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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 19h

Definitely a far cry from the heat generated from the Pixel 6a and P7 in our household that are now gone to a new home. Lol.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 19h

I never felt my Pixel 8 ran hot, maybe slightly warm, on 5G, doing normal stuff, even taking pictures and videos and them being uploaded to Google Photos, etc.

But my Pixel 10 is clearly cooler even on strict 5G only usage under almost all scenarios. Yay. #Pixel10. #TeamPixel.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah, I mean, GOP owns the executive branch, congressional branch, and majority of the Supreme Court but:

It is the Democrats' fault.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Compared to my Pixel 8 shot, from a month ago, which I also really liked for what it was: bsky.app/profile/lbph...

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · Oct 1

One of the last pictures I took with my @madebygoogle Pixel 8 just before selling it! Very good detail considering no dedicated telephoto! All I did was 4x on the main sensor and adjust the highlights/contrast a bit! #GooglePixel. #PixelSuperFans. #TeamPixel. #Pixel8.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Shot on my Pixel 10 (non Pro) at 20x zoom. No AI or enhancements, straight out of the phone, with only a crop in post for framing. Looks really great to me considering this is the "bad" telephoto camera according to some. #PixelSuperFans. #GooglePixel. #TeamPixel. #Pixel10.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 1d

It still does this. It WILL go for a longer stretch without the Gmail widget forgetting it is supposed to refresh, maybe 5-6 days, now. I think it is related to adaptive battery just killing the refresh service after a while.

Never had this problem on my Pixel 8. #Android16.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 11d

I wish the Gmail widget on my Pixel 10 would actually consistently refresh when new email arrives or is deleted. I can get it to work for a few days but then it just stops. If I clear cache and reboot it works again for a few days. Might be adaptive battery? #Android16. #Gmail.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 2d

I think I like it. Anything is better than the same-y four-color icons we have now. I never really liked those because they made the cognitive load of discerning the individual apps from each other much too high.

9to5Google @9to5google.com · 3d

These are the new Google Photos and Maps icons with a gradient redesign

Following the ‘G’ and Gemini icons, Google is updating its logos for the AI era. Here’s a sneak peek at the new gradient icons for Google Photos and Maps. more…

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 2d

I would say that I hate Standard Time (and I do), but, honestly, I am just sick and tired of having to adjust to ANY time change. It is disrupting as hell and it screws my already tenuous sleep quality for a week or more.

But our government will do nothing about it. Useless.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 5d

Unfortunately, this version of Doom plays like shit, though. x.com/lord_arse/st...

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile, I am migrating a bunch of our old Windows 10 laptops to Linux Mint because planned obsolescence is a thing and I am done with it. #Linux. #Windows10. #Windows11. x.com/windowslates...

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 8d

Yup, now Bluesky has changed it to Liquid Glass, too! Lol!

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 8d

I noticed that some third-party app icons on my iPhone 13 Mini are turning Liquid Glass even though I am still on iOS 18.7.1, lol.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 9d

My son's Pixel 9a took this shot at 2x crop. I like the sensor in the Pixel 9a and base Pixel 10 even if it technically a "downgrade" from my base Pixel 8.

I love both the natural background and foreground bokeh. #TeamPixel. #GooglePixel. #PixelSuperFans. #Pixel9a. #Pixel10.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 11d

Will say, I never had this issue before. Not on my Pixel 8, or anything prior.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 11d

I wish the Gmail widget on my Pixel 10 would actually consistently refresh when new email arrives or is deleted. I can get it to work for a few days but then it just stops. If I clear cache and reboot it works again for a few days. Might be adaptive battery? #Android16. #Gmail.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 12d

I am really liking my Pixel 10. It is fast and smooth. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is so fast and I am really enjoying finally having a dedicated telephoto. Even at 20x it is doing some Super Res Zoom magic and pictures look quite good. Not like an oil painting. #TeamPixel.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 12d

I feel like the base Pixel 10 should be $100 less and/or make 256 GB the default, but I also feel it is extremely underrated as a smartphone.

Everyone gets bogged down in the stupid benchmarks and they forget that the phone is a great everyday driver. #GooglePixel . #Pixel10 .

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 17d

I am just going to stick with my Pixel Watch 2 LTE from now on until Google actually decides to support their watches like competitors do. 5+ years at minimum.

I refuse to upgrade until then unless I get a new one dirt cheap on eBay, giving Google zero profit. #TeamPixel. #GooglePixel. #PixelWatch.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 17d

Wow! OK, so, the original Pixel Watch is NOT gonna be getting WearOS 6, apparently.

Way to keep your update promises, Google. It was launched in Oct 2022 and no final major update 3 years later in Oct 2025! #GooglePixel . #TeamPixel. #PixelSuperFans. www.androidcentral.com/wearables/go...

Google just confirmed some depressing news for Pixel Watch fans

Google confirmed to Android Central that the Pixel Watch 1 "will continue to run on Wear OS 5.1" in its last month of guaranteed updates.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 20d

My daughter got a free 128 GB Pixel 10 to replace the P7 I just sold. Win-win.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 20d

Yay. Sold my daughter's Pixel 7, today. Got $185.

After fees and such it was $172.

So if we subtract that from what I paid for my 256 GB Pixel 10 ($170 after many discounts and selling my P8 to a buddy) I actually made $2 by buying it. #TeamPixel. #GooglePixel. #PixelSuperFans.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 22d

Did you notice only the Pixel 10 series has the blur when you swipe up to go home? Every other Pixel in my household on @Android 16 QPR1 has no blur at all when you swipe up to go home. Really hope that is not a Pixel 10 exclusive. #TeamPixel. #GooglePixel. #PixelSuperFans.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 23d

I prefer wearing my Fitbit Inspire 3 to bed for sleep tracking. Stop limiting what devices can be paired simultaneously, Google.

Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 23d

Finally got both my Pixel Watch 2 LTE and Fitbit Inspire 3 paired to my Pixel 10 at once. It is such a pain that you cannot just do it by default and you have to cheat the setup to get it to work. Why would Google NOT want people to buy even more of their devices? #GooglePixel.

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Sir Plew @lbpheretic.bsky.social · 26d

Great! Now can @Google support the Pixel Watch series longer than 3 years, now, please? If I can replace the damn battery, then can we get, I dunno, 5 years of support? Samsung and Apple both support their watches longer! #GooglePixel. #TeamPixel. #PixelSuperFans.

Android Authority @androidauthority.com · 26d

Pixel Watch 4 gets a near-perfect reparability score and sets a new smartwatch standard

The secret to Google's best wearable yet? Screws instead of glue.

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