We’re almost a month away from the subsequent Made By Google occasion, however the firm’s alredady gone forward and revealed the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Professional and Pixel Watch 2. The explanations are easy:
- That’s simply how Google does issues now, and as a advertising technique it actually works fairly properly. We’re all going to be tuned into the occasion regardless.
- Apple’s obtained its personal little occasion developing subsequent week.
Thoughts you, Google isn’t disclosing specs or pricing or any of that good things — that’s for the rumor mill to untangle. As a substitute, it provided a teaser video with the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional giving us the full-body 360 over on YouTube. Oh, and when you head over to Google’s retailer to, say, purchase a Pixel 7, the 2 new handsets are sitting on the high, with the Pixel Watch 2 out entrance for good measure.
Clearly we knew all of them had been coming, however with the iPhone 15 occasion kicking off in a couple of days, why the hell not? While you’re coping with the sort of market share Google is at present preventing for within the smartphone area, each little constructed helps.
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Not sufficient? How about a whole touchdown web page? Once more, there are nonetheless loads of unanswered questions, however we get a more in-depth have a look at the rounder telephones, together with a rehash of some older (however nonetheless superb) options like Magic Eraser for photograph enhancing and Dwell Translate. As for the Pixel Watch 2, Google notes, “Pair it along with your new Pixel cellphone to get much more personalised assist, security options and well being insights.”
Past the extra rounded edges, the Pixel 8 isn’t an enormous departure from its predecessor’s design – comprehensible, given how huge a bounce the Pixel 7 was. The second iteration of the Pixel Watch additionally seems related. Google’s lengthy awaited debut smartwatch was good, however left lots of room for enchancment.
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All will likely be revealed on October 4 in NYC. See you there.