I'm really torn. I strongly prefer the size, battery and specs of the Nexus 6 over the MotoX. The only thing that gives me pause is the lack of Moto Suite. I find the Moto Suite features valuable (things like read/respond to text while driving, etc.). I also like the always listening Moto Hint Bluetooth Earpiece and it's advanced features that presumably only work with Moto phones. I know theres been some talk of the possibility of Moto Suite possibly being made available/porting to the Nexus 6. Any recent information/thoughts on this?
I would really like to see this also. Maybe it can be ported to the Nexus 6 somehow.
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I'm really torn. I strongly prefer the size, battery and specs of the Nexus 6 over the MotoX. The only thing that gives me pause is the lack of Moto Suite. I find the Moto Suite features valuable (things like read/respond to text while driving, etc.). I also like the always listening Moto Hint Bluetooth Earpiece and it's advanced features that presumably only work with Moto phones. I know theres been some talk of the possibility of Moto Suite possibly being made available/porting to the Nexus 6. Any recent information/thoughts on this?
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because this is not a Motorola device. This is a Nexus made by Motorola...
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because this is not a Motorola device. This is a Nexus made by Motorola...
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Still though...Motorola bricking hardware accessory features (earpieces etc.) doesn't make any sense for Motorola, Nexus phone or not. I'd expect the hardware accessories to have a way found to make them work.
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Still though...Motorola bricking hardware accessory features (earpieces etc.) doesn't make any sense for Motorola, Nexus phone or not. I'd expect the hardware accessories to have a way found to make them work.
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I do have a Moto X the old one it's my work phone and it's actually has a lot of good stuff. Very useful and fun. If the hardware is the same as moto I believe someone will do it.
Agent app is a good replacement for moto assist texting while driving feature. It works basically the same. I used it on my nexus 5. I'll miss small things about touchless control like "what's up?" And how it will read your notifications. The option voice command a call and it'll automatically use speaker phone. "Find my phone" and it'll start ringing so you can locate it in a room.
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I'm not sure what you expected? This is a phone made by Motorola for Google's Nexus line of devices. The Nexus line of devices are very well known to be AOSP (Plus the required drivers and kernel to make it work) + Google Services and that's it. If you want a device that has this, wait for Motorola to make a device with the same or better internals, same screen but not a Nexus device, look for alternatives to the Moto Suite on the play store, or figure out how to make the Moto Suite work on the Nexus 6.
Thanks for all the replies/suggestions so far. No, I wasn't/am not now "expecting" anything. However, I think I reflect a lot of others feelings that the Nexus 6 with Moto Suite included would be a better device. Alternatives in the Play Store are a possibility, however incomplete and far from seamless. Somehow getting the Moto Suite itself to work would be ideal. (Generating ideas of how to accomplish this is the purpose of this thread). Although I'm still "on the fence", waiting for Motorola to make a device with a similar screen size and same or better internals is certainly a possibility for me.
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I'm not sure what you expected? This is a phone made by Motorola for Google's Nexus line of devices. The Nexus line of devices are very well known to be AOSP (Plus the required drivers and kernel to make it work) + Google Services and that's it. If you want a device that has this, wait for Motorola to make a device with the same or better internals, same screen but not a Nexus device, look for alternatives to the Moto Suite on the play store, or figure out how to make the Moto Suite work on the Nexus 6.
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Moto Suite works on every phone made by Motorola, except Nexus 6, it is totally unacceptable esp since the hardware is completely compatible.
We can assume that some Moto apps that are available in the play store will be available to install.
My friend has a Moto G GPE and he was able to install Moto Mirgrate, Help, and camera, no modifications needed. However, Moto Assist shows as incompatible with the device.
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Moto Suite works on every phone made by Motorola, except Nexus 6, it is totally unacceptable esp since the hardware is completely compatible.
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ikithme said:
I'm not sure what you expected? This is a phone made by Motorola for Google's Nexus line of devices. The Nexus line of devices are very well known to be AOSP (Plus the required drivers and kernel to make it work) + Google Services and that's it. If you want a device that has this, wait for Motorola to make a device with the same or better internals, same screen but not a Nexus device, look for alternatives to the Moto Suite on the play store, or figure out how to make the Moto Suite work on the Nexus 6.
