Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh says Google Stadia, the tech giant's cloud gaming service, will be available on Nov. 19. He says you'll be able to play games through Stadia on TVs, laptops and Pixel phones.
Google's Pixel Buds 2 will offer hands-free access to Google Assistant up to three rooms away. Resume a podcast, send a quick text, get directions or even understand another language with Google Translate. They'll be $179 and are scheduled to ship in spring 2020.
Google has "moved to a more discreet noise-isolating design with silicone ear tips and fins that lock the buds in your ear and seal out sound," says CNET's David Carnoy.
"As of this month Nest thermostats have helped consumers save more than 41 billion kilowatts. Hours of energy. Enough to power all of Denver's electricity needs for six years," she says.
Google's Nest Aware combines with Nest Cams to provide intelligent alerts and camera history. Pricing is also simplified. No matter how many cameras you have, you pay the same monthly rate.
Nest Aware 2.0 brings enhanced audio sensing abilities to Google Nest security cameras, smart speakers and smart displays. With Nest Aware, your tech should be able to listen for smoke detectors, alert you to carbon monoxide, and more.
The tech giant's new phones, the Pixel 4 and 4 XL, ditch the notch. They sport dual rear cameras, a 90Hz display, radar-powered face unlock and other unique features like car crash detection and live video captioning.
The Pixel 4 features more motion-sensor technology. Google says this will provide better ways to interact with your phone, like faster face log-in, new security and privacy features, new camera features and faster phone power-down.
The Pixel 4 starts at $799 (£669) for a 64GB version and $899 (£829) for the Pixel 4 XL. The devices are available in black, white and "oh so orange." You can preorder now and shipments start Oct. 24.
Google shows off the new phone's telephoto camera. The Pixel 4's dual camera system improves Night Sight, portrait mode, zoom and dual exposure controls.
Google Research's Mark Levoy details the camera's ins and outs. The Pixel 4's Super Res Technology, for instance, lets you capture sharper images by zooming instead of cropping. The tech uses the tiny shakes in your hands to gather more data about a scene.
The camera also has improved white-balancing features. Now if you take a photo, you'll be able to capture truer colors with the phone's portrait mode and split-pixel technology. CNET took the camera for a spin and tried out all the different modes.
The Pixel 4 also overhauls its portrait mode to extend the feature to large objects that stand farther back from the camera. The phone also includes a new bokeh effect and gives more detail to hair and pet fur.
