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Google Pixel 2’s Squeeze is Hardcoded to Only Launch Assistant, Making Remapping Difficult

When we  first learned  about the  Google Pixel  2 and Pixel 2 XL’s squeezable frame, we hoped that it would be customizable.  Our own source  told us that the squeezable frame would only be able to launch Google Assistant or to silence incoming calls, and unfortunately that’s all you can do  on the live build  that is now  shipping out to customers . This is disappointing especially in light of the fact that the  HTC U11   offers more customization for its squeeze feature  than Google does, though Google may include more features in a software update like HTC did. Still, the lack of official customization hasn’t deterred us in the past. We quickly figured out that the  Samsung Galaxy S8 ‘s dedicated Bixby button could be  remapped . Although, the initial method we covered was  quickly patched  by Samsung but that just led developers to find  different (and arguably more inefficient) ways around those ...