Pixel (1st generation)

2016 Android smartphone designed by Google

Pixel
Pixel XL

Diagrams of the Pixel and Pixel XL

Developer| Google
Manufacturer| HTC
Type| Pixel: Smartphone
Pixel XL: Phablet
Series| Pixel
First released| October 20, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-20)
Availability by region|

October 4, 2016

* Australia
* Canada
* Germany
* United Kingdom
* United States

October 13, 2016

* India

Discontinued| April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11)[1]
Units sold| 3.35 million (as of Oct. 2022)[2]
Predecessor| Nexus 5X
Nexus 6P[3]
Successor| Pixel 2
Form factor| Slate
Dimensions| Pixel:
H: 143.8 mm (5.66 in)
W: 69.5 mm (2.74 in)
D: 8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Pixel XL:
H: 154.7 mm (6.09 in)
W: 75.7 mm (2.98 in)
D: 8.5 mm (0.33 in)
Weight| Pixel: 143 g (5.04 oz)
Pixel XL: 168 g (5.93 oz)
Operating system| Original: Android 7.1 "Nougat"
Last: Android 10
System-on-chip| Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
CPU| Quad-core (2 × 2.15 GHz & 2 × 1.6 GHz) Kryo 64-bit ARMv8-A cores
GPU| Adreno 530
Memory| 4 GB LPDDR4 RAM
Storage| 32 GB or 128 GB, UFS 2.0
Battery|

* Pixel: 2,770 mAh
* Pixel XL: 3,450 mAh

Rear camera| 12.3 MP Sony Exmor IMX378 1.55 μm pixel size with f/2.0 aperture, phase-detection Autofocus + Laser Autofocus, HDR+ Processing, Night Sight, HD 720p (up to 240 FPS), FHD 1080p video (up to 120 FPS), 4K 2160p video (up to 30 FPS), Electronic Image Stabilization (sampling gyroscope at 200 Hz)
Front camera| 8 MP Sony Exmor IMX179 1.4 μm pixel size with f/2.4 aperture, FHD 1080p video (up to 30 FPS)
Display| Pixel: 5.0 in (127 mm) FHD AMOLED, 1920 × 1080 (441 ppi)
Pixel XL: 5.5 in (140 mm) QHD AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 (534 ppi)
All models:
2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4
100% NTSC Color Space
100,000:1 contrast ratio
24 bit/px depth, 16.78 million colours
Sound| Loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack[4]
Connectivity| GSM, LTE, LTE Advanced, Voice over LTE, HSDPA, CDMA
Model| Pixel:
G-2PW4100 (North America)
G-2PW4200 (International)
Pixel XL:
G-2PW2100 (North America)
G-2PW2200 (International)
Codename|

* Sailfish (Pixel)[5]
* Marlin (Pixel XL)[5]

Other| IP53, proximity/ALS, accelerometer+Gyrometer, magnetometer, Pixel Imprint (fingerprint sensor), barometer, Hall effect sensor, Android Sensor Hub

The Pixel and Pixel XL are a pair of Android smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Google and the first smartphones to be part of the Google Pixel product line, succeeding the Nexus line of smartphones. They were officially announced on October 4, 2016 at the Made by Google event and released in the United States on October 20. On October 4, 2017, they were succeeded by the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.

The Pixels have an aluminium chassis, with a glass panel on the rear, a USB-C connector, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and a 12.3 megapixel rear-facing camera. At launch, the devices featured certain exclusive software features, including the 7.1 "Nougat" update to the Android operating system, integration with the Google Assistant intelligent personal assistant, live technical support services, and unlimited full-resolution Google Photos backup for the life of the device.

The Pixels received mixed reviews, with praise for the devices' performance and cameras, but several critics noted similarities with Apple's iPhone line in terms of hardware design, and criticized the Pixels's lack of waterproofing and high price.

