the land o’ Googley matters, there’s always something new just waiting to be discovered.
best apps for pixel 6 pro
Given the pickpocket guy I’ve got cerberus, and adguard (which works great, just exclude the phone if you want call screen to work).
What you guys got going on?
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6 mo. ago
Relay – the best Android Reddit client I’ve ever used. It’s what I’m typing this comment on now. Great navigation gestures, and a simple layout without the clutter.
Join – clipboard sync across all devices and platforms, and easily send links, files, and more to different devices. You’ll need to run some adb commands for clipboard access on your Pixel 6. The app has instructions for it.
YouTube Vanced YouTube premium, but free
Telegram – seriously, it’s time to switch. If I had to use only one messaging platform, it’d be this. I’ve switched dozens of people to Telegram over the past couple years 🙌
Syncthing – got an old Pixel lying around? Don’t want to move from Google Photos because the free backup no longer applies to Pixel Phones? Now you can use Syncthing to sync your photos to an old Pixel, and then have that Pixel backup the photos for you to Google Photos. Bam! Now you have unlimited photo backup once again on your Pixel 6. (Side story: I just bought an original Pixel from eBay so I could take advantage of the original quality unlimited backup. I set everything up earlier today, and it works excellent. It’s fast and quite frankly feels rather native)
Todoist – I don’t pay a subscription fee for many things, but this is worth it to me. This is the most feature-rich to-do application I’ve ever used. With great platform support, pleasing UI (it already supports Android 12 Material You), and smart features such as parsing your to-do item for dates, times, and so on, Todoist is my go-to for staying organized
Bitwarden – many people have already mentioned this, but it’s a great choice. Premium is worth it if you want to put your 2FA keys in here too. You can also host it locally on your own server/Synology if that’s your thing.
Bacon – Put bacon on everything. Need I say more?
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Thank you so much! I have a Pixel 1 lying around, and am now syncing my photos from my Pixel 6 Pro to my Pixel 1 with Syncthing, which syncs it for free to the cloud now. Great solution, never knew that Pixel that I had lying around at work could be so valuable! My Pixel will get a special place in my museum, always on and powered 👍
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Much thanks for the join tip!
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Rickles360
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6 mo. ago
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Bitwarden – Open Source Password manager BaconReader – Reddit app that I’ve used since before Reddit had its own app. Buying the premium version years ago for a few bucks was a steal.
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6 mo. ago
Pixel 6 Pro
Relay for Reddit is the closest thing I can find to ever coming close to Apollo for iOS.
Zedge wallpapers
Resplash wallpapers
1Password
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Zedge is still out there? Dang.
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6 mo. ago
AccuBattery Pro
Adguard
Boost (if you’re into reddit)
Nova Launcher
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Narkolepse
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6 mo. ago
I’m a huge fan of Reddit Sync Pro. What’s great about Boost?
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SirVampyr
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6 mo. ago
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Nova Launcher
No hate, do what you do, but that’s defeating the purpose of buying a Pixel to me.
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I agree with everything you say. I will add tasker and I have been using edge gesture for a few years as well.
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AccuBattery is ok. Just don’t listen to their weird “charge to 80%” thing. It’s based on outdated advice.
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Very Silver, Much Capacity
“if you’re into reddit” way to know your audience 😛
EDIT: I can’t spell, apparently.
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Kantrh
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What does AccuBattery do to make it worth buying?
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marcanthonynoz
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6 mo. ago
Is Boost better than the vanilla Reddit app?
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I haven’t used Nova launcher in a long time. Is it much of a performance hit?
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6 mo. ago
Pixel 6 Pro
Adguard VPN
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Letracho
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6 mo. ago
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Boost lol? The best Reddit app is Relay and it’s not up for debate.
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Gomma
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6 mo. ago
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Recently found this one for Hacker News:
Harmonic
Really appreciate the clean design, including a fully themed navigation bar that looks fantastic on Pixel phones (something that many big name apps don’t have).
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RGB3x3
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6 mo. ago
Hmm, thank you for that. I’ve been looking for a hacking news aggregator. Feedly is fine, but can become messy and crowded.
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6 mo. ago
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Nice, thanks for that recommend. Added to my phone.
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MrYadro
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6 mo. ago
Pixel 5
SD Maid (helps with cleaning stuff left when removing apps), Wireguard (my personal VPN), Password Store (password manager) is must on my phones.
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LaRock0wns
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6 mo. ago
Wait, how do exclude phone in Adguard?
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6 mo. ago
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There is an apps option in the menu to the upper left. Open it up and then search for phone. Click on it and there will be a switch on a per application basis to disable Adguard for that app.
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6 mo. ago
Macrodroid
Bitwarden
System UI tuner (if it works)
Nova Launcher
Authenticator app
Blockada 5 (since DNA adgaurd never works)
Simple Gallery Pro (if you want to avoid google photos)
Naptime (if standby drain is excessive, doubt it for the p6p)
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6 mo. ago
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I use all of those except blokada, macrodroid, and simple gallery. I stead of blockda I use Next DNS. https://nextdns.io/
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theJamesKPolk
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6 mo. ago
Is it just me or does bit warden kind of stink for auto filling passwords? Not sure what I’m doing but half the time it seems like the chrome password manager tries to auto fill instead.
