Everything Announced at Google’s Pixel Gemini Event video [CNET]

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Our biggest pixel design progression in years, we have four new phones including the gorgeous new pixel nine and the reimagined pixel nine pro fold. And we’ve heard from pixel users that just because they want a pro phone doesn’t necessarily mean they want a big phone. So for the first time, you can choose between pixel nine pro and Pixel nine Pro Excel without compromises, they have the same incredible display, sleek design, premium craftsmanship processing power and the same pro pixel camera. All of our new pixel nine phones feature a completely re engineered sculpted design that’s not only stunning to look at but optimized for feel and hand compactness and durability. Thanks to the luxurious metal frame with its seamless rounded corners and the scratch resistant flat gorilla glass vicus two, the pixel nine phones are twice as durable as the previous generation to withstand the inevitable accidental drops. Pixel nine has an even brighter actual display. And the pro models use our super actual displays. Both are the best and brightest displays in their classes. The entire line of pixel nines are also the first Android phones to include our new satellite S OS. So you can contact emergency responders and share your location even without cellular service. Now, all those pixel enhancements are also coming to our most forward looking most versatile phone pixel nine pro fold. It’s the pinnacle of mobile computing. So let’s check it out. It’s noticeably thinner and lighter than our first gen foldable. When it’s folded. It has the same size display as pixel nine pro and comparable thickness too. It feels and functions like a phone. Then you unfold it and pixel nine pro fold becomes something else altogether. An eight inch tablet with a big and bright super actual flex display. It’s the largest display on a phone and it’s 80% brighter than the first generation. And now pixel callis gets even better with call notes which follows up on your phone calls with a completely private summary of the conversation. So when you’re on a call and you don’t have a pen and paper handy, you still have easy access to phone numbers, times details and any other info you don’t want to forget. All right, there we go. So I’m gonna pop over that ad me mode. I’m gonna frame up the shots. Make sure I include a little room on the right here for myself and boom. Now, Shana, this is Jimmy buckets, please. I need a little, you need to add a picture. Let’s get Kenny the picture. As you can see the overlay. The augmented reality overlay is guiding me and now I can take a photo and now if you both come over here, you will see that it is going to be processed in one single shot. We’ve got pixel nine, the powerfully sophisticated Google phone with an unbelievable upgraded camera, supercharged performance and the latest A I features like the new Gemini assistant, add me pixel screenshots, pixel studio and so much more pixel nine starts at 799 pixel nine pro adds pro level performance and speed with 16 gigabytes of ra M meticulously crafted materials and finishes the brilliant super actual display and the pro grade camera with the best video quality on a smartphone pixel nine pro comes in two sizes starting at 999. And finally, the reimagined pixel nine pro fold, it’s thinner and lighter with the largest display on a phone and innovative features that you can only get on a foldable phone. Pixel nine pro fold starts at 1799. The entire pixel nine family is available for preorder today in the US Japan and Europe pixel nine and pixel nine PRO XL will begin shipping on August 22nd with the rest of the phones starting to ship in September with pixel watch three. We are bringing our best lineup yet. It delivers a gorgeous iconic design for the first time ever in two sizes. We are introducing an all new 45 millimeter size that’s perfect for people who want more from their watch. It gives you 40% more display and a 35% bigger battery. You also get a custom designed durable 3d cover glass and a brand new extra display. It’s our most advanced and power efficient display with up to 2000 knits of brightness. It’s twice as bright as before and it flexes all the way down to one knit in a dark room. The smaller 41 millimeter uses the same extra technology giving you 10% more display in the same compact size pixel watch three is also our deepest integration with Google and pixel. Yet your watch can now live stream your nest camera and doorbell, control your pixel phones, camera and act as your Google TV remote. You can use Google Maps even when offline and take notes with the recorder app and pixel call assist continues to get better with the new hold a minute. It answers for you and lets you hold the call while you find a quiet place to talk. So we’ve got a breakthrough, new safety feature, comprehensive fitness and health tracking from Fitbit, Google A I, the full Vero S five experience and a whole bunch of helpful Google integrations. It’s all coming together on the new pixel Watch three starting at 349 for the 41 millimeter and 399 for the all new 45 millimeter pixel buds pro two accomplished the difficult feat of improving audio processing and improving active noise cancellation and doing it in a power efficient way to get there. We have made a multiyear investment and designed our very own chip. The new Google tensor A one pixel buds Pro two are the perfect companion to your pixel phone with premium sound quality, powerful anc amazing battery life, incredible comfort and fit and the helpfulness of Gemini everywhere you go, pixel buds, Pro two are 229 and we are so excited for you to try them. Our new buds and the pixel watch three are available for preorder today. Just open Gemini, take a photo and ask, check my calendar and see if I’m free when she’s coming to San Francisco this year. Gemini pulls relevant content from the image connects with my calendar and gives me the information I’m looking for. Oh, looks like we had a little demo issue. Let me try one more time. No. Uh oh looks like uh looks like they’re not with us. All right, let me, let me uh let me uh try that one more time on another device. There we go. All right. Press here I say create a list of the foods she eats in this video. So here Gemini is connecting with youtube to find relevant information from the video’s captions and look just like that. I have a scavenger hunt. It explores just how helpful an assistant can be when it understands the context you’re in and responds naturally. One of the first places you’ll see. Project Astor come to life will be right in Gemini live where you’ll be able to share your camera during a conversation with Gemini. So you can show Gemini exactly where you’re stuck in your calculus homework. Ask for help with the next step of your furniture assembly or brainstorm ideas for getting the neighbors together when inspiration strikes or in this case just drives up and we’re bringing your most useful apps into Gemini Live too. So it can help you take action during your conversations and messages and pull information from apps like Google calendar. So right from Gemini Live, you can text the details about this business to your neighbor and cross check your calendar all without opening another app.