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Since this is AOSP the framework files are most likely not there. This is also not an ordinary Moto device, this is a Motorola device designed for Googles Nexus line.
ECrispy said:
Moto Suite works on every phone made by Motorola, except Nexus 6, it is totally unacceptable esp since the hardware is completely compatible.
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If its totally unacceptable, then this isn't the phone for you.
ECrispy said:
Moto Suite works on every phone made by Motorola, except Nexus 6, it is totally unacceptable esp since the hardware is completely compatible.
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You sir obviously do not understand what the Nexus line is. This is barebones Android at its best.
Move along now Mr unacceptable.
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Moto Suite works on every phone made by Motorola, except Nexus 6, it is totally unacceptable esp since the hardware is completely compatible.
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It makes perfect sense and is totally acceptable. Moto suite is a feature for Motorola's flagship devices(I.e. all of them, x,g,e). The Nexus 6 is not a Motorola device. Its a Google device only manufactured by Motorola.
We are however already seeing many of the great features that were exclusive to the first round of moto devices from last year built into Android such as Ambient Notifications, always listening "OK google" which is great. I'm sure well see more to come as google kept a lot when they sold Motorola.
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It makes perfect sense and is totally acceptable. Moto suite is a feature for Motorola's flagship devices(I.e. all of them, x,g,e). The Nexus 6 is not a Motorola device. Its a Google device only manufactured by Motorola.
We are however already seeing many of the great features that were exclusive to the first round of moto devices from last year built into Android such as Ambient Notifications, always listening "OK google" which is great. I'm sure well see more to come as google kept a lot when they sold Motorola.
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Ambient display looks similar but in no way is close to moto display. Moto display uses the low power contextual processor in order to save battery. Ambient display uses the amoled ability to fire up specific pixels in order not to waste battery. The minute you interact with ambient display the screen fires up 100 percent. Moto display let's you interact without ever using the primary processor until you unlock. It's a step in the right direction but not there just yet.
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As the OP, I don't want to see this thread go down the path of of bickering of what "should be" expected or not. Even as a "pure android" device, no one has ever stated that the Moto Suite would be a negative. All seem to agree it would make it a better device. This is a community of techies/hackers. After the device comes out, perhaps a path will be found to implement it. For those of us who feel this feature is important enough (myself included), we will wait and see what happens after the product is in the hands of developers. If it's not possible, than waiting for a future Moto device with similar specs to the Nexus 6 is an alternative.
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Hey there,
Just read the recent news that Google has sold off Motorola Mobility to Lenovo. While I can't say this is surprising news, given recent rumors, it does change the landscape for current and perspective Moto X owners. So what are your thoughts? What does the acquisition mean for the relationship between El Goog and Moto, for future support of the X, and for the brand as a whole?
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How do we know this changes anything? Does anyone really know to what degree, if any, Google was responsible for the Moto X? The only thing official that I heard was they would not be involved with Moto's day to day business.
The only changes I see coming are decisions that will be made to return Moto to profitability. Those may or may not be a good thing, but I don't see it affecting the Moto X during its life cycle.
I also think Motorola has a multi-year agreement to continue to make "Droid" line phones for Verizon.
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How do we know this changes anything? Does anyone really know to what degree, if any, Google was responsible for the Moto X? The only thing official that I heard was they would not be involved with Moto's day to day business.
The only changes I see coming are decisions that will be made to return Moto to profitability. Those may or may not be a good thing, but I don't see it affecting the Moto X during its life cycle.
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Well, the design choices for the Moto X are definitely very Google in the style of the device, the focus on voice and on the phone trying to tell what you're doing by what its sensors tell it. The lack of crap-ware (at least to a bare minimum compared to Samsung and other manufacturers) is also not something you see often in the handset market. I'm not sure how much anything will impact the Moto X, but it is conceivable that it will impact it very little. However, it is also conceivable that since Lenovo desires to make a brand for itself in the handset market of the US that they are going to try to compete the same way the big players in the handset market do now. It is also the same way that Windows machines are built now, which Lenovo is very good at, load the machines up with as much crap and trialware as possible. They do this on Windows computers because say Norton pays them a large chunk of money to bundle their crap with the computer and this makes the device turn a larger profit margin per unit.
