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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

So innovative, renaming the LED status light to "glow"

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Oh cool. Another laptop/tablet for Google to abandon after a year.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Google keeps flailing with hardware branding. Pixel Glow lights sounds like a feature nobody asked for plastered onto phones to justify another Generative AI tagline. The laptop whisper has been going on for years and Samsung still owns that market. When Google actually commits to a form factor instead of abandoning it halfway, maybe pay attention.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Well I think it's neat. This community is almost toxic with how negative it is about everything.

    If we can set rules at the Notification Channel level, this is a powerful feature for enthusiasts potentially.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    Graphene laptop

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    [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Pixel Glow's tagline 'Stay in the moment without losing touch' is peak corporate irony - a notification light that keeps you glued to your phone while pretending to help you disconnect. The fact that it requires dedicated hardware is the real story here, not the mindfulness marketing language. If Google actually ships this with decent brightness control it could age better than Nothing's gimmicky glyph interface.

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