Everything Google announced at the Pixel 9 launch event

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Google conscionable wrapped up its Made by Google hardware event, wherever we got an authoritative look astatine the refreshed Pixel 9 lineup and updates crossed Google’s different devices. Even though the Pixel lawsuit confirmed galore of the leaks we’ve seen implicit the past respective weeks, Google inactive shared immoderate announcements we haven’t heard astir yet.

Here’s a roundup of each the breathtaking quality from Google’s Pixel 9 event.

A hands-on photograph  of Google’s Pixel 9 / 9 Pro 9 / 9 Pro XL.

Google’s Pixel 9 lineup adds a smaller Pro option.

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Google has yet taken the wraps disconnected its Pixel 9 lineup, which includes 3 slab phones and a folding phone. The regular lineup consists of a basal Pixel 9 with a 6.3-inch display, a Pixel 9 Pro XL with a 6.8-inch screen, and a new, smaller Pixel 9 Pro enactment measuring 6.3 inches. The trio of devices comes with a redesigned oval-shaped camera housing, Google’s updated G4 Tensor chip, amended artillery life, and a caller outer SOS feature.

While the Pixel 9’s $799 starting terms is $100 much than past year’s model, the Pixel 9 Pro starts astatine $999, and the Pro XL volition outgo $1,099 and up. The Pixel 9 and 9 Pro XL commencement shipping connected August 22nd, with availability for the smaller Pixel 9 Pro starting successful September.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold gets bigger screens and a slimmer profile

A hands-on photograph  of Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is thinner than past year’s Fold, measuring 5.1mm erstwhile unfolded compared to 5.8mm.

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In summation to 3 caller modular Pixel devices, Google showed disconnected the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The refreshed Fold is taller and thinner than its predecessor, offering larger displays measuring 6.3 inches connected the extracurricular and 8 inches connected the inside.

The device, which besides comes with a G4 Tensor chip, features an interior show with a higher highest brightness astatine 2,700 nits arsenic opposed to 1,450 connected the archetypal Pixel Fold. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold costs $1,799 and starts shipping connected September 4th.

A hands-on photograph  of Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

The Pixel Studio app lets you make AI images with a substance prompt.

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Of course, Google’s caller Pixel devices diagnostic the company’s Gemini AI assistant, which you tin usage to find accusation wrong your apps oregon inquire a question astir a photograph you conscionable took. The Pixel 9 lineup besides ships 2 caller AI apps: Pixel Screenshots, which uses on-device AI to fto you hunt for accusation successful saved screenshots, and Pixel Studio, a text-to-image generator.

Google tossed successful some AI representation editing tools to spell on with the Pixel 9 lineup’s upgraded cameras, specified arsenic an “Add Me” enactment that puts idiosyncratic successful a radical photograph by stitching 2 scenes together. Magic Editor successful Google Photos present besides lets you usage generative AI to regenerate full sections of a photo, similar the sky.

Both sizes of the PIxel Watch 3 broadside  by side

The plan of the Pixel Watch 3 hasn’t changed much.

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Google’s Pixel Watch 3 comes successful a larger 45mm enactment alongside the 41mm model. In summation to thinner bezels that connection much surface existent estate, the Pixel Watch 3 has a caller ultra wideband chip, a brighter show that hits up to 2,000 nits, and a boatload of caller fittingness features.

One of the astir notable features coming to the Pixel Watch 3 is the quality to observe whether the wearer’s pulse has stopped, allowing it to telephone exigency services if the wearer doesn’t respond to a punctual to cheque successful and it doesn’t consciousness immoderate movement. This diagnostic volition rotation retired successful Europe to start. The 41mm Pixel Watch 3 starts astatine $349.99 with Bluetooth, portion the 45mm ticker starts astatine $399.99. Both sizes volition beryllium disposable connected September 10th.

A hands-on photograph  of Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 earbuds.

The Pixel Buds Pro 2 person a tiny helping fin for stability.

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Not lone are Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 smaller and lighter, but they present travel equipped with 11-millimeter drivers and a caller Tensor A1 spot that’s expected to amended progressive sound cancellation (ANC). The caller buds besides person a helping fin design, which should assistance them enactment successful your ears during a workout, on with up to 8 hours of audio playback with ANC enabled (or up to 30 hours with the case).

At $229, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 outgo a spot much than their predecessors, which launched astatine $200. They commencement shipping connected September 26th.

A Gemini logo with Gemini Live surface  connected  a telephone  adjacent  to it.

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Gemini Live, which Google archetypal announced astatine I/O successful May, is rolling retired present to Gemini Advanced subscribers. The caller dependable chat enactment lets you inquire Google’s AI adjunct questions retired loud, and it volition respond utilizing your prime of 10 antithetic voices. Just similar ChatGPT’s dependable assistant, Gemini Live volition fto you speech conversationally, and you tin adjacent interrupt it mid-sentence.

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