If Lenovo attempts to do the same thing with the Moto X once they have control over the platform they could very well decide to do the same thing, Verizon already does this with NFL mobile even on the Moto X. We could see an increase in trialware and other similar cruft, the note of the day for mobile devices is also currently ecosystem, is there something that Lenovo has they could try to load onto mobile devices to try to lock a person into their ecosystem, I think here to Apple's iTunes only devices but also Samsung making their devices interface with other Samsung devices to the detriment of the device experience as a whole.
I would like to see Lenovo start to take the high road and spend less time on crufting up and crapifying the OS and more time increasing value with an eye toward simplicity and the kind of 'just works' point of view that made the iPhone originally so powerful. This point of view toward simplicity and innovation also has made the Moto X so desirable.
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hehfahq said:
I also think Motorola has a multi-year agreement to continue to make "Droid" line phones for Verizon.
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I don't think the Droid line is ever going away really, it is an excellent brand with superb name recognition. It would be silly of them to stop making them, even without an agreement. Lenovo does this with the ThinkPad line that is bought the name to.
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Well, the design choices for the Moto X are definitely very Google in the style of the device
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Hmm... Not if you consider what Google has chosen for the Nexus phone of late. Based on that, I'd say that it was quite the departure.
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Hmm... Not if you consider what Google has chosen for the Nexus phone of late. Based on that, I'd say that it was quite the departure.
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You have a point, they are quite divergent from the Nexus line, but also from Motorola's Droid line as well. It does beg the question of who hatched the idea for the design doesn't it?
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You have a point, they are quite divergent from the Nexus line, but also from Motorola's Droid line as well. It does beg the question of who hatched the idea for the design doesn't it?
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We may never know, but my money is on Motorola. I have always been a fan of their hardware. But not so much regarding the software experience. I don't think it would take a rocket scientist to make the determination that stock Android has matured enough at this point to not mess with it so much.
I think the one thing that Motorola might have taken from Google is more of a willingness to listen to your customers, and by this I mean users and not carriers. I think with the Moto X they have really stepped it up in this regard. It has resulted in the first real hit they have had in some time (with both the press and user communities). I doubt they will waiver from this discovery anytime soon.
Lenovo built IBMs Thinkpads before buying the brand, and for the most part the Thinkpad series has decent reputation. I think Lenovo will build Motorola into a formidable competitor to Samsung, which for current Motorola device owners will benefit.
Google hasn't exactly been a picnic for Motorola. Through sell-offs and layoffs they have trimmed Moto's workforce from ~20000 employees prior to their acquisition down to 3800. Hopefully Lenovo provides a cash influx into Moto, which has been hemorrhaging money for Google, and Google's continued cost cutting for Moto did NOT bode well for them.
One has to believe that Lenovo bought Moto with idea of building them up to become a force again in the handset market. What other reason could there be? Google got the patents out of them, Moto was not in direct competition with Lenovo and they're not exactly a cash cow for them to bleed dry.
I'm adopting a wait and see attitude but I really don't see the acquisition as a bad thing at this point.
to Lenovo. Makes me wonder what's in store for the future. Speculate below.
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to Lenovo. Makes me wonder what's in store for the future. Speculate below.
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OMG NO! I was hoping for a real GOOGLE/motorola NEXUS. Anyways http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629392
I'm mobile and didn't zoom in....lol
Google had this on mind since before rhey bought Moto. What they actually got off that deal were the Patents. They need it more power against apple.
Sad news
Makes me wonder if we're still going to get the official KitKat.
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TecknoFreak said:
Google had this on mind since before rhey bought Moto. What they actually got off that deal were the Patents. They need it more power against apple.
