I don't own a Pixel I use a Sony device(Great devices with terrible software). Pixels 3+ are by far the most secure android devices out there.

I recently bought a Samsung watch. It's a solid responsive device with ok software, depending on what you may do in the wearables app it may or may not crash(The watch itself seems to have good battery life and pretty stable). I had an apple watch for a while that I gave my mom and unfortunately I have to say the Samsung device feels like a device with a lot of potential but not quite there yet. A lot of it has to do with the ecosystem. Tizen seems great, but the app store is so-so. The entire samsung login, region, payment, app store experience feels half-baked compared to the experience on a mac/apple device. I've been recently trying to figure out if I should buy a samsung device to access the ToF camera, but the documentation is virtually none existent(it's scheduled to come "eventually")

I somewhat wish they would license their tizen version to other vendors since it's way better than the WatchOS alternative.

I haven't been using mac/iphones in a few years rather than to test stuff, so maybe it really got a lot worse since then. But from what I remember the general experience felt a bit more smooth.

https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/titan-m-makes-pixel-3...

Unless there's been a foundational shakeup, I'd be wary of Tizen. There have been numerous reports of horribly shoddy development practices and massive bugs.

Never used a Samsung myself so I'm just remembering stories.

I'm not at all surprised. The whole meego, tizen whatever development process was a complete mess. But then again android was too. I still think it's unfortunate.

But, you can you elaborate?

Not very well. Months ago I came across a couple of references to egregious security problems and outright horrid development practices, of which I've forgotten 95% of the content and only have the left over sense of "nope, don't ever want to rely on that ever".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14752446

My Pixel 3a has a fingerprint scanner which works about as often as the literally free promotional phone my carrier thrusted onto me last year. I'm lucky if it works 1/5 times.

TBF I never had any good luck with Apple's TouchID (which most people seem to love) - some of us just have hands that are incompatible with the technology. So while the many for whom it worked flawlessly lamented the loss of it in favor of FaceID, I was cheering.

It's seasonal for me.

Spring and summer, TouchID works flawlessly. Once the air gets dry in the fall and my skin starts to get gross, TouchID struggles. But I guess that's to be expected.

For me it was the opposite - I think it was the humidity in the summer that messed with TouchID

I find that the slightest modicum of oil on my skin is enough to stump my sensor.

Ok, I feel seen. I had trouble with TouchID on the 5S, upgraded to a 6S, and a 7 and continued to have trouble. It never reliably worked for me. I partially blamed it on oily hands, but my fingertips are fairly scarred as well. As soon as FaceID was revealed, I jumped ship to the X series phones and can't imagine going back. It's crazy how much more reliable FaceID is for me than TouchID ever was.

I'm in the same boat. I never could get TouchID to work reliably or fast enough. To the point where I never even bothered to have it on. FaceID on the other hand has worked great for me, and only doesn't work if I have a motorcycle helmet or goggles on, which is understandable.

My (subjective) experience with my Pixel 3 has been fantastic. I find excellent recognition with all configured fingers.

I'm having the same experience with the 3XL that I recently bought. My 6P that I upgraded from was much more reliable.