"Pixel Drops used to be something to get excited about, especially if you had the latest Google handset, but not anymore. These software updates brought exclusive features to Pixel phones, giving users more toys to play with than other Android users. However, as the November Pixel Drop came and went, the play chest was empty, save for a "feature" that's annoying our Pixel users and many readers."
""If Google had launched its theme pack system with a few 'normal,' non-branded options along with the Wicked ones, that would be one thing. But in choosing to debut theme packs exclusively with the Wicked themes, it's easy to imagine these theme packs being used as nothing more than an advertising machine going forward,""
"Some liken Google's new theme pack to adware. "It's bloatware in an expensive mobile phone. Period. This is not a Xiaomi. Worst wishes to the Google team that [brought -ed] us this," wrote reader alfredosoro."
Pixel Drops previously delivered exclusive features to Pixel phones, but the November Pixel Drop delivered almost no meaningful additions. Many Pixel 10 owners received only a branded Wicked theme pack instead of new functionality. The Wicked theme pack prompted concerns about advertising and branding being integrated directly into system-level updates. A reader poll of over 2,400 votes showed roughly 59% of respondents labeled the drop disappointing and unwanted. Several readers described the theme pack as bloatware or adware on expensive hardware. Criticism also targeted Google's marketing choices and the potential for future theme packs to serve as advertising vehicles.
Read at Android Authority
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