Google Pixel 6 Re-Review | Six Months Later...
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Reviewing Google's Pixel 6 smartphone again six months later and ahead of the Pixel 7 launch, with long term thoughts on the camera tech, gaming performance, battery life and beyond. Google's phone has received many Android updates in 2022, including slick new features like call screening. But the Pixel 6 also has strong competition from the Oppo Find X5, Samsung's S22 series phones and the Xiaomi 12.
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Google's flagship is still one of my favourite camera phones, thanks to the simple point and shoot nature. On auto mode you'll get great looking photos even of moving subjects, pretty much every time. Of course the ultra-wide lens isn't as impressive as rivals, while the Oppo Find X5 is hot competition for the Pixel 6 in low light.
Gaming seems to be a smoother, more enjoyable experience after some Tensor fine tuning or other background updates. Genshin Impact plays with a more stable frame rate on higher detail settings. And while battery life isn't quite as good as six months ago, the Pixel 6 still happily lasts a day on a single charge with around 6-7 hours of screen on time.
Have you been using Google's smartphone as your full time blower? Let me know your own experiences below.
Google Pixel 6 Long Term Review Chapters:
0:00 - Skip this bit
1:07 - Design
2:53 - Android updates & features
5:51 - Display & audio
6:44 - Tensor performance & gaming
8:29 - Battery life
9:30 - Cameras
12:04 - Verdict 
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Had the Google Pixel 6 since launch. Used heavily since then and still the best phone I've owned! Had no issues.
Yeah people are literally making up lies and nobody has a single issue with this phone
How about green tint issue? Did you have that problem?
@@TaureanSmoke I know people have had issues but I haven't.
@@shandysaada Not noticed it!
@@shandysaada I don't necessarily consider that a bug because you have to remember the screen is a Samsung screen Samsung is notorious for that problem I think it's just a screen deflect with their technology. I have had numerous Samsung phones with that issue it seems to go away when you reboot and it's random on both Samsung and the pixel. So I don't consider that a bug that's more of a hardware issue that Samsung has to overcome. But I do find that ironic how literally none of these RUclipsrs like to talk about Samsung having the green tint issue but we want to talk about a pixel doing it every now and then. I'm just telling you there are a lot of people who hate Google and will literally say anything just to make their phones seem bad all while ignoring iPhone issues or Samsung issues
The videos you're making are perfectly in line of what I want to see, in the style I want to see it in. You're awesome
This
I agree with this statement
The finger print scanner has improved a lot since the launch. I'm using the pixel 6 pro. I also have a feeling that the battery health has improved with the updates on pixel 6 pro since I got it. Have been using it since January.
Is pixel 6 is worthed yo buy
True. Finger print is so nice now 🔥
I've had my Pixel 6 since last October, and apart from a few minor bugs and a couple of crashes in the first month, I've been lucky enough have had no real issues at all. I've found it a great phone for the price, don't regret my decision at all
Thanks so much for update! I am upgrading from a pixel 3 that has served me well, but kept hearing that the newer pixels were mediocre for hard gaming. Not many people do reviews after it has been out for a while, so it was hard to find up to date info. This helped a lot thanks!
Just ordered a 6a upgrade from my Pixel3a hopefully I will be happy.
Keep up the good woork with your entertaining reviews, you are the only one I trust with phone reviews, you are mental as anything.
Been following you for so long and it’s awesome to see you closing in on a million subscribers! Such great stuff. You deserve it!
I've had the Pixel 4a for a year, love it but looking forward to upgrading to the 6a this summer. Thanks for another great video by the way.
I have had a Pixel 6 pro for 4 months and I keep impressing people with my photos. Such a nice device to take great shots.
Brilliant review - - thanks Chris 👍
I see that Kill la Kill shirt!
Honestly though, the main reason why I didn’t go with the Pixel 6/6 Pro is because of how deep back orders were at launch. By the time I got paid about 2 weeks after launch, I would’ve been waiting till January to finally scoop it up.
Might as well wait now. Pixel 6a is probably coming out and the Pixel 7 is a few months away.
Charming kid, and an as always honest straight forward and useful review.
Tipped my scale, and currently waiting for my pixel 6 to arrive tomorrow.
Is it good?
Love the device rotation shots!
I've been using the 6pro for roughly the same time frame. Similar to your review, I must be one of the lucky ones with limited software issues. Only issue to date has been adaptive brightness glitches.
