I have Voice Match enabled.

And I would be ok that is for security reasons but my Google Nest Hub 2nd gen reads EVERYTHING right away not caring about any security.

And if the security is only based on Nest Hub is at my home only - so how complicated is to add stupid setting to check GPS if I am at home and read if I am.

Am I asking too much? Is this high tech feature I ask

I don't understand the difference usage in Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Gemini 3 BOTH in Standard and Extended Modes

Lite is newer 3.1 - then 3.0 is older but it is NOT Lite.

Then what's better old but not Lite 3.0 but Extended or Lite 3.1 Standard

I just got it in UK

+ Different Pixel 10 Gemini app + different levels of Thinking

I am posting this because people deserve to KNOW when it is time to backup ALL their data.

You can read hundreds posts online about Pixel "sudden death" usually after big update like upcoming Android 17 which will do massive read/write data transfers which is final nail to its coffin.

How to Access the Storage Health Status

You will need to use a third-party app to reveal this hidden menu, as it is not accessible through the standard Android Settings.

1. Download "Activity Launcher" (which has 10 MILLION downloads): Go to the Google Play Store and download the app called Activity Launcher (it has a rocket icon).
2. Open the App: Once installed, launch it. It will take a moment to index all the activities hidden on your phone.
3. Locate "DeviceDiagnostics": (green android robot) * Do not use the search bar, as it often fails to find this specific entry.
   • Scroll manually through the list until you find DeviceDiagnostics.
   • Tap the dropdown arrow next to it to expand it. For me it took about 2 minutes to show it as when I scrolled right away to find it - it was not there.
4. Navigate to Storage Status:
   • Look for MainActivity (and click Lunch Activity) (or sometimes listed simply under that component).
   • Follow the path: Component health → Storage status.
5. View Results: You should see a percentage showing the remaining "health" of your storage chip.

Understanding the Data

• What the percentage means: This figure represents how much of the manufacturer’s rated write-endurance (the total amount of data that can be written to the chip before it begins to fail) has been used.
• Why it's not "Read/Write" cycles: Modern UFS (Universal Flash Storage) chips in phones use wear-leveling algorithms. The controller constantly moves data around so no single "block" of memory wears out faster than others. Because of this complexity, the system provides a simplified health percentage rather than raw TBW (Terabytes Written) counters, which are common in desktop SSDs.
• Don't over-analyze it: It is normal for this number to drop slightly over time. Unless you are seeing a sharp, sudden decline or you are experiencing persistent app crashes and file corruption, the storage is likely functioning exactly as intended.

A note of caution: Since this is a hidden diagnostic tool, Google does not officially support it for consumer use. Treat the information as a general guide rather than a precise technical report.

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My 10 months old Pixel 10 - Storage Health 96% because not used much.

Now think YOUR old Pixel 6 7 8 9.

I am posting this because people deserve to KNOW when it is time to backup ALL their data.

You can read hundreds posts online about Pixel "sudden death" usually after big update like upcoming Android 17 which will do massive read/write data transfers which is final nail to its coffin.

How to Access the Storage Health Status

You will need to use a third-party app to reveal this hidden menu, as it is not accessible through the standard Android Settings.

1. Download "Activity Launcher" (which has 10 MILLION downloads): Go to the Google Play Store and download the app called Activity Launcher (it has a rocket icon).
2. Open the App: Once installed, launch it. It will take a moment to index all the activities hidden on your phone.
3. Locate "DeviceDiagnostics": (green android robot) * Do not use the search bar, as it often fails to find this specific entry.
   • Scroll manually through the list until you find DeviceDiagnostics.
   • Tap the dropdown arrow next to it to expand it. For me it took about 2 minutes to show it as when I scrolled right away to find it - it was not there.
4. Navigate to Storage Status:
   • Look for MainActivity (and click Lunch Activity) (or sometimes listed simply under that component).
   • Follow the path: Component health → Storage status.
5. View Results: You should see a percentage showing the remaining "health" of your storage chip.

Understanding the Data

• What the percentage means: This figure represents how much of the manufacturer’s rated write-endurance (the total amount of data that can be written to the chip before it begins to fail) has been used.
• Why it's not "Read/Write" cycles: Modern UFS (Universal Flash Storage) chips in phones use wear-leveling algorithms. The controller constantly moves data around so no single "block" of memory wears out faster than others. Because of this complexity, the system provides a simplified health percentage rather than raw TBW (Terabytes Written) counters, which are common in desktop SSDs.
• Don't over-analyze it: It is normal for this number to drop slightly over time. Unless you are seeing a sharp, sudden decline or you are experiencing persistent app crashes and file corruption, the storage is likely functioning exactly as intended.

