It was better than the first day when I tried it, but still not fully functional, I’ve moved back to Google Assistant again. It doesn’t do all of the “Home” commands and it struggles with setting up calendar events and reminders.

When you asked the answer was yes, but, then after a day or two they actually force enabled WITHOUT the app being installed. At least for me and a few others online.

It’s not, basic functionality has been lost, and instead of completing your requests, it initiates a search/conversation.

A few commands did work and it routed it through Assistant, but after failing my daily tasks I promptly uninstalled.

Here’s hoping they make a great product. I usually like to wait till a 3rd Gen product before jumping in, but I’m missing the versatility my Galaxy fold 3 had. Love my pixel 7 pro too, really looking forward to getting the best of both worlds.

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Interesting. That does make sense, but I agree. That’s my biggest gripe about it, don’t say it’s device exclusive when it has nothing to do with the device.

I’m glad people are catching it early. I said the same thing when pixel 7 pro came out and it had “exclusive” features. These tensor chips are not vastly different from each other, no reason that these new features won’t run on all of them except for greed.

My favorite is the new one with pixel 8 pro where it sends the video TO THE CLOUD to edit it and then you download it back, but it’s an exclusive feature? Make it make sense.

Yes, this is what I’m most looking forward to. I need to see how they handle THAT scene. I like the fact that they (or at least Aerith) seem to be aware that something is wrong. I’m hoping they go all in on the concept, it’s made me so much more excited for the game.

I would say VIII & IX would be good choices. I’d like to play those in the vein of VIIR

Thanks a lot! That’s pretty generous that they let you go up to level 60.

I’d be interested to know how. Do you have to go through their website or something?

Looking at it through steam for example there’s no way to play for free.

The fact that it’s online only doesn’t put me off, what puts me off is paying full price for a game and then paying a subscription on top of that.

I’ve heard that the story is fantastic, but as long as that’s the model I’ll never play it.

That’s not even all of them that I listed lol thankfully I’ve only ever paid full price for one.

I understand that for sure. This is the reason personally I don’t buy a brand unless it’s on at least it’s 3rd generation.

I’m glad you’re having a good experience with the same s9! I’m my experience, Samsung was the brand for me that had bad longevity. Of course it’s all device to device though.

I’m writing this on a Pixel 7 Pro

So my android journey started with the moto G4 plus when I decided I was tired of giving my iphones to my mom every time she broke hers.

I loved that device because it was really simple and bear bones. Stock android if you will, with just a few extra features that were really nice Quality of Life features. That’s what set me on the path towards a pixel after a handful of different brands.

Pixel 4 XL was my first pixel. The big draw for me was the face unlock and the stock experience. At the time, the new spam blocking features from Google assistant were important to me as well. I switched to that after the essential phone brand was officially dead.

Absolutely loved it, so much so that I got my dad a 4a when it released. It was dead simple for him to learn at 60 coming from an iPhone 5. So much that when COVID happened and we switched to masks, I was petty enough to pick up the pixel 5 for the fingerprint scanner (which my dad now has).

I strayed for about a year. I picked up the Galaxy Fold 3 at launch and it was mostly nice. I had so many bad experiences with Samsung, but this was pleasant if not a bit bloated. But I missed the simplicity, I missed the themeing, I missed the Google features.

So around the 10 month mark, my fold inner screen popped off and after having it replaced I put it for sale and bought a Pixel 6 pro second hand. I was skeptical at first because of the bad reviews, but it was a fantastic device in the end. I gifted that to my girlfriend and switched her from iPhone and picked up the Pixel 7 pro.

I always come back to the simpler android, but the pixel flavor is just something special. I’ve never witnessed any of the issues that people suggest that they have in their reviews. It just flows so well in my experience. I’ll be looking forward to trying out a pixel fold when they get to a 3rd generation or so.

I love the simplicity, I love the extra features that Google assistant packs in, most of them are now bundled into the apps as opposed to just being locked to a pixel phone. My favorite part is that they’re affordable (Comparatively). I’m glad to see that in Android 14 the best of the Samsung features are being implemented.

There’s nothing wrong with setting it to wait, if that works for you, go for it! As always with older games, there’s the quirks and growing pains, but if you can get past them it’s a fantastic game.

I haven’t played anything pre-VII, so I’m getting ready to be in the same boat playing through them. Currently I’m enjoying XVI.

If you liked the remake, I would say start with VII. The original is the complete game whereas the remake is obviously only part 1 so far. However, you’ll have a better appreciation if you play the original, because in playing the remake you’ll notice that some things aren’t quite what they should be. And Aeris seems to have some awareness of this.

As far as skipping, you’ve already noticed that the games aren’t connected, so that’s up to your preference. If you liked VIIR, go for XV. XIII is an acquired taste is all I can say for that. Though I would put in a vote for IX as well.

But the stories in most of these games are truly something to be experienced one way or another.