Made by Google 2019 Live Blog (Starts at 10am ET/14:00 UTC)
by Andrei Frumusanu on October 15, 2019 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
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09:35AM EDT - Hello all, we're live from Google's New York Pixel launch event. We're expecting Google to release the new Pixel 4 which Google hasn't quite been able to keep very secret this year. Alongside the phones, we're also expecting some other new hardware products.
09:35AM EDT - The briefing should start at 10am ET - in around 20 minutes time.
09:43AM EDT - What should we expect from the new Pixel 4? Early reports hint that Google will be introducing a new 90Hz screen to this year's models. Other changes naturally will be related to the camera system which will be upgraded. Will Google update the Pixels with a triple-camera system this year, or will we see the company go in another direction?
09:47AM EDT - The start seems to be delayed a bit - they're saying now it's starting in 20 minutes.
10:01AM EDT - Intro video starting.
10:03AM EDT - "Hearing from the people at Google who design and develop these products"
10:03AM EDT - "Providing a more helpful Google for you"
10:03AM EDT - New Pixel phones, laptops, and home devices
10:06AM EDT - Stadia - Bringing the best experience gaming on any screen.
10:06AM EDT - Stadia launches on November 19th.
10:07AM EDT - Taking a look at the new Pixel 4 motion controls.
10:08AM EDT - New wireless earbuds - video about their design and engineering.
10:08AM EDT - New Google Pixel Buds
10:09AM EDT - Hands-free access to Assistant with the new buds.
10:09AM EDT - Hands-free access to Assistant with the new buds.
10:09AM EDT - Regular "Hey Google" voice assistant interaction.
10:10AM EDT - Long range BT connection up to three rooms away. Entire football field outside range.
10:10AM EDT - "Excellent sound quality"
10:10AM EDT - 5 hours continous playback in a single charge. 24 hours with the wireless charging case.
10:11AM EDT - Flush with your ear without extending outside.
10:12AM EDT - In-ear design for better sound quality - but with a spatial vent to allow ambient sound. Essentially semi-closed design.
10:12AM EDT - In-ear design for better sound quality - but with a spatial vent to allow ambient sound. Essentially semi-closed design.
10:12AM EDT - Available Spring 2020 for $179
10:12AM EDT - Moving on to privacy.
10:13AM EDT - Enabling you more control over your privacy settings.
10:14AM EDT - Google operations have been carbon neutral since 2007. 100% renewable energy matching.
10:14AM EDT - Investing $150M into new renewable energy.
10:15AM EDT - Same amount of renewable energy as consumed by the manufacturing of Google products.
10:16AM EDT - Ivy Ross, Google's design lead, talking about Google's design methodology.
10:16AM EDT - "Design is about solving problems for people"
10:17AM EDT - "Today looking at sustainability in every aspect"
10:18AM EDT - All of the Nest products in 2019 are manufactured with recycled plastics.
10:19AM EDT - Google's offsetting 100% of the carbon footprint of product shipping.
10:19AM EDT - Reducing the amount of hardware need to buy.
10:20AM EDT - "Stadia consolidates devices so all you need a controller and a screen" - Yea but what about the datacenters?
10:21AM EDT - Talking about the design of the Stadia controller and its design iterations.
10:22AM EDT - "It needs to feel right for as many people as possible"
10:22AM EDT - New Pixel Book successor
10:23AM EDT - Bringing the experience to more people at a more affordable price.
10:23AM EDT - "Pixel Book Go"
10:23AM EDT - "Pixel Book Go"
10:24AM EDT - Body made out of magnesium.
10:24AM EDT - The specs flashed for a moment ; it looked like it was Core i3
10:25AM EDT - Moving on to Nest
10:26AM EDT - Talking about privacy commitements.
10:26AM EDT - Requiring partners to pass a security review before they can access your Nest devices.
10:28AM EDT - Introducing the Nest Mini for $49
10:29AM EDT - 1 TOPs dedicated machine learning inferencing chip in the Nest Mini.
10:30AM EDT - "Next Aware" available 2020
10:32AM EDT - Man the format of this presentation is awful - jumping from topic to topic.
10:32AM EDT - Talking about Nest Wifi now.
10:33AM EDT - Updated Mesh routers
10:34AM EDT - New Wifi Point integrates same functionality as the Nest Mini with assistant feature.
