It’s a rare week when we don’t have any news about Google’s plans for its Pixel family of smartphones, one of the most remarkable designs on the market today. This explains to us that although perhaps not at the rate we would expect, its market share growth remains constant. They are still not the majority option, but Google seems committed to a strategy of sustainable growth with a medium-term view, and in an industry as competitive and difficult as mobile telephony, this seems to me the most appropriate approach.

Google in addition he never tried to excel in brute performance. Instead, the key to Pixel devices is optimization, which is the result of an absolute connection between hardware, software and services, a philosophy that Apple has distinguished itself for decades and which, on a daily basis and with the exception of very specific cases, has proven to be the best way to how to provide users with a truly satisfying user experience.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, most of the developments we’ve heard about lately are directly related to its implementation for one purpose or another. This is undoubtedly very good, but not everything can be focused on AI, because there are many other aspects in which our smartphones and their operating systems can evolve to give us a better experience. And the last thing we learned that Google is cooking up for the Pixel is completely framed here.

As we read in AndroidAuthority, Google is preparing a feature called Adaptive Thermal for better temperature management with Pixel devices. This feature, which we can tentatively translate as Adaptive Temperature, will be a significant improvement on the security features already implemented in Google phones, which work automatically when the temperature of the device exceeds certain predefined thresholds.

The big difference is striking because, as I just mentioned, so far the functions are automatic, but of course there are actions that are beyond the scope of the device itself (such as changing its physical location, to give a fairly obvious example). So this new feature also sets the maximum temperature thresholds associated with certain actions, but also engages the user with information about the situation at that moment and what measures can be taken to prevent overheating.

As we can read in this publication, the following thresholds have been set:

• 49 degrees Celsius – pre-crash: The user is informed about the need to reduce the temperature of the device and certain recommendations are given for this purpose. Smartphone performance may also be reduced at this level.
• 52 degrees Celsius – state of emergency: The information available so far does not reveal what specific actions the system will perform, but we can expect, for example, that it will automatically suspend the maximum possible number of background tasks, even in the first one, if they are contributing, that is, internal, to the heating.
• 55 degrees Celsius– At this point, the adaptive temperature feature will display a message that the Pixel will turn off within 30 seconds to prevent damage to the device.

Having just crossed the threshold of a summer that most experts say aims to break all-time temperature records again, the only thing I can criticize Google for is that the adaptive temperature feature has not yet reached the Pixel, because in reality . I find it extremely helpful.

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