Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Pixel XL has a 5.5-inch Quad HD AMOLED display that pops, its a high quality screen and matches that of other well known Amoled devices, its that good. Rocking the new Snapdragon 821 processor and 4gb of ram you wont find anything but smoothness when using this devices, from the moment you use it you will see just how fluid everything, and credit to google for making the software to take advantage of the hardware 32gb of storage or 128gb, kinda sad we didn't get a 64gb option also as 128gb is more than ill ever need and 32gb is just not enough for me personally Gorilla glass and like most phones its a fingerprint magnet Finger Print sensor on the back works liek the previous Nexus with an added bonus, you can now slide your finger down the scanner to lower the notification shade on the phone 12.3mp camera with large pixels at the back and 8mp at the front, this is another place Google have nailed it, the camera is amazing. Crisp clean images to rival any other handset. For video this is where Google may just stand in a league of there own, not only is it great at capturing detail but by placing the camera with the gyroscope it has created some of the most amazing stabilization ever seen, it has to be seen to be believed USB C with fast charging of course. Only a single firing speaker but in my opinion the best you can get for a single fire system, it has some good sounds for what it is At 3,450mAh, the Pixel XL's battery is among the largest we've seen in a flagship Android phone this year. Aesthetically the Pixel XL is a little bland, with a very large chin thats there for no reason other than symmetry, it feels great in hand but lacks that visual pop you get with some of its Not only does this device work great on Verizon, but i have also used this on T-Mobile with no issues So to sum it up, the Google Pixel XL is the greatest phone i have ever used, its slick, its easy to hold, its a pleasure to navigate, while it may not be a looker on the outside its Googles magic on the inside that really makes this device shine and for me is a glimpse of the future. for a first generation true #MadeByGoogle device its really remarkable Oh and Google assistant is great... and tell it "Im feeling lucky" for a really good surprise

Everything the Google advertisements have been promising has been delivered upon with the new Google Pixel XL. This phone is really fast, has a superior screen, a better than average battery life, charges very quickly and is fully loaded with the most amazing smart phone AI I've ever used, the new Google Assistant! There is room for improvement, and I wish there were some additional features and specs that you can find on other smart phones in this price category however I'm very pleased with the final product. I'm listing some of my personal pros and cons for this phone below. Pros Ergonomically designed fingerprint scanner conveniently located on the back of the phone. I love the placement of the scanner and it reacts very quickly. Wi-Fi Calling Three microphones with noise cancellation. The screen is beautiful! It has an AMOLED display with 2560 x 1440 resolution, packing 534 pixels per inch! It really looks great, probably the best I've seen. The Google Assistant works very well. My voice is recognized easily and it responds quickly. I have been using it for the past couple of days to set reminders, alarms, play music, make phone calls and search for phone numbers and other information. I'm looking forward to forming a working relationship with my Google Assistant! The battery lasts very long allowing hours of on screen time. Much longer than any other phone I've had. I'm curious to see how it performs over time in the coming months to years but I'm very hopeful! Quick charging battery is amazing! Just as advertised. Unique design soon to be easily recognized by other Pixel users. Cons Is not water resistant. No wireless charging. No 3D touch. Does not have duel speaker stereo sound. The price is a bit higher than I would have expected but I think it might be because of the screen, speed, Android version and Google Assistant, but I'm just guessing. Overall I am extremely pleased with this phone. I believe Google has made a great phone and in my opinion, the Pixel seems to be a perfect blend between other major brands. I think that users from these other brands will find Pixel to be somewhat familiar while still being fresh and new! Good job Google. I've uploaded a couple sample pictures taken with my Pixel XL, please do not judge them too harshly and look for other samples as I am not a very good photographer.. LOL My dog, Keiko, says hello! :)