## History

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Google previously co-developed flagship Android devices with original equipment manufacturers through the Nexus program, which were designed to be "reference" devices for the Android platform, but the devices retained similarities to other devices made by their respective partners.[6] Rick Osterloh, former president of Motorola, joined Google as its senior vice president of hardware in April 2016,[7] and Google initiated development of an ecosystem of in-house products and platforms, including the Google Home smart speaker, Google Assistant intelligent personal assistant, and Google Daydream, Google's virtual reality platform.[8] The Pixels were announced on October 4, 2016,[9] and serve as Google's launch devices for Android 7.1 "Nougat".[10] The song Closer by Lemaitre Music was used in the device's introductory film.[11]

Osterloh said in an interview with The Verge that "a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience". The Verge wrote that the Nexus program had "fulfilled its mission", with a Google spokesperson stating that there are "no plans" to make another Nexus device.[6] The Pixel was designed by and marketed as being a Google product. Google worked with HTC on a contract basis on development[12][13] but have said that the Pixels are not based on any existing HTC device.[6] It offered Huawei the contract to manufacture the devices, but after Google refused to dual-brand the phone with credit to the manufacturer, Huawei declined the offer.[14]

In the United States, Pixel was exclusive to Verizon Wireless and Project Fi (now Google Fi Wireless), but also available direct-to-consumer via Google's online store[15][6] or from Best Buy.[16][17] In the United Kingdom, they are available direct-to-consumer via Google's online store, and through EE and Carphone Warehouse.[18] In India, they became available for preorder from October 13 from Flipkart, Reliance Digital, and Cromā,[19] with general store availability on October 25.[20]

On October 4, 2017, Google announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, succeeding the original Pixel devices.[21] The Pixel and Pixel XL were removed from the Google Store and discontinued on April 11, 2018.[1]

## Specifications

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### Hardware

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#### Exterior

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Pixel uses an aluminium chassis, with a glass panel on the portion of the rear housing the camera and "Pixel Imprint" fingerprint sensor.

The phones have a USB-C connector supporting USB 3.0, for power and data exchange. The phone features a 3.5 mm headphone jack, which received media attention for being a contrast to competing smartphone Apple iPhone 7, the first not to feature the port.[22]

The Pixel and Pixel XL both use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 system-on-chip, with 4 GB of RAM.[4][23] They are offered with either 32 GB or 128 GB of UFS 2.0 non-expandable internal storage.[9]

#### Display and battery

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The two models are differentiated by screen and battery size. The standard Pixel's display measures 5 in (130 mm) 1080p AMOLED with a 2770 mAh battery,[24] while the Pixel XL's display measures 5.5 in (140 mm) 1440p AMOLED with a 3450 mAh battery.[25]

#### Cameras

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Pixel features a 12.3-megapixel rear-facing camera, which uses an f/2.0 aperture, and a Sony Exmor IMX378 sensor with 1.55 μm pixels.[26]

Lacking optical image stabilization, the camera uses a digital image stabilization system tied to the phone's gyroscope and motion sensors at a sampling rate of 200 Hz.[3]

To improve capture speed, 30 frames are continuously captured per second while the camera is active. When a photo is taken, up to 10 of these frames are composed to form a single image.[27] Later software updates to Pixel introduced "Night Sight", an enhanced low-light photography mode first introduced on one of the devices' successors, the Pixel 3.[28]

### Software

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The Pixel and Pixel XL shipped with Android 7.1 "Nougat", an update to 7.0 that was initially exclusive to the Pixel. Android 7.1 was later released for some existing Nexus devices in December 2016, but certain features remained exclusive to the Pixel.[10][29][30][31]

Pixel supports Google Assistant, and provides live technical support services integrated into the OS. Similarly to Nexus devices, it receives Android updates directly from Google.[9][32] Pixel also supports the Google Daydream virtual reality platform.[9] Pixels 1–5 included unlimited full-resolution Google Photos backup for the life of the device.[9][27] A November 2016 update added additional motion gestures, including double-tapping the screen to show alerts, and raising the device to wake the screen.[33]

Google states on its support pages that the Pixel and Pixel XL are guaranteed to receive new Android version updates until October 2018, and guaranteed to receive security patches until October 2019.[34][35] In August 2017, Google released Android 8.0 "Oreo" for the Pixel and Pixel XL.[36] Android 8.1 Oreo was released for the Pixel and Pixel XL, as well as some other devices, on December 5, 2017.[37] Although after the date Google guaranteed the Pixel and Pixel XL would receive new Android versions, Google released Android 10 to the Pixel and Pixel XL in September 2019.[38][39][40] Google released the final official security update to the Pixel and Pixel XL in December 2019.[41]

### Cellular networks

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All Pixel and Pixel XL models are multi-band devices.[42]

