Survey says older Pixel owners are divided on Google’s fancy cloud-based features

There has been a clear shift in Google’s smartphone hardware strategy over the past few years. From its reliance on the cloud to power various facets of its AI-infused apps, newer Pixel models have leveraged hardware to run a variety of smarts on-device and offline. This allows for immediacy and privacy, both beneficial to the end-user, but also pushes the company to deliver even more impressive hardware with each upgrade.