Pixel 10 series introduces Qi2 charging, improved performance, solid battery life, excellent cameras, long software support, and a playful OS redesign. New generative AI features add real-time voice translation in calls, Camera Coach guidance, and conversational photo editing that can remove objects quickly. Some AI tools feel useful while others seem excessive or intrusive. Hardware choices include no eSIM and secure face unlock remains unreliable in low light. Overall user experience blends powerful photography and smart helpers with an increased emphasis on on-device generative AI that can enhance everyday tasks but also risks overreach.
I was using the Google Pixel 10's new real-time voice translation feature in phone calls, which employs generative AI to listen to a snippet of your voice at the start of the call, and then generates an approximation (calls aren't recorded, and processing happens on the device). I could hear myself on her end, a familiar deep rumbling, except in a completely foreign language.
On a different day, I tried the Pixel 10's Camera Coach feature, and it successfully ran me through a few steps to capture a stellar photo of my wife, my dog, and a friend. (As a photographer, I'd like to think I could have captured a similar photo without the help.) Later on, I was looking at some other images I captured and asked the new conversational photo editing tool in Google Photos to remove the leash my wife was holding, and it did the deed in a few seconds-no need to fuss with editing tools. These are the kinds of everyday helpful features Google's Pixel phones have pioneered since the original's debut in 2016.
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