Google seems set to drop a failed idea.
What you need to know
With the , Google brought a new feature -- -- to the Pixel line. Powered by the innovative Project Soli, Motion Sense added a layer of mystique to the Pixel 4. You'd be able to control your phone from a distance. It's a fancy feature undercut by the inconvenient fact that a smartphone is 99% of the time located in your hand, but you have to give Google points for trying. With the Pixel 5, Google seems set to drop that feature, according to the folks over at 9to5Google (via .)
As it stands, while Motion Sense is a "nice to have gesture", it doesn't really add much that can't be accomplished by more conventional (and convenient) means.
Earlier this year, Android Central's Harish Jonnalagadda :
The real issue for Google here is that the firm's attempts to build a successful phone business has been a failure. A focus on esoteric software features, shipping phones with underpowered specs, and building awkward designs have led to the Pixel line underperforming in the market. A back to basics approach, as Google seems to want to do, is one option out of this rut.
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What you need to know
- Google's Pixel 5 may ditch the Soli radar chip.
- Project Soli powered the Motion Sense feature of the Pixel 4 and 4 XL.
- It also drained battery and added little benefit to the phone's experience as a whole.
With the , Google brought a new feature -- -- to the Pixel line. Powered by the innovative Project Soli, Motion Sense added a layer of mystique to the Pixel 4. You'd be able to control your phone from a distance. It's a fancy feature undercut by the inconvenient fact that a smartphone is 99% of the time located in your hand, but you have to give Google points for trying. With the Pixel 5, Google seems set to drop that feature, according to the folks over at 9to5Google (via .)
As it stands, while Motion Sense is a "nice to have gesture", it doesn't really add much that can't be accomplished by more conventional (and convenient) means.
Earlier this year, Android Central's Harish Jonnalagadda :
The real issue for Google here is that the firm's attempts to build a successful phone business has been a failure. A focus on esoteric software features, shipping phones with underpowered specs, and building awkward designs have led to the Pixel line underperforming in the market. A back to basics approach, as Google seems to want to do, is one option out of this rut.
Get More Pixel 4
Google Pixel 4 & 4 XL