If any aliens or technology ingenues were trying to understand what on earth a ‘smart home’ is yesterday, via Google’s latest own-brand hardware launch event, they’d have come away with a pretty confused and incoherent picture. The company’s presenters attempted to sketch a vision of gadget-enabled domestic bliss but the effect was rather closer to […]
View More Google’s smart home sell looks cluttered and incoherentCategory: Google Hardware Event 2018
Google Pixel’s product directors on single cameras and notches
Google hardware launches are never spec-fests. The search giant would rather just sit on the sideline while companies like Apple and Samsung battle it out on that front. In fact, numbers like screen resolution, processor speed and battery capacity were conspicuously absent from today’s presentation. Instead, the company seems more content to have hardware serve […]
View More Google Pixel’s product directors on single cameras and notchesPixel 2 vs Pixel 3: Should you upgrade?
If you’re considering making the jump to Google’s newly announced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, you’re in the right place. Whether you’re a Pixel 2 owner eyeing greener pastures or a bargain type hunting for a last-gen smartphone that’s still top of the line, comparing new and old is often useful. On specs alone, […]
View More Pixel 2 vs Pixel 3: Should you upgrade?Hands-on with Google’s Pixel Slate
Google unveiled a new lineup of devices today, including the Pixel Slate, a tablet that the company described as the next evolution of Chrome OS — but could also be seen as the company’s answer to both Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface. After the presentation, I had a chance to try the Pixel Slate for […]
View More Hands-on with Google’s Pixel SlateTurn your Google Home Mini into Google Home Mickey
Behold, the Google Home Mickey. It’s an official collaboration with Google and Disney that OtterBox is selling for $20. The base props up Google’s best-selling smart speaker and gives it iconic mouse ears and red suspenders in the process. It also helps the Mini project by propping it up at an angle. Oh, and the […]
View More Turn your Google Home Mini into Google Home MickeyGoogle’s latest hardware innovation: Price
With its latest consumer hardware products, Google’s prices are undercutting Apple, Samsung and Amazon. The search giant just unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, tablet and smart home device, all available at prices well below their direct competitors. Where Apple and Samsung are pushing prices of its latest products even higher, Google is seemingly happy to […]
View More Google’s latest hardware innovation: PriceGoogle Home Hub up close and hands on
While the rumors and leaks didn’t leave much to the imagination ahead of today’s event, I will admit to being a bit surprised by the shape Google’s Home Hub actually took. The renders didn’t do justice to the actual product. For starters, the seven inch screen splits the difference between the Echo Show and Spot […]
View More Google Home Hub up close and hands onThe Pixel 3’s best new features
Google unveiled a number of new products Tuesday at its big hardware event, including the Google Home Hub and Google Pixel Slate. But the Pixel 3, the company’s new smartphone, was the real star. The Pixel 3, which is available in two sizes and starts at $799, comes in three colors and has a rear […]
View More The Pixel 3’s best new featuresHere are all the details on the new Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, Pixel Stand, and Home Hub,
At a special event in New York City, Google announced some of its latest, flagship hardware devices. During the hour-long press conference Google executives and product managers took the wraps off the company’s latest products and explained their features. Chief among the lot is the Pixel 3, Google’s latest flagship Android device. Like the Pixel […]
View More Here are all the details on the new Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, Pixel Stand, and Home Hub,Google Lens comes to the Pixel 3 camera, can identify products
Google Lens, the technology that combines the smartphone camera’s ability to see the world around you with A.I. technology, is coming to the Pixel 3 camera, Google announced this morning. That means you’ll be able to point your phone’s camera at something – like a movie poster to get local theater listings, or even look […]
View More Google Lens comes to the Pixel 3 camera, can identify productsGoogle Duplex is coming to Pixel phones next month
Google today announced that it’ll start rolling out Duplex, its controversial Google Assistant feature that can make phone calls on your behalf, to Pixel phones next month. The rollout will be city by city and Google didn’t yet clarify what Duplex will be able to do at first. The company first demoed Duplex at its […]
View More Google Duplex is coming to Pixel phones next monthGoogle unveils the Pixel 3 XL, with a 6.3-inch screen and an $899 price tag
As part of this morning’s official unveiling of the Pixel 3, Google also announced its larger sibling, the Pixel 3 XL. The news wasn’t a surprise, given the photos that leaked months ago (something that Google itself acknowledged by kicking off the event with a little montage of videos responding to early details). And Engadget’s […]
View More Google unveils the Pixel 3 XL, with a 6.3-inch screen and an $899 price tag