Tech editors react to the Made by Google event and new Pixel device features

Welcome to all things mobile and our live coverage of made by Google

I'm Ayaz Akhtar with PCMag and I'll be joined by my colleagues Andrew Gebhardt and Nabar Al-Heady

But this is one unusual situation. Google's officially launched the Pixel 11 series, but tonight the company is holding a live event hosted by Trevor Noah

Now, we're all hoping there's something Google held back to justify such an event, but we'll

see, right? I also want to introduce our producer running all the things behind the scenes, Steven Beacham

Let him know what's going on. Hey guys. Thank you for watching

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Yeah, we also have live blogs at CNET and PCMag. And here's the deal. You're watching our pre-show

We're going to discuss our opinions and all the stuff that was announced, the pixels, the Pixel Watch, the Google Pixel Tag

and of course, the most important device, the Olive Google Buds Pro 2

Then we'll run Google's show right here. You don't need to go anywhere. You can just keep that tab open

And after that, we'll be back to break down everything Google and Trevor Noah presented

So we've got Andrew Gebhardt. I've got to ask him some questions

I've got a Brar. Elhidi, I've got to ask him some questions. Let's start with a Brar because you've gotten to play with the Google Pixel 11 series already

And there's plenty of videos about that. What is your impression of the Pixel 11 series

And what do you think Google's trying to do with them? So I casually have all the phones laid out in front of me just for fun

I first want to start out with how beautiful this pink color is. I just think this is the most important thing we are going to talk about today

Sorry, hibiscus. Exactly. That's what Barbie would call it. So it's very fluorescent

I think I didn't expect how pink it would be, but it's gorgeous. But I'm a foldables person

I really like foldables. And so I'm excited to play with the 11 Pro Fold and see how different it may or may not

be from the 10. I mean, all of these phones just look pretty similar to last year's phones

There's nothing particularly startling about the design. It's what's on the inside that counts, right

That's what they always say. So we're going to find out as we continue to test all of these phones how that all goes

But, you know, they're always going to tout the AI features these days

And so I got to play with some of the AI features. Magic Capture was a really fun one

Basically, holding up your phone, it records everything and then decides when to take a snapshot

so you don't have to be like should I take a picture now should I take a video you just roll

and it'll find the best moments um so I look forward to playing with that rambler if you

like voice to text but you feel like you ramble too much it'll fix that problem for you all those

little things but the creepiest thing and honestly you should go back and watch this video of mine

just to hear what I sound like if I were a fluent Spanish speaker which I am not but I wish I were

um you can translate any YouTube video in real time you'll get those real-time dubbed

translations and it's amusing if nothing else. Yeah, I did watch that. You do speak very quickly in Spanish

I don't think you speak that quickly in English. But thank you. I had an existential crisis. Yeah

Andrew, you use a Pixel daily like you're a person who has chosen to have a pixel

as your daily driver. OK, with all the Pixel 11 news, what do you think of these phones

Are you like just jumping to upgrade or are you just like, hey, big whoop

I think some of these features seem genuinely cool. The fact that you can get those stills out of the magic capture in there, the Rambler feature that you can talk and stumble and it'll magically translate that and make it seem coherent

I also want to note just how much Abrar struggled to actually stumble

She's so coherent all the time that when she was using Rambler, it was terrific because it was like, wait, how exactly do I stumble here

And Abrar, if you need lessons on stumbling, I am always ready to help

You know, and just because you said that, I will probably stumble many times during this live stream because I think you might have just jinxed me

So we're going to find out. Yeah. But thank you. I'm going to ask

Sorry, go ahead. I wanted to ask Beach to get the magic capture footage up because we should talk about this and explain exactly what it is, because it's Google's attempt to destroy blurry photos

Just gone. So basically, here we go. This is magic capture in action

It's a feature that's in the camera app next to the camera button. There's a little magic icon. You click that

Then you hit the shutter and what's happening is the phone will essentially take a video

It's going to take a look at what's happening in this case There's a fellow with a soccer ball and trying to get a shot

That's not blurry is super hard when something like this is happening Google's magic capture will yze all those shots you just took and you can also tell it when to stop and you'll end up with photos like this

clear as day pictures of people that are moving around and it's super still. Now

it's probably done with a combination of hardware and software to make this happen

And if you don't like the images Google pulls out, you can just scrub through and do it yourself

Abra, what did you think of Magic Capture when you got to try it? You know, I love the idea of it taking video. Like you mentioned, you will always have that

video so you can go back and grab any stills if you don't like what it chose. But I think

I was thinking about this in terms of concerts, for example, where you're like, should I take a video

Should I take a photo? And you can take photos while you're taking a video. I get that. But sometimes you just want to be in the moment

You don't want to be looking through your phone the entire time. So I think this is great for those moments

I'm really excited to kind of take this out into the real world even more and see how often I actually opt to use this

Because I feel like old habits die hard and I'll still be like, well, I can take a good photo. So I think this involves killing my ego a little bit, which is probably necessary

But, yeah, I think it can be a huge help for folks who really do just want to, like, actually look at something in real time versus looking through their viewfinder

And just there, we were seeing Google Circle to Search, which is now in the camera app

So you don't need to snap a photo and then use Circle to Search

This seems like an obvious thing that should have been changed. And I'm very happy that exists

But I want to go back to Magic Capture because, Andrew, this is available on every Pixel 11, the cheapest one to the most expensive one

It seems like Google really wants people to enjoy this feature. Now, I want to make sure that everyone knows this because Google, I was like, hey, look

couldn't I just take screenshots from my 4K video and just have that

I was told that the frames that get pulled out are approximately 12 megapixels

which is a little bit higher than you would have gotten with the 4K screen grabs

and you don't have motion blur. So, Andrew, why do you think Google's putting so much effort into Magic Capture

I mean they trying to compete on the camera front and on all of that software aspect and just make it more seamless to capture action

Because I mean, Google's big advantage is software and it's AI and it's processing

And so I think they want to do as much with that

as they can to make you get pretty pictures. And Abra, I wanted to ask you on the magic capture

So two things on that event. One, from the time you were taking the actual pictures, how long did it take the phone to actually pull those out and process them until they were pristine

How long did that take? Yeah, that's a great question. So initially, right after you finish recording, it'll pull maybe like a couple, like two photos, for example, immediately

And then I say give it like a few minutes. Probably, I didn't time it exactly because you were running around shooting

I would say about three minutes, three to five minutes to get a series of photos that are more kind of like polished, like what you're kind of seeing in that video

That was after a couple of minutes of letting it do its thing. But, yeah, it's really neat that you'll have, you know, the video saved as well

But it doesn't take too long for it to pull the photos. OK, nice. Did you also get to hop on the skateboard there after

Like I noticed your soccer skills. I was wondering if there was also like secret footage of a bra on a skateboard that we could

I wish. Oh, my God. You know, honestly, if I could skateboard, I would be skateboarding in every single phone review video ever

I wish. But someday I'll work up to it. I'll work up to it. That was a video of Andrew Langston going around with the cameras of the Pixel 11 Pro

Now, Google's made like the sensors for almost every phone. Not better. Sorry, they've improved the cameras on every device

I want to hit this point because this confuses me a little bit. and maybe you guys have a better understanding of this

The Google Pixel 11 and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold have the same main camera

same sensor, same everything. One is the cheap one, and one is $2,000

Andrew, what do you make of this? Because this Pro Fold thing doesn't use Pro cameras

It has the regular cameras, which are good. We haven't tried these out yet, any review yet

If you want the reviews, they're coming soon. but why kind of hamstring the Fold

Google's doing me a solid, you know, I'm not all that eager to go get the Fold

So they're like, here you go, Andrew, this camera's just as good. And I'm like, thanks, Google

So I appreciate them looking out for me like that. And I think they're probably just also packing

so much stuff into the Fold with the bigger screen and everything like that

that at some point in order to keep the price as expensive as it is, they had to make cuts somewhere

But yeah, the fact that it's called the Pro Fold and it has the regular camera

feels like a little bit of a clash, but hopefully for everyday photographers like myself

that camera is still just fine in terms of taking shots that I'd actually wanna look at

Now, Andrew, that music wasn't there to play you off because what it is, is our colleague

Michael Sorrentino at the event right now. And Mike set the scene, what's it like pre-Trevor Noah

Hey everybody. So we are at a TV studio right now for sure

It is a DJ in the background getting us ready for the Pixel 11 event

And funnily enough, I have the Pixel 11 right here. It's a very strange review launch experience

where everything about the Pixel weapon is already known. But we are here to watch this live screen unveiling

and it's kind of like Trevor Noah too. Do you think this is gonna get people to like maybe

relate to the Pixel? Because Trevor Noah might be good, because last year was Jimmy Fallon

And I don't know if that helped the Pixel or hurt it. Oh my God

I suspect that, I was reading this actually in an article, I don't know, it's a story that he

A lot of people who follow technology reviews have been following the Pixel phones all day long

There's a decent chance that tonight's event is about making the Pixel be part of a lifestyle

showing it off with celebrities, showing it off in different, maybe there's fun ways

that Gemini will be used to show you how to buy a movie ticket or something

And I suspect people probably aren't going to be watching this live in mass with Google

But Google wants to be able to make scripts from this event and show it off for the next month

to come, especially as we lead into the iPhone event this fall, which is Google's biggest

obstacle, is getting through to audiences who are very used to buying iPhones in America

Yeah, Google's trying a lot of different things. They have Creator Studio that's going to be on every Pixel as well

It gives you the option of having a teleprompter. Mike, are you using the teleprompter feature of your Pixel 11 right now

No, because I am definitely making up everything I'm saying right now off the top of my head. But when I was here on Monday, one of the people that Google had showed off the teleprompter

feature because of exactly that that'll be good for people who want to do

content creation uh one of them was an actor so they said that'd be great for their audition reels as well

so i look forward to you taking tons of magic captured images

from the pixel 11 event is there anything else we should know about

the scenario you're at um it's a little bit not as i said in the background there

is the dj going but otherwise i'm expecting i'm I'm actually looking forward to seeing it

Last year when I was at the Pixel 10 event, so Jimmy Fallon, I'm looking forward to seeing teleprompters going, seeing how much of this

is going to be rehearsed versus off the cuff. At the same time, it's still going

to be fine to watch a phone event different done in more

of a talk show style again, as opposed to the stage PowerPoint presentations

we often see for other presentations. OK, before I let you go, I just want to know what the energy is like in there

Are people excited, or are they just kind of like, ah, six o'clock on a Wednesday

Or how does it feel? I think it's pretty fun. It is definitely a very media heavy crowd

We have a lot of reporters, a lot of public radio here. And so I think a lot of us are here because it is in a way

our job. But also it is still refreshing to be in a

there's like multiple cameras all over the place. There is the flashing lights in the background

same the day and 11 over and over again. So it's a good refresh

I don't know what that was, but thanks, Mike, for that. We're going to let you know how our first

poll, we had polls up on our YouTube channel. And what was that? Okay. Anyway, we have polls up

right now. And let's see how we did. Beach, can we get this poll up? So we had a question was

which Pixel has you the most excited? Pixel 11 Pro and XL, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, the Pixel 11 and

the Pixel Watch 5. After 153 votes, 50% of you are excited about the 11 Pro and XL, 20% of you

excited about the Pro Fold, 18% about the 11, and 12% of you are just jazzed about the Pixel Watch 5

Now I got to talk to Andrew about this because what the difference between the Pixel Watch 5 They look almost identical If they not identical I would be surprised Same size same look same dome You cover this

stuff. Educate us. Yeah, looks can be deceiving. We got to get more people excited about the Pixel

Watch 5. I think it could be good. It's their first watch to launch since they rolled out their

health coach, which is, yeah, that's a premium thing. But it's really cool. It has helpful

fitness advice. It helps you plan your workouts. It helps you log workouts and meals. It takes all

that into account. It's the best AI fitness coach I've tested. And the Pixel Watch is going to have

that. The Pixel Watch 4 has that too. So, I mean, there's a lot of stuff that the Pixel Watch 4 has

that the Pixel Watch 5 also has. But difference is it has a new processor that should be faster

It has more memory. It has more storage. It has a new refined GPS. So this will be handy for me

because I live in a big city. Supposedly this new GPS, like if I'm doing a run through the streets

of Chicago, it can take the distortion that normally happens off of the tall buildings out

to more precisely pinpoint my location. And supposedly the accuracy there is just as good

as some of these higher end sport watches. So that's what Google is saying. We need to test that

