ECOSYSTEMS COMPARED: Samsung Galaxy vs Google Pixel

Brands love ecosystems, but can you mix and match Google and Samsung products? What advantages are gained within ecosystems? Product links & Latest Sales ⬇️

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ADDITIONAL REVIEW NOTES:
1) What products are in each ecosystem
Pixel 7 Pro
Pixel Buds Pro - ANC, assistant, reading notifications
Pixel Watch Pro - input from health, notifications and reminders, assistant
Google Nest mini
Projector with AndroidTV
Chromebook

Galaxy Fold/Flip/S22 Ultra
Galaxy Buds Pro
Galaxy Watch 5
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
Samsung TV
Galaxy Book Pro laptop

2) Why not mix and match?
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 with non-Galaxy devices lacks
ECG
Blood pressure monitoring
Samsung’s AR Emoji watch faces
Remote smartphone camera control

Galaxy Buds Pro without Galaxy phone lack
Samsung’s high res codec
360 audio
Seamless switching (multipoint) - but Pixel buds do this for all

Oher Galaxy features
Samsung Pay
Tracking down Galaxy SmartTags
Laptops have QuickShare, Dex, quick connection with Galaxy Buds
Samsung offers lots of tablet/phone paring features like app continuity and tablet keyboard share

Google doesn’t seem to have nearly as many exclusive features. They have multipoint on all devices

3) Comparison
Watch vs Watch
Earbuds vs Earbuds
Phone vs Phone
Additional Accessories

5) My setup right now
Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and B&O EX earbuds but I do use a Tab S8 Ultra. I wish that worked better with Pixel, but I just use mostly Google apps on there, and it works fine

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[MikeOBrienMedia]

So let's hear it. Are you a Pixel or a Galaxy person? OR do you mix and match??

[ArtyI]

I am the anti-ecosystem man. I have a Pixel 8 Pro, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, AirPods Pro 2, and an M1 iPad Pro

[kurtz]

As someone who is waiting for my Pixel 7 to arrive to switch from an iPhone 12... I'd say: No more walled-gardens, please! I feel that the blood type analogy was great to understand these products and I really feel that Google is doing great by being a type O+. And also, not having walled-gardens is the greatest Android feature, IMO.

[clintkordon]

I've used Samsung's ecosystem, and it is great. My only complaint was that I always felt like I was having to use two ecosystems (Google and Samsung). I really disliked the fact that Samsung was always trying to push Bixby, which was terrible. I have Google Home Minis throughout my home. So when I added something to my grocery list from my mini home speaker. It would go to Google. Keep notes and not my Samsung Notes. They were always trying to get you to use their picture gallery, Galaxy Store, and Notes apps, which felt like an overlay on top of Android. I just wanted to use their great Samsung features but have more Google integration -it just didn't work quite right with Google. So... I ended up getting a pixel phone, Pixel Buds Pro, Nest Doorbell, Google TV ect. It all works perfectly now, and I won't be going back to Samsung.

[custardcream_]

Who needs a *phone*, all you need is a Samsung Smart Fridge.

[bred]

my cousin’s gonna get me a galaxy watch and my aunt’s getting me a samsung galaxy s10+ in december, pretty hyped

[AltafKapadia]

I’m trying to move from the Apple ecosystem to the Samsung ecosystem.
The issue I’m having right now is with the galaxy buds2 pro.
After half an hour of usage, my ears felt irritated. This irritation lasted 2 to 3 weeks. I never had this issue with any other earbuds.
I end up using Sony‘s link buds.

[DariuszTech]

Brilliant comparison. Absolutely love this. Thanks for sharing your opinion ☺️

[earthling_parth]

I concur with everything you said. I'm still going to prefer Google products for the overall Android ecosystem as if I dislike any one part, I can swap it out for Samsung or something similar and still not miss out on any features.

