GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Google Pixel@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoGoogle Pixel owners say 'Now Playing' hardly works anymore – what do you think?9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Pixel owners say 'Now Playing' hardly works anymore – what do you think?9to5google.comGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Google Pixel@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
One of the best features of Google Pixel smartphones is “Now Playing,” an ambient way of tracking music that’s playing…
minus-square843563115848z@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMeh. P7a. Never used it, except maybe a couple days when the phone was new. I don’t let goog access my location, mike, or cam. They don’t need to have any more tracking data on me.
minus-squareAdam@doomscroll.n8e.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI get it, privacy is good and people should do what they can to feel comfortable. But in the case of the now playing feature that’s all done on-device - which is why it tends not to recognise the obscure stuff.
Meh. P7a. Never used it, except maybe a couple days when the phone was new. I don’t let goog access my location, mike, or cam. They don’t need to have any more tracking data on me.
I get it, privacy is good and people should do what they can to feel comfortable.
But in the case of the now playing feature that’s all done on-device - which is why it tends not to recognise the obscure stuff.