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Against microsoft+ patent portfolio. Microsoft makes more profit per device using android on licensing than google for the entierty...
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I knew they bought Moto for the patents, but I didn't think they'd drop them this quick. That said, Lenovo buying them could be a blessing in disguise. Lenovo almost runs the low end market and isn't known for uber locked devices like Moto is. I can see futute Moto phones being a much more open platform if Lenovo sees that the closed nature (and lack of updates) of Moto is their weak point. As for us and KitKat??? I dunno. I just hope it's not a wish in one hand, crap in the other situation. We really won't know anything until Lenovo releases their business plan.
Yeah i know. Google just trying to stay strong/stronger with their nexus phones. They will try the best they can to minimize the android manufacturing market and in the future narrow it to just be google phones on their operating system that be. The way i see everything they are doing is the way i picture this. :what: :banghead:
From what I've read Google might do away with Nexus altogether and is trying to pressure manufactures to not alter AOSP and release phones without Touchwiz, Blur, etcetera. Google's trying to only do the Android software and not hardware. Apparently some manufactures (Sammy) felt Google would screw them by releasing phones with newer Android versions first and make them look bad by being behind in software. IMHO, no Nexus or Moto Mobility not being Google owned might not be a bad thing IF manufactures actually release AOSP phones -- it could make the market more competitive in terms of quality hardware and price if manufactures weren't too busy doing piss-poor skins...granted some aren't bad, but most suck, especially 2.2 Blur.
Up!
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I knew they bought Moto for the patents, but I didn't think they'd drop them this quick. That said, Lenovo buying them could be a blessing in disguise. Lenovo almost runs the low end market and isn't known for uber locked devices like Moto is. I can see futute Moto phones being a much more open platform if Lenovo sees that the closed nature (and lack of updates) of Moto is their weak point. As for us and KitKat??? I dunno. I just hope it's not a wish in one hand, crap in the other situation. We really won't know anything until Lenovo releases their business plan.
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Well if their record with the IBM Thinkpad and now their own branded devices is any indication, Google is right, Lenovo will do more good/right for Motorola Mobility hardware. It isn't/wasn't Google's intention on doing anything with the phone hardware market as they stated anyways.
As I said, I would have liked a Google Motorola Nexus phone, before they handed them off, but oh well. Here's to hoping Lenovo's strengths behind Motorola bares fruit and competition for the good of the consumers.
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Well if their record with the IBM Thinkpad and now their own branded devices is any indication, Google is right, Lenovo will do more good/right for Motorola Mobility hardware. It isn't/wasn't Google's intention on doing anything with the phone hardware market as they stated anyways.
As I said, I would have liked a Google Motorola Nexus phone, before they handed them off, but oh well. Here's to hoping Lenovo's strengths behind Motorola bares fruit and competition for the good of the consumers.
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The X (Dev Edition) and G are the closest to a Moto Nexus that we'll get, sadly (I don't like either, wanted a G, no video out was the deal breaker).
Keep in mind that the sale isn't complete until the American Government approves it. The sale might not go through if AG doesn't want the Chinese (Lenovo) to have IBM and MM.
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The X (Dev Edition) and G are the closest to a Moto Nexus that we'll get, sadly (I don't like either, wanted a G, no video out was the deal breaker).
Keep in mind that the sale isn't complete until the American Government approves it. The sale might not go through if AG doesn't want the Chinese (Lenovo) to have IBM and MM.
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IMO X & G aren't much more / enough of a move from my Atrix HD for me.
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IMO X & G aren't much more / enough of a move from my Atrix HD for me.
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My thoughts as well. I'd have really considered the G if it had some sort of hdmi out, but I can't justify the X's price for some extra low powered cores and a spiffy design. I don't have to go into the lack of sdcards...I'm pretty vocal about that.
If we get Official KitKat with HDMI fixed and a 3.2 or 3.4 kernel then this platform will keep me happy for a good while longer, though I would like a phablet sized Atrix HD....or a phablet from Moto with the same usb/hdmi configuration we have (for my lapdock) and an sd slot. I don't need a tablet, but I'd like a slightly bigger screen for reading books. Hopefully Lenovo will come through and deliver where Moto's been failing. They're ambitious and want to have an American market, no screwing us and it up will give them exactly what they want (Sammy's Business).
