Google Pixel reportedly sells over 1 million phones
Google's flagship Android device has now sold over 1 million units based on downloads of an application exclusive to the device.
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Google 's first attempt at producing its own Android phone, the Pixel , has now sold more than a million units, Ars Technica reports.
Google doesn't release sales data, but the website says that installs of the device-exclusive Pixel Launcher app just passed the 1 million mark. The website says the data includes preinstalled apps on new Pixel phones and doesn't count installs on third-party devices.
While this is undoubtedly a milestone in the Pixel's eight-month history, the number is overshadowed by its competition. By comparison, Apple sold 78.3 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2016, which included the iPhone 7 , while Samsung is estimated to have sold 5 million units of the Galaxy S8 in its first month.
Google didn't immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.