As you might already know, the new Pixel 2 smartphones include a little system-on-chip (SoC) – independent of the main SD835 chipset – that’s claimed to speed up image processing five times while using a tenth of the power of the main CPU.
The SoC – dubbed Pixel Visual Core – was dormant when the phones started shipping, with Google promising that Android 8.1 will enable it. Well, the Developer Preview 1 update arrived, and sadly, those who tried enabling the SoC are reporting that’s still not happening.
Now, it has come to light that the Mountain View, California-based company has…