Pixel’s Tensor Chips Can Easily Handle Liquid Glass, But Google’s Approach Promises One Benefit, Preventing This UI Transition
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Key Points:
- Google’s Android 17 will not adopt Apple’s Liquid Glass design, not due to underpowered Tensor chips, but because of a different vision focused on efficiency and battery preservation.
- Google prioritizes conservative background processing and uses Material You’s static colors and simple transitions to minimize strain on graphics processors and extend battery life.
- The Tensor G5 chip includes an efficient GPU capable of handling transparent layers and blurred effects similar to Liquid Glass, but implementing such features still incurs a performance and battery life cost.
- While Apple’s Liquid Glass design offers impressive visual effects with real-time ray-traced blurring, Google opts to avoid these to maintain better battery performance on Pixel devices.
- Some Android manufacturers, particularly Chinese OEMs, have embraced Liquid Glass effects in their custom skins, but these enhancements tend to negatively impact battery life due to constant GPU activity.
