Blind Unboxing My First Google Phone - Pixel 5a 5G | Accessibility First Impressions

[@jamesrath]

Question for those with notifications on for the channel, did you get alerted about this upload? Someone told me they did not receive theirs. 🤔

[@rikkipoynter]

I did!

[@sannaslife6395]

@@rikkipoynter me to

[@thatjake405]

I got mine

[@mere11]

I ordered a Pixel 5a late last year. While I'm legally blind, I still use my vision for my phone. I was so disappointed in the Pixel because the font size could go large enough. The largest setting gave me a headache. I switched immediately to the Galaxy 20+ and I'm so glad. I don't even have to have my font size on the largest setting to see things. Plus, in the messages on the Pixel, there was no way to increase the font but with the Galaxy I can pinch and zoom to make it huge if I want to!

[@jamesrath]

Thanks for sharing that tidbit!

[@robodd4694]

Thank you so much for this info! That is very important for me as well. Font sizes. I use an iPad mini for non-phone stuff and I am done with Apple. Their new iPadIOS 15 is garbage for accessibility. Their setting to increase fonts only seem to work for the settings menu and the home screen is insane. TINY...TINY icons and fonts! and everything is squished in with huge black boarders. If I wanted my iPad to look like an iPhone I would have bought an iPhone. So now shopping for an Android and I would have been pissed if I bought a Pixel only to find the font size adjustments would be no different than Apples stuff. I think these programmers have super vision or something.

[@rikkipoynter]

“Blind unboxing.” I see what you did there. I need to talk about my 4a. I love the little thing.

[@jamesrath]

The auto-caption system wide feature is impressive!

[@rikkipoynter]

@@jamesrath throwback to when you used live transcribe on the pixel to threaten me while I was in the bathroom since I left it on the desk

[@Maya_aljadaan99]

I switched from A Samsung phone to an iPhone 12 Pro Max around 2 weeks ago, , and it is a highly great phone, voiceover is so smooth and convenient to use, 🥰

[@cilianart]

I'm so surprised. I've been looking for information on 5a...I didn't expect you to make this video. Great! Thank you so much

[@jamesrath]

You're welcome!

[@JuanAlcazar]

If I were an Android user I’d likely go for a Pixel instead of a Samsung. I’ve played around with TalkBack a little bit, and there’s a lot of carry over from VO. That being said, I caught myself doing a lot of VoiceOver gestures without thinking when I played around with a Samsung phone. Still prefer VO though, but I’m glad the accessibility on Android continues to improve for those who use it.

[@jonlaguerre3163]

I’m glad you brought this up. I originally had a Samsung phone as well but when I tried and android as much as my first smart phone, it crashed on me twice and I’ve been using iPhones since then. I’ve been using iPhones for nine years now but recently, my sister let me play around with her Samsung phone last year and talk back. Does have a lot of voice gestures now, so I am willing to try Android again

[@robodd4694]

Well glad you showed that gawd awful fingerprint sensor on the back. Saved me time even debating if this phone would be an option. I have that now but on a moto (moto cr**) and despise the placement. I am always searching for that circle with my finger and because I don't hit it exactly right in the middle I end up with error and having to it over and over...yes I have long fingers but still what a pain. Give me a FP scanner on the power button any day!

[@Pk_mod__]

Amazing work bro i just thinking about buying google pixel 6a Tks for the information Love from india ❤

[@kellygreen7471]

Don’t know if I can ever switch. I don’t have any useful vision left, thank you for sharing.

[@jamesrath]

Totally hear ya. Getting used to new tech without sight can be much more of a process than with.

[@seanslayer2647]

@@jamesrath it depends on if you want to learn new things lots of totaly blind people use android

[@jedmartins]

Great video James, as always.

[@jamesrath]

Thanks!!

[@the_blind_chick]

I’ve got a question for you since you’re familiar with iPhone settings. Aside from the talk back setting that’s similar on both IPhone & Android, there’s a feature on iPhone called speak screen where you drag 2 fingers down & it will read whats on the screen & will keep reading even if you switch to a separate app. I love that feature because I have some working vision & I like to play mindless games while my phone reads to me. So my question is if you know of any android phones also have a similar feature?

[@jamesrath]

I can't recall if it'll stop if you leave the screen but I love the Select to Speak gesture/feature in Android where you drag your finger to highlight text on screen you want read.

[@danycardenas1614]

How much can you get done with Google assistant? Is it way better than Siri?

[@katelena23]

"is this what I get for not doing the tutorial" honestly me all the time.

[@thatjake405]

Sighted android user: One cool thing- they apparently actually put some thought into that finger print set up! If I remember correctly, for set up without accessibility, they just show a graphic of the sensor on the back, and a finger touching it for a second then lifting. But Talk Back actually described the location and said hold until you feel a vibration. I thought that was cool. But the 'phrase' is "Okay, Google". And I can't believe they didn't have that prompt 😞 (sad face). Do better Google!!! Granted, the Google Assistant is not nearly as sophisticated as Siri. It picks up all kinds of words and prompts all the time. I kinda wonder if they were avoiding having Talk Back actually SAY the words, because the Google Assistant would have trained to the AI voice. But they should be able to find a solution for that 🙄(eye roll).

[@jamesrath]

That's awesome to note about the fingerprint sensor! Thanks for clarifying! I recall getting through "Hey, Siri" without issue on iOS and VoiceOver. Still unsure what happened with the "OK, Google" part on my end. 😅

[@stephieelainestylinson2825]

I don’t really like android much. I used one before, but iphone is still the best. Thank you for this.

[@jamesrath]

Thank you for watching!

[@bledi.hebeja]

The voice of android is very bad. Samantha on iPhone 3GS is better than last android 😂

[@hadassahbenson4020]

Exactly! I will take Samantha any day of the week over the annoying Google voice! I hate how if you want different voices for android you have to buy them individually but with iPhone you get a bunch of high-quality voices for free out of the package.

[@daan8695]

"I have had a rocky relationship with android" This is what I see with ALL android users around me.

[@jamesrath]

Hoping my Google phone experience is better than it has been with past devices! 🤞🏻

[@mack2771]

Like mine

[@dinahakim7114]

No I’ll just stick with the iPhone my MacBook Pro I watch iOS I’ll stick with that no offense to the haters out there. Who like androids no offense whatsoever I’ll just stick with my iPhone my MacBook my I watch my iPad yes that’s all I’m happy with what I got thank you

[@ditt3040]

ur lying man ur not blind

[@jamesrath]

Take it up with my eye doctor and clear diagnosis since birth. Let me know if ya need their contact details. :)