Here’s All the New Stuff Google Announced Today

Google ’s attempt at a flamboyant Pixel 3 launch event today may have been dulled by some of the most expansive intersection making water in recent retentivity , but luckily the society had a bite more to talk about than a couple of reiterative smartphone updates . Here ’s a summation of everything Google announced today , as well as some of the things it did n’t . If you wanted a brace of fancy , newfangled Pixel Buds or a Pixel Watch , then bad fortune , dear friends . Maybe Google will solicit you up next time .

Pixel 3 and 3XL

Surprise , surprisal . We arrest a pair of Modern Pixels , as expected . Google ’s notchless Pixel 3boasts a 5.5 - inch exhibit and will set you back $ 800 ( a bounty over last year ’s Pixel 2 ) . The larger , notchy Pixel 3 XL come with a 6.3 - inch show and take up at $ 900 — still $ 100 less than Apple ’s iPhone XS . New feature article include some noteworthycamera upgradesand a hue nickname “ Not pinkish . ” There ’s also an official charge stand , which is more than Apple can say for itself .

Pixel Slate

Google ’s young Chrome OS twist isPixel Slate . The 12.3 - column inch tablet ’s starting price of $ 800 is flash than last year ’s Pixelbook , but it ’s certainly no budget gadget . It ’s also tenuous than the Pixelbook — at 7 mm , comes with a familiar keyboard with uncanny , round keys , and it feature a safe presentation — at 293 ppi ( 3,000 x 2,000 pixels ) .

Home Hub

Google’sfirst presentation abscond to a smart utterer is actual , be $ 150 , and it ’s available for preorder today with an October 22 ship escort . It ’s available in a few nice semblance ( gullible , pinkish , dreary Second Earl Grey , and white ) and come with one big marketing point over Amazon ’s and Facebook ’s alternatives : built - in YouTube .

What We Didn’t Get

missing from today ’s keynote was … a whole quite a little of stuff and nonsense that would have been pretty neat to essay out today . We did n’t get that pair of update , full wirelessPixel Budswe heard about . Google did n’t spill the beans about its new , third - generation Chromecast equipment during the event either , though the companyrefreshed it anyway on its websitewith a slightly tweaked design . Also missing were any hints at a Google - built smartwatch , thoughwe were warnednot to expect anything novel on that front this year .

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