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Keynote live stream

The made by Google after party Livestream

Made by Google 2024 blog post

Meet Pixel Buds Pro 2, the first Buds built for Gemini

Introducing Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Google's newest foldable phone

9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras

The new Pixel 9 phones bring you the best of Google AI

Loss of Pulse Detection: A first-of-its-kind feature on Pixel Watch 3

Google Pixel Watch 3: bigger, brighter, fine-tuned for fitness

4 new AI-powered Pixel and Android accessibility updates

14 new things you can do with Pixel thanks to AI Pixel lineup:

Android is reimagining your phone with Gemini

Pixel lineup:

Pixel 9

Google Pixel 9 unveiled: Here's all the details of the new Google phones - android faithful

Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold: What a Gemini - Joshua Vergara

Pixel 9 series hands-on | SOLID fundamentals... - 9to5Google

Google Pixel 9 Pro XL - Early Thoughts - Dave2D

Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 - PHONE OF THE YEAR?! - Lover Of Tech

The Google Pixel 9 series is a HUGE upgrade (HANDS-ON FIRST LOOK!) - Android Authority

Hands-on with the Pixel 9 Pro’s camera - The Verge

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, Pixel Watch 3, Buds 2 Pro - YES, A LOT! - Pocketnow

Google’s next big Pixel | The Vergecast - The Verge

Google Pixel 9/Pro/Fold Impressions: They've Finally Done It? - Marques Brownlee

Hands-on: Google’s Pixel 9 series is mature in all the right ways - 9to5Google

Pixel fold

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold fixes the biggest problems with the Google Pixel Fold - android faithful

Pixel 9 Pro Fold hands-on | Google's MOST IMPROVED Foldable Yet! - 9to5Google

Pixel 9 Pro Fold first look: Google nailed it - The Verge

Hands-on: The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a masterclass in learning from your mistakes - 9to5google Pixel watch

Pixel Watch 3 vs Pixel Watch 2: Has Google FINALLY made an ELITE smartwatch? - Android Authority

Pixel Watch 3 hands-on: Go big for the best Wear OS - 9to5google

Pixel Watch 3 hands-on: bigger, brighter, smaller bezels - The Verge

Pixel Watch 3 hands-on | Bigger, Brighter, Better (45mm vs 41) - 9to5Google

Pixel Watch 3 hands-on: Go big for the best Wear OS - 9to5Google

Pixel buds pro 2

Pixel Buds Pro 2 - My thoughts 🤔 - Aaron X Loud and Wireless

Pixel Buds Pro 2 hands-on | NEW design, new SOUND?! - 9to5Google

Android:

Gemini Live debuts as a more conversational AI chatbot - android faithful

Gemini is the default Pixel 9 assistant as Gemini Live starts rolling out on Android - 9to5Google

Pixel 9 series launches with Android 14 - 9to5Google

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[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Disappointed to see the dumb Fitbit Premium subscription carry on. Too pricey.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm crazy entitled, but I feel like if I'm spending a few hundred dollars on this piece of hardware, I shouldn't have to pay an additional fee to get some of its basic built-in features to work well.

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Especially since Apple doesn't paywall basic health features behind a subscription.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Loss Of Pulse Detection will probably work like this:

"Your pulse has stopped. Google Assistant is attempting to call the emergency services. But first you'll have to unlock your device." ... "Here are some results I found on the web."

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Did we get to the disappointment and broken promises yet? The new class induction into the Graveyard of Good Ideas is always my favorite talk.

[–] QuantumEyetanglement@lemdro.id 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Despite the massive leaks, I feel like Google always "wows" with camera enhancements-- looking forward to seeing them on the stream!

Edit: Wow. Magic Editor looks bonkers-- especially with prompted generative AI tools

[–] SeikoAlpinist 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

240Hz pwm dimming means lots of flicker and eyestrain at lower brightness levels.

I guess I'll just hold on to my current phone a little longer and see what the OnePlus 13 brings.

[–] Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Chinese brands are really good when it comes to pwm dimming. The op13 should be a great option for that.

[–] SeikoAlpinist 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, OP12 and OP12R both have high frequency pwm. So does the Fairphone 5, apparently.

[–] Welp_im_damned@lemdro.id 0 points 2 months ago

Tbf I would avoid the fair phone 5. Heard not so great things about it

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Got my new phone budget two weeks ago and I've been waiting to see if the new pixel was worth it or if I should just buy a oneplus 12. The camera on the oneplus's are never as good but all the other pixel features seem so meh usually. Especially that battery life, why can't they just stick a bigger battery in these things.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pixels always had subpar hardware at best. Don't expect that to change now. Oneplus and other chinese manufacturers are the ones innovating now. Be it in the form of super fast charging or providing large bateries.

Word is next year you would be getting phones with large capacities such as 5500-6000mah. Xiaomi was recently testing large batteries with super fast charging for batteries upto 7500mah and 100w of fast charging.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Chinese manufacturers always look amazing on paper, but are terrible in reality.

Huge batteries that die faster than a Pixel with half the capacity, cameras with infinity megapixels that just end up taking huge terrible photos, software updates lololol, usually the tackiest theme overlaid so you get blue highlights on buttons with green backgrounds...

I've had way too many pieces of crap Xiaomi and Doogee and Ulefones over the years to ever go back after having a couple of Pixels.

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Huge batteries that die faster than a Pixel with half the capacity, cameras with infinity megapixels that just end up taking huge terrible photos, software updates lololol, usually the tackiest theme overlaid so you get blue highlights on buttons with green backgrounds...

Never had such issues. Infact, last I knew pixels were bad with battery life.

I've had way too many pieces of crap Xiaomi and Doogee and Ulefones over the years to ever go back after having a couple of Pixels.

That was your issue. I was talking about something mainstream from oneplus, realme, etc. Xiaomi makes good hardware but their software can use some work. I avoid xiaomi but others from bbk electronics like oneplus and realme and good.

[–] prograhammingdev@lemmy.prograhamming.com 2 points 2 months ago

Personally I have the 8 Pro and I'm constantly impressed with how good the battery life is. I can go two days without a charge, something that my older pixels would fail at. It's also held up much better -- im assuming due to the charging changes they've implemented in recent versions of Android

[–] trk@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I was talking about something mainstream from oneplus, realme, etc.

Aye, no true Chinese phone maker would be a piece of crap

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 2 months ago

I agree, I was a Xiaomi fanboy "because once they discontinue updates i can unlock and install a custom rom" but since they started to launch a new phone twice a month, there aren't enough hobbyists to support all of them. For my Xiaomi the custom ROMs were all outdated on XDA, and everything was a mess on telegram. I installed a custom rom and it bricked my modem, the maintainer was a teenager that in order to have a longer e-penis was compiling ROMs for phones that he didn't own - "if it compiles it ships" - then if it boot looped, "sorry wait a couple of weeks until i find another ~~stolen~~ RDP server for next version"

Got a pixel and it's night and day

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah that looks like a no for me holmes. The ai features don't tickle my pickle and while it's still probably the best camera out there I crave that battery life more. MKBHD already dropped his initial reviews as well for what that's worth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63EVXf_S4WQ