Google's Pixel 2 XL will have a new feature you won't find on the iPhone 8
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Google's new Pixel phones will be released in a few months, but we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect from the next-generation of high-end Google phones. A series of leaks revealed that LG will be in charge of making an all-screen Pixel 2 XL and that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will not share the same specs or design, as was the case with last year's models. The first renders of the larger Pixel 2 model have also hit the web, right alongside comparisons to existing Pixel models.
In addition to a new design, at least for the Pixel 2 XL, Google has been working on nifty new features for the next Pixel line, and a new report details some of them.
After discovering Android code that suggested Google is working on an always-on display mode for the Pixel phones, xda-developers learned from a source that the feature is indeed coming to the Pixel 2. Like other OLED devices, the always-on display mode on the new Pixel will show useful information and notifications while the rest of the screen is turned off.
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The phone will also let users select different display profiles from the Settings app, including a normal screen mode as well as a "Vivid Colors" option. The phone's default theme will be dark, the report says, and users will get to experience a Pixel Phone Tour tutorial when setting up the handset.
The most exciting feature, and a trick competing devices like the iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 won't have, is a squeezable frame similar to the one found on the HTC U11. The pressure-sensitive frame will let users invoke Google Assistant, but also perform other actions, like silencing incoming calls.
The iPhone 8, meanwhile, will have a pressure sensitive screen like the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7s before it. But squeezing the sides of the phone won't do anything.