That sounds really cool. And then obviously there's new upgraded software, the Gemini intelligence to proactively pull up airport info, health guardians, pretty cool

which blood pressure, it'll tell you about, it'll tell you about insulin resistance meant to like

keep an eye on your holistic health for hypertension, for diabetes, even though Google

doesn't say anything about those exact words in their materials because they want to keep it as

just like an informative feature and not an actual medical feature. It is still a lot of stuff that

is being rolled out alongside the Pixel Watch 5 in addition to a big price bump

But, you know, who cares about that, right? It's just money. Just money

Yeah, let's talk about these price changes because we're currently living in a world

where things are kind of screwy, if you haven't noticed. So because of all of the massive interest in AI, there's a ton of RAM being used by all

these server farms. The problem with that is we use RAM in everything, all these phones and our computers

and stuff and so uh google a giant four trillion dollar company has trouble getting their supply

thereby making the prices higher for their devices the uh pixel 11 now starts at 899 now in all

fairness it has 256 gigabytes of storage so that's twice as much as the 10 started with so that's

good it's 12 gigabytes of ram has that new camera i think the 11 got like the best upgrade but the

pros also have some more expensive pricing. Abra, do you think that these pricing issues will stop

adoption of the Pixel or could Google actually make people think, yes, I must spend my money on

the $3,000 fold? I think it would only stop people if everyone wasn't raising their prices. I think

this is something that everyone is kind of begrudgingly having to accept of if you want

to upgrade if you even if you if you already have a pixel phone and you want to get the newer one

you're going to pay more money or if you wanted to join the pixel universe for the first time no

matter what direction you go whether you're going to buy a galaxy phone or a pixel phone or the next iphone chances are you're going to be spending more money so it's just a sad reality of where

we're at and i think people like what they like and if they're going to buy a premium phone um

As awful as it sounds, I think if you have to pay $100 more to still have the newest premium phone, a lot of people will find a way to make it happen

And, you know, this is a good time to, you know, name drop sites like CNET.com where we have carrier deals listed

If you want to try to find a way to save money, there are possibilities out there for how to hopefully not spend too much money

Yeah, there's a lot of similarity between the Pixel 11 series and the 10 series

So if you see a better deal out there, maybe you don't jump yet, but we've got to see the reviews for the Pixel 11 before we can really give you any buying advice

There's some comments over on our YouTube page. At Uno Nice said, disappointed at prices and trade-in

Smack my head. Might skip it this year. Not happy. Another person says, I hope they release the new Google book and tell us more about aluminum OS

I'm going to disappoint you because if that happens, it'd be a big surprise because this is called Made by Google

and Google doesn't make Google Books. Andrew, it's Lenovo, HP, and I think Dell

are the first partners. So you don't expect a new Google Book, do you

I'm guessing not. I think, again, Google was kind of looking out for me here

because I hate surprises. And I'm guessing this event is just a nice form

So this is made by Google for Andrew, by the way. I don't know if you saw the fine print under the title

It says for Andrew Gebhardt and nobody else. Right. Make the base level phone as appealing as possible

Let's limit all surprises so that we can just like comfortably sit in our chairs and watch Trevor Noah

So I would guess if there is going to be a surprise and I had to make a bet, I would bet it's something to do with glasses

Right. I would not bet it has to do with Google Books or anything like that

So that would be the way I would wean. But but my but my guess is no

My guess is they're just going to use this event to do funny stuff with Trevor Noah to make it seem relatable, to try to make everybody forget the Jimmy Fallon year

You know, these are the goals. We got some. We're all apparently Jimmy Fallon haters on this on this

I want to hear. Look, I just don't think we. Critics? I think a lot of us don't find him genuine, okay

Like, you know when I'm saying some sarcastic stuff, you know I mean it. Jimmy Fallon, who knows

Who knows? I want to talk about this because the Pixel's been around for a decade, okay

When Apple had 10 years of iPhone, they came out with something nuts, right

Like, okay, we got a notch now, and the shape is different. And look at all of these different, it's got an X, it's not even a 10

now google 11 pixel 11 uh look it's it's kind of the same the biggest physical change is on the

fold and on the 11 because the 11 has a reduced bump that big camera bar on the back is 40 percent

thinner now which is tiny doesn't sound like a lot but once you put a case on this device

the bump is gone it's like pixel 10a flat which is really unusual uh yeah but are these

enough to get people like jazzed about like why didn't Google do a bigger splash

unless unless Trevor Noah's got something and he's got like oh this is

the the pixel ultra here it is why not go bigger bro what do you think I think the main missed opportunity and I only say this because I typed this accidentally many times but every time I type pixel 11 I accidentally add a second L so that it looks like an 11 I feel like they could have played with that a little bit more That just my little

note for the marketing team. I think Google knows who they are, right? Google does a lot of things

Phones is just one of the many things that they do, and they do pretty well. Apple also knows who they are, and they know that they can get away with doing a super flashy

campaign where they skip the iPhone 9 and jump to the iPhone 10 and make it an X to be all fancy

right? I think we would have made fun of Google if they did too much, if I'm going to be honest

I think they know to be like, let's just let the phones talk for themselves. Let's release these

devices. We like what we've done here. And let's let other people be the judge of whether this is

you know, something that's really worth shouting about. But yeah, I mean, it is interesting that they don't really lean into that

as much as someone like Apple. I fully disagree with you saying that Google knows who they are

I do not think they know who they are. Okay, fair enough. Because they're like an advertising company, they make hardware

There's Waymo, which is under Alphabet. They've got a ton of different like fingers and pies

And I don't know if they know what they are. Heck, they're in iOS

They're Siri now. They're everything. Andrew, do you think there could have been a bigger splash

Yeah, but it's not this phone's fault, right? This is the Pixel 11

If anything, we should be blaming last year as the big one that missed the opportunity

So, yeah, no, they could have done something more. They could have done something more on the watch, too

I mean, so this is more similar to, so Apple had their big software event over the summer

And they really focused on their AI capabilities across the platform. And I mean, I think that's the way that Google's going

That's the way that Samsung's going. We saw the same thing when Samsung rolled out their new watches and phones three weeks ago

It's AI features. That's the thing. And making the phones conduits to the AIs that they want to deliver into your home

and then trying as hard as they can to make that AI relatable and usable in a way that even casual

phone users will find helpful. So to me, that's the whole crux of the matter is they want to make

this AI indispensable. And thus a Trevor Noah event, right? To make jokes about it, to make it

relatable, and thus, you know, the hardware side, you look at it and you're like, that's it

All while under the hood trying to do the magic cues and everything, because they're just like

our AI is great. Use it, dang it. That's the whole game for them, I think

Okay. So technically, I'm going to get you here, Andrew, because they introduced the first

generation in 2016. It's 2026. It's 10 years. So there, maybe don't call it the 11, call it the

X, call it whatever you want, but they didn't. Let's go to a poll. We have a second poll

What was that? Sorry, I said call it the on-say. I was trying to come up with other names for 11

that we could do. And really all I did was just say 11 in a different language. So I don't even

think that counts as creative. I'm so sorry we have wasted your time with that. Okay

So we had a second poll. I'm not sorry. We had a second poll

So we're just like off the rails, which is great because in four minutes, Google should be on the rails

But we had a poll. We asked you what feature would get you to upgrade

A, a better camera, B, a brighter screen, and C, faster wireless charging

With 122 votes, better camera won 55% of your votes, faster wireless charging, 26%, and

brighter screen, actually way more important to people than I thought, and 19%. We didn't mention that the entire Pixel 11 line now charges at 25 watts wirelessly

Now, I know that doesn't sound like an exciting stat, but it's faster charging wirelessly

Abra, what did you think of the Qi 2.2 standard being adopted

Well, I'm thrilled. And I also, my biggest beef with the Galaxy phones is their lack of built-in magnets on those phones

And so, you know, we got to get with the times. We got to, we got to, I think it's interesting how strongly people feel about wireless charging

though. Cause some people are super into it and some people are like, I really don't understand

why you guys do this. It's just, we should be able to, you know, charge whatever way we want

to charge. And I will also say last year when Google announced the pixel snap charging stand

I think that's one of my favorite accessories ever because the puck, you can remove it from

the stance. You can have it like lay flat on the table or you can have it as a stand. So if you're

looking for a wireless charger, that's the one that I personally would recommend, but yeah

It's good to see this progress. Folks, keep those questions coming, the comments coming

because we're going to throw to the show pretty soon. We'll be back right after it to say, what

What happened? Andrew, any final thoughts before we go to Trevor Noah

and probably Rick Osterloh? Yeah, I'm hopeful for the Pixel Watch 5

I know it didn't get a big, you know, flashy upgrade, but it should be really smart

And I would dig it if it is using AI in a way that's helpful

and approachable. And goodness, I hope that the battery is still as good as last gen

and the fast charging is still working and all of that good stuff

because, yeah, we need like a runaway great model on the Android side

after the Galaxy Watch 9 was not as cool. So I'm hopeful that the Pixel Watch 5 is amazing

and fireworks and great things. Good luck with that. Optimism! Optimism is something I have, but I've seen, the thing is we saw the products already

They're out already. It doesn't make sense unless Google says, oh, by the way, the watch comes in six sizes

Now here's an ultra watch because for some reason, Google does not go ahead again to

go to that market. Oh boy. Abar, any final thoughts about the 11 before we go to Trevor? Pink

That's my only thought. That's all I've got. It's not hibiscus. I've decided

When I saw that, I thought it was a T-Mobile thing. It looked like magenta, and I'm like, okay

It looked like a T-Mobile collab. It screens T-Mobile. Fluorescent. Yeah. Yeah

I like that went with colors. Okay, nice colors on the Google Pixel devices, because why not? Definitely

Yeah. So I've got time to kill, so I'm just going to keep talking about stuff. The Pixel Pro Fold with the longest name, okay

This is thinner now. It's lighter now. It's got a larger screen on the front, but they didn't increase the DPI, which annoyed me

Barbara, you're a foldable person. I'm a foldable person until I broke mine

Oh, no. Yeah. I didn't know that. That's a long story for another time

But anyway, when you try not to fold compared to the 10, what did you think

Okay, so what I thought was they're very, very similar. The bezels are thinner, so that's good

But it's obviously going to be an incremental change. And my thing that I'll add right now is, yes, I can see the crease

So if that's your question. when I open the phone, that's all I can say at the moment

in terms of my impressions, but I'll leave it at that. And I look forward to seeing what's on the inside

How is this powering all those features and how does the camera perform

And the battery is the biggest thing. Actually, the battery capacity dropped this year a little bit

So will it still last a certain amount or longer? I know Andrew's psyched because we saw Steph Curry

Go ahead. That's my optimism, is that the insides can really shine once we get it into practice

That's the optimism. Is it unfounded? Even if we don't get a crazy new hardware

I think Andrew and I as are the perfect balance of each other. We really love each other

Let's go to Trevor Noah, who is joining us live. And we'll be back after the wrap up

Hello, everyone. And welcome to Made by Google 2026 coming to you live from New York

What's up, everyone? How you doing? How you feeling? Welcome to everyone joining us from all over the world

This is the day where Google finally reveals everything they've been working on for the past year

Today, we're gonna be getting new phones, new wearables, new processors, and even a new feature called Search Roulette

where your device randomly picks something from your search history to share with all of your colleagues and friends

It's actually a feature I pitched to Google, and they declined it for some reason

My name is Trevor Noah. I'll be your host for today, which wasn't actually the plan

What happened is Google got so sick of me commenting on all the YouTube videos every time they launch something

they're like, why don't you just come do it in person? So, you know, I did. Started in the comments, and now I'm here

We have an amazing show for you today because we're not just gonna be launching the latest Google has to offer

We've also got your favorite people to help us do it, and we're also gonna be getting a special live performance

from the one and only Pink Panthers, everybody. That's gonna be fun. Now, look, if you're anything like me

the only thing that you love more than a tech reveal is the person hosting it, not wasting your time

before revealing the tech. So, let's get the show rolling. by meeting one of the people who is helping

bring all of this tech to life. This is the man who builds the future

shrinks it down, and then puts it in your pocket. Please help me welcome the one and only Rick Astolo

How are you, John? Oh, what's going on, Rick? I love how someone's doing it. Let's go, Rick

Google Rick! I'm glad my mom's here. Thanks for being here. Thank you so much for having me here

I appreciate you being here. I'm a huge fan. No, man, I'm a fan of tech. Normally I'm at home watching these

so to be in it, this is great because you're the head of devices at Google

I'm the head of devices in my family. And so what that means is, like

I set up the Wi-Fi, you know, I'll Vibe code with my agentic AI to create, like, a vector database

and I reset the clock on the microwave. But for those who don't know, what do you do

Very similar. I lead the team that creates Android and Chrome and Google hardware products like Nest, Fitbit, and Pixel

and a bunch of the amazing things you're going to see today. Okay. So you're the perfect person to answer this question then

What does the future hold? Well, I think the future is incredibly exciting

Real leaps forward, like what we're seeing right now, doesn't happen that often, where your relationship with tech totally changes. Right

You know, if you think about, like, phones and laptops, they haven't really changed that much over the last 10 to 15 years

But we're in one of those rare leaps forward right now. And we're making technology a lot more helpful

