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They do in many ways. Pixels have clean focused software that are excellent at what they do - it makes you want them. Also they dont include bloatware unlike Samsung.

1. Pixel Camera taught Samsungs and iPhones about computational photography pipelines and Night Sight,

2. Recorder,

3. Photos + various editing features (Top Shot / Best take / Magic Eraser),

4. Phone + various features (Call Screening(US) / Hold for Me(US) / Spam Protection)

5. Google Pay (UPI - India specific)

6. Gestures - Flip to Shh / Double Tap to open Camera / Twist twice in camera for Selfie mode.

and many more that I have missed.

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>>sprkv5+(OP)
That's all cool, but those aren't Android apps (at least most of them). Those are closed source, full of telemetry and unnecessary integration google apps.

Question wasn't about if google apps are better, but how pixels contribute to the growth of AOSP differently then vendors like samsung.

Just because google sponsor AOSP, doesn't mean that any proprietary app they make (which is all of them btw) count as AOSP contribution. AOSP and Pixel are 2 separete things.