Bands

|

Pixel & Pixel XL
region version  | 2G | 3G | 4G
GSM | CDMA | TD-SCDMA | UMTS | LTE-FDD | LTE-TDD
US, CA, PR | 850, 900, 1800, 1900  | BC  | 0 | 1 | 10  | —  | B  | 1, 2, 4, 5 | 8 |  | B  | 1-5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17  | 20 | 25  | 26, 28  | 29, 30 |  | B 41
International  | BC  | 0  |  | B 34, 39  | B  | 1-6 | 8  | 9, 19  | B  | 18-21  |  |  | 32  | B 38-41

## Reception

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The Pixel and Pixel XL received mixed reviews. Dieter Bohn of The Verge said the Pixel smartphones are "...easily the best Android phones you can buy" and gave the product a 9 out of 10, praising its long battery life and Google Assistant integration. However, criticism has been aimed at its pedestrian design and lack of waterproofing.[43][44]

Matt Humrick of AnandTech praised the camera being flush with the body, but was critical of the price, stating that Nexus fans who were looking for a more affordable option would be disappointed.[45] Chris Velazco of Engadget praised the build quality, camera, and performance, but criticized the high price, and lack of proper water-resistance present in rivals, such as the iPhone 7 and the Samsung Galaxy S7.[46]

Writing for Ars Technica, Ron Amadeo said of the phone, "[it has] unbeatable software and support with a great camera, wrapped in a familiar exterior."[47] Zach Epstein of BGR wrote in February 2017 that "There’s also no question that the phones feature a design that is sleek and impressive, yet all too familiar. Yes, that’s a nice way of saying that Google blatantly ripped off the iconic design that Apple has used on its iPhones for the past three generations."[48]

## Sales

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In June 2017, Ars Technica reported that Google Play's app for the Pixel Launcher, an app pre-installed on all Pixel phones, had been downloaded between one million and five million times. Although the report acknowledged the measurement's imprecision, the publication credited it for providing the first possible sales numbers.[49][50] In February 2018, an analysis by International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Google shipped a combined 3.9 million Pixel/XL and Pixel 2/2XL phones in 2017, almost double the number of shipments from 2016,[51] when Google shipped nearly 2 million Pixel and Pixel XL phones in three months.[52]

## Issues

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The Pixel and Pixel XL have exhibited numerous problems since release, including:

* Rear camera producing excessive flare[53] (fixed in an update to Google's Camera app)[54]
* Bluetooth pairing and stability problems,[55][56] (fixed through an update to Google's servers in March 2017)[57][58]
* Connectivity problems with an LTE band[59] (fixed with the release of Android 7.1.1 in December 2016)[60]
* "Bubbles" forming under the phone's display[61] (with Google replacing affected units and launching an investigation into the issue)[61]
* Audio distortion and harsh clipping at maximum volume through the phone's speaker[62] (fixed in a February 2017 system update,[63] and later also addressed in the Android 7.1.2 system update)[64][65]
* Random software freezes that leave the phone unresponsive for a few minutes[66][67] (fixed with the June 2017 monthly security patch)[68][69]
* Unexpected battery shutdowns[70] (with Android 7.1.2 fixing the issue)[64]
* Synchronization issues with Apple MacBook computers, reportedly due to an outdated synchronization program Google had not updated since 2012.[71]
* Failing microphones, as a result of a "hairline crack in the solder connection on the audio codec", with Google announcing a replacement program[72][73]
* Issues with properly backing up the devices, with failures of SMS, call history and apps. Google is reportedly looking into the issue.[74][75]

## See also

[edit]

* Google Nexus
* List of Google Play edition devices

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* News Lab
* PowerMeter
* Privacy Sandbox
* Project Nightingale
* Project Nimbus
* Project Sunroof
* Project Zero
* Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab
* RechargeIT
* Sensorvault
* Silicon Initiative
* Solve for X
* Street View Trusted
* Student Ambassador Program
* Vevo
* YouTube BrandConnect
* YouTube Creator Awards
* YouTube Select
* YouTube Original Channel Initiative
* Year in Search
* YouTube Rewind
* 2018
* 2019