At the same time, it's getting a lot more simple. And tech like Gemini, Android, and Pixel, it works harder to try to make your life easier

And I think we'll look back in a few years and say, oh my gosh, I can't believe how difficult it was to use my phone in the old dark ages

Yeah, I mean, it feels like for a moment in time it was like, okay, the phone is just a phone. And then it's a messaging device

and then it browses the internet, takes pictures. You know, those were like the jumps

And then it just improved. It was iterative year on year. But now we're experiencing something completely different

And to be honest with you, I don't know about you here, but I have a complicated relationship with technology

Like, I love it, but I wish I could use it less. But I can't live without it at the same time

Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, I honestly get caught up in it all the time, and I build this stuff for a living

Like, you know, oh, I just accidentally clicked on a notification. now I'm watching 15 dog videos in a row

Man, those dog videos. You're like, why did I just do that? So, I mean, the thing is your phones can do so much

Yeah. But getting all that done today requires you to do all the work

all the tapping, the scrolling, the dings. It can be pretty overwhelming sometimes

And the real problems we all want technology to solve for us have been pretty consistent

Like, I don't have enough time in my day. Where's that information I need? I want a perfect photo

I want to stay in better touch with my friends and family. I wish I could relax more

Technology should help us with all of that. It should do a lot of that for us instead of demanding that we do the work

And so that's why I'm so excited about what's coming. You asked about the future. I think that's the future

Okay, so holistically, like how are you approaching all of this complexity

You know, a lot of people want to know, like, are you keeping it simple? How do you know when to expand

Where does AI fit into all of it? How do you make those decisions? Well, for us, AI means Gemini

And you might have seen the news yesterday. There are now more than a billion people using the Gemini app

and that makes it the fastest growing product in Google history. Wow

And if we look past the numbers, we see it as a path to simpler, more helpful technology

It's reshaping the kind of help that people can expect from their tech and their lives every day

Yeah, but how does it work? You know, like how do you take the potential of what you can do, like the potential of all this tech and actually make it work in people's lives, like real people's lives

Well, you've always been able to ask Gemini for information. Yeah. But now you can actually ask it to get things done for you

So not many people are using this kind of technology yet, but I think it's a real game changer and everyone will

Like I use it for many things right now. One of them is I, you know, it's just a small thing, but I organize a weekly basketball game

And so Gemini drafts an email to everyone, to the group, sends the location and the times, and then it checks the RSVPs

And so it just handles all that in the background for me. And it takes one thing off my plate

And you can get that many times. I like that. So it's kind of like a GLP-1 of technology

Yeah, it takes things off your plate. That's basically what it's doing. But let's talk about the phones

I mean, it's one of the biggest reasons everyone tunes in for this event, right? I can think of a few examples in my head

But from your experience, what are some of the biggest advantages and benefits to having something like Gemini built into your phone

Well, I think that is the big question that we'll answer today. But I think the most simple answer is Google is here to help

We help everybody. We help people across every device. And with Android, we can push the state-of-the-art forward in software, in AI, and hardware like in smartphones

Okay. And as you'll see today, this is the combination where all the magic happens

That's why we're bringing the very best of Gemini right to the heart of our Pixel 11

phones and the new Pixel Watch 5. And we call it Gemini Intelligence

And the reason we call it that is we think it's no longer an operating system that helps

you use your phone It an intelligent system that gets things done for you Your Pixel knows you It knows what you need when you need it So when you texting a friend it can book a table at

that new restaurant and even help organize a ride to get there, all without leaving the check

So your phone can now do all of that for you, so you can get a lot more done in a lot less time

And you have full visibility. You can jump in at any time, and you can stop the task whenever you

want. I like the sound of that. I mean, I think everybody would, right? Because we want our phones

to do more, but we actually want to use the phone less, which is a paradox. Yeah. I mean

this is a huge change in how we use phones and watches every day right now. And we're also using

Gemini to reimagine devices that people have taken for granted for years, things like laptops

smart speakers, TVs, and in cars. And you'll even see some interesting new devices like

intelligent eyewear later this year. Intelligent eyewear. I'm thinking of what that actually means

Sounds like your team is busy, Rick. Like, really, really busy. They're very busy

And like I said, this is a super interesting time. And I can't wait to show you what we've built today

You'll get a look at the whole Pixel 11 family. Okay. All right. You'll get live demos of Gemini Intelligence at work

And we'll check out some incredible new health and wellness features. The big idea today is that we're building a future where you can ask more of your phone

It's all about the technology that helps you stay more in the moment instead of taking you out of it

And isn't that what we all want? I mean, that's what we all want, yeah. You want the device to work

You want it to work for you, not feel like you're working for it, which is what it feels like most of the time

It sounds like music to my ears. Ladies and gentlemen, Rick Oslo, let's do this

This is great. Thank you so much, Rick. Appreciate it. All right. So, uh, how do you take all those lofty goals

and actually incorporate them into the hardware of the phone itself? Well, we're gonna find out

And I'm not gonna lie, this is my favorite part of tech reveals. I love this because I've never thought

I would be inside the video. But this is the part where we go and we meet people who work with the products

in different departments, and then they tell us about the product, right? And then I'm the person who's supposed

to make sure nothing goes wrong. But, I mean, it's live. I'll make sure everything goes wrong

But she won't. Ladies and gentlemen, please say hi to a very special person

This is Isabel, everybody, from the Pixel Design team. Hey, Isabel, how are you

It's great to see you, Trevor. It's great to see you. You know why Isabel is so special? Because Isabel is one of the first person

in fact, one of the first people ever to work on design hardware at Google

Like, we're looking like an OG here right now. So you're the perfect person

to walk us through this year's lineup. Thanks, Trevor. Yeah, I've been designing Google hardware since the very, very beginning

And I think my job is all about figuring out what it means to experience Google in your hand

Right. And since a phone is something you carry with you every day, it should be designed for you

It needs to feel great to use and it to be a true representation of you

The Trevaphone by Google. That's what you said now, right? You said you are making a phone

We'll talk about it later. Okay, I'll take that as a yes. I like that. But we brought this design philosophy to life across the entire Pixel lineup, like the brilliant Pixel 11, our Pro and our Pro XL, and the new Pixel 11 Pro Fold

Okay, I hear all of that. But this, I'm glad this came up because I have questions I've always wanted to ask

You always say like, oh, we've come up with the colors. How? How do you pick the colors

Like, does nobody else wonder this? Like, every year there's like the new colors

Like, how do you pick it? Is there an art person? Do you have, like, a color scientist

Or do you just have, like, the judgiest person in the office who's just like, ah, that's the one, those ones suck

Like, how do you do it? Unfortunately, sometimes that's me. But I will say we don't really pick the colors

We create them. And it's an art and a science. Okay. You lost me

What does that mean? Okay, so we're thinking about what will resonate with people

like, many years in advance. And it's all about that exploration. So we look at trends, cultures, we look at fashion, and we look at nature for inspiration

And one cool thing that my team and I do, we collect objects from all over the world

It doesn't matter really what it is, as long as it intrigues us. So it could be a Japanese candy, a butterfly's wing, a bar of soap from Italy

Like, we have really weird stuff in our studio. Yeah, it sounds like it

I like that. Just like the idea that somebody out there is walking around the world just picking things up and like

what are you doing? I work at Google. Leave me alone. I work at Google

Okay, so basically you live with the colors. You see how they blend into people's lives

Japanese candy, butterfly wing. I can see that. All right. Yeah, and I think this year you'll see some bold, fun colors on Pixel 11 phones

In my opinion, I think we have the coolest colors that we've ever had this year

Although I say that every year. But super excited about bringing that to life

And then we also have our Canyon Pixel 11 Pro, which has this combination of a sun-baked sandy color and a polished gold that just is designed to draw you in

I definitely feel drawn into the canyon. Well, we have also the new Fog and Olive, which feel organic and sophisticated

And then to my personal favorite this year, it's Obsidian. It has this quietly luxurious all matte finish

So across everything we make, we make options that stand out while complementing each other

I'm not going to lie. That new Canyon color is stunning. So I saw the devices beforehand

Canyon color is beautiful. Like, it has a nice pop to it. The olive is great. My favorite is the obsidian

Like, I just like the matte, right? It's just got a nice vibe. Yeah, it's got that, like, you know what I mean

One thing that, sorry, it's stuck in my head is earlier on you said we create the colors

and if I'm honest, you didn't invent black. I mean, the other ones you can say you made, but you didn't invent black

I mean, you can't be like, we created black. I'm from Africa. I would know whether or not you did

Uh, let's talk about the camera. The camera. Sorry, before I throw you off. Is there something different there

Yes, Trevor. Pixel is famous for its camera and for the design of its camera bar

It's so iconic that people are starting to copy us a little bit there. So this year, we made the Pixel 11 camera bar much slimmer

even with a new main camera. So it slides right into your pocket. And with our most advanced camera tech ever on Pro

we've wrapped the camera bar in sleek metal with a stunning edge-to-edge glass design

that just balances perfectly on a table. Yeah, I saw that, and I saw, like, when you play with the covers as well

like, the camera doesn't pop out, so it's just, like, flush, and it's really cool

The display, tell us about the new display. Yeah, so we put so much care into our displays, Trevor

Pixel 11 Pro has the brightest display on a smartphone, So everything looks incredible, even on the sunniest day

And then the two displays on the Fold are just gorgeous. The outer screen has ultra-thin borders, and it feels so much more immersive

And then when you open it up, you have double the display for watching videos

reviewing and docs, or multitasking on the go, whatever you want. The thing I like about the Fold is for all the people who couldn't get IMAX 70-millimeter tickets

you can just unfold the device and then you see all the parts of the Odyssey you missed You be like oh he has one eye Oh I get it now I get it So that the phones I see a watch Can you tell us about the new watch Yeah so this is my Pixel Watch 5

and it's designed to be a timepiece. It has this beautiful dome body

with a display that goes all the way to the edge. But it's the band and the watch face

that makes the watch yours. And the bands are just really stunning. And you have these endless combinations here

so you can completely transform your look for a date or a gym or, you know, Pixel Watch can really stand out or fit in

And did I hear that, uh, Steph Curry designed one of these bands

You mean four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry? That's exactly who I meant

Yeah, it would be weird if I was like, no, Steph Curry, the guy from the bodega. Yes, that's Steph Curry. That's exactly who I meant

Fair enough, but he's been working with us for over a year as our Google Health performance

advisor. And he collaborated hand-in-hand with our design team on his own special edition band for Pixel

Watch 5. Now, there's so much more happening with Pixel Watch 5 this year, including

some breakthrough health and wellness features. And you're going to want to check

that out later. That really looks good. Now, take a look at this

Wow. I don't know what that is. I just... I think you're supposed to say

wow when you work at these things. You just go like, wow! But I don't know. Yeah

It is the new Pixel tag. And It does look much bigger on the screen than in real life

I've been told that before, yeah. I take pictures of tags all the time

What do you mean? Okay. Moving on. This is this incredible thin smart tag for Android

that is coming out later this year. So you can track its precise location

and it's slim enough to slip into your wallet or clip to your keys, so you know exactly where in your house you left them

Can I just say, I am so glad you made this because so many people on Android forums

so many people with Pixel phones, so many people have been asking, like, when are we gonna get, like, a findable tag

And for it to come out is amazing. You can finally find your keys

They're probably under the couch because they're always under the couch, but now we know for sure. And, yeah, I think this is really cool

A lot of people like it when they see the tech come out that's gonna work for them

And looking at, you know, looking at all these devices, it feels like there's a cohesiveness to all of it now

It really feels like it speaks a language. Well, thank you for noticing that, because that is the intention

But I will say a lot of the most important design elements are things you might never know about or notice

So, for instance, the entire Pixel lineup is designed for durability. And we have this cool reliability lab

where we really put our devices through absolute torture so we know that they can stand up to everyday life

Yeah. I mean, that's the most important thing, standing up to everyday life. It's difficult for the best of us

They should also make one where you just, like, get out of your car and then the phone drops

You need to put that in the factory as well. It's like, get out the car and then the phone

It's amazing how much damage your phone can take just from... I'm just helping to improve things here, people

That's what I'm doing. We're really grateful for you advising on our reliability lab

And good news is that this year, our pro displays have a new coating

that is twice the scratch resistance. for that use case. So you can throw your phone in your bag

or in between your seats, I guess, with your keys and not worry about it

And the new Pro Fold is three times more durable, and the new back cover is designed

to be nearly impossible to crack. Wow. And not only that, we re-engineered the hinge

to make sure it holds up. The reliability lab opened and closed it

Check this out. 83,552,000 times. Damn. That's, what, like three days? That's amazing

I like that. 83 million? I would have done 84 million. That's good feedback, too

I mean, it's just me. I'm a thorough guy, you know? It's kind of got to be like 84 million, but next year, next year

Got it. Okay. Well, foldable phones are notoriously hard to protect against the elements

but ours is still one of the only foldables that is protected against both dust and water