/BF4 + Mantle is here
//Damn Netflix movie needs to end. Finally installed the updated Catalyst driver with Mantle and the nets congested so I can't play :crying:
///Mantle let me increase some lows to medium and some mediums to high and increased my framerate from 50's to 60 smooth (single player) :victory:
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My thoughts as well. I'd have really considered the G if it had some sort of hdmi out, but I can't justify the X's price for some extra low powered cores and a spiffy design. I don't have to go into the lack of sdcards...I'm pretty vocal about that.
If we get Official KitKat with HDMI fixed and a 3.2 or 3.4 kernel then this platform will keep me happy for a good while longer, though I would like a phablet sized Atrix HD....or a phablet from Moto with the same usb/hdmi configuration we have (for my lapdock) and an sd slot. I don't need a tablet, but I'd like a slightly bigger screen for reading books. Hopefully Lenovo will come through and deliver where Moto's been failing. They're ambitious and want to have an American market, no screwing us and it up will give them exactly what they want (Sammy's Business).
/BF4 + Mantle is here
//Damn Netflix movie needs to end. Finally installed the updated Catalyst driver with Mantle and the nets congested so I can't play :crying:
///Mantle let me increase some lows to medium and some mediums to high and increased my framerate from 50's to 60 smooth (single player) :victory:
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Rumored 1 of 2 devices moto has is a 6.3" device in it's lineup. Lenovo says it wont interfere with the lineup.
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Rumored 1 of 2 devices moto has is a 6.3" device in it's lineup. Lenovo says it wont interfere with the lineup.
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Had to Google that. It's gonna be called the X Play and rumored to be released sometime this year. It better have an sd slot and the same usb/hdmi configuration or I'll be pissed....but I'd settle with 64-128gb internal if no sd is available....and an unlocked bootloader --> that's essential.
Rumors also said that Lenovo isn't gonna mess with what Moto is currently doing or their upcoming lineup. Hopefully that means our Kit Kat updagrade is still on track.
A 6.3" Moto. Now wouldn't that be nice. With it being called the X Play, I'm wondering if it'll be the X's Big Brother, with the Droid Quantum (the other rumored phone) being the new RAZR/Atrix model.
hi all i want to know which on is better new moto x or nexus 6 ?
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=6604&idPhone2=6649
because i love to try moto voice active "ok google now" and i dont know nexus 6 can support this option or not ?
For me, its gonna be the moto x... The 6 looks amazing and I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it was priced 499$ for 32 and 549$ for 64... But I'm not shelling out 649-699$ + tax and shipping for a phone.
I might buy it from T-Mobile on contract. But I'm going to wait for the reviews and see the size comparisons. If its not too big I'd consider it. But I'm really leaning on the x right now
The nexus 6 if you like big phones. The SD805 is much better (I have it in my G3 Cat 6) and the 5.96in screen will really let you see what L has to offer. Its not a bad price for the phone after all its the cheapest of the SD805 powered phones. AOSP should run great on this beast and I bet the battery life will be good as well because of the largish battery.
Both run near Stock Android, except the Nexus 6 will launch with Android L while the Moto X (2014) will get it in the upcoming weeks or months.
The Nexus 6 has a much better display, bigger battery, optical-image-stabilization and the option to have 64 GBs storage.
The Moto X (2014) is cheaper, smaller and more compact which makes it easier to use in the hand.
Weight the options and go for whichever fits your needs better. Can't go wrong with either, honestly.
any body know about motorola nexus voice activator ?
Ok Google is supported even from the lock screen in Android L on the nexus 6 and the 9. It's in another post around here that links back to google's site where it's stated.
Actually here is the link where it's stated by google ( scroll down and click on show all features, then search for "ok google" on the page and you'll find it )
http://www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/
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Both run near Stock Android, except the Nexus 6 will launch with Android L while the Moto X (2014) will get it in the upcoming weeks or months.
