At the heart of Google’s Pixel phones is artificial intelligence. That’s how the tech giant is positioning them and likely will be for the foreseeable future, but it wasn’t always this way. Prior to the Pixel becoming “the AI phone” you see today, the phone lineup was essentially a clean version of stock Android that received timely updates and shipped with a ton of unique and smart features.
With Gemini touching nearly every facet of the Pixel phone these days, it’s hard to imagine if you can call it a Pixel without AI smarts. You can, however, turn off most AI features if you really want to. Doing so will mean losing some other features you may rely on, but it’s still an option if you’re willing to put in the effort.
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