The curious case of the Pixel 4’s missing headphones

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales

As you might guess, I have more to say about the Pixel 4 even though the review and video are both voluminous. After John Gruber pointed out on Twitter that I forgot to mention that Google didn’t put USB-C headphones or an adapter in the Pixel 4 box in the review, I realized that I had a whole series of thoughts about it that have been rumbling around in my head all weekend. (I have also updated the review.)

In the spirit of this newsletter, which has a tradition of taking a small thing and showing how it is instructive in understanding a big thing, I’m going to dwell on headphones for a bit.

Ahead of the event where Google formally announced the Pixel 4, I once again asked the perennial question: is Google serious about hardware? The…

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