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6 mo. ago
So I’ve been using Adguard for the longest with AdAway(root)
Since I can’t root this phone( would like to use fingerprint for bank apps and Google pay this time around lol) I’ve been trying to see what I should do.
One think I didn’t like about just using AdAway which was that it left blank spots when it blocked stuff.. Adguard seemed to remove that for me. Will this happen with dns base blocking?
Also I noticed that my wife has issues with Blockada on Amazon web app and some other apps also it doesn’t capture all ads in apps. How has it worked for you? Does it really remove ALL ads.
Also people with NextDns same question..
Lastly what’s the difference between say using Adguard and NextDns or Blockada besides being free (dns limit for next dns).
Thanks
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6 mo. ago
Can you do auto fill for passwords and logins with Bitwarden yet? I switched to it on desktop, but still use LastPass on mobile because I couldn’t get Bitwarden working properly on the phone
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Do you prefer the Nova Launcher over the native Pixel Launcher? I’ve tried switching back to pixel launcher a few times but I always miss the extra features for the app draw, gestures, and swipeable bottom app bar, etc…
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Accubattery….
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Aves Gallery as it is the best photo manager out there.
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I wish there was an app lock that actually worked on pixel 6 pro. You can easily bypass them by swiping the notification away on settings and turning off the lock app.
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Pixel 6
How’s the Pixel 6 doing?
Hi there! I’m looking to upgrade my phone, got really fed up of the Xiaomi bloatware and I’m looking for a cleaner android experience. I skipped the Pixel 6 on launch day because I’m not adventurous enough to buy day one stuff. And now, around 6 months later, here I am, asking you daring early adopters how’s the phone been treating you in real life use with a special attention to the software experience.
I’ve been reading conflicting reports of issues and bugs, but also of amazing features and happy owners.
Could you please weight in on that?
If by any chance you are not happy with the Pixel 6 and would not advise me to buy one, what would you suggest to satisfy that clean android experience craving that I have?
Appreciate it!
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Absolutely love the sunset alarm screen, so clean.
I kinda wish I could have this as my regular wallpaper tbh but not sure where I’d find it. Either way it’s super clean.
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6 days ago
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Pixel 3 back peeling and weirdly bulging?
https://imgur.com/a/pelkjdX
Noticed the back of my pixel was peeling when I took the case off. It was also kind of hot (but maybe that’s normal?). Do I take this to get repaired or is there a way to get a replacement?
Also is it safe to still charge and use this phone?
EDIT: Thank you so much for the advice! For now I have a to do list!
Contact Google again with imei number and see how it goes (EDIT2: actually I can’t contact them again about the same issue because the issue is still opened, so I’m just waiting on a reply now)
Put phone somewhere not flammable during the week and don’t charge it
If it doesn’t go well, then once the weekend comes and I can make it back to the city, find a uBreakiFix
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6 days ago
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Pixel 6, swipe up from bottom gesture issue
When I am in an app, sometimes below 2 gestures don’t work for me. I have to use a back gesture first to retry the below gestures.
go home by swiping up from bottom
show recents screen by swiping up and hold
When I am able to use recents gesture again after using the back gesture, the recents screen shows only the app icon and transparent rectangular box. I have seen this happening a lot with twitter and Instagram.
I have set font size to Large, not sure if that’s something causing this issue.
Does anyone have this issue? Will take screenshots next time to post. Will send feedback to google as well
Update: I didn’t think that this was a widespread issue. Good to know. Please send this as feedback to google so they can fix it in the next update.
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u/Tangent_runner
5 days ago
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Pixel heating has worsened since the last couple of updates. Anyone else?
Hey guys,
I got my pixel 6 last November. Initially, I would say my pixel only warmed up with heavy use, I could play games for 45 minutes straight with only a slight rise in temperature. But ever since the last couple of updates my pixel is heating up much faster and much higher. Just holding it in my palm and reading articles on Pocket just makes the phone heat up to the point I feel like I am holding a fresh cup of hot coffee. It heats up so much that putting it in my pocket is out of the question because the heat is downright uncomfortable.
Anyone else?
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u/xrayze
1 day ago
Pixel 6 Pro
P6P When adding image to Messages (SMS) image preview doesn’t match actual image
What the title says.
Since yesterday, when I try to send an image via SMS in the default Messages app, the image preview doesn’t match the actual image.
The preview shows older photos and screenshots from months back and when I click on one to add it to my message, it then shows the actual photo as something completely different.
I’ve restarted and the problem persists. Does anyone else have this issue?
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u/_Moregone
6 days ago
Pixel 6 Pro
Every couple days Chrome stops working and so does the Google Discover drawer
As the title says, every couple days I have to reset to get Chrome working again. Whether I’m going to an open tab or trying to go to a new site it’s the same
This site can’t be reachedThe webpage at https://www.google.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_ACCESS_DENIED
Even the Google Discover drawer on the side of the home screen says “It looks like you’re offline”
After a restart it’s business as usual. Any ideas?
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u/valemark
1 day ago
Feature Update Mobile Data power usage
Hello guys
Does anyone else have problems in the new feature update for Pixel 6 with mobile data battery usage? I see it always around 21% on data usage. I tried disabling Adaptive Connectivity, clearing Device Health Services data, disabling Mobile Data always active but none worked.
Is there any solution?
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