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Google’s Pixel 6 Beats iPhone Camera But Fails Elsewhere: Review
- Android flagship’s imaging software takes another leap forward
- In-house chip makes phone fast; fingerprint reader disappoints
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The Pixel 6 is the latest smartphone to be released under the Google brand and the closest thing to an iPhone running Google’s Android software. It advances mobile photography with creative new uses of artificial intelligence, but it ultimately falls short of competing with the world’s most popular handset.
Controlling the operating system, hardware design and now also its own custom-made chip, the Alphabet Inc. company does much of what makes Apple Inc.’s devices distinct from the competition. But in testing by Bloomberg News, Google’s duo of new Pixel devices lacked the refinement and functionality to match what users can expect from iPhones and many Chinese Android vendors.