Let's break things down.
OEM handsets will also be supporting Google Assistant, and depending on the OEM, 7.1 will also be updated in time.
While this is a good thing for Pixel owners, just how many people have had the need for this kind of service in the 8+ years of Android? The majority of people get their phones through contract deals, and as such deal with their networks for the bulk of the issues they come across. Google have added this service in because of their current mission objective to target iPhone owners.
Again, a nice feature, but this also ties people to always buying a Pixel phone, or be forced to pay a monthly subscription for Drive storage allowances. On the other hand, the subscription is dirt cheap as it is, and generally works out cheaper in the long run anyway. Galaxy devices have SD card slots, so the amount of storage is only limited to the maximum card sizes available today at the moment (256GB).
SmartBurst has existed on OEM Android phones for many years, this is nothing new, or a USP to Pixel.
Can't argue with that, although it has to be noted that the S7 has very little additional bloat unlike previous Samsung phones. And where there are a small number of Samsung apps that someone might not want, Package Disabler off the Play store gives full control to disable them without root. Essentially only the Oculus apps are the annoying ones if you never use a Samsung VR headset.
Pretty much everything else can be customised to be as busy as you like, or as minimal as a Nexus - Depends on how far you want to go with customising your own phone.
