I read a lot of good reviews and videos about GOS: high security and privacy. There are also other complaints which i can only know through random social media comments: app compatibilities, weird workflow (profiles),
My problem is that in my country, Pixels are very expensive even the refurbished models: the old Pixel 6 is like $500, refurbished one is $300. At that price, I could just go for a low end Android phone.
Is there a way to experience GOS like on an emulator? I want to try it out before buying a brand new phone to install.
I’m pretty sure you can run Graphene on other devices than the pixel, it’s the only officially supported for hardware security chip reasons, but the user experience is probably pretty close to the same regardless of device.
I’m having a hard time finding builds for non-pixels, but you may be able to find and test run it on something else.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186882061984 Pricing is really location based but a used pixel 8 looks to be around $300-$350.
Look and feelwise it is basically stock android but with extra privacy and security features added. You can go completely google free or install their services in a sanbox with no special privileges. What are you using right now? And what is your goal?
been living in Samsung’s garden for many many years lol. I hate the bloatwares that came with the phone, yes you can use adb to delete some apps but some still stay (core Samsung apps). The one feature that really gets me into GOS is separare user profiles. So I can compartmentalize my stuff + a dummy profile.
Big plus, GOS comes with zero bloatware and Google Services is completely optional.
It should also be noted that stock Android does not have nearly as much QOL features as Pixel Android. For example, you can’t change the font of the lock screen clock.
QOL? I don’t care about the clock font. Can you set individual internet access for apps on a pixel android? GOS has many other features that pixel android doesn’t.
Graphene has network permission yes. Its also stronger than that of other OSes
Don’t do it, pixels suck
Now that’s astonishingly convincing
Single data point as counterpoint…
My last three phones have been pixels. I skip every second generation because I tend to treat my phones well and they don’t need replacing every year.
I don’t think I would ever buy another phone. Add GOS on top of it and it’s pretty much perfect for my use cases.
Thanks, I know.
Sent from my pixel 3A