A note of caution: Since this is a hidden diagnostic tool, Google does not officially support it for consumer use. Treat the information as a general guide rather than a precise technical report.

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My 10 months old Pixel 10 - Storage Health 96% because not used much.

Now think YOUR old Pixel 6 7 8 9.

I am posting this because people deserve to KNOW when it is time to backup ALL their data.

You can read hundreds posts online about Pixel "sudden death" usually after big update like upcoming Android 17 which will do massive read/write data transfers which is final nail to its coffin.

How to Access the Storage Health Status

You will need to use a third-party app to reveal this hidden menu, as it is not accessible through the standard Android Settings.

1. Download "Activity Launcher" (which has 10 MILLION downloads): Go to the Google Play Store and download the app called Activity Launcher (it has a rocket icon).
2. Open the App: Once installed, launch it. It will take a moment to index all the activities hidden on your phone.
3. Locate "DeviceDiagnostics": (green android robot) * Do not use the search bar, as it often fails to find this specific entry.
   • Scroll manually through the list until you find DeviceDiagnostics.
   • Tap the dropdown arrow next to it to expand it. For me it took about 2 minutes to show it as when I scrolled right away to find it - it was not there.
4. Navigate to Storage Status:
   • Look for MainActivity (and click Lunch Activity) (or sometimes listed simply under that component).
   • Follow the path: Component health → Storage status.
5. View Results: You should see a percentage showing the remaining "health" of your storage chip.

Understanding the Data

• What the percentage means: This figure represents how much of the manufacturer’s rated write-endurance (the total amount of data that can be written to the chip before it begins to fail) has been used.
• Why it's not "Read/Write" cycles: Modern UFS (Universal Flash Storage) chips in phones use wear-leveling algorithms. The controller constantly moves data around so no single "block" of memory wears out faster than others. Because of this complexity, the system provides a simplified health percentage rather than raw TBW (Terabytes Written) counters, which are common in desktop SSDs.
• Don't over-analyze it: It is normal for this number to drop slightly over time. Unless you are seeing a sharp, sudden decline or you are experiencing persistent app crashes and file corruption, the storage is likely functioning exactly as intended.

A note of caution: Since this is a hidden diagnostic tool, Google does not officially support it for consumer use. Treat the information as a general guide rather than a precise technical report.

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My 10 months old Pixel 10 - Storage Health 96% because not used much.

Now think YOUR old Pixel 6 7 8 9.

You can find yours in Google Account --> Other Activity --> Voice Match setup clips.

I personally COULD NOT understand myself and I was wondering why my Pixel 10 couldn't either.

My the only one conclusion is - Pixel hardware mics purely suck.

Small print - I know how mics work - and I keep mics grill ultra clean.

I am Pixel 10 Pro by accident (purchased at cheap price) and I was Pixel 9 Pro user who was thinking I will keep it for about 4 years.

I still have in mind Google Conference when guy was keep saying its 16GB RAM is "future-proof" and even Pixel 9 with 12GB RAM got upgrade just to have 3GB RAM reserved just for Gemini.

Now I read news about Gemini Intelligence requirements that Pixel 9 series will not be supported because it runs at old Gemini Nano V2

I also know AI is mostly focused on RAM requirements rather than on processing power (but it still needs some of it).

I could understand if Google would release Pixel 9 Pro with just 8GB RAM but it has far too much 16GB.

I wonder if Pixel 9 series will end up same as last year Pixel 8 finally got onboard Gemini Nano v1 and Pixel 8 Pro only because it has 12GB RAM - got Gemini Nano v2.

Here are features that Gemini Nano can do in Pixel.

Gemini Nano v1 (Pixel 8 Series)

Deployed on: Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel 8a.

Google split the first version into two sizes: Nano-1 (1.8B parameters) for the base 8/8a to survive on 8GB of RAM, and Nano-2 (3.25B parameters) for the 8 Pro.

Can Do:

• Text Summarization: Locally generates bullet-point summaries of long audio recordings in the Pixel Recorder app without an internet connection.
• Magic Compose: Operates offline in Google Messages to rewrite your texts in different styles (e.g., professional, casual, lyrical).
• Gboard Smart Reply: Predicts high-quality contextual response suggestions directly on your keyboard layout.

Cannot Do:

• See or Hear Natively: It is entirely text-based. It cannot look at a photo you just took or parse an image on your screen locally.
• App Integration: It is completely sandboxed inside the specific apps Google allowed it to touch. It cannot talk to your system settings or third-party apps.

