Android Advisor — December 2017

ANDROID ADVISOR LATEST SMARTPHONES, TABLETS & WEARABLES 44 ISSUE Google Assistant Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 VS Siri FROM IDG Remove a ...

2 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 CONTENTS 4 Google Pixelbook 16 Google Pixel 2 XL 31 Huawei Mate 10 Pro 47 Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 65 Google ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 3 CONTENTS Keep updated with all the latest Android Advisor news, by following us on Facebook 14 Sams ...

4 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 T he Pixelbook is Google’s latest attempt to make the Chromebook cool. Despite two prior generation ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 5 the Chromebook essential in the same way the smartphone is for most people. Google’s answer is to m ...

6 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches. This is a very thin laptop that slips easily into your ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 7 REVIEW Graphics: Integrated Intel HD Graphics 615 (a lower-end chip). Memory: 8GB RAM. This looks s ...

8 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW Connectivity: Two USB-C for charging and 4K display support. That’s it, people. No legacy US ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 9 REVIEW latency, which is fast, and recognizes 2,000 levels of pressure, which is about midrange – s ...

10 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW from smartphone to tablet format, but you can’t make it full-screen. Google says it’s worki ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 11 REVIEW times to train the device to recognize my voice. Then all I had to do was say “OK Google” w ...

12 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW information, or transcribe the text for you. In my tests it also seemed to learn from its m ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 13 REVIEW Kaby Lake rules When we talk about Chromebook performance, remember that Google updates Chr ...

14 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW Pixelbook maintains its strong lead against models with 6th-gen and 5th-gen CPUs. We also r ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 15 REVIEW close to 200 nits as possible, and attach headphones for audio output. The Pixelbook’s proj ...

E xpectations were high for the second-generation Pixel phones, and Google hasn’t disappointed. This year’s flagship – the 2 XL ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 17 REVIEW than its predecessor. The base model – with 64GB of storage – costs £799, but you’ll pay £8 ...

18 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW The screen underneath is an OLED display that can display a wider colour gamut than before. ...

ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 19 REVIEW On the Google phone there’s a couple of millimetres of bezel at the edges – it’s just not q ...

20 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44 REVIEW Although built by LG, the 2 XL has Active Edge like the HTC-built Pixel 2. This means you c ...