bala1234

Funny! Apple isn't company you associate with dropping existing projects in favor of the latest/greatest bandwagon. But speaks to the pressure its been under to invest in AI.

Right the only question for me is will it ship with Apple's own modem or have they given up on it?

avon b7 said:

"GM is abandoning user choice by implementing an infotainment system that requires users to opt into GM's custom Android-based operating system."

To be fair, Apple is famous for doing exactly the same. And all over the place. 

It is also in hot water for those practices. 

GM may find itself in a similar position at some point but they can rightly say 'it's our car and we can develop the system as we see fit'. The regulators might see things differently though. It will also go far beyond infotainment. 

It might turn out to be actually very good. We'll have to wait and see. 

^^^ This ^^^

While its true that Google is still playing catch up to Apple mature hardware and software, I am pretty happy with my Pixel Watch 1. As somebody who never used fitbit only major annoyance for me is the not so well integrated google fit/fitbit health tracking ecosystem.

bala1234 said:

7 Years of software update is big! While I don't think its going to change any minds here, it might be a game changer in the android world. But ironically it will only allow me slowdown on my update cycle...

It's not changing the Android world, just the Pixel 8, it's a software guarantee for that hardware, which hardly anybody buys.

Sort of true but not the entire picture here. May be you are being too dismissive.  For one as the owner of the platform google is sort of setting high watermark here which will push other manufacturers to improve their game. And the other is that I am a regular pixel customer so its personally good news for me .