So the foldable also has an IP rating. Like, this is the foldable

This is the foldable. Okay, so a little rain doesn't slow you down. Not at all

Pixel are designed to last. But, you know, sometimes accidents happen, and they require help from a repair pro

so we design for them, too. And you'll probably never see these details

but we use these green screws and guides inside the phone to make repairs easier

And it might seem like a small thing, but it could also save you from having to replace your phone

It is not a small thing at all. That's the only thing I'll shout out. Come on, repairability, people. What are we talking about

Yeah, you can fix the phone. That's huge. And the last design element I wanted to touch on is one of the ones that I'm most proud of

So we've always worked to make Pixels more sustainable without compromising that premium feel

So for five years, every Pixel phone has been built with 100% recycled aluminum frames

And the Pixel 11 series is crafted with 10 recycled materials inside and out, like lithium and rare earth elements

So Trevor, it's a phone you can feel really good about using

That's amazing. Thank you very much for that. That's beautiful. Well, thank you so much for the pixel design tour, Isabel

Thank you, and thank you for tolerating me. This seems like a perfect time to get a pixel fit check

with actress, model, and fashion icon Ayami Nakajo. I feel like everything is cooler in Japan

You guys should have seen me when I was in Japan. Totally different guy. All right, Edward is here from the Pixel product team

and he has some exciting news to share for Google fans in Japan

Yeah, a warm ohayo gozaimasu, and shout-out to Ayami and everyone else

at our new Google store in Tokyo, which opens today in Omotesando

Hey, good morning, Tokyo! What are we talking about? All right. All right, Edward, we've seen the outside of the new Pixel

and like my therapist would say, now it is time to go deeper. I want to know about the processor

Everyone wants to know about the cameras. And most importantly, we want to know about the battery

All right. Let me take you under the hood for a little bit. Pixel 11 is powered by Google's next-gen Tensor G6 processor

It's designed specifically to power Gemini intelligence, and it makes sure Pixel's award-winning camera takes it to the next level this year

Pro's new main camera makes everyday photos look extraordinary. And there an all telephoto camera with up to 120x zoom What does 120x zoom mean Like how far is it Can we zoom all the way from here to New Jersey

so I can see why I don't live there? Basically, you can get crisp, clear photos of this landmark

even from way back here. Wow. Wow, that's impressive. I live in that building

That's wild. Wait, really? No, I don't. I'll keep joking. It would be great if I did, but no

Okay, I was going to say, I think we can get a pretty good view of Jersey from there. That's insane, though

120x, that's what we were looking at. That's insane. Yeah. And it's great not just from far away

Yeah. You can use pixel camera for close-ups, like beautiful high-res portrait shots of your friends

On top of that, you're going to get gorgeous shots in the dark, too. The new instant night sight is four times faster, so pixel camera can capture an evening scene

without that obnoxious flash or without having to hold still for that low-light shot

That's what everyone wants. And that's something, I guess, cameras... Like, in the camera world and phones

you know, Pixel has always been lauded for having one of the best low-light cameras

and also a camera that's really good at discerning between different skin tones, which comes in clutch

The question is, though, what does all of this cost us in terms of battery life? Right. I'm glad you asked

because battery life is one of those things that we care about the most in our phones

So I'm happy to say right out the gate, Pro gives you 30 hours of battery life

On top of that, yeah, on top of that, you're going to get faster wired and wireless charging, too

So if you're like me, rushing this morning, and you forget to plug in your phone last night, no problem

Just plug it in for 15 minutes before walking out the door, and you're going to get 15 hours of battery

Wow. Yeah. And that's also true for the watch, by the way

15 minutes on the charger gives you almost a full day of battery. 15 minutes on the charger for the watch gets you almost..

That's really clutch, I think, because a lot of people will wear the watch for their sleep tracking

And then it becomes the ultimate gift. It's like, if you wear it while you're sleeping, it doesn't have battery

And then you've got to go with the watch when you leave. And then now charging it. So 15 hours for 15 minutes on the phone

you get on the watch you said it was? 15 minutes, almost a full day. 15 minutes, almost a full day. Yeah

Okay, tell us about privacy and security. our lives on these devices

We've got our photos, we've got our texts to our friends, credit card numbers, AI chat history

How safe is most of the sensitive stuff? Yeah, I hear you

And I know that's a question on a lot of people's minds these days. So let me start by saying your AI experience on Pixel

has the most privacy protection on any phone. Yeah, but what is AI privacy

What does that mean? So some specifics, Pixel has more tools built in

to lock down your data and more transparency whenever you're using AI

So your phone's going to show you what AI is doing, and it never shows your information unless you choose to

On top of that, you'll have comprehensive controls for how your data is used

You can turn AI features on or off whenever you want. That makes sense, and everybody wants control, all right

I'm right there with you with control. So at the same time, everything on your Pixel works together

the software, the hardware, the processor, and the AI to give you real-world protections

So let me share three protections with you that hopefully after this you shouldn't have to think

about. First, your phone automatically blocks those annoying spam texts and phone calls for you

and it's going to warn you if a phone call or message might look a little fishy and be scammed

Second, you shouldn't ever have to think about security updates. So Pixel will stay secure

against future threats with seven years of automatic security updates. And lastly, Pixel 11's upgraded security chip

help keeps personal information protected. So you have that peace of mind

that your sensitive stuff is safe. I love that. That's an upgrade from the feature I invented for spam

What I do is I'll look at a number and say, this is probably spam. And then I answer it

Yeah. Oh, no, Trevor. Don't do that. And with Pixel, hopefully it won't get to that point

All right. What about the Pixel Buds? This is something that blew the tech world away

You know, Google made a splash. And if you're in the tech world, you know what I'm talking about. They made a splash when they dropped some of the best earbuds the industry have seen

What's up with the new ones this year? Right. These are the Pixel Buds Pro 2

And like all Pixel devices, they're always getting better with powerful new features and software updates

For instance, the noise cancellation just got a huge upgrade. So normally, when you're out living life

it can sometimes be a little bit hard to get that perfect seal. When you're, say, running, dancing, or if you're like me

doing your lymphatic drainage exercises, yeah? All right, well, now software in your Pixel Buds will adjust to compensate

so you'll still get powerful noise cancellation regardless of what you're doing

And there's one more cool thing that I think you'll appreciate, Trevor. Later this year, your buds will automatically pause your audio

if your Pixel watch senses that you're asleep. So if you're actually able to sleep

on that next red-eye flight from the West Coast to the East Coast, you won't miss a thing from your favorite podcast

Oh, my favorite podcast? Which could that be? Could it be the one that I'm on

Shameless plug! No, I really love that. I do love it. Exactly, exactly

Well, thank you so much. Edward, this has been amazing. Thank you for the showcase. I appreciate it

Okay, everyone. Uh, now that we've been introduced to the Pixel family

let's get into what the devices can actually do for us. No phone will ever capture sunrise in 576 megapixels

like your eyes can. They can connect you to the world through your fingertips

But it can't understand what it feels like to get goosebumps from a single touch

Your phone can guide you through every street in Mumbai, but it'll never know the beauty of being totally lost

It can help you order any food in almost any language, but it'll never get how pad thai just hits in the wee hours

A phone could hold on to a moment, but it could never hold a hand when that's all we need

and with all due respect nothing will ever replace real actual FaceTime

it used to be the best phone was one you couldn't put down

until we built one you actually could Well, that's a strong claim

That's a big one. A company that wants you to put your phone down

and only pick it up when you want to. To show us how that's possible

please welcome Tony, everybody. Hey, Tony. How you doing? How you doing

Good to see you again. Good to see you again. All right, Tony, so tell us a little bit about yourself

What do you do at Google? Well, I work on pixel sensors inside and out, so when your phone is face down, you see my handiwork

Okay, okay. And if you're like most people, your phone is face down a lot

It helps us to disconnect and be more present when our phones are constantly trying to get our attention with pings and notifications

But when I can't see my screen, I find myself worrying that I'm missing something important

And so I pick up my phone again to see if my babysitter called

or if the friend I've been playing phone tag with rang me back. Things I don't want to ignore

I'm so glad you brought it up because it feels like we'll be going in circles with our phones, right

Obviously, they started off ringing. Then it was too loud. Then we made them silent. But then we missed the call

So then we introduced vibration, which worked until you put it on a table. And now the whole table is vibrating

So it feels like we're just, like, going around in a loop. So this is a new feature to address that, essentially

Exactly. Exactly. That's why we came up with a simple solution called Highlight

You can assign your favorite people or groups one of five colors

When the back of the phone gently glows with their color, you'll know they're trying to reach you even when your phone is face down

And it's not just for calls. When you're talking to Gemini, you now get a subtle visual cue

letting you know that Gemini is active. So go on and keep your phone face down

You can be in the moment without worrying that you're missing something important

And I'm not gonna lie, Tony, I feel like you've changed my life. No, like, this is..

Okay, you all know what I'm talking about, because you've got always on display. So now you're looking at the phone

and the phone's notifying you, but you don't want to look at the phone, but you don't want to miss anything. But now you can do it with the colors

and in my head I was thinking, I've already got the colors planned out. I figured, yeah, I'll go with purple for my friends

I'll go with white for my dad's side of the family. And then red, I'll go with red for all the red flags in my life

You know, I shouldn't answer, but I stay in contact with people, even though I shouldn't, so that's what I'll do

I like that. Well, Trevor, red isn't actually one of the colors

Okay. You know what? That's probably for the best. I probably should move on. You're right. Thank you, Tonya

Thank you. You know, I only highlight the people I love. My closest friends are pink, purple highlight for mom

and teal for international music sensations. How many international music sensations are calling you

Trevor, I have a pretty cool job. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage

superstar DJ Peggy Goo. Hello, everybody

What's going on, Peggy? Welcome, welcome. We were just chatting about Pixel's new highlight feature

Think you can help us show everyone how it works? Tony, I'm way ahead of you

Let's try this out. This is live demo time. It's live demo time

Let's go. And there it is, the teal highlight. Even when my phone is on silent, I know an international music sensation is calling me

Sorry, Peggy, I can't talk right now. I understand. So that's highlight

Sometimes it's the simplest features that are the most powerful. Peggy, who will you highlight

I would say my most important color is my mom. And her favorite color is purple, so she's going to be purple

when mama wants to talk, mama wants to talk. Well, Highlight is available globally

on the Pixel 11 Pro and Pro Fold. That's amazing. Wait, wait, wait, wait

Before you clap, though, you said that was for calling. Like, what about, like, messaging or anything else

Well, as you can imagine, we'll be adding more capabilities to Highlight over time

like message notifications from your closest people. So I hope that helps

Thank you so much. Thank you for the demo, but can I just say, Peggy and Tony

I feel like you could have answered that call. That was weird

I mean, we would have understood. You could have answered the phone, but now we just sat here and then you declined it

and then she had to act like it was natural. But it wasn't. But the feature was great. The feature was great

The interaction was weird, but the feature's great. All right, it's time for us to check in with Kenny

who's hanging out across the river in Brooklyn. He's gonna show us how Pixel Camera can help us capture the moment and stay in the moment

Take it away, Kenny. Thanks, Trevor. I'm coming live to you from Brooklyn Bridge Park

and I'm plugged in here so I can show you something kind of cool. Okay, so first, Pixel Camera has always been known

for breakthrough camera features that help you get that perfect shot, no matter what

Not enough light in the scene? No problem. You've got night sight. Too far away? Use Pro Zoom

Want to be in the shot instead of just taking it? You've got Adme. Pixel 11 Pro has our best camera yet

And this year, we're going even further to help you get that shot with a new mode called Magic Capture

It's available globally on every Pixel 11 phone. And to show you how it works, let me introduce you to a couple of my friends

Sir. YouTube sensation, Jesser. Hey, what up, made by Google? What's popping, bucket squad

And college basketball superstar, Juju Watkins. What's up? What are we showing off today, Kenny

Okay. What if I told you there's a new way to quickly grab great photos and a video at the same time

so you can experience the moment without being glued to your phone. Okay, I love it already

Can you show us how it works? Okay, how about I show everyone, and then you guys just do your thing

Okay, Juju, we got to give him a highlight reel worthy type play. Let's do it

Hey, let's go. Let's go. Okay, okay, okay, okay. So hear me out, hear me out

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. I'm on a basketball court in the middle of Brooklyn for some reason

about to watch Juju Watkins put on a show. I obviously want proof that I was here

but I also want to experience all of this with my eyes and not through my phone screen

So, check this out. I just point my phone at the action, open up camera, start magic capture, and Pixel does the rest

It's going to find the most compelling moments in the scene and then turn them into photos for me

All right, let's do it. Okay, Juju, I'm thinking we do the classic jav set, one dribble pull up

I'll get your rebound. I got you. Okay, here we go. Moment of truth. We love it. Smooth as butter

