Android Advisor — Issue 45 2017

ISSUE 45 • ANDROID ADVISOR 63

FEATURE

W

ith the Pixel 2, Google’s message is clear: For

the best Android experience, come to us.

Call it the Google stamp of approval. Where

the Nexus phones were born of partnerships with the

likes of HTC, Huawei, and LG, Google’s name was

purposefully absent. They were ‘pure’ Android phones.

How Google is taking

back control of Android

The Pixel is Google’s way of saying, “Our Android is better than yours.”

MICHAEL SIMON reports