Pixel 4 XL teardown reveals remarkably tiny Soli chip

https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/24/pixel-4-xl-teardown-tiny-soli-chip/

by aukiman • 7 years ago

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panpanna• 7 years ago

(off topic)

"Engadget is now part of the Verizon Media family. We (Verizon Media) and our partners need your consent to access your device, set cookies, and use your data, including your location, to understand your interests, provide relevant ads and measure their effectiveness. Verizon Media will also provide relevant ads to you on our partners' products."

There isn't seem to be a way to opt out of most of this. The list of mandatory "partners" is scary enough.

m-p-3• 7 years ago

If they want to track people so aggressively, it makes Mozilla even more important to our privacy than ever.

The only response is to fight back technologically with all means necessary (blocking third-party cookies, using adblockers, DNS-blackholing, etc).

sli• 7 years ago

uMatrix won't even let me open the link, which I don't consider a loss.

nmstoker2• 7 years ago

As well as being remarkably small, it's remarkably effective - they weren't exaggerating in those videos where they talk about how well it distinguishes movements. I was prepared for a slightly disconnected interaction with false positives but it's very accurate distinguishing unintentional moves from distinct swipes. It's also able to deal with the screen in both orientations. There's also a very subtle UI hint in the form of a glow along the top of the screen when the radar has seen your hand, which zips off to the right when it senses a proper swipe.

Whether they get enough engagement to take it out of gimmick territory is what interests me. They need to keep pushing it. Alarm snoozing is a particularly handy use but that, track skipping and face unlock need to be the start rather than the zenith.

nmstoker2• 7 years ago

There's a load more detail on it here: https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/21/googles-motion-sense-hand...

Pixel 4 XL teardown reveals remarkably tiny Soli chip

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