Okay, okay. We got to see one more. I got you. One more, one more. Okay, there we go

Let's go. Let me see you drive to the basket now. Let's see that. Actually, I want to see what Jester's got

You want to see what I can do? Yeah. Okay. Okay, Jester

Okay. Jester, you have one job. Don't mess this up. You ready

I won't mess this up. Layup is easy. Hey. Okay, okay. You got up there

I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. Let's go. That was kind of tough. That was tough, Kenny. It was a travel, but it was tough

It was good. How was that a travel? I don't make the rules, but it's two steps. I don't get it. What are you talking about

So typically, Magic Capture looks through around 400 different frames to find those perfect moments when everyone is looking at the camera

or the action is, like, at its peak. Okay, moment of truth

Okay. How did these photos turn out? I know they're going to be great. I guarantee it

Ooh, we got some good ones. We got some really good ones. First off, phenomenal

The jump shot, the city in the background. The pixel watch popping

Okay, we like that abs popping too. We love that. Okay. The form is going crazy

I like the one leg. Wait a minute. Okay. Okay, Juju, we see you. Okay

That's actually a poster. That's amazing. Okay man That awesome Let see Jester Let see it You got up there Okay You did it You did it Gemini make me dunk You know AI only can do so much We still working on it

It's evolving technology. But one of my favorites I like is this

The point at the skyline, the things behind you, the bucket squad shirt

That's me pointing at you when I dunk on you. It's never happened. It has happened

It's literally never happened. We can go right. Okay. Anyway, the best part about all this

is I got all these shots while staying in the moment. Hey, and that's what it's all about

Jesser, Juju, I appreciate you so much for helping me show off Magic Capture

And back to you, Trevor. Yo, thank you so much for that

That's a live demo happening in Brooklyn. That's amazing. Thank you for putting Magic Capture to the test out there

Next up, we're gonna be taking a quick trip to Paris with international cricketer

and one of the world's premier top-order batters, Shubman Gill. Yamuna, what's on my schedule today

Your schedule is completely clear for today. Is there a local cricket scene

In the broader Paris region, the more formal cricket scene is organized. What about gully cricket

State ball cricket is much more common in the Paris region. Where can I play? The Sarse Cricket Club is based nearby and competes in local leagues

Oh, perfect. Let's go. Okay, I'm pulling up directions to Sarse Cricket Club

This neighborhood looks cool. You're in the 10th Aron Dismore. Anything that I'd like in this area

There's a well-known Indian restaurant nearby. Do they have butter chicken? Yes. Locals seem to love it

All right, everybody

I am now joined by Stephanie from the Pixel product team. Stephanie, a few years ago

when we started seeing AI on devices, if we're honest about this, if we're really honest

it was this cool promise, but most of the features were like, it can help you make a picture

It can help you write a poem. And it was things that were cool for demos

but it wasn't anything that people would actually use in their everyday life. I've now heard that today you're going to show us

some real magic. Definitely. I've got everyday magic for you. Okay. So here's the thing

What if your phone could do more for you, magically cross things off your to-do list

We're all so incredibly busy. We've all got our stuff going on. So, like, it can do things for me

Like, how much can it do for me? Like, everything? Can I do nothing at all

So we designed Pixel for Gemini Intelligence. So let me show you

Say a friend texts me about going to a birthday party next week. Sounds fun

It is. So here you can see the text thread. Okay. Typically, when you are going to RSVP to something like this, you'd have to go through your text, your calendar, think about whether you can go, look up the location

but now it's all here pixels pulled it all together right in the text thread i've got my

schedule right here and i can just press and it looks like i can go which is awesome and so i'll

press let's free or that i can go and press send okay so it's looking at your calendar it goes you

are free it suggested the calendar first you then selected the calendar it then said you were free

you said yes i'm free and it's okay got it it's all right there and it even lets me add it to my

calendar so I don't forget to go. Oh, I love that. You know, because it's like less app switching

less getting distracted, leaving friends hanging. Because sometimes I'll go to one app and then like

go off and live a whole new life. So my ADHD thanks you. Exactly. And you're going to love

this even more if you like that. So you can even get those helpful notifications right on your

Pixel Watch. So a friend just texted me, which is great. And I can just scroll down with my fingers

and it has an answer for me that it's pulled right from my calendar

And I don't even need to pick up my other hand. I can just pinch to select that reply and send

Oh, that's slick. It's super cool. Oh, that's slick. Okay. Super cool. But let's not stop there

So like Rick mentioned earlier, your phone can now handle all kinds of digital tasks and chores for you

under your control. So my family and I were visiting New York City this week

and we always love to go to some of our favorite spots and get dinner

So let me just ask Gemini to help with the details. Okay. Book a table for three next Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Serafina in Meatpacking on OpenTable

So now Gemini's on it. It's going to start by going to Google Maps to find that right restaurant location

and then go to OpenTable to make the reservation. Yeah, but okay

Okay, so that looks good, but now how do I know it won't go rogue on me

So I go like, oh, get me a table at this place, and then it ships me a table from a furniture store or something

How do I know it won't do that? It'll do pretty much everything but hit pay

Hitting confirm is up to me, and then I'm done. So now I'm not glued to my phone

I can just relax and hang out with my family. I'm not stuck to my phone making plans

And you can already automate actions in over 40 apps, everything from restaurant reservations, retail, travel, and even event tickets

And we're adding more all the time. Wow, I love that idea. It's just like, book the restaurant

does all the things that I don't want to do. Right. It's truly just magic

It really is. When I go there, can it eat the food for me

No. Come on, Trevor. That's the fun part. Gemini does the tedious stuff for you

All right. Maybe in a few years' time. Eat my food, phone. Eat my food, one step at a time

Stephanie, thank you so much, and thanks for doing a live demo. This is great. It's happening in front of us right now

I know. So the Pixel can order my groceries. It can book my travel, help me book it

What else can Gemini Intelligence do? Well, let's find out with Joelle

Thanks, Stephanie. Thank you. What's going on, Joelle? What's up, fellas? How's it going, Hades

Doing well. Good to see you again. I'm here. Here we are, another live demo

So, Joelle, tell me your story, man. What's your story? So, I'm on the Gemini team here at Google

and quick fun fact, actually, you and I grew up in the same town in South Africa

and I remember watching some of your stand-ups back home when we were both much, much younger

Wait, is that like a real thing, or are you just saying that because we're here

Oh, no, I never lie, never. This is, so for real, where in South Africa

I'm for real, for real. No, but where then, where? Johannesburg, South Africa. Where in Johannesburg

Everywhere from Hillbrow to Four-Way. Yo, this man's legit, what? I am very legit

Are you being serious? I am very legit. Oh, damn, I thought this was like a corporate thing. No, I never lie, I never lie

No, that's wild. Yo and now we on stage in New York City I loving this man this is fantastic okay Oh yeah no honestly this is pretty surreal pretty surreal This is fantastic I thought you were gonna be like we grew up in the same place and you owe me money That normally how it goes

Um, all right, so, Joel, um, from-from the conversations that, you know, we're having here today

it seems like Pixel with Gemini intelligence makes everything easier. Mm-hmm. I'm-I'm not gonna lie. Selfishly

and I'm sure some people will join me on this, my biggest pet peeve is typing. Can it fix typing? Typing sucks

Oh, man. First of all, I could not agree more. I actually find that talking to my Pixel

is a much more natural way to communicate. Yeah, that's interesting, but people can say that

But if we're honest, and you know what I'm talking about, especially if you have an accent, right

You talk to your phone, but then you have to start speaking like a robot

and enunciate carefully, or the phone cannot understand you. You know what I'm talking about

I know what you're talking about, but maybe on your old phone. Damn. Humble brag

The Pixel is already the fastest and most accurate voice input on the phone

And today, it's getting even better. You mind if I show you? Okay, let's do it. All right

This is gonna be fun. Okay, so my mom is a huge fan of yours

Would you mind if we sent her a text message? She would go absolutely ballistic. That's how you know times have changed

People used to be like, I am a huge fan. Now they say my mom is a huge fan. Ooh-wee

It's time to wrap it up, Trevor. Time to wrap it up. All right, yeah, let's do this

All right, so here you go. So you're just going to hit the little microphone icon on the keyboard

and then speak freely. I'm doing this. You're doing this. And then speak freely like a normal conversation

Wait, so are you guys, you're just seeing the screen with me. This is, I'm controlling

Oh, damn, that's me. Oh, yeah. No, because I've always watched these and then I've always wondered like, is it the person

But then they always do like smooth things. Ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi. Ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi, ibi

Sorry, sorry. Okay, let's go. Let's go. I don't want to affect the stock price. Hold on, hold on

Let's do this properly. Okay, sorry. What were you saying I must do? You said I must? So just hit the little microphone icon on the keyboard

Okay, got it. And then speak freely. Yeah. And then what? I just send..

Well, say it first, and then we'll double check what you said before we send it to her. Yeah, but like, okay, but now..

No, no, no. Because I've heard about... Is this the Rambler feature? This is it. Okay, so now, from how I understand

I can speak normally. 100% normally. I can, like, pause. I can do random things. Yep

I can even go backwards and change my mind. Okay, let's go

Hey, this is Trevor Noah. I'm on stage right now with your son

No, wait, your amazing son. We're at MBG, the Made by Google event

Actually, call it the Made by Google show. That's more fun. Anyway, just wanted to say hi

from a fellow South African who loves his mom. Okay, and... Oh, there you go

Hey, this is Trevor Norman. Yo. There we go. So it made sense of all that nonsense that you were saying

Hey, this guy. He's really from South Africa. And technically, what just happened is your phone understood what you meant, not just what you said

So it made sense of all those ums, those moments where you changed your mind. Right. Yeah, yeah

Essentially, all these natural parts of how you speak. Now, on that old phone of yours, you'd have to go back

clean all that up, and on the Pixel, you can just send it as is

Okay. So should I send it? I think we should, but I heard you love heart emojis

Who did you hear this from? Oh, man, from your crew? So..

I'll show you another little trick. Add a heart hands emoji. And there you have it

Aw, that is my vibe. It even picked my skin tone. I like that. That's really cool

No, that's right. And it knows how I write, too. This new voice typing is rolling out globally starting today

And it's right in the Pixel keyboard. So you could use it anywhere on your phone instead of typing

Now, I told my mom that I had a surprise for her

So I'm really hoping she's awake. Boom. Oh, she texted back. Oh, that's beautiful

Okay, let's see. Wow. Cool. You are... That's French. Je ne vais pas français

I'll be honest, I really expected her to be asleep because she loves her sleep, but I'm glad she's watching

What did she say, though? Okay, so first and foremost, like a lot of people

my mom and I typically chat in multiple languages. I speak five languages, and I..

That's weird to brag about. No, it's like it's unnecessary to just say it

I speak six, but I don't say that. Do you know what I mean? I don't say that. You just speak them or you don't

And I don't speak French, so what did your mom say in the text? Okay, first of all, I wasn't making this a competition

I was just saying I speak five languages. You came out with the, oh, I speak six languages

That's not how I sounded, but okay, I'm glad the keyboard understands me better than you

That's how I hear you. What did your mom say? What did my mom say

My mom says, don't worry about it. As I was saying, I speak five languages, and your phone switches languages wherever you do

Without having to adjust your settings or type it out manually, just speak as you normally would, and the Pixel just does the rest

Joel, what did your mom say, bro? This guy. We're live. I'm going to wait

Oh, my goodness. This is embarrassing. She says that we should be best friends, so she gets to see you more often

Oh. Oh. And a note to self, never text your mom when you're on a live show

I love this, man, that's beautiful. Mind if I respond real quick? Yeah, go ahead, go ahead, get it. All right

Oh my God, mom. Tu m'as complètement embarrassé devant Trevor. Mais c'est pas grave

I'll call you later. Je t'aime. Sorry about that. Oh, that's beautiful

I heard je t'aime, so I know I love you, but what else did you say

Oh, man, I feel like you just came here to just put me on the spot today, huh? No, I want to know what you said

You brought me into text. I'm going to want to know what they say. That's fair. Check this out

Translate this into English. Oh, wow. Okay. No, that's, that's, that's great

Oh, my God, Mom, you completely embarrassed me in front of Trevor, but it's okay

I'll call you later. I love him. Oh, my goodness. I'm never doing this again. This is dope, man

What are you talking? Yo, that really works. That's fair. So, wherever you're speaking in different languages

or fool-frying thoughts, clearly your Pixel just gets you. Incroyable! Are you kidding me

Thanks so much, Bestie. Shout out to your mom as well. This is really dope, man. What a full circle moment

That's a great surprise. Thank you, Joel. All right, now, to show you another way

Gemini Intelligence on Pixel makes everyday conversations easier, please welcome Annie, joined by award-winning Broadway

and film director and film actor, Daniel Durant. Thanks so much, Trevor

I spend my days working with teams across Google to build products for everyone from all different backgrounds

