Today’s Pixel phones owe a lot to the amazing Nexus 6P

by dbadmin | Sep 29, 2025 | Features, Google Nexus, Google Pixel

It’s been 10 years since Google released the Nexus 6P, the last phone to bear the Nexus name before the Google Pixel followed it in 2016. Usually, a phone turning 10 is nothing more than an opportunity to wax nostalgic about a beloved device from the past. I think the...

Google exec explains what makes Pixel better than Nexus

by dbadmin | Aug 22, 2025 | Google, Google Nexus, Google Pixel, News

A Google executive has outlined one specific reason why the Pixel program was better than its Nexus phone initiative. The executive confirmed that multi-year ideas were easier to develop with Pixels as Google wasn’t switching partners each year. He also pointed to...

Early 2010’s Android phones were the golden era, you can’t change my mind

by dbadmin | Jun 13, 2025 | Android, Custom ROM, Features, Google Nexus, HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority After recently reminiscing about my favorite camera phones, it occurred to me that my fondest time writing about and playing around with smartphones all happened in a rather short period of time — the early 2010s. Of course,...

Google Nexus phones ranked from worst to best

by dbadmin | Dec 24, 2024 | Features, Google, Google Nexus

Google Pixel phones are favorites here at Android Authority, offering great cameras, plenty of AI tricks, and some exclusive software features. These weren’t the first Google devices, though, as the company enlisted the help of partners to produce Nexus-branded phones...

Google phones: A history of the Nexus and Pixel lineup so far

by dbadmin | Jan 2, 2023 | Features, Google, Google Nexus, Google Pixel, Pixel

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google unveiled Android to the world in 2007, two years after acquiring the operating system for $50 million. While many expected the search giant to announce its own phone as Apple did with the iPhone, Google’s decision to...

We asked, you told us: You overwhelmingly miss the Google Nexus series

by dbadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Google, Google Nexus, Google Pixel, News, Survey Results

Google’s Pixel phones have been around since 2016, but these devices were preceded by the Nexus line of smartphones. The Nexus phones were designed by other OEMs but essentially built to Google’s specifications and offered a pure take on Android. We recently marked...