Some background: My first smartphone was an iPhone 4. I currently own (and adore) an iPhone 6 and use an iPhone 5c for work. I've also used a Windows Phone for work (which I liked way more than I thought I would). I have loved and lost an iPad 1 and 2, before switching to much cheaper Android tablets. I now use a Surface 3 daily as my main computer (docked) and tablet (keyboard and pen). I have never owned an Android phone. I have always pooh-poohed them as "cheap." Android was fine for a tablet I used sometimes to watch movies on my lap, but for a phone that I used all the time? I preferred a more durable Apple product--an investment. Even a Samsung phone didn't hold appeal... I've had Samsung tablets, which I liked, but couldn't stand their version of Android--too bloated for my tastes. I guess I just preferred the more streamlined iOS experience, walled garden and all. I don't think I'm alone. If all Android devices worked like the Pixel, though? More people would be changing their minds. I happened to get my phone in the mail the day before leaving for a weekend out of town trip... so I had an opportunity to try out a lot of features on this phone I might not have otherwise used right away. I'm going to try and step-by-step through my thoughts on how things worked. 1. Set-Up Set-up was incredibly easy. A SIM card tool was included and it was a piece of cake to just move my SIM card from my old phone to the new one and turn the new phone on. My Verizon signal was recognized immediately. I was then prompted to log into my home's wifi network for the rest of the setup, so as not to kill my data for the month. How thoughtful. :) Like with any other Android device, you'll also be prompted to log into your Google account or create a new one. Even transferring from my iPhone 6 was way simpler than I thought it would be. Google included two charging cables, one with USB-C connectors on both ends for use with a wall outlet charger (also included) and the other with a standard male USB connector. There was also a dongle which allowed you to connect another USB cable to your other device. So, I was able to plug my lightning cable from my phone into my new Pixel XL when prompted and transfer all of my contacts, music and pictures right to my new phone. The transfer took about 15 minutes, during which time I was able to continue with a couple of other setup procedures. The setup process was somewhat lengthy--depending on how you want to set up your device (as a new device, or from a backup of an old device), it may take some time to download apps and transfer data from an old phone or the cloud. Be prepared to take this time... but once it's done, it's done. It's also a nice touch that you get free extra cloud storage for movies and pictures that you take with your phone... No more paying for extra iCloud space! You can also allow/unallow the phone to automatically "dump" pictures from your phone to the cloud when on Wifi to open up space on your phone. This happened once on my trip, and it was actually a really helpful feature. 2. OS and Navigation The Android OS on the Pixel phone is by far the cleanest version of Android I've ever used. It is clean, snappy and intuitive. A quick right swipe opens up essentially your "Google Now" feed. An upward swipe opens up your full app list, so you have them quickly and easily accessible, without having all of them cluttering up wallpaper space, and a right swipe takes you to the next wallpaper page where you can add more app shortcuts. You can also add and place widgets, move things around, etc. A down swipe pulls up your standard settings selections like screen brightness and airplane mode. Even coming from iPhones, I was able to pick up this phone and figure it out right away. It's really easy. 3. Speed and Ease of Use It also just works. I've used cheap Android tablets that are all kinds of slow and hiccup-y and just no fun to use... This phone is FAST. Downloads and installations of apps are super fast, even on LTE. Apps open and load FAST. Pages reload FAST. It is way faster than my iPhone 6 and just a pleasure to use. 4. Camera and screen It's great. I attached a photo I took... which I downloaded from my Google Drive after the phone automatically backed up my photos to save space. :) I had it set to download lower resolution photos than the original photos taken by the phone, but you get a good idea of the color. I was happy with how my pictures came out! The camera app is pretty standard fare for a phone camera, with some other little features available to explore for kicks. I generally don't use extra filters or anything though. The screen is absolutely beautiful. The XL screen is big, but not too big, even for my tiny little kid hands. I did get a fairly grippy silicone case for my phone, if only to help keep it from slipping out of my tiny little kid hands as phones often do. I do find myself two-handing this phone, but the way they set up the OS with many of the controls and most-used apps at the bottom, I find my thumb is actually able to reach most things very easily and I don't have to think about being able to reach things too much. 5. Fingerprint Reader. This is one of my FAVORITE things about my iPhone 6. I love that the Pixel XL has one... I am not thrilled with its placement on the back of the phone. I will be the first to say that I am probably just still getting used to it. But in practical use, there are times when my phone is sitting on the table and I just want to check for notifications, and having the fingerprint reader on the front would allow me to just press my finger to the reader and see the notifications without picking up my phone. (I know... first world problems) Having the reader on the back means I have to pick the phone up and properly hold it. I'd love to at least have a "knock to wake" feature or something (maybe there is one--I looked all over and couldn't find it) so I could just see notifications without having to pick the phone up all the way to use the power button or fingerprint reader. I'm also looking forward to more apps making use of the fingerprint reader for logins like they've been doing in the iOS ecosystem. If you build it, they will come--I know they'll be coming. Just need to be patient! 6. Third Party hardware I have a Pebble Time Round smartwatch which uses Bluetooth LE. I found my watch stayed connected to my phone and actually got richer notifications than it ever did with my iPhone 6. I actually love my Pebble more now! I also use bluetooth headphones of varying types regularly. They all connected easily, stayed connected and worked great! The one downside is that I did not see a quick reference show of the battery level of the connected device on my Pixel like I do on my iPhone 6. Maybe that's not a feature I've figured out yet, maybe it's not available on Android at all--I'm not sure. 7. Hotspot and Tethering If you have Hotspot/Tethering enabled on your plan, you can use this phone as a hotspot. I found it really quickly in the settings and found that it kicked on and connected with my Surface 3 more quickly than when I use my iPhone 6 as a hotspot, which was a pleasant surprise. So far I've found this feature to work really well and the speeds going through to my hotspot connected devices were good and solid. 8. Google Maps and Navigation This was one area where maybe a software update may be coming along. I don't know if anyone else had trouble with this, but I did a lot of walking on my trip, and found that my "facing direction" when trying to follow walking directions in Google maps was pretty inconsistent, to a point where I really needed to stay aware of cross streets and make sure I was actually facing the direction Google Maps says I was. I turned the phone off and on to try and recalibrate, which helped for a short time, but the problem came back. This may be user failure in that I missed a setting that I needed to have, even after making sure all location services were on, but out of everything I love about this phone, I think this may be my one complaint. Otherwise, the Google Maps app was very fast and responsive. 9. Google Assistant Siri and I never got along. I don't have an accent or anything... but some reason, she could never understand what I was trying to ask her. Google Assistant and I had several worthwhile little chats over the weekend and actually got things done. She's a breath of fresh air, doing things for me like setting alarms, reminding me what time my flight was going to leave, and making sure I didn't forget my hotel room number. I'm looking forward to seeing what else she can do. I love that you can speak in regular language to her and almost every time, she understands. 10. Aesthetics and Design In terms of look and feel, this phone is very premium. It has just the right weight--heavy enough that it's got substance and won't fly out of your hand, but you won't get tired holding it. The finish is beautiful, and I really like the way they did the contrasting finishes on the back with the matte metal on the bottom and the mirror-y smooth gloss on the top. The button locations are intuitive and, even being on the back, the fingerprint reader is well-placed and a natural location for either index finger to reach. The front screen covers the entire front of the phone with no interruptions in the glass except for the earpiece. It's all very smooth and flush. And yes--it has a headphone jack! I think I remembered everything I wanted to say. Thanks for taking the time to read--I know buying a new (and very expensive!) phone is a big deal--I hope my feedback is helpful.