We been working on a new capability called Sign2Text that lets your pixel understand American Sign Language We developing it with the deaf and hard of hearing community and it in its early days but you can now use ASL to write chat or even prompt Gemini right from the keyboard

in those moments when you may not have an interpreter with you. Luckily, my new friend, Daniel Durant, is here to show us how it all works right on your pixel

So let's dive into the demo. Hey, Daniel. It's so great to see you

and I'd love to learn more about your work as an actor. How do you connect so deeply with the audience

and what role does language play in that connection? Thank you for having me here

As an actor, the best way to share feelings is through ASL

I rely on the raw expression of ASL and human connection. Yes, that raw connection is everything

And technology should capture that, not flatten it. It lets you communicate in your native language without anything getting lost in translation

Many people don't realize that ASL is my first language

Therefore, when I act, read, or type, it requires ASL translation in my mind

Totally. I grew up in a multilingual household, And when learning a new language, I know there's that constant mental translation

It's why we want your keyboard to understand how you communicate. What I see so far is a good start

This phone understands my one-handed and two-handed signing, and it can recognize my facial expressions for grammar and tone

And what's this experience like for you? It helps me every day when I don't have an interpreter

I don't worry about how I can communicate. I can just be myself and fully express myself naturally, like I am doing now

And that's what technology at its best should do. Let you just be yourself

Thank you so much for being here with us today. I'm honored to be here

This demo is great, and I'm excited about the impact this technology will have on the world

And that's how it works. Sign to Text is available today for American Sign Language

with more sign languages coming in the future. So we've talked about how Pixel can help us connect

avoid distractions, and take things off our plate. Next, let's see how Pixel Watch helped one man find his stride again

running for me it's something that i was never able to do as a kid

i was three and that's when they first discovered a congenital heart block

every other kid played t-ball and these bonding moments i missed out on those but as an adult i

got a new pacemaker and for the first time in my life i could run i never planned to start a run

club it just kind of happened one day my wife and i both happened to have the day off of work and we

said let's go to the hollywood bowl and run the stairs come on buttercup almost there almost there

it just snowballed and now it's a run club with over a hundred people what's going on man if you

hear my voice clap twice it's the people that i love and the friends that i've made over the years

that really mean a lot to me do those push-ups well but a year ago i didn't know if i'd ever run

those steps again. I was sitting on the couch and that is like the last clear memory I have

When you survive a cardiac arrest, the hardest part about coming back isn't the physical

it's the mental. I thought Saturday Stairs was over and the thought of losing that was really

hard on me. I have medical devices and doctors to help me with my heart, but I wanted that extra

peace of mind. And after a lot of research, I picked up the Pixel Watch. Being able to keep an

eye on my sleep and my activity habits has been huge. And having features like fall detection

anywhere I go helps give me that extra peace of mind. And it tells me my readiness score

so it lets me know if I'm ready to do another hard workout. Returning to Saturday Stairs was

almost like I won the Super Bowl. I didn't grow up an athlete. To have these people that turn

around and tell me that I'm the one that motivates them, it's really amazing. The Pixel Watch has

completely put me back in doing the things that I really love doing with my friends, my wife

and now my son too. It's taken me back to the person I was before my accident

Hello, everyone. I'm Svendik, and I lead the wearables team at Google. Today's announcements

bring medicine and technology together in a big way, so we need a real doctor

For that, I'm here with my colleague, Dr. Jacqueline Shrabadi. Thanks, Sandeep. I am absolutely thrilled to be here today

I'm a practicing cardiologist, and I lead our clinical team at Google

And together, we're building state-of-the-art tools designed to make it easier to stay on top of your health and wellness

Today, we are extremely excited to announce new Health Guardian features on Pixel Watch 5

It's a breakthrough set of features designed to give you more visibility into some of the biggest health issues

Insulin resistance trends, blood pressure trends, and breathing emergency detection. Health Guardian features can help you catch the subtle shifts in your health before they escalate into bigger issues

and protect you during emergencies when it matters most. And all of this works in the background, giving you the peace of mind to live your life

So now, and you want to hear this, Pixel Watch 5 is the first and the only smart watch to

track insulin resistance trends, and it's a big deal. It's a big deal

It is monumental for your metabolism. Insulin resistance is the earliest sign that your body is struggling to pull energy from

food and 40% of adults live with it without ever knowing. It's a true industry first, representing 10 years of work, training our foundational models on more than a billion minutes of clinical data

And we have published our research in top tier scientific journals. Having those insights means you can catch changes early and make simple shifts in your day, like taking a walk after dinner

Absolutely. Another crucial health signal we are adding this year, your Pixel Watch will now help you track your blood pressure trends

Yes, blood pressure is one of the most important health signals, but it's a signal you can't always feel

I see so many patients in clinic who had no idea theirs had crept up

And now Pixel Watch is giving you the heart health insights you need to make those informed daily choices

Together, insulin resistance and blood pressure trends act as a check engine light for your body

a heads up that maybe some extra maintenance is required. On the other side of the spectrum, we are also developing features that give you the peace of mind about the unexpected

Pixel Watch still is the only smartwatch that can detect loss of pulse and contact emergency services on your behalf

And now it becomes the first and only smartwatch with breathing emergency detection

When someone stops breathing normally from something like choking, a drug toxicity event, or severe pneumonia

Every single second counts. Pixel Watch 5 can detect when your oxygen levels drop too low

call emergency services, and share your location. Think of it like an airbag on your wrist

It's there for the most critical emergencies. It's coming first to Europe and more countries soon

Ultimately, our Health Guardian features are about giving you the insights you need

to find that peace of mind. Absolutely. That peace of mind is so valuable

which is why insulin resistance and blood pressure trends are also coming to the new Fitbit Air

our thinnest and lightest health wearable yet. So, loss of pulse, breathing emergency detection, insulin resistance, and blood pressure trends

all in a single smartwatch. Together, Pixel Watch 5 is the most comprehensive smartwatch to track your health and wellness

Next, let's talk about how Pixel Watch can take your workouts to the next level

Here's Noah and Olympian Shari Hawkins. Thanks, Sandeep

I'm Noah, and I am thrilled to be joined today by U.S. Olympian Shari Hawkins

Hi, Noah. Hi, guys. I'm so excited to be here with you guys

So interestingly enough, I have actually been with Fitbit and using a Fitbit since 2021, even before making an Olympic team

And Google wearables are so important to my training today. That is amazing to hear. Now, we build wearables that are for everyone

But obviously, you're an Olympian with a whole team of coaches. So how does a device like Pixel Watch help you improve your training

OK, so I didn't make the team in 2016 and then I just missed it again at the 2020 Olympics

So once I started training with a Fitbit in 2021, I knew what changes I needed to make to my training

And making those changes, that's what's actually made me make the Olympic team in 2024 on my third attempt at 33 years old

which actually makes me one of the oldest American heptathletes to ever compete at the Olympics

Wow. Yeah. No, it really is such a confidence to know exactly what you're doing so that you can remain, like, strong and competitive

Yeah, that confidence is so important, and it's why with Pixel Watch we're obsessed with pro-level precision

Yeah. Take heart rate. Our heart rate accuracy is actually on the level of a chest trap, which leaves more accurate insights into your activity, your recovery, and your vitals

No, I really can't emphasize enough how important accurate data is for me

So during my career, I have made a USA team by a single centimeter

So that's what we mean when we say that every 1% counts. It really does

Using data from my wrist, it really helps me strike that precision between training and recovery

Yeah, and recovery is everything. Yeah. And a lot of that comes down to great sleep

That's actually why we upgraded Pixel Watch 5 with our most accurate sleep tracking yet when compared to clinical gold standards

Yeah. I mean, I talk about recovery with my coaches before every single practice

And, okay, so I have six coaches, which is such a privilege

But sometimes I really do need fast and quick answers, and that's when I ask my Google Health coach

And now when I walk into practice, I mean, my coaches and I, we're working with even better insights

Yeah, I love that. And that's honestly the best part. The Google Health coach adapts to you, and it adapts to your life too

Like just the other day, the coach noticed that I didn't get great sleep, which isn't surprising

I've got a newborn at home. But it was also a super hot day. I was set to go out for a long run

And the coach put that all together and was able to proactively change out my workout for some indoor yoga instead

And honestly, it was exactly what I needed to recover and stay cool

No, honestly, I changed my recovery and my routines all the time

Because I'm always asking myself, okay, how do I get better? How do I get faster

And the answer is not always going to be more running. I mean, for me, strength training is huge

You want to build that power, but you also want to prevent injury. Totally. And everyone can benefit from strength training, but it can be so hard to know where to start

Yeah. But the Google Health Coach can actually practically build strength workouts that are tailored to you

Actually, let's check this out. This morning, I asked the coach to build me a 30-minute workout that I could do in my hotel gym with just dumbbells. Wow

And it built a workout that's completely personalized to me. It set my sets, reps, weights

It even remembered that I have a shoulder injury and selected exercises that were safe for that too

So I can click to start the workout. And that doesn't just begin it on the phone

It actually will automatically start it on my Pixel Watch 5 as well. And once the workout begins, I can actually see helpful information like how to do the exercise correctly with form guidance

details on how to get the most out of it. I can see my reps, weight

I can even see my live heart rates. I mean, 137. I'm next to an Olympian

Let's hide that. Are you doing a heptathlon? Let's just scroll away from that

Okay. All right. But look, I can see what workouts are ahead. And if the equipment's busy, I can even snap to a different exercise instead

No, I love that you can also see it on your watch. Because if we're being honest, I don't know about everybody else

But I catch myself scrolling when I'm on my phone. And I don't want to do that

I want to stay in the moment. I want to keep my intensity up. And so being able to have strength coaching on my watch, I mean, that is going to keep me in my workout

Totally. And because it started the exercise in my Pixel Watch 5 as well, I can easily get information, log reps and weights, and get guidance between sets and rests as well

Okay. And here's another cool thing that my watch does. So usually running in the city, it wreaks havoc on my route tracking

But this morning, I actually went on a run. I had absolutely no problems. That's no accident

Do you mind if I nerd out here for a sec? I love nerds. Keep going

Let's go. Pixel Watch 5 will soon deliver our most accurate route tracking yet It twice as accurate compared to the previous generation And so many wearables connect to GPS satellites but only Pixel Watch uses the technology behind Google Maps

to trace those satellite signals through 3D models of buildings to triangulate your precise location

But it goes even further. It actually pulls data from networks of weather stations

to correct for any errors from atmospheric conditions too. And when you put that all together, it's not just twice as accurate

It outperforms the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro

Okay, see? Okay, so this is why I've been a user for so long

Okay, so we've got super accurate GPS. We've got the heart rate tracking. We've got strength training on your wrist

And then we have Google Health Coach. I mean, Pixel Watch, it's working just as hard as I am

Yep, that's Pixel Watch. It's a smart watch so precise it helps everyone from new dads like me to Olympians like Shari Hawkins

It's been an honor. Thank you so much for joining us today. Shari Hawkins, everybody

Now let's hear from another Olympian, our very own performance advisor, Stephen Curry

As Google performance advisor, I have one simple mission, to help everyone have access to world-class health and fitness resources

The goal is to fit everything into this. Dad? Oh, hey, sorry, Steph

I just wanted to see if you wanted to grab breakfast. Actually, let's test this out on the guy that still thinks he's in his prom. Right, Dad

Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm good over here. Thanks. Oh, no, we're doing this

We created a custom workout routine and synced it right to your watch

Old school? Come on, man. How about the originator? All right, then prove it

Yeah. Solid form. Yes, sir. Starting to see the shakes. First time ever. I'm not a fan of yours

That core activator. Come on, man. Mmm. Oh. Oh. Thought you kept me slowing down, huh

Your pace is kind of hot, actually. I taught you how to pace yourself, remember? You can just tap to change the weight

Come on, get them right. Woo. Let me know if you need a spotter

Not bad, not bad at all, Pops. Workouts have changed, but they still get the job done

I know your jersey's in the rafters, but you never start working on your health. That's right

Pretty impressive. Surprised? I still got some left in the tank. Bad originator

What's up, Made by Google? How's everyone doing? Okay, so I have been Team Pixel for over a year now

I love the camera, the design, and all of the Gemini stuff that makes me feel like I am 10 steps ahead

even on the days where I'm barely holding it together, okay? But honestly, I was really nervous to switch

We love to pretend that switching is logical. It is never logical

I have sat across from enough people on Call Her Daddy to know that change is really emotional every single time

People stay in the wrong relationship, the wrong job, the wrong city

the wrong hairstylist for years because the alternative, it feels unfamiliar. Not because it's worse. It just, it feels different, right

So let's actually unpack that fear for a second because I switched and I am standing here to tell you I'm doing great, guys

I'm doing great. No eight episode arc that we got to get through. We're all good

So to walk through the tech that actually makes switching this easy, please welcome a Googler out here to help me

