Tech Corner: Made By Google i/O Breakdown!
Mandy Mac
The Made By Google event happened on October 4th, giving us all a Tuesday to look forward to, and sure did it succeed that! The event was filled with the announcement of many new products, including stuff for your home, and tons of jokes punching disses towards Apple.
Google Assistant: With the built-in software and hardware working together created Google’s best experience around AI: Artifical Intelligence, with a 4.3% improvement (93.9% learning rate). The digital personal assistant will be available to the user, learning more about them and updating itself to better assist you, the user.
Pixel: Google’s new smartphone is Pixel, Google’s first smartphone with Google Assistant built-in. The Pixel combines hardware and software, all made by Google, including some of your favorite Google apps, to bring you a fast, seamless, and easy-to-use experience on your smartphone. Pixel comes in two sizes: 5” and 5.5”, and three different colors: Quite Black, Very Silver, and Really Blue. The phone can be purchased on either the Google Store or Verizon store, their carrier partner.
This polished glass-aluminum body case has the highest rated smartphone camera, with no unsightly camera bump.They have the best-ever DxOMark Mobile score with an 89, which is three points higher from iPhone 7’s 86 scores. The camera allows you to take breathtaking photos in any light: low light or bright light. It has 12.3 megapixels for sharp and crisp images, a large 1.55-micrometer pixels for great shots in any light and a f/2.0 aperture for bright and even photos. Say good-bye to pixelated photos, as well as saying goodbye to the “Full-Storage” notifications, since Pixel has unlimited storage for photos and videos.
The phone continues on with its easy-to-use experience by giving you a battery that can last all day and charges rapidly. You can get up to 7-hours of battery life in just 15-minutes of charging! It also has a smooth surface and easy-to-grip curved edges with an unlock fingerprint sensor in the back for quick access. The screen was made by gorilla glass, making a crack screen to be very unlikely for this phone.
If you are a current Apple user who is ready for the change, the switch is easy in just a three-step process. Connect your iPhone, or old Android device, to your new Pixel with the “Quick Switch Adapter”. Sign into your Google Account on your Pixel and transfer what you want to move onto the new Pixel phone: contacts, calendar, photos, videos, music, SMS messages, iMessages, and more! Pixel was even built for VR….
Daydream VR Headset: Daydream is a VR headset and controller by Google. It does all VR allows you to do, just in a lighter and comfortable headset, allowing you to experience high-quality mobile VR from virtually and physically anywhere. This meaning you do not have to be tied down to one spot, connected to chunky computer equipment. Take control with the Daydream controller that transforms with your imagination based on what you are playing.
The headset is 30$ lighter than others, made with micro-fabrics, making this headset lightweight, breathable, and comfortable. It is all a part of the experience
Join the Daydream View Headset waitlist here!
Google Home: Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by Google Assistant. It is your very own Google, always ready to help just by starting it up with saying “OK Google”.
Thanks to the updates for Google Assistant and the Google history and knowledge in your searches, Google Home is ready for any questions. You will get real-time answers including the weather, traffic, finance, sports, local business, and more. And with your permission, Google Home will learn more about your and become more personal, being able to retrieve flight information, set alarms, and timers, and even tell you about the traffic to your next destination.
Google Home will also connect to smart products, such as your Nest, Phillips Hue, and Chromecast, allowing you to control each of these items with voice control. To keep it home-friendly, the base is available in seven different colors, allowing them to fit in any space and decor of the room. You can even get multiple Google Home devices, group them together, this way one song is playing in every room the base is in. There is also a mute button that lets you put Google Home’s microphone on standby. For the multiple Google Home’s, only the Home closest to your will answer you based on your voice volume and distance to it. This way, you do not have to worry about all of them answering you at once.
Google Home is available for pre-order now!
Google WiFi: Have fast signal in every room of your house, with every device, by using Google WiFi. It is a new connected system that replaces your router for seamless coverage throughout your home, with a model design you do not mind not hiding.
Google WiFi was designed to handle multiple devices streaming, downloading, and sharing at the same time. The Network Assist is intelligent with software built into it to provide you with the fastest possible speeds. Network Assist will automatically help you avoid Wi-Fi congestion by connecting you to the closest Wifi point with the best signal. This all happens behind the scene, allowing you to continue your flow, worry-free. Network Assist will also suggest on how to optimize performance, like where you should move your Google WiFi point for even faster speeds.
All this can also be managed from an app, which has, even more, features for you, such as Family Wi-Fi pause.
Join the Google WiFi waitlist by clicking here!
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