The event will begin at 12p.m. EST at which time I will be live blogging the event below. Stay tuned…
- Google Home – $129 w\ free 6 month YouTube Red, available for pre-order today, shipping Nov. 4th.
- Built in Google Assistant
- Manage tasks
- Listen to music
- Control other devices
- LED indicators, capacitive touch control
- Built in long field microphones
- Best in class voice recognition
- Forward facing speaker and dual side firing passive radiators
- Swappable bases to customize the look
- Can play music from many sources and the default can be changed
- Search songs by where you heard it, lyrics, or the more traditional methods
- Can play podcasts, audio books, etc
- Has full Chromecast Audio functionality
- Local news and traffic information
- Local business information
- Google translate
- Google My Day summarizes your day and supplies the information you set up
- Add items to shopping list and view on your phone
- Partner integration for home automation including Chromecast devices
- Netflix voice casting coming soon
- Works with Google Photos
- Multi-room audio support
- Chromecast Ultra $69
- 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision
- Google Play Movies rolling out 4K in November
- 1.8X faster than previous versions
- Built in Ethernet Port
- USB powered
- Google Wifi – $129 for single, $299 for 3 pack available for pre-order in November
- Expandable wireless system
- Network Assist, optimizes your network with no interaction
- Companion app to have complete control of your network
- Google Pixel – Starting at $649 and available today for pre order
- “No unsightly camera bump” and a 3.5mm headphone jack
- Fast charging, 7 hours of use from just 15 minutes of charging
- Updates come instantly directly from Google, seemlessly with no user interaction at all
- 24/7 tech support via chat and voice directly built into the phone
- Comes with cables and software to copy photos, contacts, etc from any phone to Pixel
- 5.5in or 5in screen
- Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue colors
- Available for every color
- Pixel Launcher
- Simple easy to use
- Everything just a swipe away
- Google Assistant built in
- long press home button or use a hot word
- Can search for images by date, items, peoples names, etc
- Search for events at a location or venue
- Can play any song on your favorite app
- Send messages in any app
- Make resturaunt reservations
- Photography experience
- DXOMARK camera score of 89, the highest ever for a smartphone
- Best smartphone camera ever made
- 12.3MP rear camera, f2.0 apperature
- Smart burst, hold shutter button to take multiple pictures and let Google choose the best
- HDR+ uses multiple short exposures to reduce noise and provide great colors even in very low light
- Zero shutter lag
- Shortest camera capture time than any other camera
- Extreme video stabalization by checking sensors 200 times a second
- Google Photos pre-installed to store and organize pictures and videos
- Unlimited cloud storage for Pixel owners at full resolution
- Google Cloud
- Communication
- Google Duo video calls
- Google Allo messaging
- Virtual Reality
- Daydream View Headset $79 available in November
- 30% lighter than other headsets
- Accommodates glasses
- made of clothing materials
- Easy to use
- Includes Daydream controller which can be stored in the headset
- Available in different colors
- Fantastic Beasts from JK Rowling exclusively on Daydream!
- Many educational titles will be available
- Netflix and Hulu’s entire collection available at launch
- New York Times VR news
- Google Play movies, Street View, YouTube all available at launch
- Daydream View Headset $79 available in November
- Google plans to focus on an AI focused computing experience
- Google assistant will be universal
- Two way conversations
- Personal Google for each user
- Secure
- Learns, remembers, and adapts the more you use it
- 94% image captioning accuracy
- Translation nearing human level translation
- Text to speech approaching human level as well
- Google assistant to be universal and initially brought to phone and home
- Sundar is now on stage
- Starting with a commercial about the keynote