Gemini Nano v2 (Pixel 9 Series)

Deployed on: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold.

Version 2 introduced the massive shift to multimodality, allowing the phone to look at different types of media locally instead of shipping everything to Google's cloud servers.

Can Do:

• Process Text + Images (Multimodality): It can contextually understand descriptions of physical objects, read printed text within images, and identify landmarks completely offline.
• Pixel Screenshots App: Locally reads, indexes, and categorizes every screenshot you take, allowing you to search through your past screenshots using natural, open-ended questions.
• Call Notes: Automatically records, transcribes, and generates a structured text summary of phone calls directly on-device.
• TalkBack Upgrades: Provides highly detailed, local descriptions of images on social media or websites for visually impaired users.

Cannot Do:

• Take Actions (Agentic AI): While v2 can read your screen, it cannot act on it. It can't log into an app for you, fill out a web form, or purchase a flight.
• System Modification: It cannot build new software tools or interface modifications (like custom widgets) on the fly.

Gemini Nano v3 (Pixel 10 Series)

Deployed on: Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and 10 Pro Fold.

Version 3 powers Gemini Intelligence, transforming the model from a passive information retriever into an active "agent" that executes multi-step workflows.

Can Do:

• Cross-App Automation (Agentic AI): It can safely exit its sandbox to perform chained actions across separate apps (e.g., reading an event confirmation in an email, opening a third-party ticketing app, and queuing up your checkout).
• Natural Language Widget Creation: Dynamically builds completely custom home screen widgets on the fly based on plain-English descriptions of what you want to see.
• Secure pKVM Sandboxing: Uses hardware-level virtualization to safely manage personal data and background automation tasks without risking system stability or leaking data.

Cannot Do:

• Blind Financial Transactions: Due to strict security guardrails, it cannot autonomously authorize payments or spend real money without a physical human fingerprint or face confirmation.
• Run on Legacy Hardware: It absolutely cannot run on any device with less than 12GB of RAM or older Tensor/Snapdragon chipsets due to the raw scale of the model.

What NO On-Device Gemini Can Do (The Cloud Wall)

Regardless of whether you have a Pixel 8 or a brand-new Pixel 10 Pro, certain heavy-lifting AI features are permanently anchored to Google's cloud servers:

• High-End Image & Video Generation: Features like Imagen 3 text-to-image prompting, deep Magic Editor reimagining, or Video Boost processing require server-farm processing power.
• Flawless Real-Time Voice Conversions: While Gemini Live can handle basic prompts locally, highly emotional, fast-paced, multi-turn voice conversations still rely on cloud APIs to stay perfectly synchronized.
• Infinite Memory: Local context windows are tightly restricted to save battery. No Pixel can locally remember months of chat history or millions of tokens of background text without offloading the memory stack to the cloud.

I am in Google Pixel ecosystem for like 4 years but I was Pixel user also in Pixel 4 and 5 times and I never ever heard about Google Book (like those things to read).

But anyhoo - the name couldn't be made differently - like AndroidBook? AndroBook? 100% cannot stay Chromebook because of instant anti monopoly lawsuit case.

Then GoogleBook is weird because there is no AppleBook.

I was thinking about Gbook but G logo is only present on Pixel devices.

And very soon other weird names will appear like GoogleBox (desktop) and GooglePad

I start noticing Google is heading with more and more smartphone "anti-distraction" direction with features like Pause Point, Focus Mode and partial solution features like app name icon removal or all icons same colour (Themed Icons).

ALL of this can be disable with just one click in Settings.

But I recently learned that there is even better solution - I downgraded my internet contract from unlimited internet to just 10GB in smartphone and I purchased 4G WiFi Router in which I purchased 100GB data because I calculated this is how I use without "doom scrolling".

Obviously you need to calculate your own usage especially when you have family which you can control other way - like smartphone 5GB to kid + 20GB on router and yourself in smartphone 100GB.

In this way I saved quite a lot of money and got rid of in-app ads because 4G router has adblocker build-in and I/we got less phone addicts.

During internet month everyone looks at network usage before even start "doom-scrolling" and what internet usage been saved - at the end of the month there are "happy days" of using internet to the last bit / byte.

I also learned this is teaching kids other things - because internet spending is nothing else than... monthly money save / spending.

At beginning the worse it will be calculation how much internet you need.

While it is quite easy to calculate how much you use yourself in smartphone it will be bit harder with WiFi router for whole family - things to consider - video doorbell, phone updates, even TV updates.