[finnjacobs]

I am team Samsung. Love it. The camera on my S22+ is so good, it blows me away a lot of the times, because the viewfinder always shows a worse photo than when it's processed. The watch4 work seamlessly with it and I love that I can charge my Galaxy Buds+ on the back of the phone, and I can control the buds (block touches or pass through sound) using my watch. I really hate the look of stock android 12/13, I wish they'd kept the Android 11 look and feel and I hate material you (the colors are dull and the apps look like trash) so I'm glad samsung gives me the option to disable the color picking and such. I had a OnePlus 7 Pro before this, and I wanted something as seamless as apple, as polished as apple (software and hardware), but I still wanted an android, and samsung has delivered. The only gripe I have os that battery life could be better on my S22+ exynos model

[JoshxDarnxIt]

I think the Pixel Watch improvement requirements are pretty widely understood and they seem very doable: add a newer, more efficient processor, increase the size, toss in a bigger battery, and add incremental updates to the software.

The Pixel Buds definitely need Aptx support for higher quality audio and better noise cancellation. If they can get that done somehow, they'll be perfect.

As for the tablet, the one they're teasing looks super good, assuming it has a good screen and comes together well.

[jamesklusener]

so happy to see someone who has a high quality style of video about Samsung's ecosystem, great video. Definitely enjoyed it! Well done ;)

[lavitra.]

This man is one of the very few youtubers who's actually genuine. No bias, no bs. Uses whatever he wants (keeps switching), and says things the way they are. Deserves more subs than most of the tech youtubers out there.

[MSR]

In 2018, I switched from a mediocre Samsung A8 to Pixel 2XL. That phone was a beast on its own. The camera software was absolutely amazing. However, I later switch to Note 20 Ultra and I must say, as much as I treasure Google Pixel lineup, Samsung offers way too many customizing features that I would not trade for a Pixel phone. I then bought Galaxy Buds 2 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. The ecosystem was surprisingly well integrated almost on par with Apple ecosystem.

The thing about Samsung is they're building & improving on One UI. Pixel on the other hand is still on experimenting phase. I was excited to see Google's Tensor chip when it was launched hoping that it would outperform A-series chip on Apple. Well, it performed worse, and many reviewers has reported bugs on their phones. Unless Google step up its game, they would still be behind Samsung & Apple in terms of overall products.

[yass]

Pixel Ecosystem is so clean, fluid, and simple. I love it.

[Tempest_Nara]

As a S22U owner if u get a tab (i have the s7 with a keayboard) is a very good system on the run if u travel or move quite often, is light, charges fast and have enough battery to fill me 2 days of work easy

[NateNakao]

This was such a great video! I was a Pixel user from the Galaxy Nexus up through the Pixel 4 XL. I switched over to Samsung with the S21 Ultra and kind of dove into their ecosystem. There are little nuisances about Samsung's ecosystem that just didn't exist on the Pixel, and while there's a lot I miss about the Pixel, there's plenty that I love about the Galaxy phones, not the least of which being the battery life. Ironically enough, I couldn't convince my fiancée (who's a big Samsung fan) to switch to Pixel, and there were little quality-of-life features that she had (like One UI's approach to the clipboard) that I was a tad envious of. There are few phones I miss as much as the Pixel, so once I get through a couple years with the S23 Ultra, I might start making my way back over to the Pixel and giving that ecosystem a proper look.

[wendyhopkins]

I love my samsung tab 8 plus, earbuds and samsung 21 ultra, they all work amazingly 👏

[cocutou]

I have a Samsung phone with the Pixel Buds Pro, multi-point wasn't enabled by default and there wasn't an option in the app to do so. I purchased a Pixel 7 just for the fun of it, and saw that there were so many toggles that I was missing in the Pixel buds app when I was using a Samsung, multi-point being one of them. So Google does actually limit some features if you don't have a Pixel device.

[majestikmoose]

Swapped my Galaxy phone/buds/watch for the Pixel 7, Pixel Buds Pro, and Pixel Watch. And I have to say, I've been really happy with how everything works together. I think Samsung does an incredible job with their hardware, but Google's ecosystem is finally a real pleasure to use on a daily basis.