Events|

* AlphaGo versus Fan Hui
* AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol
* AlphaGo versus Ke Jie
* Android Developer Challenge
* Android Developer Day
* Android Developer Lab
* CNN/YouTube presidential debates
* Code-in
* Code Jam
* Developer Day
* Developers Live
* Doodle4Google
* Future of Go Summit
* G-Day
* Hash Code
* I/O
* Lunar X Prize
* Mapathon
* Science Fair
* Summer of Code
* World Chess Championship 2024
* YouTube Awards
* YouTube Comedy Week
* YouTube Live
* YouTube Music Awards
* 2013
* 2015
* YouTube Space Lab
* YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Infrastructure|

* 111 Eighth Avenue
* Android lawn statues
* Androidland
* Barges
* Binoculars Building
* Central Saint Giles
* Chelsea Market
* Chrome Zone
* Data centers
* GeoEye-1
* Googleplex
* Ivanpah Solar Power Facility
* James R. Thompson Center
* King's Cross
* Mayfield Mall
* Pier 57
* Sidewalk Toronto
* St. John's Terminal
* Submarine cables
* Dunant
* Grace Hopper
* Unity
* WiFi
* YouTube Space
* YouTube Theater

People|

| Current|

* Krishna Bharat
* Vint Cerf
* Jeff Dean
* John Doerr
* Sanjay Ghemawat
* Al Gore
* John L. Hennessy
* Urs Hölzle
* Salar Kamangar
* Ray Kurzweil
* Ann Mather
* Alan Mulally
* Rick Osterloh
* Sundar Pichai (CEO)
* Ruth Porat (CFO)
* Rajen Sheth
* Hal Varian
* Neal Mohan

|

Former|

* Andy Bechtolsheim
* Sergey Brin (co-founder)
* David Cheriton
* Matt Cutts
* David Drummond
* Alan Eustace
* Timnit Gebru
* Omid Kordestani
* Paul Otellini
* Larry Page (co-founder)
* Patrick Pichette
* Eric Schmidt
* Ram Shriram
* Amit Singhal
* Shirley M. Tilghman
* Rachel Whetstone
* Susan Wojcicki

Criticism|

| General|

* Censorship
* DeGoogle
* FairSearch
* "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber"
* No Tech for Apartheid
* Privacy concerns
* Street View
* YouTube
* Trade unions
* Alphabet Workers Union
* YouTube copyright issues

|

Incidents|

* Backdoor advertisement controversy
* Blocking of YouTube videos in Germany
* Data breach
* Elsagate
* Fantastic Adventures scandal
* Kohistan video case
* Reactions to Innocence of Muslims
* San Francisco tech bus protests
* Services outages
* Slovenian government incident
* Walkouts
* YouTube headquarters shooting

Other|

* Android apps
* April Fools' Day jokes
* Doodles
* Doodle Champion Island Games
* Magic Cat Academy
* Easter eggs
* History
* Gmail
* Search
* YouTube
* Logo
* Material Design
* Mergers and acquisitions

Development

| Software|

| A–C|

* Accelerated Linear Algebra
* AMP
* Actions on Google
* ALTS
* American Fuzzy Lop
* Android Cloud to Device Messaging
* Android Debug Bridge
* Android NDK
* Android Runtime
* Android SDK
* Android Studio
* Angular
* AngularJS
* Apache Beam
* APIs
* App Engine
* App Inventor
* App Maker
* App Runtime for Chrome
* AppJet
* Apps Script
* AppSheet
* ARCore
* Base
* Bazel
* BeyondCorp
* Bigtable
* BigQuery
* Bionic
* Blockly
* Borg
* Caja
* Cameyo
* Chart API
* Charts
* Chrome Frame
* Chromium
* Blink
* Closure Tools
* Cloud Connect
* Cloud Dataflow
* Cloud Datastore
* Cloud Messaging
* Cloud Shell
* Cloud Storage
* Code Search
* Compute Engine
* Cpplint

|

D–N|

* Dalvik
* Data Protocol
* Dialogflow
* Exposure Notification
* Fast Pair
* Fastboot
* Federated Learning of Cohorts
* File System
* Firebase
* Firebase Studio
* Firebase Cloud Messaging
* FlatBuffers
* Flutter
* Freebase
* Gadgets
* Ganeti
* Gears
* Gerrit
* GLOP
* gRPC
* Gson
* Guava
* Guetzli
* Guice
* gVisor
* GYP
* JAX
* Jetpack Compose
* Keyhole Markup Language
* Kubernetes
* Kythe
* LevelDB
* Lighthouse
* Looker Studio
* lmctfy
* MapReduce
* Mashup Editor
* Matter
* Mobile Services
* Namebench
* Native Client
* Neatx
* Neural Machine Translation
* Nomulus

