Google Mocks iPhone 17 Design Rumors in Latest Pixel 9 Pro Video

Smartphone brands often poke fun at their rivals’ products and features. In the past, Samsung has taken jabs at Apple for being slow to adopt AI and for not releasing a foldable iPhone. More recently, Google mocked Apple for not having a feature like its Gemini Live. Now, it’s Google’s turn to address the rumors about the design that will make the upcoming iPhone 17 Air.

Google Mocks iPhone 17 Design Rumors in YouTube Video, Teasing Pixel-like Features for Upcoming iPhone

In its latest #BestPhonesForever video on YouTube, a Pixel 9 Pro is seen chatting with Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro in a podcast-style conversation. The two phones mock recent reports suggesting that Apple’s iPhone 17 could sport a design similar to the Pixel phones. The video begins with the Pixel 9 Pro introducing its ‘friend’, the iPhone, and discussing the rumors surrounding the iPhone 17’s redesign. The iPhone laughs at the idea, calling the rumors “crazy” and saying, “Can you imagine me doing the same thing you did first years later?”

The discussion then brings up several features that were introduced on Google’s Pixel devices well before they came to iPhones. The iPhone, for instance, got Night Mode a year after Pixel phones debuted Night Sight. It also notes that Magic Eraser came three years after the iPhone introduced its Clean Up feature. In another example, iPhones received widgets nine years after Pixel phones debuted with them. The iPhone jokes, “And that one time when I like, got widgets but you’d already had widgets for like… Since my first video nine years ago.”

The video wraps up with the Pixel reminding viewers that “these rumors are just rumors!” As of now, the video has garnered over 10,800 views on YouTube. The rumors point to the iPhone 17 Air adopting a design similar to Google’s Pixel phones, particularly with a rear camera module that includes an elongated pill-shaped design and LED flash.

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