I switched from a Galaxy S6 edge to the Google Pixel XL, my wife has an iPhone 6, and my impressions of the Pixel thus far have been very positive with some exceptions. First off, the phone is aesthetically similar to the iPhone 7 Plus with the exception of no button on the front and a finger print sensor on the back. I found the fingerprint sensor to be actually quite useful except if it's mounted in your car, then you would have to revert to using another log in option. As soon as you use the fingerprint unlock button, which is appropriately on the middle back of the phone for your index finger, the phone is on and unlocked ready to go. The responsiveness of the phone and OS were quite noticeable due to the fast processor and DDR memory. The camera has definitely lived up to the hype and outperforms both my S6 edge and iPhone 6; the shutter speed is very fast and pictures and video are the best I've seen on a phone as noted in the professional reviews. The only downfalls are there is no micro SD card slot, which really doesn't matter to me since Google allows you to use unlimited cloud storage for your photos and video which usually take up most of the memory. If this is a concern, I would suggest opting for the 128gb version. Another downfall is the fact that it is not waterproof like the S7 and iPhone 7 which I would've expected with new technology, so maybe in the next version I suppose. Other than those two exceptions, the phone has lived up to it's expectations all around as extremely responsive, fast, beautifully designed and obviously works great with the latest Android software offered first on the only truly all Google phone on the market. And lastly, I must add, the battery lasts very long even with heavy usage and has not yet exploded... sorry Samsung, I just had to even though I enjoyed your phones until then. I still rated this phone a 5/5 star due to all the features and, to me, it's clearly the Android phone to beat and sets the bar even with the aforementioned exceptions.