O–Z|

* Open Location Code
* OpenRefine
* OpenSocial
* Optimize
* OR-Tools
* Pack
* PageSpeed
* Piper
* Plugin for Eclipse
* Polymer
* Programmable Search Engine
* Project Shield
* Public DNS
* reCAPTCHA
* RenderScript
* SafetyNet
* SageTV
* Schema.org
* Search Console
* Shell
* Sitemaps
* Skia Graphics Engine
* Spanner
* Sputnik
* Stackdriver
* Swiffy
* Tango
* TensorFlow
* Tesseract
* Test
* Translator Toolkit
* Urchin
* UTM parameters
* V8
* VirusTotal
* VisBug
* Wave Federation Protocol
* Weave
* Web Accelerator
* Web Designer
* Web Server
* Web Toolkit
* Webdriver Torso
* WebRTC

Operating systems|

* Android
* Cupcake
* Donut
* Eclair
* Froyo
* Gingerbread
* Honeycomb
* Ice Cream Sandwich
* Jelly Bean
* KitKat
* Lollipop
* Marshmallow
* Nougat
* Oreo
* Pie
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* version history
* smartphones
* Android Automotive
* Android Go
* devices
* Android Things
* Android TV
* devices
* Android XR
* ChromeOS
* ChromeOS Flex
* ChromiumOS
* Fuchsia
* Glass OS
* gLinux
* Goobuntu
* TV
* Wear OS

Machine learning models|

* BERT
* Chinchilla
* DreamBooth
* Gemini
* Imagen (2023)
* LaMDA
* PaLM
* T5
* Veo (text-to-video model)
* VideoPoet
* XLNet

Neural networks|

* EfficientNet
* Gato
* Inception
* MobileNet
* Transformer
* WaveNet

Computer programs|

* AlphaDev
* AlphaFold
* AlphaGeometry
* AlphaGo
* AlphaGo Zero
* AlphaStar
* AlphaZero
* Master
* MuZero

Formats and codecs|

* AAB
* APK
* AV1
* iLBC
* iSAC
* libvpx
* Lyra
* Protocol Buffers
* Ultra HDR
* VP3
* VP6
* VP8
* VP9
* WebM
* WebP
* WOFF2

Programming languages|

* Carbon
* Dart
* Go
* Sawzall

Search algorithms|

* Googlebot
* Hummingbird
* Mobilegeddon
* PageRank
* matrix
* Panda
* Penguin
* Pigeon
* RankBrain

Domain names|

* .app
* .dev
* .google
* .zip
* g.co
* google.by

Typefaces|

* Croscore
* Noto
* Product Sans
* Roboto

Software

| A|

* Aardvark
* Account
* Dashboard
* Takeout
* Ad Manager
* AdMob
* Ads
* AdSense
* Affiliate Network
* Alerts
* Allo
* Analytics
* Android Auto
* Android Beam
* Answers
* Apture
* Arts & Culture
* Assistant
* Attribution
* Authenticator

|

* BebaPay
* BeatThatQuote.com
* Beam
* Blog Search
* Blogger
* Body
* Bookmarks
* Books
* Ngram Viewer
* Browser Sync
* Building Maker
* Bump
* BumpTop
* Buzz

* Calendar
* Cast
* Catalogs
* Chat
* Checkout
* Chrome
* Chrome Apps
* Chrome Experiments
* Chrome Remote Desktop
* Chrome Web Store
* Classroom
* Cloud Print
* Cloud Search
* Contacts
* Contributor
* Crowdsource
* Currents (social app)
* Currents (news app)

* Data Commons
* Dataset Search
* Desktop
* Dictionary
* Digital Wellbeing
* Dinosaur Game
* Directory
* Docs
* Docs Editors
* Domains
* Drawings
* Drive
* Duo

* Earth
* Etherpad
* Expeditions
* Express

* Family Link
* Fast Flip
* FeedBurner
* fflick
* Fi Wireless
* Finance
* Files
* Find Hub
* Fit
* Flights
* Flu Trends
* Fonts
* Forms
* Friend Connect
* Fusion Tables

