With many collaborations with vehicle manufacturers like Volvo Car Group, General Motors and others to power infotainment systems with Android Automotive OS, Google is closer with its vision of achieving safe and seamless connected experience to every car. On 21st October, Google released new updates enabling developers to create more innovative, and drive optimized experiences.
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Google has confirmed that Dual Exposure Controls and Live HDR+ features will be exclusive to the Pixel 4 and will not come to the older Pixel generations. These two features were some of the many upgrades to the Pixel camera and users of older Pixel devices will not be able to experience it in their phones due to a hardware requirement.
Right After the Pixel 4 launch, we found out the Pixel 4 users will no longer get free original quality backup for their photos like the earlier Pixel phones. Soon after this news, a user on the r/Apple subreddit explained with a post about how Apple iPhone users have been getting free original quality unlimited backup of their photos as iPhones store their photos in HEIC format.
Earlier this year at Google I/O 2019, Google announced a feature called Live Caption coming to Android 10, and this feature has finally been released in the new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL. Another Pixel 4 feature was the ability to take long exposure night sky shots or astrophotography, as a part of their enhanced Night Sight mode. Google has now announced that these two features will be coming to Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a series later this year.
Earlier this year, Google announced ‘Stadia’ the company’s new video game platform that lets you instantly play games on TV (via Chromecast Ultra), laptop, desktop, tablet or mobile phone. After revealing the pricing recently, Google has announced that Stadia gaming platform is launching on November 19th 2019 with the pre-orders shipping soon.
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Google has announced Google Nest mini second-generation Google Assistant speakers and new Nest Wifi mesh router at its US event. The second-generation Nest Mini has been completely re-engineered with upgraded hardware for improved bass. The Nest Wifi mesh router, which are two separate devices: The Nest Wifi router plugs directly into your modem, forming the basis for a strong and powerful home network, and the Nest Wifi point expands your coverage where you need it most. Continue reading “Google Nest Mini with improved bass and Nest Wifi mesh router announced”
Alongside the new Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel Buds, Google also announced its latest Pixelbook Go laptop at the hardware event in New York. Pixelbook Go is a portable laptop with a touchscreen display, runs on ChromeOS, comes with an even bigger battery compared to 2017 Pixelbook and more.
At the hardware event in New York, Google unveiled an array of products including the latest Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel Buds, Pixelbook Go, and Nest Mini. While the global shipping of Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL starts from October 24th 2019, Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL is not launching in India and here’s why.
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Google just announced its Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones at an event in the US. The Pixel 4 has a 5.7-inch FHD+ OLED screen and the Pixel 4 XL has a 6.3-inch QHD+ OLED screen, both with 90Hz refresh rate. These are powered by Snapdragon 855 with 6GB of RAM and run Android 10 with 3 years of Android updates and security updates. There is Google’s custom-built Titan M security chip. These have a 12.2-megapixel camera along with a new 16-megapixel telephoto lens for super Res Zoom feature. Night Sight now lets you capture shots of the night sky, the stars, and even the Milky Way. Pixel 3 and 3a will also get a version of this capability with the latest camera app update, confirmed the company. Continue reading “Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL with 5.7-inch FHD+ and 6.3-inch Quad HD+ 90Hz OLED displays, dual rear cameras, Motion Sense announced”
Google recently added automatic image descriptions for people with low vision in the Chrome browser. Similarly, now, Google Maps is rolling out a new feature that gives visually impaired people the ability to receive more detailed voice guidance and new types of verbal announcements for walking trips.
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Google Chrome’s latest feature now auto-generates image descriptions using machine learning. The images are sent to Google to create the descriptions and users also get the ability to turn image descriptions on or off. This AI feature is aimed at helping blind and low-vision users.
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Google first launched Chromecast in 2013 and has been steadily adding features to it ever since. In 2016, it introduced a feature to enable streaming of music via the command — “OK Google, play music.” The feature made it effortless to stream music onto any Chromecast enabled speaker in the house. Continue reading “Google Stream Transfer lets you move music and video streams between Chromecast, Google Home and Nest devices”
Google unveiled Android Q earlier this year and later renamed it to Android 10. It was released for Pixel smartphones recently and other OEMs are gradually rolling out the update. Now, a new report reveals that Google will require all new devices to run Android 10 if approved after January 31, 2020.
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release for October. The latest security update is the first after Android 10 update that was released recently.
Google is all set to unveil the Pixel 4 Series at an event in New York on 15th October and a plethora of leaks, rumours, and renders have been surfacing including a leaked video revealing the Pixel 4 XL in full glory. Today, more details about the Pixel 4 Series have leaked including detailed specifications, new renders, new additions to the camera, and more.