Jake, get in here. Hi, Jake. Good to be here. I'm very excited

Okay. We got to role play. I am going to pretend that I'm thinking about switching to a pixel, but I'm scared, right

I'm spiraling a little bit. I'm convinced that my photos, they're going to disappear

My group chats will turn against me. And obviously, I'm never going to remember any of my logins

And what is life going to be? Talk me down. Okay, first, deep breaths

Okay. It is easy to take your life with you to a new Pixel, easier than ever before

And many people might not know this, but we worked with Apple this year to upgrade the transfer process

So things like your photos, your videos, your text message history, eSIMs, Wi-Fi credentials, and even the big one, your passwords and logins automatically move over with you

Okay. So what you're basically saying is I'm not starting a new life under a complete new identity

No witness protection required. Okay. And my group chats survived? Group chats survived

What about my photos? Did they survive? Those survived, too. Yeah. Even the 4,000 stupid screenshots that I probably will never look at again, but just want to know they're there

Yeah, sorry about that, but those will stay too. When it's time to upgrade, it's super easy to start moving over things for your phone

We even built a shortcut for you. Okay, we love a shortcut. Tell me. Yeah, so when you order your new Pixel online, you'll get a link

And with a couple of tabs, you can start moving your photos and videos over with Google Photos

Wow, okay. So everything is there waiting for you, all of your memories, once you get on your new phone

Okay, that sounds more organized than literally any move I've ever made in my life

So this is great. This is really good. Yeah, and don't worry. Unlike moving on from a bad relationship, you don't have to delete anything from your phone

Zero risk, zero stress. Okay, Jake. Okay. And again, zero stress about group chats, too

Exactly. That old, he's a 10, but he's a green bubble meme, so dead

Oh, I love that. Yeah, now your group chats, they move and work just as you would expect them to

You can add emoji reactions, see typing indicators. You can even name your group chat Daddy Gang, just like you would

And constantly, we're adding new features to make group chats even better. Okay, now I have to ask for everyone and myself, what about location sharing, right

Because that's not just about convenience. It's about safety at this point

That is knowing that your friend got home safely. That is finding your child or, you know, if you left your phone in the back of a cab

And I'm not obviously speaking from personal experience, but just, you know, go with me. Yeah, that's easy

We got you. So your iOS friends, they can share their location with you through Google Maps

Which you already have on your phone anyways. And look, I think creators and artists can agree, obviously, we rely on AirDrop for sharing files

Yeah, I know that's a really important one to you. It also works on Pixel

So we call it Quick Share, and it's built right into your phone

It uses Bluetooth to see nearby devices, and the big one, it works with MacBooks and iPhones, too

So you can send and receive photos and videos just like you would with AirDrop

So data transfers, check. Group chats, check. Photos, files, and location sharing, check

Okay that all the checks I need And that was a killer pitch Jake Thank you very much I feel like we did our work here We crushed it So I think now it time to please welcome to the stage Trevor and Rick

They can take it from here. Alex Cooper and Jake, everyone. That was a lot of fun

Rick, I'm not going to lie. This has been pretty amazing. I didn't break anything

Well, lucky that. Well, you know, Trevor, today we've seen that you should ask more of your devices because you can get so much more

A phone that can actually take things off your plate and give you peace of mind

Simple new ways to focus on what's important to you so you can be in the moment

And powerful new tools for healthier living and reaching your potential. Yeah, I'm not going to lie

I'm excited to go back now and then try all of the new features that we spoke about. Great. And by the way, we put together a surprise for you before we go. I know you're a huge soccer, maybe call it football fan. What's your favorite team

Liverpool. Why? Well, let me tell you, when you're on Team Pixel and you're a Liverpool fan, you'll never walk alone

Wait, either that's Gemini putting on a Scouse accent Or it's Liverpool legend Stephen Gerrard

Please let it not be Gemini Please let it not be Gemini Please let it not be Gemini

You're Stephen Gerrard! Woo! What? Oh! Happy birthday to me

Stephen Gerrard, I know this might not be the time nor the place

I have a question I've been wanting to ask you my entire life. So we have a pickup game that we play five-a-side in Brooklyn

and we need a goalkeeper. I would offer you midfield, but there can't be two Trevor Noahs in the midfield

so can you jump? We can go straight from here. We can ride a city bike and be there. Have you seen me playing goal

I'll watch you in any position. I can't believe this. Steven Jarrett. But for real, what are you doing here

Didn't you hear the news? Rick, go ahead and tell him. All right

Well, some of the top clubs in the world, Liverpool, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Bayern, and FC Barcelona are now on Team Pixel

Lots of football fans here, I guess. Yeah. They're also alongside the WNBA and F1's McLaren

And these clubs, yes. These clubs. You've really got football fans here

Well, these clubs are getting the best of Pixel and Gemini, and aren't they excited

And you're getting even closer to your favorite clubs and athletes. Watch exclusive pitch-side videos and locker room POVs

And check out the new club wallpapers. And Pixel will be bringing custom theme packs, too

so you can bring your favorite club right to your phone. Let's roll

Let's roll the tape, guys. All right, let's do it. Thank you

When I feel every metal When I feel that I'm metal Come on, yeah

All right, everybody. We are just about wrapped on Made by Google 2026

Thank you so much to our amazing guests. Thank you to you for tuning in. Thank you, everyone, for joining us live here in the studio

We appreciate you. Thank you to the Googlers for making this possible. Before we go, the Pixel team has one more live demo for you

We have a very special musical guest to close the show, and we are filming this performance entirely

on the all-new Pixel 11 Pro. You don't believe me? Check it out

Go to that camera, see what this camera's doing. You see that? This is our camera reader, Frank... Franco

Say, what's up, to Franco, everybody. Say, hi, Franco. Yeah, that's right

Uh, now, I'm gonna need everybody to make some noise for the one and only Pink Pantheress

Hello? I'll be like, do you know, okay

Okay, I'll tell you what, though. My name is Kink and I'm really glad to meet you

You're recommended to me by some people. Hi! It feels illegal. Hi

It feels illegal. I've suffered quite a few times with paranoia. I'm watching him with her now, and I should call ya

Hey! He's 24, ya. We get high around the corner One, not the one, now you're sitting on my bed

That later on, we can talk on it instead Tear into one, now you're sitting on my bed

That later on, like a bullshit in my head For me, again, then my head looks like he needs to

And maybe next time, I'll tell my girl come deep I like the fact that we don't communicate, boy

As long as she don't tell her your best mates One after one, now you're sitting on my bed

That made her own, we could talk on it and stand Tear into one, now you're sitting on my bed

That made her own, my girl's shame in my head One after one, now you're sitting on my bed

Tear into one, now you're sitting on my bed My name is Pink and I'm really glad to meet you

You're recommended to me by some people I think it's worked enough now to reach the both of us

So tell me why my heartbeat is in a rush Is this what you go

Hey! It feels illegal Pink Pampers, everybody

Well, that does it for Made by Google 2026 Thank you so much for watching

Good night so I going to go to the next episode of the show

Thank you

Welcome back to all things mobile and our live coverage of made by Google

You just watched Trevor Noah, Rick Osterle, and a whole bunch of people talk about a lot of stuff

I'm Iyaz Akhtar with PCMag, and joining me are my colleagues Andrew Gebhardt

Abraar Al-Headeh, and David Lum will be with us shortly. We'll be talking about everything we saw

Okay, so, all right. I'm going to pretend that my son made that whole presentation

So I'm going to be very positive. It might sound strange, but I'm going to try to make this work

But let's start with you, Barbara. We've watched this thing. We all watched this together

What did you think of the presentation? Did you see anything that was, oh, that was a great feature

I think the ASL live demo was quite interesting. What did you think

I think Trevor Noah was the perfect host for this. if you're going to do that fun, casual, late night vibe, he was the right guy. I feel like he brought

just enough cynicism without, he said at one point, I don't want to bring the stock price down. And I

think he did a really good job of towing that line of like having humor without degrading anything

I was, the thing that I was kind of reflecting on is, you know, with these kinds of things

live demos are few and far between, but I do love seeing them. The ASL feature that you mentioned is

one of the coolest things that I heard about during the briefings. I'm really, really excited about features like that that are practical

and to have seen that in real time was really cool. Even Magic Capture being an actual shot out, you know, on a basketball court

where people were trying it out in real time was really, really neat. So one of those things that you're like, Apple would never do this

because their keynotes have become so polished, and just keynotes in general have become so polished

So I really liked the vibe. I thought it was great. It was easier to pay attention

Listen, I think we're all tired. It's the end of the day. And if you're going to try to keep people's attention, you've got to have somebody who's funny

and you've got to have live demos, and you've got to have a lot of movement. And I think they had all those elements

Andrew, what did you think about all the Pixel Watch coverage? Because they discussed basically tons of health features that made the Pixel Watch sound as important

as basically what Apple says about their watch, that it'll help you with your health

If you're injured or hurt, it's going to alert authorities. You can be saved by a Pixel Watch

What did you think? Yeah. The Pixel Watch is basically a superhero now. So that's pretty cool that it's maybe it'll join the MCU or something. No, I genuinely that insulin resistance thing is it could be incredibly cool for anybody who wants to like check on their diet, check on their health, like passively in the background

Um, um, notice with that, they never said the word diabetes. Um, and you know, because they want to, they want to toe the line very carefully there

between being like an actual device on your health and, uh, you know, just being like a

general wellness thing, because you need a lot more regulatory clearance. If you're actually saying you're monitoring for this or that

And almost all of Google's fine print is like, yeah, yeah, we're going to check this for

you, but if you suspect that there's any actual thing, go see your doctor. That said, if their AI

is smart enough to like, let you know, Hey, you might want to specifically go see your doctor and

check this out. That would be such a cool tool to have for people who are developing insulin

resistance, who might still be able to take active steps before they would get an actual diagnosis

That would be incredible. And then also there's the breathing emergency thing. So, and again

there's stipulations here. The breathing emergency won't detect chronic issues. So it won't detect

if you have asthma or problems there. And it's meant to be like trigger on a sudden event. So

you know, a drug overdose or some kind of an accident or something like that occurs

still, I mean, as somebody who occasionally suffers from asthma, I'm a little bit bummed

that it doesn't do that. At the same time, if I'm wheezing, I don't want my watch to start calling

911. So maybe that's better. But I do like the idea of it. And insulin resistance is really unique

The other one, blood pressure resistance isn't as unique. Samsung has a similar thing

but it's a little bit of a pain. You have to set it up with a separate cuff, but you can take

active readings and Apple has hypertension notifications, um, which operate in the background

similar to Google. So other companies are getting started there, but I'm really excited to see if

insulin resistance can work as intended. And I think all of this stuff together. Yeah. Okay

Watch superhero, like the Google pixel watch five MCU project. I don't know if I'd watch that movie

but maybe if Trevor Noah was in it, I could be good. Yeah. So, I mean, Google talked a lot about

how accurate the GPS was on the Watch 5. They discussed how Gemini intelligence is all over

the phone. It can do stuff for you. It can go ahead and basically pre-fill your texts with

answers based on the conversations. And Google did actually discuss privacy in a section of that

show we just watched. You may have fallen asleep during it because there was a gentleman who talked

about it and he just kind of spat out how privacy is important and google is good with that and

everything else abrar google is not exactly known to be um privacy first and considering all of the

data that makes gemini and gemini intelligence and the watch all this stuff to work you have to have

a lot of trust do you think that google did enough of a job to tell people including ios people

that, hey, we're safe over here. You can come to Google. What do you think

I think the advantage that Google has is so many of us already use

all these Google platforms, right? A lot of us are on Gmail. We've got G Drive loaded up

with all our information. So they're tapping into that, right? So if you open up a message

and someone asks about your flight and it can quickly pull up that information

from your Gmail, me personally, I'm going to say, you know what? It's already in my Gmail

I might as well have it surfaced in messages so I don't have to go dig for that thing. I think things like that can be a nice perk

a nice thing to have. I also think the idea of privacy in 2020

is delicate, right? It's almost non-existent in a lot of ways. But I think all of these tech

companies will always dedicate a portion of these keynotes and countless blogs to detailing how they

maintain the privacy of your data, how everything's safe. But the reality is, yeah, if you are using

these AI features, it's going to access a lot of your personal information, which again, might

already be on a Google platform anyway. So to me, it's like me personally, this is a decision you

have to make on your own. But for me personally, it's like, hey, it's already there. So it might as well make my life easier

and pull that information. I'm being told we're joined by Nina Raymont

who was at the event. Nina, are you there? I'm here. Hello. Hi

So what did you think of the show when you were there live? It must have been just riveting

Yes, I saw many stars. I even saw a performance by Pink Pantherist

And the live show itself is very predictable. It's the lives that we got this morning

And there was a big prioritization on getting your phone to do more for you so you can stay off of it more

