Hey guys! Are there somebody who switched from IOS26 to the newest Google pixel here? How has your experience been? I always loved Apple and it’s products and never considered using Android long-term. In fact, I tried Samsung flagship smartphone with different screen-readers back in 2022 and I didn’t really like this experience. But I’ve been soo frustrated with Apple lately! To me, every update brings a lot of accessibility bugs and issues and just few improvements. They’ve become negligent when it comes to accessibility - a lot of things feel unfinished, poorly done, or just don’t work…. Take even Apple’s native apps for instance: I can’t see the page loading progress in Safari on IOS for a few years now, and now it’s not always possible to see the update status in their native Mail app…. And don’t get me started on various minor and major bugs…. Some of them remain unfixed for freakin’ years! I’m just thinking of trying to switch to Google Pixel on the last version of Android…. I heard Android keeps getting better now…. I’d really love to talk to someone who has any experience with it and who just switched from and iPhone recently :)
Thank you in advance :)
By eyesfreesight, 9 February, 2026
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Brian!
You're welcome!
Google's Lookout (with its Images Mode) or Seeing AI (with its Person Mode under More), should do nicely!
Both have that feature where the camera speaks how close you are to someone.
Open Camera? I never gotten that feature to work with said application myself.
Pixel
I am still glad I switched to the Pixel from the Galaxy. I haven't experienced these bugs, and the experience has been quite positive. Obviously I don't have a newer galaxy to compare to, but talkback is snappier on the Pixel than it is on the S22 Ultra.
Nothing 2 > Nothing 3
While I have yet to find a review on the Nothing 3 from a blindness perspective, all of the regular reviews I've checked out on YouTube lead me to believe that Nothing 2, circa 2023, is actually a better overall device than the newer Nothing 3.
with that, it seems that Samsung is the obvious choice here. I wish we had access to some of the European models though. Then again, I have no idea how well the accessibility works with those particular models. 😬
nothing phones
That is what I've heard. if you get a flagship nothing phone, it gets more software updates, I think seven versus four. One thing I like about the pixel is all pixel models, I think beyond the seven or eight, I don't remember, they all get seven years of software updates. samsung's s-series beyond the s24 also get seven yeras of software updates. I'm glad Android is catching up to iPhones in terms of software update policies.
nothing phones
That is what I've heard. if you get a flagship nothing phone, it gets more software updates, I think seven versus four. One thing I like about the pixel is all pixel models, I think beyond the seven or eight, I don't remember, they all get seven years of software updates. samsung's s-series beyond the s24 also get seven yeras of software updates. I'm glad Android is catching up to iPhones in terms of software update policies.