I have been through a few different Android OS smart phones over the years and this Pixel XL phone by Google sets the bar. Not only do the specs speak for themselves, the performance I have witnessed thus far have met my expectations. I upgraded from a smaller 5 inch screen to the larger 5.5 inch screen and am glad I did. For those of you hesitant to go big, after using it a few days I have no regrets and will go with the bigger screen in the future as well. I have been very pleased with the responsiveness of the phone due to the processor speed combined with the DDR memory. The aesthetics and screen are stunning in comparison to the competition on the Android market and the camera absolutely lives up to the hype with sharp, colorful pictures even in low light. The perfectly positioned fingerprint reader on the backside of the phone has really came in handy with no need to enter a password and by the time you use it your phone is up and running. Another great function of the phone and it's OS is Google Assistant which I recently used on several occasions while traveling and looking for something to do or somewhere to eat. Google also backs it's hardware with two years of customer service and Android updates. The only exceptions to my review are the lack of a SD card slot and the fact that it's not waterproof like some of the other newest smart phones on the market. Even with those exceptions, I still believe the Pixel XL deserves a 5/5 star rating and have already recommended it to several people in the market for a new phone that want to stick to or switch to an Android OS.

If you are a fan of Google's (not Android in general) utilitarian style, then you will love this phone. I prefer a little more dressing on my phone however. The look of the phone is a bit boxy with no curved glass. It has a big white bezel that has no function on the bottom of the phone. There is no actual home button or touch features on the bezel, so it seems to be a bit of wasted space. On the other hand, it makes it easier to pick up the phone without accidentally hitting buttons. The fingerprint sensor works well, but it is on the back of the phone which takes a little getting used to and means you have to pick up the phone to use the fingerprint to unlock it. The screen looks beautiful with rich colors and sharp images. One odd thing I noticed is that when viewing pictures, it doesn't seem like it zooms in as close as other phones I've had. It pretty much stops zooming before the image starts to look degraded. Not a big deal I guess. The camera takes some stunning pictures, especially portraits. It has a lens blur feature that automatically blurs the background and makes the subject of the photo stand out better than any phone camera I've used. I love that feature. It also has a Photo Sphere feature that lets you take a series of pictures to create a 360 degree image. It's the next best thing to having a 360 degree camera. If you like to manually adjust settings to shoot like a pro, you're out of luck though. This camera is made for those that like to just point and shoot and get a really good picture without the work. The user interface is all Google. It's very sparse. I couldn't even figure out how to rearrange apps or create app folders except for on the home page. I prefer to have a clean home page with apps neatly arranged on an app page. That doesn't seem possible here, or if it is, it is not intuitive. There is no expandable storage for this phone, which means you can run out of room fast. You do get unlimited storage of pictures in the cloud, but who knows when/if you will have to start paying for that service. The battery life seems to be excellent and it really does charge up to 70% very quickly. Overall, I'd say this is a well made phone. If you like bells and whistles, you might want something different. If you like stripped down, no nonsense features that work well then you'll like this phone.

