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I think it's possible Google had more in mind than just boosting sales of the Pixel - it's presumably much less expensive on the backend to support Assistant fo

I think it's possible Google had more in mind than just boosting sales of the Pixel - it's presumably much less expensive on the backend to support Assistant for a smaller subset of users, and Pixel owners are probably early adopters who will tolerate hiccups the wider market won't. My personal theory is the backend networks are being trained and optimized on a subset of users (pixel owners) and Google is making sure the product is worth the expense before hosting it for a much larger audience.

eli 10y ago
I think you're on to something. I wonder if they figure Pixel owners will be more forgiving than the average Android owner. Or perhaps just the lower volume of queries lets them keep a closer eye on things and squash issues as they appear.
bitmapbrother 10y ago
>Pixel owners are probably early adopters who will tolerate hiccups the wider market won't. I think you're confusing the Nexus with Pixel.The Pixel is targeted to consumers that buy flagship phones and do not tolerate being beta testers. The Nexus was more of a compromised reference phone to showcase the best of Android.