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, paired with the marginally smaller footprint of the standard Pixel 7 helps keep the phone's weight down to a respectable 197 grams.
The bezels have also shrunk, compared to last year's model , but even with the subtly-rounded edges of the Gorilla Glass Victus-protected screen, the phone still appears a little bulkier than its screen size would suggest. Despite being the smaller model of this year's duo, it sports the same display size as found on the 'XL' Pixels of old, like theOne upgrade we'd love to have seen this year is a higher refresh rate for the display.
The media playback bar in the notifications shade now has an undulating wiggle to it that adds a little character and interest on-screen; there's a one-handed mode that behaves similarly to iOS's Reachability feature, bringing the whole UI down halfway to make elements at the top of the screen more readily reachable; and superb haptic integration give everything from unlocking the phone with the fingerprint sensor to typing on the keyboard a sense of weight and quality that's hard...
In messaging, voice typing is impressively capable , while being able to ask your phone to read out web pages, or live-transcribe audio while your volume is turned down, continues to feel down right futuristic, not to mention being great for accessibility. Moving past the generalities of Tensor's overall competence, speech-to-text based functionality like Live Dictation was near flawless , while the long-awaited face unlock proved wholly viable, reliable and snappy – so much so that we're left wondering what stopped Google implementing the feature on the Pixel 6.
Perhaps the weakest aspect of the Pixel 7's battery performance isn't longevity but recharging, as the phone only has the same 21W top speed of its predecessor.
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