I've recently discovered your reviews, they're great (I can actually stand watching the whole thing). When you test the Bluetooth it would be great if you could explore what codecs are supported, it's rarely mentioned but vital for anyone who has splashed out on the latest adapters or headphones. If you Google 'does this phone have LDAC?', you invariably find someone declaring that Android 8 and above supports it, or if it has such and such processor it will, it's all b*****ks. Phones always have the option in the developer settings, but you don't know if it works until you try it.
Definitely wanna test it out yourself if you can. My Samsungs have supported LDAC for a long time but my iPhone’s AAC codec sounds just about the same as LDAC on my Samsung, which is to say, they both sound excellent and full bodied with good instrument separation. My friend’s pixel 6 also supports LDAC but I have no clue how it sounds myself.
@@varunnarain50I find AAC to be fine for audio that is already compressed (using iPod or iPad with Qudelix 5K receiver), but with ALAC and FLAC files I notice a big drop in performance compared to a USB DAC connection. With my Samsung tablet LDAC seems a step closer to USB, but only noticeable with FLAC and range is very poor on the 990kbps setting.
My choice of phone came down to pixel or Samsung because I care about updates to security and OS more than outright performance. I've ordered a Samsung on sale or return, I'll see how it goes.
I think look out for Bluetooth LE devices in the future as it mandates specific open-source codecs. Hopefully the days of needing to check compatibility are numbered.
The only thing I don’t like is a grown man watching Anime . It boggles my mind
Hi Uncle Spurt
Great video. I've had the Google Pixel 6 since the beginning of November and I love the compactness of it. My only issue was it kept dropping the network but was fixed during the monthly firmware update.
Take care
Phil
The kaguya wallpaper drew me in, subscribed! lol
Thank you, I thought it was only me that got a working Pixel 6. I have the 6 Pro and have had no issues. I love this phone. May be the fingerprint was a little slow at first but now it is simply fine. 5G is great, Camera is Great. I wish it would have keep the face unlock, but no one liked until apple put it on the 13 Pro. Hum anyway thanks for letting me know I didn't have the only working Pixel 6. Great Video
Your reviews are superb. Can't wait to see your review on the Google pixel 7a and the much hyped Google pixel 8 coming I. March.
Really good in-depth vid. And you always make me laugh. Good work sir. And I love my mad (frustrating ) pixel 6!
Had mine about 6 months aswell and love it. just realized if the screen adaptive brightness setting is on it goes a bit brighter in direct sunlight
I can't wait for the Pixel 7 series. Too. My brother has the P6 and I have the 8T Both great phones for a great price.
I got the Pixel 6 as a work phone my company gave me. Have not heavily tested it yet, but it seems Dim for an OLED screen. I got an LG V60 as my personal phone & the display is quite a bit better not just brighter, I played the same videos on both phones on youtube. The camera seems pretty good like most phones for auto mode there is more saturation than I would like personally but I think this is most people's preference these days.
Great video at always. And the Jokes you insert are absolutely hysterical. I find myself laughing out loud when I hear them for the first time. Been rocking the 6 for a few months now and I really like it. I will say mine does it hot sometimes like you said. My only true complaint is what you said early on in video. I wish it similar size to the pixel 5. Smaller phones are getting rarer and rarer. Love the videos man. Cheers!
I agree with this review 👍. Bought an unlocked pro at launch, and now at this point in time the most annoying bugs I get are typically graphical UI freezes which usually fix with a lock/unlock or at worse a reset.
I miss all the features and customizations left behind in Android 11, but that's to be expected with a total overhaul. Hopefully they all come back.
Got mine this Feb. Been wanting a Pixel since 4a came out but I waited for a proper Pixel device that's actually an Upgrade. Pixel 6 did it for me. Super happy with the Device.
Just watched this review since the 6 interested me so much. I have the 4a(5G) and it has been an absolute turd for me. Maybe it was a lemon but cheers on getting the 6.
Did u buy it in india? So no warranty, does Cellular network and android auto works perfectly?
@@jitendrabarai4550 I got it from US, it doesn't support C4 carriear aggregator, I haven't tried Android Auto fully, just the maps and it's great. Pixel makes their phone to work across globally so no issues with network since it has 2 prominent 5G bands N77 and N78 (these two are most likely to be rolled out in India) All major 4G, 3G and 2G bands too.
Pixel 6 is still working great for me. Thanks for the update from your side.
Beautiful review ! Great work !
Same experience here!
Some bugs in the beginning, getting better along the way. Very very promising for sure.
Slippery as hell :D I tried a few cases but they bulk it up a lot, so I resorted to a slim silicon one... At least, it is not as slippery any more!
Totally happy with it for sure... I wish I could say the same for my carrier lol!
Love my Pixel 6. Timely security updates and no crapwear.
