Pixel news and trends

Google Service Offers to Wait on Hold on Users’ Behalf

February 18, 2024
Google Puts an End to Pixel Pass Subscription Plans
Subscriptions // August 30, 2023

Google says its 2-year-old Pixel Plan subscription service is no more. The tech giant launched the program, which let Pixel smartphone buyers subscribe to services like Google Play Pass and YouTube Premium, in 2021. Now, Google said the program would be discontinued as of Aug. 29 — an update first...

Grab And IMDA Team Up On Singapore Business Accelerator
International // March 17, 2020

Grab, a Southeast Asian app, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have teamed up to run an accelerator meant to jumpstart Singapore startups and help them to expand to other countries, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The program is called Grab...

Some Airlines Now Accept Screenshots Of Passes With Google Pixel
Google // March 02, 2020

Pixel’s array of new features, released Monday (March 2), includes the ability for Google Pay users to add flight boarding passes with only a screenshot on select Pixel devices, according to reports. The item is alongside the new Cards & Passes power menu option, and...

Google Offline Voice Recognition App Debuts On Pixel
Google // March 13, 2019

Google’s new voice recognition app, which works entirely offline, is now available to anyone with a Pixel. “Our new all-neural, on-device Gboard speech recognizer is initially being launched to all Pixel phones in American English only,” wrote Johan Schalkwyk, a Google fellow of its Speech Team,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Starbucks Sizzles, Sears Fizzles And Pixel Shows Sizzle Potential

December 09, 2016
Starbucks had a big week with expansion plans and bots, while Sears saw its bottom line losses grow by 65 percent (!) year over year. And Google's Pixel looks like it is picking up some steam. It might not have really "trounced" the iPhone on Black Friday, but it is certainly getting enough attention to merit a sizzle.

Quick Reads
Google Service Offers to Wait on Hold on Users’ Behalf

February 18, 2024
“Your call is very important to us. Please continue to hold …” With luck, that message is followed by the option to leave your callback number for the customer service department you’re trying to reach. Now, Google reportedly wants to make this process even easier, according to a Friday (Feb. 16) TechCrunch article.  Per that report, […]

Google Puts an End to Pixel Pass Subscription Plans

August 30, 2023
Google says its 2-year-old Pixel Plan subscription service is no more. The tech giant launched the program, which let Pixel smartphone buyers subscribe to services like Google Play Pass and YouTube Premium, in 2021....

Grab And IMDA Team Up On Singapore Business Accelerator

March 17, 2020
Grab, a Southeast Asian app, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have teamed up to run an accelerator meant to jumpstart Singapore startups and help them to expand to...

Some Airlines Now Accept Screenshots Of Passes With Google Pixel

March 02, 2020
Pixel’s array of new features, released Monday (March 2), includes the ability for Google Pay users to add flight boarding passes with only a screenshot on select Pixel devices, according...