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I have a Pixel 4, so far this feature has been near useless. At times it's nice to reach towards my phone and wake up the always-on display to see what notifica
by gundmc 7y ago
I have a Pixel 4, so far this feature has been near useless. At times it's nice to reach towards my phone and wake up the always-on display to see what notifications are present but that's about it. Song changing, etc feels gimmicky and impractical.
Overall, it feels like this is a tech demo lacking a killer app.
- J5892 7y agoThey didn't put Soli in the Pixel 4 for the users. They did it to gather sensor data for their ML dataset, for future applications. The user-facing features are just there to encourage slightly more usage and justify including it. disclaimer: This is pure speculation.
- exabrial 7y agoYep. I have the Pixel 4 as well and keep it disabled. Needs a killer app.
- 77ko 7y agoCan confirm, despite the recent updates, the gestures are gimmicky and sometimes activate when not needed e.g song skips to the next one when reaching to pick up the phone. The only truly useful thing is waking up the phone on detecting motion nearby, which could probably be done with a much simpler sensor.
- bootlooped 7y agoFrom the videos I've seen, Soli has similar gestures to my old 2nd gen Moto X from 5+ years ago. It was neat for some things, but I don't really miss it.