I love my pixel 6!! Been using it for about a month now, haven't had any bugs but the tensor chip runs alil warm. Literally the only complaint I have is the tensor running hot. Awesome phone though! Literally my favorite phone since the essential phone ph1
Been using the Pixel 6 since October 27th haven't had any issues i love this device ✌🏾
Honestly what do you feel about no telephoto
@@nzcooperclan9013 I'm not a big fan of it so I'm not bothered the Pixel 6 takes excellent pictures
The eraser is used constantly here too. A very neat feature
Spot on you doing a great job
Really good review but.... what I really want to comment on is that AWESOME Kaguya-sama wallpaper 😁
Yeah I'm still having several issues with my Pixel 6. The sound is tinty, and a few times my screen went black but I could still pull down the notification shade. Love the phone in general, and the camera is next level.
This just happened to me too
My pixel 6 has been great to use other than it sometimes randomly force restarts when I use an app that uses the camera. Not sure what this problem is and can be very annoying, as apart from that the phone is great, particularly for photos
Wait my pixel 2 does that my pixel 4 doesn't but I'm getting a 6 so I'll see if it does that.
It's so anoyying when I go to use my phone and it just stops working
@@Ghostinaboat Its just luck I have one it only has a bug sometimes when I charge it with the pc it shows on pc but it doesnt charge at first other than it has been great
@@Ghostinaboat With your pixel 2 it might be voltage drop-off. If the battery is old and holds less charge than it used to (resulting in lower overall voltage), high intensity apps like the camera try to pull more power than the device can handle, requiring a greater voltage than it can offer, so it just dies.
My P6 has been very reliable since November, I have not had many of the issues I hear about on various forums. I do experience the high network battery drain, but most of the time I am on wifi and get two solid full days out of my phone. I have noticed a bug recently where when I lock my phone, it locks to the lock screen, and then fades to black after 30 seconds. I have also been experiencing a bug where it will sit at the lock screen and not turn off the display after the 30 seconds until I interact with the device or press the power button again. Nothing major, but little use case gripes.
Watching this on my Google Pixel 6 I've had since December and it's a great phone. Also, with charging, I tend to only use wireless charging if I want to charge my phone overnight
I returned mine, it had too many issues.
Battery health??
Love your backgrounds man lol
Frr
Excited for pixel 6a
Also
Just bought the Seafoam at £499 on the Google store. No brainer at that price point while on offer and moving from my original 2xl which is still working well. Nice review style for us Brits.
Just ordered my sorta seafoam base model yesterday to replace my ailing (yet still rather responsive and barely dinged up) pixel 3 and I'm excited to fire it up. Great review, concise and not bogged down by frivolity.
Update: I've been using my 6 for about two months now and I'm loving it!
I was unlucky with my Pixel. There were far too many bugs, the worst of which for me was the assistant not working properly with Spotify. I sent it back. The Oppo Find X3 Pro I picked up instead in my opinion is far superior in almost every way.
I have to say the battery life has been the only disappointment I've had with this phone. Looking at battery usage it always seems to be related to Mobile Network drain. I've heard there should be a update in June that should help/fix this... hopefully. I still get a full days worth, so I can't really complain but considering how big the battery is (6 pro) I was expecting a little more.
Besides the battery drain I still love the Pixel 6 pro and has been a great phone. There were a couple minor bugs that since been resolved and would say Dec/Jan is when the updates were pretty rough and Jan is when I really started noticing battery drain issues. The software is still fantastic and the hardware design is still very slick compared to other phones out there and don't regret my purchase .
The two parts I've struggled with most are the Bluetooth that disconnects a lot, or won't reconnect (happens to me on at least 4 of my Bluetooth devices), and the short battery life, it's usually flat before 6pm for me, around 12 hours after coming off a full charge. I have 4 scans of the same thumb print as it is quite picky and often decides it doesn't recognise me. It occasionally does things like display sensitive content on the lock screen (it's set to hidden). I like the phone but I find it very buggy and frustrating at times. Hopefully these issues will be ironed out with future updates
Android auto would drop out every couple of minutes when connected to my car .
I never had Bluetooth connection issues on my pixel 6, android auto and my tws works just fine so far
@@snociloL it's only started working after the April update .
Damn, must’ve sucked having this issue.. mine luckily doesnt disconnect or have drop outs on connections ever
Same issue's here. Bluetooth nightmares and battery is poor. Doesn't help when charging is so slow. Finger print reader is diabolical. Worst phone since my s8 .
Back to the Chinese brands for me sooner rather than later.
Just swapped up from a Huawei P30 for this Pixel 6 (sorta sea-foam spume colour!) the UI is a dream plus very little bulkware make it so damn easy to get around.