* Gboard
* Gemini
* Gesture Search
* Gizmo5
* Google+
* Gmail
* Goggles
* GOOG-411
* Grasshopper
* Groups

* Hangouts
* Helpouts

* iGoogle
* Images
* Image Labeler
* Image Swirl
* Inbox by Gmail
* Input Tools
* Japanese Input
* Pinyin
* Insights for Search

* Jaiku
* Jamboard

* Kaggle
* Keep
* Knol

* Labs
* Latitude
* Lens
* Like.com
* Live Transcribe
* Lively

* Map Maker
* Maps
* Maps Navigation
* Marketing Platform
* Meet
* Messages
* Moderator
* My Tracks

* Nearby Share
* News
* News & Weather
* News Archive
* Notebook
* NotebookLM
* Now

* Offers
* One
* One Pass
* Opinion Rewards
* Orkut
* Oyster

* Panoramio
* PaperofRecord.com
* Patents
* Page Creator
* Pay (mobile app)
* Pay (payment method)
* Pay Send
* People Cards
* Person Finder
* Personalized Search
* Photomath
* Photos
* Picasa
* Picasa Web Albums
* Picnik
* Pixel Camera
* Play
* Play Books
* Play Games
* Play Music
* Play Newsstand
* Play Pass
* Play Services
* Podcasts
* Poly
* Postini
* PostRank
* Primer
* Public Alerts
* Public Data Explorer

* Question Hub
* Quick, Draw!
* Quick Search Box
* Quick Share
* Quickoffice

* Read Along
* Reader
* Reply

* Safe Browsing
* SageTV
* Santa Tracker
* Schemer
* Scholar
* Search
* AI Overviews
* Knowledge Graph
* SafeSearch
* Searchwiki
* Sheets
* Shoploop
* Shopping
* Sidewiki
* Sites
* Slides
* Snapseed
* Socratic
* Softcard
* Songza
* Sound Amplifier
* Spaces
* Sparrow (chatbot)
* Sparrow (email client)
* Speech Recognition & Synthesis
* Squared
* Stadia
* Station
* Store
* Street View
* Surveys
* Sync

* Tables
* Talk
* TalkBack
* Tasks
* Tenor
* Tez
* Tilt Brush
* Toolbar
* Toontastic 3D
* Translate
* Travel
* Trendalyzer
* Trends
* TV

* URL Shortener

* Video
* Vids
* Voice
* Voice Access
* Voice Search

* Wallet
* Wave
* Waze
* WDYL
* Web Light
* Where Is My Train
* Widevine
* Wiz
* Word Lens
* Workspace
* Workspace Marketplace

* YouTube
* YouTube Kids
* YouTube Music
* YouTube Premium
* YouTube Shorts
* YouTube Studio
* YouTube TV
* YouTube VR

Hardware

| Pixel|

| Smartphones|

* Pixel (2016)
* Pixel 2 (2017)
* Pixel 3 (2018)
* Pixel 3a (2019)
* Pixel 4 (2019)
* Pixel 4a (2020)
* Pixel 5 (2020)
* Pixel 5a (2021)
* Pixel 6 (2021)
* Pixel 6a (2022)
* Pixel 7 (2022)
* Pixel 7a (2023)
* Pixel Fold (2023)
* Pixel 8 (2023)
* Pixel 8a (2024)
* Pixel 9 (2024)
* Pixel 9 Pro Fold (2024)
* Pixel 9a (2025)

|

Smartwatches|

* Pixel Watch (2022)
* Pixel Watch 2 (2023)
* Pixel Watch 3 (2024)

Tablets|

* Pixel C (2015)
* Pixel Slate (2018)
* Pixel Tablet (2023)

Laptops|

* Chromebook Pixel (2013–2015)
* Pixelbook (2017)
* Pixelbook Go (2019)

Other|

* Pixel Buds (2017–present)

Nexus|

| Smartphones|

* Nexus One (2010)
* Nexus S (2010)
* Galaxy Nexus (2011)
* Nexus 4 (2012)
* Nexus 5 (2013)
* Nexus 6 (2014)
* Nexus 5X (2015)
* Nexus 6P (2015)

|

Tablets|

* Nexus 7 (2012)
* Nexus 10 (2012)
* Nexus 7 (2013)
* Nexus 9 (2014)

