Android Advisor - 01.02.2018

76 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 46

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fter jumping head first into the hardware game

last year with the Pixel phones and Home smart

speaker, Google seriously picked up the pace

in 2017. Not only were there two awesome new Pixel

phones, but also smaller and larger Google Home

devices, as well as a pair of Pixel-branded earbuds.

And through it all, Google’s AI-powered Assistant got

smarter and smarter.

Google in 2017

MICHAEL SIMON looks at the firm’s hits and misses