When I switched from the Pixel 2 XL to the iPhone 11 Pro Max a few years ago, I felt stifled and closed in by iOS. And when I saw the AI features introduced with the Pixel 6 series unveiling in 2021 such as Magic Eraser and Hold for Me, I was ready to jump to the Pixel 6 Pro. So I did.
Since it had been a few months after the original release date, I missed out on some of the issues…at first. Occasionally, there were moments when I needed to urgently make a call only to see that there was no cellular connectivity.
When I first received the Pixel 6 Pro, the fingerprint sensor was working fine. But eventually, there were moments when I ended up having to use my passcode to unlock the device. Another problem was the poor battery life on the phone which forced me to charge up in the middle of the day. And while I was using my Pixel 6 Pro, my iPhone was hooked up to Wi-Fi for work-related reasons and soon I realized that I was reaching for that device more and more.
Some Pixel 6 Pro features including the “Magic Eraser” stopped being useful to me
Some of the Pixel features were helpful, to be sure. But while I activated Hold for Me often, it occurred to me that I hadn’t used the Magic Eraser in some time. And I mentioned this the last time I wrote about switching to iOS, but I’m one of those rare individuals who prefer the iPhone’s notification system to Android’s. And the “grass is greener on the other side” syndrome started to sink in.