The Nexus 6 has a much better display, bigger battery, optical-image-stabilization and the option to have 64 GBs storage.
The Moto X (2014) is cheaper, smaller and more compact which makes it easier to use in the hand.
Weight the options and go for whichever fits your needs better. Can't go wrong with either, honestly.
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Much better display? In what way is it better?
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Much better display? In what way is it better?
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Sorry I should have made it more clear: it has a bigger display and higher resolution.
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because i love to try moto voice active "ok google now" and i dont know nexus 6 can support this option or not ?
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Yes it has Moto's Active Display which is called "ambient display" and Always-on "OK Google" now. But these are more of Android L features it seems, either way it has them.
something like motorola touchless control ?
http://www.motorola.com/us/Moto-X-Features-Touchless-Control/motox-features-2-touchless.html
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Ok Google is supported even from the lock screen in Android L on the nexus 6 and the 9. It's in another post around here that links back to google's site where it's stated.
Actually here is the link where it's stated by google ( scroll down and click on show all features, then search for "ok google" on the page and you'll find it )
http://www.android.com/versions/lollipop-5-0/
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But this is available using the Google Now Launcher on phones like the Samsung S4 when the phone is charging. After phrasing like that, it'd be crappy if it did only work if it was charging but it's still ambiguous.
Nexus 9.
Techno79 said:
But this is available using the Google Now Launcher on phones like the Samsung S4 when the phone is charging. After phrasing like that, it'd be crappy if it did only work if it was charging but it's still ambiguous.
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No, it works just like Moto Touchless Control. "Even if your screen is off, you can say "OK Google" on devices with digital signal processing support such as Nexus 6 and Nexus 9"
As for active display: "Standby time (Ambient Display on ): up to 250 hours
Standby time (Ambient Display off): up to 330 hours"
^ Only devices with AMOLED / OLED screens are appropriate for that task. That's why they got rid of the outdated LED notifications.
I like being able to customize the touchless control phrase for voice search (got it working on my original moto x) And wanted to know if the nexus 6 will allow this or not.
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I like being able to customize the touchless control phrase for voice search (got it working on my original moto x) And wanted to know if the nexus 6 will allow this or not.
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The new moto x allows you to do it, but I suspect the nexus will be skipped. I assume the twist to launch camera will me missing as well. And other important things that we would all love to see on a 6 inch device, such as multi window, screen resizing for one handed use, and a number row for the keyboard. You know, all the things that the Note series has.... But screw samsung and double screw touchwiz LOL
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The new moto x allows you to do it, but I suspect the nexus will be skipped. I assume the twist to launch camera will me missing as well. And other important things that we would all love to see on a 6 inch device, such as multi window, screen resizing for one handed use, and a number row for the keyboard. You know, all the things that the Note series has.... But screw samsung and double screw touchwiz LOL
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Haha, isn't this the truth! N6 ftw!
The new moto x allows you to do it, but I suspect the nexus will be skipped. I assume the twist to launch camera will me missing as well. And other important things that we would all love to see on a 6 inch device, such as multi window, screen resizing for one handed use, and a number row for the keyboard. You know, all the things that the Note series has.... But screw samsung and double screw touchwiz LOL[/QUOTE]
Go get the cloudy keyboard in g3 forum .... flashable zip g3 keyboard with number row etc really nice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767660
....it works on g2 g3 and note3
Moto is starting to release their apps via play store. Originally, they were very hardware-specific, but that seems to be loosening up. I suspect that the N6 will see a lot of Moto app love before long.
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Moto is starting to release their apps via play store. Originally, they were very hardware-specific, but that seems to be loosening up. I suspect that the N6 will see a lot of Moto app love before long.
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Hopefully
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The Nexus 6 has been confirmed to have the same hotword processor (The Ti-C55) the Moto X uses. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014...talks-to-android-execs-about-the-upcoming-os/
Looks like the N6 will be able to do everything the Moto X can do with always listening and hotword detection.
Hey guys. Total XDA noob here.
I got my n6 came from the 2013 motox.
