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now we all love photos a lot of our photos let us step back into a moment with friends with family some of our favorites are the candid ones like this they capture the essence of a moment but the problem is to get those photos someone needs to be the photographer on duty waiting to press the shutter button at just the right moment and we were thinking how do you capture those fleeting spontaneous moments while letting yourself be part of the moment so we've been working on that and I'm really excited to share an entirely new type of camera that works with your pixel we call it Google clips and this first edition is specifically designed with parents and pet owners in mind so you'll capture more of those spontaneous smiles first steps and first tricks now clips has all the things you would expect from a great camera a high performance lens a powerful image sensor it has a shutter button but that's not what this camera is all about we reimagine this camera from the inside out starting with the software and applying machine learning to build a camera that takes photos for you so you can enjoy the moment and instantly get shots you couldn't get before thank you how does all that work it starts with an AI engine at the core of the camera let's talk about what that engine does when you're behind a camera you look for people you care about you look for smiles you look for that moment your dog starts chasing her tail clips does all of that for you turn it on and it captures the moment so you can be in the moment and because the software is at the core of the camera it's gonna get smarter over time we also reimagine what camera Hardware should do for you clips is tiny it weighs almost nothing so you can easily toss it into your pocket and it's a hands-free camera so you can get these amazing new perspectives on your experience and get yourself in the shot by attaching clips to almost anything or setting it down now from the beginning we knew privacy and control really matter and we've been thoughtful about this for Clips users their family and their friends let's start with the basics it looks like a camera and it has an indicator light so everyone knows what the device does next it looks for stable clear shots of people you know and you help the camera learn who's important to you and finally all the machine learning happens on the device itself so just like any point-and-shoot nothing leaves your device until you decide to save and share it this approach to designing and engineering clips required some significant technical breakthroughs to miniaturize the type of powerful machine learning that only a few years ago needed a supercomputer let's take a look at what Clips actually captures so here's some clips I've captured with my family at home now as you can see it's not just photos that clips is taking taking little snippets that capture the whole moment we call those of course clips you can save them as a motion photo or choose any frame to save as a high-resolution still it's like having my own photographer shooting and choosing the best moments for me and I just have to swipe to save to Google photos which can automatically make movies out of your clips in seconds so that's the new Google clips a new type of camera that brings together at the best of Google AI software and hardware tell people more easily capture genuine candid moments of family friends and pets clips will be coming soon and selling for $249