Later this year Google will be releacing the 3rd Pixel phone, here are a few area’s that I think Google need to focus on. One of the big advantages that the Pixel has compared to other Android devices is the fact that you have instant access to software updates.
A lot of people dont realize that Samsung phones dont get major Android updates when Google publishes a new verison. Samsung has to take the new OS and develop their own bloatware on top of the system which can change the way Android works. This secondary development period means that when Android P is released later this year, Samsung users will be luckly to get it before mid 2019.
The Pixel doesnt suffer from this issue, Google controls the hardware and software, this lets them instantly push new features to their users (just like iOS).
Apple’s newest iOS 11 has been installed on 80% of active iOS devices, compare this to the 6% of Android phones that are currently running the newest OS. Some people argue that Google does push security updates to other devices but this year a security firm found out that OEMs where secretly bypassing the security patches to speed up the install process (Source). The would tell the user that their device was running the newest OS but secretly it was vulnerable to known security bugs.