I love the n6 but there's one thing I miss bad enough to consider going back to the x.
Moto assist.
So this is a request/challenge. Can anyone help me get the apk for moto assist up and running on my N6?
And I'm decent for a noob with side loading and what not.
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Hey guys. Total XDA noob here.
I got my n6 came from the 2013 motox.
I love the n6 but there's one thing I miss bad enough to consider going back to the x.
Moto assist.
So this is a request/challenge. Can anyone help me get the apk for moto assist up and running on my N6?
And I'm decent for a noob with side loading and what not.
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I second this. As it would be awesome.
Moto assist is nice but I really miss Moto display...ambient display is terrible. Is there any precedence for porting an oem software to a non supported device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2764635
Try this thread and report back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2764635
Try this thread and report back.
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I actually tried that yesterday, Assist installs just fine but when launched it displays an "Unsupported device" message. Modality won't even install. My Nexus 6 isn't rooted though so I didn't try modifying the build.prop but setting it to a 2014 Moto X might do the trick.
Maybe all it takes is a simple build.prop edit to make the app believe it's a 2014 X?
Can anyone walk me through setting the build.prop to a motox 2014? Or would that cause me to lose other functionality in other apps?
The moto assist app works on a partition of its dual core processor. I don't think it is as simple as changing a build.prop.
What part of assist do you want? If it's the voice texting while driving try the Agent App. It's a pretty good replacement for the driving portion of moto assist.
Anyone try the APKs from the Droid Turbo system dump? Since they're practically identical wrt specs & resolution, I'd expect those files to work with the N6... except Lollipop isn't out yet on that platform...
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What part of assist do you want? If it's the voice texting while driving try the Agent App. It's a pretty good replacement for the driving portion of moto assist.
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Pretty much just the driving portion
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Pretty much just the driving portion
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Yeah then try agent. You'll have to configure it initially because its set to auto reply to texts while driving. It reads your texts to you and asks if you want to reply in basically the same way. It detects your driving when connected to specific Bluetooth devices. It has motion detection but it is in beta but I never tested it since I preferred to activate when connected to Bluetooth.
I've been thinking a lot about this. Truthfully the whole voice command/response with the moto x was a far better experience. What are the chances of a custom ROM that incorporates the moto x features? I don't know what I'm gonna do without those features
Good point. I just bought a 2013 Moto X to see what the world knows about Moto phones that I did not. I got the DE edition for $229, great price.
I'm really liking the hands free aspect of the Moto apps. I was psyched to buy the N6, but it's lack of the Moto apps has me hesitating. I really miss Qi charging & believe it was a misstep to not include it on either Moto. Cool to see the new Druid, but is on Verizon only. Be very cool if these apps or a rom could be developed to incorporate these features. In the meantime, I'm biding time with the Moto X until there's N6 stock or a similar Moto phone to the Droid that will work with AT&T.
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Good point. I just bought a 2013 Moto X to see what the world knows about Moto phones that I did not. I got the DE edition for $229, great price.
I'm really liking the hands free aspect of the Moto apps. I was psyched to buy the N6, but it's lack of the Moto apps has me hesitating. I really miss Qi charging & believe it was a misstep to not include it on either Moto. Cool to see the new Druid, but is on Verizon only. Be very cool if these apps or a rom could be developed to incorporate these features. In the meantime, I'm biding time with the Moto X until there's N6 stock or a similar Moto phone to the Droid that will work with AT&T.
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Yea I'm missing my x but the n6 is a better device overall. We'll see what happens over the next couple weeks with development. I'd pay to have the x's feature set though.
I'd really like to get Moto Display ported as well... Don't like the play store alternatives.
was anyone successfully able to get moto assist to work with the N6?
Moto X Pro will bring some hope
As motorola is launching Moto X Pro there is a hope that Nexus 6 can get moto Assist, as both share same configuration. :good:
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was anyone successfully able to get moto assist to work with the N6?
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Not yet, but possibly soon
Ah those features would be pretty nice on the N6
They come in handy, its a nice suite of features. I look forward to this as well.