Highlights from Google's product event in 5 minutes (CNET News)
Highlights from Google's product event in 5 minutes (CNET News)
2017-10-04
today we're proud to introduce the
Google pixel to designed for you with
the best of Google built in we've placed
a fingerprint sensor where your finger
naturally Falls it's extremely accurate
secure and it unlocks faster than any
other smartphone if you prefer
headphones use your existing analog
headphones with the included adapter or
your digital USB C headphones for the
highest resolution audio all the way to
your ears or avoid cables altogether
with your upgraded Bluetooth 5.0 support
and Haifa codecs feel free to choose
whichever size pixel you prefer because
you'll get the same great experience on
both we don't set aside better features
for the larger device we've also made it
faster and easier to get to the Google
assistant on pixel 2 with a new feature
called
active edge just give your pixel a quick
squeeze where your hand naturally holds
the phone and ask for whatever you need
because of the quality of Google's
computational photography with a single
camera you can also take portrait
selfies through the front camera on both
the pixel 2 and the pixel 2 XL pixel 2
with its five-inch cinematic display
starts at six hundred and forty nine
dollars for the 64 gigabyte version the
pixel 2 XL has a six inch fullscreen P
OLED display and starts at eight hundred
and forty nine dollars today we're also
announcing a smart new audio accessory
that works perfectly with pixel two our
first pair of premium wireless
headphones they're called they're called
Google pixel buds pixel buds work great
with pixel they even give you access to
a new real-time translation experience
hey Isabel how's it going hey Lisa been
here I like it she up okay attack Google
pixel buds come in a pocket-sized
charging case that provide up to Phi
hours of listening time with just one
charge and the case holds multiple
charges see you get up to 24 hours of
listening time when you're on the go and
they'll be available in November for
$159 and pre-orders begin today we are
introducing mini the newest member of
the Google home family mini will retail
for just $49 in the u.s. say hello to
max our biggest and best sound at Google
home ever so today we're announcing
smart sound a new audio experience
powered by Google's AI it allows max to
adapt to you so for example if you set
up a speaker near wall on a shelf in a
corner fairly common places it can
dramatically change the sound balance of
the speaker and make the music sound
muddy and the vocals lose clarity well
with smart sound we automatically tune
the speaker to correct for this effect
using a machine learning model trained
with thousands of different room
configurations what's really cool this
is all done dynamically so if you decide
to move max a few feet it'll compensate
within seconds google home max will be
available starting december for $399 we
worked hard to combine the most helpful
parts of a laptop a tablet and a smart
phone to fit how we use technology today
meet Google pixel book the high
performance Chromebook
and when you're using your pixel book as
a tablet its easiest to show your
assistant what you need help with on
your screen that's why we created the
new pixel book pen just hold the Pens
button and circle an image or text on
the screen and the assistant will take
action when you're browsing through a
blog and discover a new musician you can
circle their photo and the system will
give you more information about them
pixel book starts at $9.99 and I'm
really excited to share an entirely new
type of camera that works with your
pixel we call it Google clips 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 and because the software
is at the core of the camera it's gonna
get smarter over time clip tably coming
soon and selling for $249 so here it is
this year's made by Google family
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