10:36AM EDT - Video about the Nest devices design and testing.
10:36AM EDT - Moving onto the Pixel 4
10:37AM EDT - Starting off with Project Soli radar technology.
10:37AM EDT - Started 5 years ago
10:38AM EDT - First smartphone with a radar sensor
10:38AM EDT - "Fastest face unlock in a smartphone"
10:38AM EDT - Motion sense can control the screen on/off based on your movement.
10:39AM EDT - Video about the Soli design process.
10:40AM EDT - Understanding the intention of your movement - trying to account of regular movements.
10:41AM EDT - Privacy is built in from the start. Motion sense can be turned off an on. All processing happens locally on your device.
10:42AM EDT - The new assistant has an on-device language model run locally - this vastly improves the speed and response time.
10:44AM EDT - New audio recorder that's able to live transcribe as it's recording.
10:44AM EDT - Search through your recordings with keyboards.
10:45AM EDT - It's all offline with no external connectivity.
10:45AM EDT - 90Hz display with dynamic switching for best battery life.
10:46AM EDT - Comes in 3 colours, White, Black and Orange.
10:47AM EDT - Starting at $799 for the regular Pixel 4.
10:48AM EDT - Wide & Telephoto - Google missed out on the ultra-wide camera trend this year which I think is going to be a mistake.
10:48AM EDT - Talking about computational photography. Doing less with hardware and more with code.
10:49AM EDT - HDR+ takes up to 9 burst shots.
10:50AM EDT - Talking about the telephoto lens and the zooming capabilities of both optic & super res zoom.
10:51AM EDT - Google thinks telephoto is more important than ultra-wide-angle - I think that's just wrong and Google is on the wrong path here.
10:52AM EDT - LiveHDR+ now showcases approximation of HDR+ in the live viewfinder.
10:52AM EDT - The viewfinder is now WYSIWYG.
10:53AM EDT - New dual-exposure setting feature for highlights and shadows for controlling exposure.
10:54AM EDT - Using ML white balance for all scenarios.
10:54AM EDT - New portrait mode.
10:54AM EDT - Computing depth from dual pixel PD as well as dual camera for better segmentation.
10:55AM EDT - New Night Sight improvements.
10:55AM EDT - Longer exposures and more of them.
10:56AM EDT - Semantic segmentation used for all modes.
10:59AM EDT - Promises of an improved Night Sight in the future with extended dynamic range well ahead of 19 f-stops.
11:00AM EDT - Testmondials from a professional photographer using the Pixel 3 for a year shooting various shots.
11:04AM EDT - Still going on explaining her camera experience and subjects.
11:06AM EDT - "Creating a single consistent experience across your home and on the go"
11:07AM EDT - Wrapping up the event. Thank you all for being here with us.
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shabby - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
If the 64gb pixel 4 is going to cost $999 then may it rip.Ukyo - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
899 according to B&H Photo's preorder page...Ukyo - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
Sorry, I mean 799, 899 is for the XLmfaisalkemal - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
Hi Andrei F.On twitter you said about iPhone 11 review "It's finished on my side, it should go up after editing, maybe later today."
link:https://twitter.com/andreif7/status/11836615926108...
any chance the editor done and published it today?
Andrei Frumusanu - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
TomorrowToTTenTranz - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
They went through the "ancestor" tools like knifes to make... a gamepad that looks exactly like every 3rd party gamepad out there that's been in the market for 15 years?Ok google...
peevee - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
BS marketing... what else is new?Oh, wait! Google now uses and promotes racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, free speech limitation and discrimination and political propaganda and election meddling - and of course privacy violations. Went from "don't be evil" to "as evil as possible" in a jiffy. Buy their products if you are a moron supporting all that.
PeachNCream - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
Sadly, spyware companies like Google are hard to avoid as other large tech corporations go down the "watching everything you do" route in an effort to diversify their businesses. Although Alphabet/Google is leading the charge on degenerate, disgusting corporate greed, other companies are following along. Microsoft and Windows 10 are a case in point.Alistair - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
They made a PS4 type controller which I find painful to use. I want the analog stick in the resting position, at least the main one on the left. Fail for me. I'll get Xbox.yacoub35 - Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - link
"long range" BT? Great, how much RF radiation is this thing going to put off? :(