I'm from the NW England and I speak Spanish, some Greek and Russian and the translation app is crazy smart and helps me out when I went to check that I'm saying the right thing!
Camera is another reason why I decided to buy it and the colours are simply excellent, my Huawei was great, but lots of the images came out way to vibrant and over saturated.
Exactly right about putting it down somewhere safe coz it's like a bar of soap and will fly of the edge of an uneven surface and take a crash to the ground.
It's a phone too, which is a great bonus 👍
Yes, I'm enjoying the Pixel 6 as well. I'm new to the Pixel family. I also have a Galaxy Note 10 plus which I still love and I have a Galaxy Note 8. I'm enjoying your videos. Do you think we're going to have any future feature updates to the Pixel 6? Like maybe some camera updates far as with the zoning features?
I bought mine at launch and initially very happy with it but down the line it had signal issues and sometimes wouldn't even have a cell connection despite others around me being ok. The fingerprint sensor seemed to get more laggy and frustrating and the Call Screening feature disappeared which was something I really liked (has it come back yet?).
Initially I could forego the increased size over the Pixel 5 when it all worked well but about a month ago I picked up an S22 at less than £500 direct from Samsung because the P6 was seriously doing my nut. So far I like the S22 and it's size is so convenient it'll take some good updates from Google to get my SIM back in the Pixel 6.
Hey any update and comparison between the pixel and s22 battery, camera, display, lag, service, etc debating between the 2 right now!
Yu
I've been using my Pixel 6 since January and I had no issues with it. I love this phone!
Always loved pixel 6. Especially the green one. Btw, where do you get your anime wallpapers?
With the 7 and 7 pro around the corner here's what I would like to see. Brighter screen! Give us a Samsung ultra screen with 120hz and better touch response so it feels as snappy as the s22u. Louder speakers or dolby speakers.
When is _"around the corner"_ scheduled to take place? Don't some things release both earlier, AND later than scheduled? I don't buy phones when they *1st* come out...I'll wait & get 'em once the price drops. The Pixel 6A's price is relative to a/thing else & I'm ready to buy one, but if the Pixel 7 comes out "SOON", the 6A might drop even further with the pricing.
Canny believe this, and so many other big companies have absolutely pied the expandable storage functions in 2022
I shifted from my broken pixel 3 to pixel 6. What I missed most is the wide-angle selfie (x 0.07)! Plus, the color of pixel 6 including the display and the photos are a bit dim compared to my pixel 3. Other than these are fine.
Had the pixel 6 in january but sold again because my chargers did not work. Also usb from car did not charge the phone. Searched a bit and found it only allow PD charging, so i definitly do not support something that make the old chargers obsolete.
Else awesome phone as you mentioned ;)
After hearing about the problems of Pixel 6, I got myself a Pixel 5a imported from Japan for 33% less, and honestly, I'm quite happy with the faster fingerprint scanner and the audio jack :D
Your witty comments crack me up dude 😂 awesome review, keep up the good work!
Great update :) what was the music app you were using?
Loving the badass anime wallpaper on your phones.
Top video as ever 👍👍🙂🙂
I'm waiting on mine to be delivered next week. I'm still using the Pixel 5a. I waited to buy Pixel 6 until after most of the bugs were squashed. I've learned to be a late adopter instead of an early adopter.
It's a brilliant phone love it and good value had mine over a year now
Where did you find the anime wallpapers. Love your picks
When I had the P6, the speakers were awful because it was so low. Did they improve it?
Have had mine for three months. The battery life is excellent on wifi and LTE. Easily over 7 hours of screen on time. It is when I turn on 5g that the battery takes a massive hit. Lucky to get 4 or 5 hours of screen on time. It also gets quite toasty when using 5g along with navigation and music streaming. Not so much on LTE.
It"s a great phone and the camera is top notch. My only niggle with it is its propensity to unlock itself whilst in my pocket without my fingerprint. Must be missing a setting somewhere.
It would be great to see a review of the Redmi k50 standard edition.
I have the k30 and need to upgrade. K50 looks amazing
Luv u byeeeeeeee
With the OnePlus 9 Pro and Pixel 6 the exact same price in the UK currently, which would you go for?
Best phone I've owned, with one issue...occasionally lose all mobile data when out and about for no reason whatsoever...even when sat next to someone with another phone on the same network who's absolutely bloody fine! Still wouldn't swap it though. 😁
same happens to my pixel 4a and previous 3a. bloody annoying
That's a critical problem for a phone 🤦
@@-The-Golden-God- it was on and off, seems to have resolved now though
What a lovely wallpapers. Where are you getting them from?