Well after much anticipation my Google Pixel XL arrived. Inside the box you will find the Pixel, wrapped up in a protective plastic wrap, a 30A wall plug, a USB A to C cable for the charger, a USB C to C cable and a USB C to USB A dongle. All nice inclusions since most phones don’t include any other cables or dongles. There isn’t a headset included but I really don’t care about that as I prefer my own brand of headsets and the OEM ones always stay in the box unused. Upon handling the Pixel XL it feels pretty good in hand, it feels smaller than the Nexus 6 “it is”, and just a tiny bit lighter. The back of the phone is sort of different with a two tone glass top 1/3 and a dull matt metal finish on the lower 2/3s. In the glass upper part there is a finger print reader that works pretty well, it seems plenty fast and unlocks the phone almost instantly. On the right side of the phone you will find the usual power button and the up / down volume lever “button”. I prefer having the power button on the side, as my last phone integrated the power button with the fingerprint reader and you had to pick up the phone to unlock it, which got annoying after a while. Upon booting the phone you go through the normal setups and the main interface is Google Launcher, not my favorite as I love to customize everything so I’ll be using Nova from now on, and it works perfectly on the Pixel. Speed wise the phone seems really fast, I don’t see any hesitation going through home screens or launching apps, using either Nova or the Google Launcher are plenty fast and I noticed no difference between them. I have around 75 apps I always keep on my phones and use, and after loading all of them I still have 29.7gb free, and this is after shooting a dozen or so full resolution pics, “no video yet”. I’ve only been able to test the back camera a little and so far from what I’ve found, outside it’s a decent camera but does not beat my current L branded phone, even friends looking at the pictures always picked the other over the Pixel, especially when it comes to fine detail when zooming in on a picture. On indoor and close up shots the Pixel was the winner, not by much but you could clearly see more detail in the lower light images and the close up images showed a fair amount more detail in them than the L branded phone. I’ve only had the phone for a few hours so far and it’s pretty impressive. I’ll keep testing and trying it out to see how well it works and how it compares to my other phones. Right now I’m very pleased with Googles new Pixel XL phone.

Out of the box (which was cleverly designed for the WOW experience) the phone feels great in hand. No buttons on the front, but a finger print reader on the back. Only a volume button and activate (on/off) button on the right side. I love the white accent trim on the "very Silver" metal case. Full featured 12 MP rear camera, 5 MP front facing camera (easy to switch by touching the icon on the lower left of the screen). On the bottom is a uni-directional charging / USB port. No more fumbling to plug it in. On the top , a standard audio headphone jack (missing on some newer phone). The camera lens and LED flash are located at the top. left of the phone helping avoid those photos of your thumb and index fingers. Just below , center is the fingerprint reader. The nice thing is, you can add a second user so a family member can answer the phone if needed. Again the reader will verify its you even on an angle so you just feel the embossed ring without having to turn the phone around to find it. Some cool features: Quickly double tap the activation button to go straight to camera mode. Set the display for night mode (manually or at preset times) to turn the display a sepia brown color (removes the blue hue from the display for better sleep). Double tap the display, touch the fingerprint button and it wakes up. The best thing, say "Okay Google" and it wakes up. I think you can likely perform all your tasks with just your voice. I'll have to try it while driving, "Okay Google, call home." My XL sports a whopping 32GB internal memory, but will upload all photos to the cloud. If you need to add extra memory, buy the 128 GB version. Or, use a wireless external drive or memory card adapter. (No slot for adding internal memory) Since Android is open source, the apps available are astounding. Charge to 75% in 15 minutes with the included charger, or a little longer with the standard USB port. Nice Job, Google.

A well-built, simple to use, and simple to navigate Android phone. Since the phone is coming from Google themselves, you don't have to deal with the bloatware that you find on many other phones, freeing up the internal storage space for your apps, photos, videos, music, and whatever else you want to carry on your phone. The camera is amazing and it is immediately accessible from the moment you launch the camera app, making it super easy to snag that photo or video without much of a delay. You can also configure the phone to launch the camera app by simple pressing the Power button twice in quick succession. The back facing camera can take pictures up to 12MP photos and shoot 4k video, the front facing camera can take 8MP photos and shoot 1080P video. Using the fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone feels relatively natural and once you have a finger or two enrolled, you can simply unlock the phone by pressing your finger against the fingerprint scanner. Making it easy to use with one hand to unlock and access the home screen. Sadly, it does not the ability to wirelessly charge or have an IR blaster for interacting with other devices that can receive IR signals. But considering all the other things that this phone can do, these can simply be ignored. You will definitely want to be careful when carrying the phone around because the aluminum exterior can be easy to slide out of your hand. So a phone case would be highly recommended. Overall, the phone is amazing and can be used by a wide variety of people. From those with little or no experience in utilizing a smartphone to someone who is savvy with the Android OS. The beautiful design matches up with what you would expect of a new a smartphone.

