I hated the Pixel 11 series, but not anymore after hearing this massive news

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
Original poster
• 6h ago

There are plenty of reasons to choose Pixel phones over any other traditional Android smartphones, one of the main being GrapheneOS support. For reference, it is an open-source operating system that focuses heavily on privacy and security. All the Pixel phones, from the very old Pixel 6 to last year's Pixel 10 lineup, almost all the Google smartphones, support the OS. I am saying almost because the latest Pixel 11 series are reportedly not compatible with the privacy-focused OS. Fortunately,...

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p51d007
p51d007
Arena Master
• 6h ago

With each new release of google's version of android, they are going more and more LOCKED DOWN. Restricting side loading "for your safety". No, just locking down more and more. I guess google has forgotten what the O in AOSP means.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1h ago

Too bad you don't have a good reason for making these "thoughtful" articles. 🙄

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DFranch
DFranch
Arena Master
• 35m ago

When they suggested the lack of MTE support was a cost saving measure I assumed it lacked hardware to support it. It it was just a software update, then how would that save money?

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 31m ago

Will GrapheneOS save Pixels from having all of the bugs that they have? Because the latest Pixel drop just introduced another bug: https://www.phonearena.com/news/pixel-owners-are-facing-a-critical-camera-bug-after-the-latest-software-update_id184778

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 10m ago

To keep this on topic and not something completely irrelevant, overblown and all, but I don't think locking down Android is a good idea. Of course, at least with Android, you don't have to resort to sideloading and a fractured domestic OS that is like a fish out of water in the middle of Death Valley in the middle of July.

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