Sir big fan of yours.
I want to ask which anime wallpaper app
You use for smartphones.
I'm also a anime fan... 😊😊
Love all the anime inserts here. Just found this channel, and I think I'm going to quite like it. Definitely a sub from me! Anime and tech hell yes!
Loving the kill la kill shirt!
Decent phone overall, but few issues like buggy swipe up gesture at times i have to swipe up thrice in order to exit an app, camera app can get stuck at times, auto-brightness issues (dims more often out of no where) and the size is big although I am used to it now but still sometimes miss my ex pixel 3. Never encountered any gestures, auto-brightness and camera bugs in pixel 3 and pixel 4 xl though. Maybe got to do with the new tensor chip. It would have been better had they stuck with snapdragon.
update: every issue has been fixed now (for me at least) after the june update. it is even better after the july update. Good job Google 👏
Where do you get your wallpapers? I tried the Komi last time but I cant find a good wallpaper like yours.
Do more of these for budget phones
I totally like the non-adjustable tin can sound quality (moreso lack of quality) on the speakers.
My experience with the phone had been irritating - terrible battery longevity, multiple UI bugs, and audio crackling when recording video.
This goes back from the 4 XL before I got the 6. it’s sad to do this but I made the switch to the 13 pro :( battery life was the last straw for me
Fingerprint sensor fails "a few times per day"? that's terrible imo, I'm on a, at this point very old, oneplus 6 now and the fingerprint works flawless, maybe 1 misread per week or so, i realize it's not build into the screen thus making it easier for oneplus compared to google. thank you for the review.
Only gripe is the finger reader myself, not always on point, but the rest is great. Never used it for video, just photos now and then.
You should do a compact phones video recommendations
When are we getting a review of the S22 Ultra, good sir???
I upgraded my wife's phone from the pixel4 to pixel6, great phone but... Google no longer give unlimited cloud storage for pictures and videos like they did for the pixel4, kind of annoying because she takes millions of photos and videos so I'll have to start paying for storage. that was definately a perk of previous models on a phone with no expandable storage
Totally agree. They should bring that back for pixel users, everyone else should have to pay imo
Pixel 4 was a fantastic phone.
Buy a USB/thumb drive, and save your pictures in your pocket. Thumb drives are cheap, nowadays. Why do you want to save your confidential/private data on the cloud.
live translation has ben available in google translator in all devices for many years ago , i remember when I went to Greece to be able to know the function of the washer machine buttons using it , thanks
What's your wallpaper source?
They were always Dope 🔥
Thank *£#& for that I bought the Pixel 6 yesterday after 5 years with the Pixel 2 and watching multiple Tech Spurt videos numerous times. My indecisive ass needed some reassurance.
Tech spurt, can you do a review on the iPhone 13 Pro?
My only issue is with the battery, expected to last longer, when the capacity is double compared to my previous pixel 2XL. But except that it's been absolutely amazing.
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how long does it work if I use it for not so heavy apps like streaming apps and Quora type apps?
@@vinitkhopkar5137 I don't know about quora, but I am not sure if I would consider streaming apps like "not so heavy" regarding battery drain :) I usually use FB, chats, twitter, spotify, emails and such and I charge it once in 2 days. But it depends...
Iv had the pro since launch. Main issue for me is the patchy signal and weak wifi
What's your camera gear set up
I have to say as a owner of pixel 6 Pro it wasn't as good as expected.
you're better off getting a OnePlus 9 Pro or s21 ultra from last year since it's last year... model 🙃
Such a shame about the software issues and other minor issues that was constant. It had the potential to be kind of android world.
I guess I'm lucky my Pixel 6 works great battery last all day I'm average user and most of all the finger print sensor hasn't been a issue. Software is so smooth to use great simplicity compared to a Samsung Galaxy with it's software on top of Android. To many double features that Android already has for example why I need Bixby when I already have Google assistant. Google Pixel and pure Android is the way to go .
Please you've gotta share how you get your wallpapers please 😭😭
I love them ❤️
Do you have recommendations for screen protectors and cases for the P6?
My google pixel 3 had really bad overheating issues that never resolved but instead got worse. I've heard people having the exact same problem with the 6 as if google still hasnt fixed it! Afraid to upgrade now.
dope T-shirt man 💪💪💪💪 don't lose your way
How is the call quality? Any issues with the fingerprint sensor losing sensitivity (like the Poco F3 I currently use). Looks a decent phone and am getting shot of my current one.
Love the shirt 👊
Bit off topic, but awesome Kill la Kill shirt.