Google just unveiled its Pixel 2 smartphone in the ‘Pixel series’ at its event in San Francisco, as expected. It packs a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs on the latest Android 8.0 (Oreo). It has a 12.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Pixel and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
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Google announced Google Home Max at the Pixel 2 event in San Francisco. It is a premium smart speaker that sports dual 4.5-inch high-excursion woofers. Continue reading “Google Home Max premium smart speaker announced for $399”
Google just announced Pixelbook, the company’s latest convertible laptop running Chrome OS with support for Google Assistant with a dedicated Assistant key. It has a 12.3-inch touchscreen display with 3:2 aspect ratio and a thin backlit keyboard with soft-touch keys. The trackpad uses new, special touch-processing algorithms to navigate accurately, says Google. It is powered by 7th generation Intel Core i5 / i7 processor, 8GB / 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB SSD storage. Continue reading “Google Pixelbook convertible laptop with Google Assistant announced starting at $999”
Google has announced Google Home Mini at the Pixel 2 event in San Francisco. Powered by Google Assistant, the smart speaker is Google’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Dot. Continue reading “Google Home Mini smart speaker announced for $49”
Google’s Allo was officially announced last year, and after a year of waiting, the company has launched the web client “Allow for Web” back in August which was just supported on Chrome. Today, the company has finally announced that Allo application can now be used with Firefox and Opera web browsers. Continue reading “Google Allo Web for Android and iOS now available on Firefox and Opera”
Google is geared up for its event tonight where it will take wraps off the next generation of products. The company is all set to unveil Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL smartphone. Continue reading “What to expect from Google’s Pixel 2 event”
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. Like last time, is not available for Nexus Player yet. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Framework, System, Media framework, several MediaTek and Qualcomm components and more. Continue reading “Google rolls out October Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”
Google Android 8.0 Oreo is finally out of beta and is slowly finding its way into smartphones, and with that being out of the way, it’s time for Android Wear. Google is finally taking beta registrations for the preliminary beta update for the next version of Android Wear starting today. Though it is the next version of Android wear, you will be disappointed to know that the update doesn’t bring a lot of new features and will only be termed as “technical upgrade to API 26”. Continue reading “Google announces Android Wear beta based on Android 8.0 Oreo”
Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of October. Android Oreo that was released little over a month ago, has entered the charts this month and is now present on 0.2% of all the devices. Google started rolling out Android 8.0 Nougat to Nexus and Pixel devices in late August.
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Google is all set to unveil the Pixel 2 at an event tomorrow, October 4th. Press renders of the phone in several colors and pricing for both 64GB and 128GB storage versions surfaced last month, now clear press renders of the phone has surfaced. This also shows smaller bezel for the Pixel XL 2, thanks to 18:9 aspect ratio, but it is not an edge-to-edge screen, according to @evleaks.
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Google has finally rolled out support for Assistant on Android TV starting with NVIDIA SHIELD TV just as it had promised earlier this year. For the assistant to work, firstly user have to update which is available for both the Original Shield TV and new upgraded model. In addition to SHIELD TV, Google said that it would also roll out the update to Sony Bravia TVs in the coming months. Functioning of the Google Assistant is very easy, and you can trigger the voice assistant by pressing the microphone button on your SHIELD remote which then will activate the Assistant. Continue reading “Google Assistant now available on Android TV starting with NVIDIA SHIELD TV”
Google is working on a high-end Google Home smart speaker called as “Max”, according to a latest report from 9to5Google. Earlier this month we saw renders of Google Mini smart speaker. Continue reading “Google Home Max smart speaker with stereo sound reportedly in works”
Google usually offers security updates for its devices for one year from the time it stops offering Android version updates. The Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 stopped getting Android version updates last October, after Android 7.1.1 update and the company had promised to offer security updates till October 2017. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X and 6P security updates extended till November 2018”
Google has announced a new Android “zero-touch” enrollment service to make it easier for companies to preconfigure devices before handing over to their employees. Continue reading “Google rolls out Android ‘Zero-touch enrollment’ for the enterprise”
Bose has officially unveiled QC 35 II noise-cancelling headphones that come with Google Assistant. Rumored earlier this month, QC35 are the first headphone to support your Google Assistant. The headphones have all the performance and features of the original QC35. Continue reading “Bose QC 35 II noise-cancelling headphones with Google Assistant announced for $349.95”