After pre ordering the Black model with best buy and it being delayed I was quite disappointed, however my local store had the Silver/White model in stock on launch day and while my heart was originally set on the black I was somewhat glad my pre order was delayed as it gave me an opportunity to see the white in person which I wound up liking more. The camera is phenomenal on this device and battery life is one of the best I've experienced on an Android device. The fingerprint reader is fast and effecient and the the gestures you can do with it are quite convenient. The Pixel Launcher is very smooth and for the first time I don't find myself needing to download a third party launcher . Google Assistant is a lot of fun to utilize. Their is really nothing negative I can say about my time with this phone. The screen is gorgeous and the phone feels smaller in the hand than it really should for a screen this size.

Replaced my Note with this phone. Faster, easier and not as bloated as the Samsung phone. Doesn't work on my wireless charger, but that is the only thing I have found not compatible. Nice big screen, love the fingerprint opener.

Could be better if it's not Verizon branded, but with Best Buy offering $100 gift card and being available when Google still out of stock, not a hard buy at all. The phone is great, battery last much longer than other, camera is awesome, 2nd probably only to Samsung (since I like the punchier color from Samsung). Quality build and feel great on hand. Finger-print reader is fast and quite accurate (meaning not having to try multiple times). Overall very pleased with the purchase.

Got this c to replace my Note 7. I still miss a few things from it but this is really a great phone. Fast working, fingerprint sensor is easier to use and really quick. Great camera and unlimited full resolution storage of photos and video. So far no problems with storage space, have a couple hundred apps. Photos move to Google photos on their own in the background.

My Galaxy S5 started self-destructing at the 12-month mark. This phone is such a relief! It works as it should. It fits my large hands well making the fingerprint feature quite useful. It is quick to respond and seems to pull in the weak cell service in my part of town, pretty well. Pictures, as expected, are great. I would have loved to be able to add memory, so the jury is still out on whether 32GB is enough for this phone.

I recently purchased this phone as a replacement to my aging Note 4. I was going to purchase a Note 7, but, well, you know. Anyways, the phone has been great, the battery life is outstanding, the fingerprint scanner works great, and the camera is as good as advertised.

Had to turn in my Note 7 due to the exploding issue :( so I figured I'd tryout the new Google Pixel XL until Samsung get's it back on track! I wasn't overly impressed with the simplicity of the look, the Home button on the back took some getting used to. But Now I figured out you can do multiple fingerprint scans so it does matter if you pick it up with my left hand or my right! Can't do that with the Note 7. I am growing to love my Google and have become move excited NOT Having all the Apps on the Phone I REALLY DIDN"T NEED!

So let me start out with this, Yes it misses out on water proofing, and it misses out on wireless charging, but both are not deal breakers for me, especially the wireless charging. So as with all Verizon phones the Pixel and the XL come sim unlocked, before you power on the device take out the Verizon sim and pop in your carrier sim, mine being T-Mobile, it works great, no set up needed. As for the phone if feels great in the hand, has a very fast multitouch fingerprint scanner which never seems to miss, and the Pixel software is outstanding, i would go so far to say that this is Googles iPhone, its what they want, its a bar they have raised and all the others will now need to follow to compete. The display is bright and vibrant, the single firing speaker is likely the best you will hear for a single speaker. If you are considering getting this and dont want to wait for the Google Store to get them back in stock then go ahead and buy the Verizon version, the only diffrence between the two is that the Verizon Verizon is Bootloader locked meaning you can put roms on it, but right now the bootloader can be unlocked and is done so really easily by the kind folks at XDA

I bought this phone for my wife, and she loves it. I have been able to use it a couple of times and I also like it. The speakers are awesome the screen is great I love the fingerprint scanner on the back , this is also one of the best cameras I've used on the phone. I have a Nexus 6p and the only thing that I like about the 6p over it is that it has front facing speakers.

Super fast phone. Awesome camera. Fingerprint scanner is very useful

Coming from a stretch of Samsung Galaxy devices. I thought I'd try out Google's flagship phone over the alternative Samsung device, the Note 7 (for obvious reasons). The physical difference is the lack of home button and the placement of the finger print sensor on the back of the phone. It took some getting used to, but I now prefer it set up this way. The software buttons are always there when you need them, so I don't miss the Samsung setup. Overall, it performs well. No lag or software issues other than a bluetooth connectivity problem I've had with trying to connect with my 2015 Mercedes. It is not being recognized as a Media Device. So I cannot stream music audio. Phone calls work. It seems to be a bug in the Android OS. Hope its fixed with an update.