Other|

* Nexus Q (2012)
* Nexus Player (2014)

Other|

* Android Dev Phone
* Android One
* Cardboard
* Chromebit
* Chromebook
* Chromebox
* Chromecast
* Clips
* Daydream
* Fitbit
* Glass
* Liftware
* Liquid Galaxy
* Nest
* smart speakers
* Thermostat
* Wifi
* Play Edition
* Project Ara
* OnHub
* Pixel Visual Core
* Project Iris
* Search Appliance
* Sycamore processor
* Tensor
* Tensor Processing Unit
* Titan Security Key

* v
* t
* e

Litigation

Advertising|

* Feldman v. Google, Inc. (2007)
* Rescuecom Corp. v. Google Inc. (2009)
* Goddard v. Google, Inc. (2009)
* Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc. (2012)
* Google, Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory, Inc. (2017)
* Jedi Blue

Antitrust|

* European Union (2010–present)
* United States v. Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corporation, Intuit, Inc., and Pixar (2011)
* Umar Javeed, Sukarma Thapar, Aaqib Javeed vs. Google LLC and Ors. (2019)
* United States v. Google LLC (2020)
* United States v. Google LLC (2023)

Intellectual
property|

* Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (2007)
* Viacom International Inc. v. YouTube, Inc. (2010)
* Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.(2015)
* Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc. (2015)
* Field v. Google, Inc. (2016)
* Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. (2021)
* Smartphone patent wars

Privacy|

* Rocky Mountain Bank v. Google, Inc. (2009)
* Hibnick v. Google, Inc. (2010)
* United States v. Google Inc. (2012)
* Judgement of the German Federal Court of Justice on Google's autocomplete function (2013)
* Joffe v. Google, Inc. (2013)
* Mosley v SARL Google (2013)
* Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González (2014)
* Frank v. Gaos (2019)

Other|

* Garcia v. Google, Inc. (2015)
* Google LLC v Defteros (2020)
* Epic Games v. Google (2021)
* Gonzalez v. Google LLC (2022)

Related

| Concepts|

* Beauty YouTuber
* BookTube
* BreadTube
* "Don't be evil"
* Gayglers
* Google as a verb
* Google bombing
* 2004 U.S. presidential election
* Google effect
* Googlefight
* Google hacking
* Googleshare
* Google tax
* Googlewhack
* Googlization
* Illegal flower tribute
* Objectives and key results
* Rooting
* Search engine manipulation effect
* Side project time
* Sitelink
* Site reliability engineering
* StudyTube
* VTuber
* YouTube Poop
* YouTuber
* list

|

Products|

| Android|

* Booting process
* Custom distributions
* Features
* Recovery mode
* Software development

|

Street View coverage|

* Africa
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Israel
* Europe
* North America
* Canada
* United States
* Oceania
* South America
* Argentina
* Chile
* Colombia

YouTube|

* Copyright strike
* Education
* Features
* Moderation
* Most-disliked videos
* Most-liked videos
* Most-subscribed channels
* Most-viewed channels
* Most-viewed videos
* Arabic music videos
* Chinese music videos
* French music videos
* Indian videos
* Pakistani videos
* Official channel
* Social impact
* Suspensions
* YouTube Premium original programming

Other|

* Gmail interface
* Maps pin
* Most downloaded Google Play applications
* Stadia games

Documentaries|

* AlphaGo
* Google: Behind the Screen
* Google Maps Road Trip
* Google and the World Brain
* The Creepy Line

Books|

* Google Hacks
* The Google Story
* Google Volume One
* Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
* How Google Works
* I'm Feeling Lucky
* In the Plex
* The Google Book
* The MANIAC

Popular culture|

* Google Feud
* Google Me (film)
* "Google Me" (Kim Zolciak song)
* "Google Me" (Teyana Taylor song)
* Is Google Making Us Stupid?
* Proceratium google
* Matt Nathanson: Live at Google
* The Billion Dollar Code
* The Internship
* Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Other|

* "Attention Is All You Need"
* elgooG
* Generative pre-trained transformer
* "Me at the zoo"
* Predictions of the end
* Relationship with Wikipedia
* "Reunion"
* Robot Constitution

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