Google Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch Seen as Best iPhone 14 Alternative Yet
Google Pixel phones have been beaten roundly by iPhones and now the battle is between Pixel 7 and iPhone 14. In fact, Google has been selling smartphones under its own brand for a dozen years, but its failure to break through into mainstream consciousness has been so total that its latest ads start by asking, “did you know Google makes a phone?”
The company best known for its online services is trying once again with the seventh generation of its Pixel smartphones -- but this time it's making a serious ecosystem play by adding a smartwatch and “introducing a true portfolio of Pixel products for the first time,” in the words of senior vice president and hardware chief Rick Osterloh.
The Android-powered Pixel 7 and 7 Pro are joined by the Pixel Watch, running WearOS, and the Google Pixel Buds Pro to create a cohesive set of devices that work best in concert -- much in the same fashion as Apple Inc. reinforces its iPhone's appeal by adding AirPods and Apple Watch accessories that work best with it. It's the closest any company in the Android sphere has come to emulating Apple to date, including Samsung Electronics Co., which has been trying for years.
“The Watch and the Pixel offers the best Apple-like multi-device ecosystem with a pure Google services experience,” said mobile industry analyst Carolina Milanesi. “Samsung's Galaxy Watch and devices like the Fitbit Versa are okay, but not quite the same value add of using a Pixel phone and watch.”
Mountain View, California-based Google completed its acquisition of fitness-tracking firm Fitbit in January 2021 and that deal has fed much of the most valuable functionality of its new Pixel Watch. It replicates almost the full Fitbit health-tracking experience -- the Watch lacks
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