With family solution I personally would go with everyone has own internet in smartphone and WiFi router is for home usage only for things like cameras, TVs, Netflix etc.

As a internet backup plan you have smartphone Hotspot

I have to admit I have ENOUGH all those repeating each other brainless youtubers - and those from online ANDROID websites (if you want I can name and shame them with proof).

I already spotted in like 4 places all of them keep repeating that Pixel 10 Tensor is same as fast as iPhone 12 chip - well BS.

Pixel 10 Geekbench 6 - score around 6500

iPhone 12 junk - score around 4000

Yes - Tensor in Pixel 10 is not demon speed in games for boys and and its NPU in AI benchmarks is on same level as previous year flagships (because Pixel 10 been released in mid 2025)

As a bonus iPhone 15 score is 6600

...and then BANG IN MY FACE!

https://9to5google.com/2026/05/14/android-canary-2605/

Explain me whole this "blurification"

So I switched carrier networks in UK and got QR code eSIM - in first 3 tries it failed to activate giving error - after 4th time it worked but then it was saying my phone number is 00000000000.

Phone calls were working fine with this stupid number.

So I did restart and... nothing - still 00000000000.

I waited like 5+ minutes I got notification with REAL phone number has been added to my Chromebook so I restarted again and I got REAL phone number.

3 weeks ago on April 2026 I had no such a problem - on May 2026 update I had.

Additionally I say I was PORTING my number today but 3 weeks ago I was just replacing my pSIM to eSIM (to have 2 eSIMs)

As you know the previous good (yes, just good) Gemini Hub is... Pixel Tablet with Dock Speaker.

Then as you probably know - it has just on-board Gemini Nano and it sucks because it has ancient Tensor G2 (I talk about NPU core) compared to current Pixel 10 Pro witch 16GB RAM.

Additionally dock speaker suck compared to competition.

It had cheap LCD panel.

As you can remember Pixel Tablet with Dock cost $500 when released - and that was the time when RAM and storage were cheap.

My point is - are you ready to pay about $700 for Nest Hub with upcoming Tensor G6 same as in Pixel 11, 64-128GB storage (for on-board AI, music, photos), 16GB RAM (to be future proof) , about 8 inch cheap LCD panel (because with 8 ich OLED panel price could be $1000+) and decent speaker dock.

I personally would have dilemma with detachable speaker dock and battery in "tablet mode" because as we all know battery HATES to be on charge 24/7 365 days a year and for many many years like that which will cause explosion and house fire.

In the other hand - with permanently attached display to dock - we would loose secondary reason to have such a powerful and EXPENSIVE device as a tablet for creators.

So again - would you pay $1000+ for such a device?

Me personally - I WISH but - gosh - $1000 for "a hub"? So basically - I wish to have it - but not for $1000 - BUT - NOBODY will sell such a device cheaper.

Google knows this and I know they have same dilemma (if to do cheap "in-cloud" LCD, poor spec hub) that most people would buy - or go full on with spec and ask $1000+ and only few people would buy it.

at 4:00

European Union was sharpening their teeth because Chromebook (which have Chrome browser monopoly).

But now Google will heavily push... Google app and all their own Google AI not giving possibility to replace it with other AI.

Will also Google sued by Antitrust Law because Google not allowing to delete their own apps like Google Calendar, Google Home and many more while Aple allows this in their products.

Not many of you know how much cost 7 years OS updates and think it is for free.

It is all about... Kernel... which is same way stopping to being updated same as Android itself - but upgrading Kernel comes with upgrading EVERYTHING - GPU drivers, ISP drivers, Camera drivers - and EVERYTHING else.

It cost so much money that Chinese phone producers refuse to follow this rule - so they prefer to add few more numbers to benchmarks or create camera phone instead of SMART phone like Google does with their Phone app or Gboard (voice dictation).

Many users are gamer boys who didn't start to go to work and they can't afford $1300 gaming phone so they look for el-cheapo Chinese one which has best benchmark numbers and they don't care if it will melt down after 10 minutes game because Chinese guy could not afford for proper cooling system and youtubers got zero clues how smartphone works and they do not show viewers what is happening with tested smartphone after 10 or 20 minutes under heavy load - they just show first 2-3 minutes before phone starts to melt.

In 2026 where RAM / storage prices went nuts - is it impossible to create $1000 flagship phone and there is global rule of "reduce volume to keep old price" - you should know that going to market and see smaller packaging but old price.

I hope Google or Samsung won't come to an idea of reducing OS support to reduce phone price just to give better benchmark number.