- A new official video from Google is here. It explains how to switch to Pixel from your current smartphone.
- The video was designed as an instructive meditation simulation and is absolutely hilarious.
- It’s good when companies try a little harder at these things.
Close your eyes. Live the moment. Breathe in. Exhale. Accept your inner peace. Namaste. These are the kinds of statements you hear in the countless meditation instructional videos on YouTube. However, what you usually don’t hear is “plug in your Pixel” or “don’t worry if you have thousands of photos with milk”. That’s exactly what you hear in the new official Google video on how to switch to the Pixel on your current phone.
The video scoffs at the deluge of meditation videos you can find online, showing generic clips from nature, while a narration explains how to transfer your files. The narrator looks like she’s lost between kingdoms, but still has time to make brilliant jokes like, “You can’t mess this up, as long as you trust the process.”
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After watching it for the first time, I had to check three times if yes, this is a official video from Google itself. In other words, if someone is looking for how to switch to Pixel, they will find and watch. I’m not sure if Google is trolling or just being unconventional, but I love it.
Now, it is possible for Google to place this only temporarily and, eventually, it will remove it. That would be unfortunate, but it would make more sense to have a “normal” instructional video for that purpose. If that is the case, you will want to watch this as soon as possible. It would be a shame for anyone not to try it.
“Hello, jackhammer. It must be the work on the road. “