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I Forgot About Pixel’s Squeeze for Assistant and Now I Miss It

Kellen March 10, 2023 21

The arrival of the Pixel 2 line-up in 2017 meant the introduction of Active Edge as a method for launching Google Assistant. We're talking about the squeezy sides that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL had that let you firmly grip your phone and fire up the Assistant...

Dang: No Squeezy Sides for Pixel 4a

Tim May 18, 2020

Oh no, it appears that the Pixel 4a won't come with squeezy sides, aka Active Edge. Womp womp. This feature was first introduced with the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. With it, users can squeeze the side of their devices, which would trigger Google Assistant....

Button Mapper Lets You Change Pixel 2’s Active Edge Action

Kellen October 20, 2017 28

Not cool with the Pixel 2's Active Edge being locked to Google Assistant and not open to any action you might get more use out of? Button Mapper has been updated with a work-around that will let you change it, though it's not as simple as just installing an...

iFixit Tears Down the Pixel 2 XL to Find Its Squeezy Tech, Pixel Visual Core Chip

Kellen October 19, 2017 14

The folks at iFixit did their thing to the Google Pixel 2 XL today. They didn't find a solution for blue-tilting in displays or how to turn off sRGB mode, but they did find the rest of the goodies buried in this latest smartphone from Google. Thanks to this...