**** The Official Google Pixel 3 Thread ****

The guy in this video at 10:20 mentions 'now playing' and that it keeps a running history of songs it's heard.


But hang on... that means the phone is listening to everything not just songs and sending this data back up in to the cloud.

Is this not a privacy breach?
 
Fairly sure the answer is no said:
what's amazing and what i find hard to beleive about this, is that i was watching braveheart, and the credits started playing, and my phone told me that i was listening to braveheart credits song. now why that song make up would be stored on my phone i don't know but it's quite incredible.
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It'll most likely include soundtracks within the database. It fetches a database of titles pretty much every week & then uses machine learning to show you what is playing.

The link I gave has a little more details.
 
Fairly sure the answer is no said:
who made that up? was that you that made that up or did you hear it some where?

also lets say it's true, how is that a privacy breach?

also, are you suggesting it's sending EVERYTHING to the cloud? so 24/7 noise to "the cloud"?
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I made that up. And it would be a breach as it's not just songs it's hoovering up but potential all conversations etc...
 
The memory issues on the phone surely Google can do something with the software in the future?

Microphone in video. This can be improved through software too I imagine.

The iPhone XR is quite a lot bigger than the Pixel 3 so that's another reason for me to go Pixel 3 over iPhone XR.
 
opethdisciple said:
I made that up. And it would be a breach as it's not just songs it's hoovering up but potential all conversations etc...
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you know that you can hear a recording of every single time you've ever said ok google?

you know that the phone is always listening for the key word, ok google?

your phone, locally stores a history of songs played.

Don't jump to anything else other than that.
 
Quinnaay said:
Me too, ive got a rugged Spigen case with me right now waiting. Thinking about putting a skin and screen protector on too. Ive had cases in the past that get grit etc behind and still scratch the back.
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That is true. Grit does get in behind. I wouldn't be too worried about a little bit of grit scratching the back of the phone tho.
 
Just had another email, Google really want me to upgrade.
Exclusive to you, get £75 to spend on Google Store when you pre-order Pixel 3 (promotional balance expires 31/1/2019)
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Second email with the offer, I think it was £50 first time round though :D
 
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