Is Nexus same as Pixel?
Nexus is made by the OEM (LG, Huawei, Motorola, etc) and Google had only little say on the design but Pixel is completely designed by Google and HTC just manufactured it. Nexus never had Google branding (it was Nexus along with OEM brand) but Pixel has only Google branding.
What is nexus for Android phone?
Nexus is a series of smartphones and tablets manufactured by Google and its hardware partners. Nexus devices run the native Android operating system.
What is a Nexus device used for?
Nexus devices are Google’s official reference and developer platform. Google’s Android engineers develop the software for Nexus devices and are responsible for releasing updates. With other Android devices, manufacturers work on their own software.
What’s the difference between Nexus and pixel?
The Nexus devices are built in collaboration with partners. They have partner design and input, where Pixel is purely Google’s doing. We’ve previously seen Nexus devices from Samsung, Asus, HTC, LG and Huawei, and these devices carry the partner name as well as the Nexus branding.
What is the new Google Pixel tablet?
Launched alongside the two new Nexus handsets (Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P), this new tablet came Pixel branded, rather than Nexus branded. The previous Pixel product we saw was the Chromebook Pixel, Google’s high-resolution Chromebook, which has since been dropped, having reached the end of its life.
What is a Nexus phone?
Pick up a Nexus 6P and you have the Huawei name on the rear. So that’s what Nexus is (or was?): a device built for Google where someone else took some of the credit.
Are the Google Pixel and Pixel XL really made by Google?
Put this into the context of the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, and Google was clear that this was all about being “Made By Google”. Now, Google didn’t just build a factory and start machining aluminium, this will have been done by someone else, but Pixel devices only carry Google branding, with a big G on the back of these phones.