And, of course, because I cover health and wearables, I was also excited to see that there were several features on the Pixel Watch that I'm looking forward to using

specifically the new weight training experience that's coming soon to the Pixel Watch

as well as some more health features like an insulin resistance feature and a blood pressure patterns feature

I wanted to ask you because I think I've noticed an AirPod in your ear. When Google talked about switching, they acted like it was you were changing your life and everything was ending

and you were basically going from your regular life to the upside down. From what you saw there with Alex Cooper and whomever

what did you think about this pitch to get iPhone users to move over to Pixel

I'm curious if that's actually going to happen, if iPhone users are going to switch from their phones to the Pixel phones

I think that they make a pretty good offering by saying, hey, you're going to keep your group chats together

Your photos, all your screenshots are also going to stay as they are on your new phone

I do wonder, though, even with all these upgrades and improvements, the iPhones will always just be a very popular phone

Um, and, and I wonder if even having Alex Earle or Cooper, I don't know, they're the same person to me

Um, even having Alex Cooper come out and like, and say these things, whether or not it's going to influence that type of girl who owns an iPhone, who loves her iPhone, who loves her blue bubbles, if that's really going to change that girl's mind

Yeah, it was quite odd, I think. I know they're trying to push it, and I did a video about

this. Google has about 4.6% of the market, and Apple has a lot more than that. So if

they want to eat Apple's lunch, they're going to have to try this way. Anita, you got any

last words from your experience at the event? What would I say about this? I'll say it was nice to be there and see the magic behind

And it's cool to know that they were filming Pink Panther's performance on one of these Pixel phones

Yeah, I look forward to testing out the watch itself and seeing just how well my recovery score and the accuracy of the DPS and all of these things that I promoted today

whether it will actually be a reasonable change that I can see and experience in my day-to-day

One last question I wanted to ask. Do you think that Pink Pantherist was lip-syncing or singing

You were there. Okay. I think she was singing. I think she was singing

I think she has some sort of technology that she uses. And she was really displeased with the crowd

I think she was like laughing to herself because nobody was really excited

There's just like a lot of tech people who probably don't even know who she is. In another world, I would have been like jumping up and down in my seat

And in this scenario, I was also part of this crowd that was kind of silent and not really giving her what she needed

So yeah, she had a good performance. I don't know if this was the crowd to receive it

Well, thank you very much, Nina. That was a great report from the scene. I mean, I'm one of those tech people who just found out who this person was. So the other part about the show that's strange is they invite a bunch of tech journalists and some influencers at this point. And you're not really supposed to be cheering and clapping and acting like, you know, you're a shill for Google. So I don't really know how often they're going to keep doing this with reporters in the audience

I want to talk about our poll. We had a poll up. It was, what was the biggest disappointment from

the show? A, the Pixel 11. B, the Pixel 11 Pro and Excel. C, the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. Or D

the lack of Jimmy Fallon. All right, let's put up those results right now. And 34% of you thought

the 11 Pro and XL was the biggest disappointment. 31% of you are funny

You're very funny. The biggest disappointment was the lack of Jimmy Fallon. So good for you, and I'm glad you're watching

And okay. 19% of you got the Pixel Pro Fold, and very few people were disappointed with the Pixel 11

So this is one wacky show when it came to this. There were some comments all over the place

Somebody mentioned notification LEDs making a comeback. When will the aux jack do the same

Now, we neglected to discuss the highlight feature that Google wanted to explain how great it is

And Trevor Noah accidentally exposed that you can't use it for everything and picking special colors

Abra, you've played with this. You've seen the highlight feature. It's a little RGB inside the flash

You get five color options that you can choose. What do you think about this I was thinking about I was reflecting on this yesterday and I thought if I had my phone down face down right next to me would a flashing light prevent me from you know

would it be like, oh, this is a color I want to answer? No, I think at the end of the day, the phone needs to be in another room for me not to

touch it. If my phone is even face down next to me, I will flip it over and check my Instagram notifications

So I'm going to need much more serious intervention to prevent myself from checking my phone

But maybe if you're normal and you're a little bit more balanced in your tech lifestyle

then having those notification lights flash will prevent you from checking your phone when you don't have to

Andrew, I got to try this out. I just want to tell you how this went. So it turns out that you can have the highlight working if you favorite the contact

Then the highlight option shows up in your contacts and you can choose one of the colors that they give you

There is no way to choose from a color picker, like all the colors in the world

You get five or six. Trevor mentioned putting a red notice for all the red flag people

First, he would have to mark them as favorites. Then he'd have to get a color that doesn't exist

Andrew, is this going to push people towards like a glyph or a second screen on the back

Do you think you would allow the light to not touch your phone

Will that be enough for you to go, okay, that's fine. I see what they're going for and I'm kind of here for it, right? Like, okay. So Google's assuming

that you have this phone, you have your contacts loaded in and the people that you care about are

already labeled as favorites. They're sort of assuming that the legwork you just laid out

already done. So then adding a color to those folks of like, okay, I'm assuming if I'm turning

my phone face down, that means I don't want to be interrupted unless. And I can imagine myself

picking a color for the folks who would qualify for that unless and having that show up for me

At the same time, I don't know. I'd notice it. So like if it's the evening and I'm sitting down

to play video games with my friends and I don't want to be bugged by anything, like, is that

going to draw my attention away from whatever match I'm playing. I don't know

I don't know if it's enough. And then otherwise, if I'm not in a mode where I don't want to be disturbed, I don't think

I'd even have my phone upside down to begin with. But I get what they're going for

It's a bummer. I can't use the color red. It seems pretty limited

But it's, I don't know. In terms of gimmicks, it's harmless. It is harmless. I think that's a good way to put it. Like it could help. I think I just need a lot

more help than that. You know, I've got a lot to fix when it comes to my screaming addiction

And the company Nothing has tried this a lot with its glyphs. They have a series of LEDs. They are

not in a circle, but they're really cool looking actually. But the thing is, you'd have to learn

exactly how one of the glyphs or these patterns relate to the person you connected it to

But I'm thinking if you have your phone face down on your table, and you want to make sure you don't miss the highlight, aren't you looking more at the thing because it's smaller and it goes away faster than a notification on the front of your phone

So, like, I think it's going to have the opposite result. You're going to pay more attention to the phone because you might miss the highlight

This is the glyph from nothing, and you can see how it looks

It looks really neat. It's a very distinguished look. You're not going to see another phone like that

And it's a great idea, but I think it falls short generally

because it doesn't really solve a problem. I don't think this is a big issue we're having in real life yet

Oh, it did have, that's the glyph again showing the timer function. I thought that was pretty cool. But again, you can do that on the front

So what are you adding? It's automating that convenience though. So like if flipping the phone upside down, that turns it on

Do not disturb automatically. Then I can be like, okay, I need to concentrate on the thing

Let's say the event I'm flipping it upside down and then I put it in my peripheral vision

I might notice it might. I don't think this is going to be the superhero feature, but I think it could be like a handy sidekick

Like, I think this would be useful, but you're right. I still might miss it, but maybe if it's in the peripheral vision, I'd still notice the cool purple light

We've got David Lum on. Hey, we haven't heard what you think. So you saw this entire show

with us. We've been briefed on the Pixel stuff already. What did you make out of this? Is

the highlight the highlight of your show? Was Trevor Noah amazing? Do you trust Google

with all your information? My issue with the watch thing is, if any of that data goes to

like, I don't know, health insurance companies, that could be bad. That could be really bad

and they could mess with you. But that's a whole other issue with a much bigger problem. David, what did you think

I felt like these were sort of incremental upgrades. If it's been a few years, then maybe you want a new Pixel

The highlight was not a highlight. I think when we see Chinese phones with entire screens on the rear camera

in order to get a preview of a shot or something, a little LED light, which only has, what, five colors, is not doing it for me

That was cute probably a decade ago. So you know what? They're doing an LG thing of maybe there's a feature, a weird hardware feature that'll light somebody's fire, I guess, throwing spaghetti at a wall

It's just kind of disappointing to see a lot of tech possibilities

I don't know if there are any Asus ROG fans out there, but their phones, their bigger phones have had like really aggressive gamer lights, LEDs on the back for years

at least that was like doing something interesting. Anyway, we have new phones

and the cameras are what people are going to be talking about. I'm excited about those features, those AI features

You know, light me up if you want. But I think it's Google will stick to its strengths

with the software. So what about the cameras and the photography got your attention

Well, when I initially got briefed, I was a little snide about Magic Capture, I will say

And I'm no photographer, but I would turn to a few on our staff

including our mobile team, which is replete with pretty talented photographers, including our own Abra Al-Hiti, but especially Andrew Langston and Jeff Carlson

who I thought both would have immediate and visceral reaction My goodness like this is you know taking the authority out of my hands And instead it like no this is for you know stately recording your kids recital or or game or something when you haven had a lot of coffee and being able to have it pick out some pretty decent shots

This is not when you're shooting for the Pulitzer. This is for when you just want to make sure there's some serviceable action

And in between your fat fingering, maybe you don't capture the right moment

Hey, it'll capture the right moment for you. That's kind of nice. I think that's going to be more helpful than a lot of the AI features that we've seen

And Google has had a fair many that are pretty helpful. Magic Eraser is probably the one that is most imitated

And still, Google is probably the best at. so that's probably the standout one and the one people actually use we get a few every year that

are kind of add-ons nice to have what am I going to use this is and I think people are going to use

Magic Capture pretty frequently if you know once they get used to it and remember it's another tool

in their toolbox yeah you did mention a comparison to LG which no longer makes phones so that doesn't

That doesn't bode well, but the camera features are unique to Google

Abarth, do you think that other Android manufacturers are going to pick up a lot of these features

Because generally the Pixel is not really bought by a lot of people, but these features seem to trickle down

Are you expecting Samsung to be like, hey, we've got a Samsung Capture

And then who else makes phones? Motorola saying, we also have Moto Capture

Yeah, I hope they do just to see what fun names they come up with

But there is a lot of crossover across those different companies. And like David mentioned, things like AI erasers across Android phones have been incredible

And I think Samsung's offerings and Google's offerings are very comparable. Obviously, there's all those crossover Android 17 and Gemini intelligence features that you can find across all those devices

So it's always interesting to see what Samsung and Motorola do to be like, yeah, but we have this thing, only us

And I think their example of that was MyFanCam that they launched on the new foldable phones

again, a video-related feature where you can, a little different, but you can focus on one subject

They'll always find ways to make something a little different, but it's a really interesting camaraderie where they're partners but they're competitors

So how will they tow that line and which of the features will they either borrow

or kind of try to improve upon? We've got more comments coming in

At HaterMaker says, bring back detachable batteries. We didn't get that. Not yet, but Google did talk about the repairability

of its phones. It's supposed to be a lot easier to take care of these devices

And that might sound magnanimous. And they're so altruistic for you, but odds are it's the EU telling folks

that you need to have repairable devices, otherwise you can't sell them there

So they didn't seem to mention that. But I will, because I think this sounds nice

Andrew, what do you think about the repairability of these phones because Google's going to back this for seven years

They've been doing that with their other pixels. Do you think that the repairability, the seven-year guarantee

all the cool features, do you think that's going to be a catalyst to get people to go to the pixel

No, but I think it's a good bit of peace of mind for folks who are already

considering the purchase. Like that's not going to be the thing that necessarily is like, oh

this is repairable. Let me go get this phone. But like, I don't know, as a Pixel person myself, it'll add a bit of peace of mind

It added peace of mind for, they added repairability on the Pixel watch for

that's a, you know, bring it back to the wearables, but here we are. And I thought that was particularly important for that because of like the domed glass watch face

which always strikes me as like, I worry about it. And so the fact that they made that repairable adds a lot of peace of mind

And I think it's just a nice, it's a nod for peace of mind for folks who are already considering, who are like, here you go

Here's milk and cookies to let you know you're in the right place

More so than like, this is the flashbang cool. You definitely got to come get this

But I mean, I appreciate it regardless of whether they're having their arm twisted into doing it

I appreciate that it's there. there was another comment saying uh this event made me cancel my pre-order and get a samsung

galaxy s26 ultra thanks google another person said 15 minute while sorry 15 minute charging best news

for watches the pixel watch 5 and i believe the 4 if you leave it on for a short charge you're

going to get like half a day of battery life which is really important essentially put it down when

And you're taking a shower and it's fine for the day. OK, so this was something

I will say, we've seen a lot of different events and types of events

OK, I'll give a little credit to Google on this, because look, this is dry stuff, right? Phones

Everyone's got them. We've reached peak phone. What can you possibly do

I really thought Google was going to hit more on the heartstrings of magic capture

Never miss a moment. oh, your kid just walked, or they're playing sports or something

They didn't really talk about that very much, although they did have that long ad

which looked like, again, Google should be the center of your heart. So it's a mixed message right now with the mixed medium

because essentially this entire show to me looked like, can we get shareable clips

Did Trevor Noah do something funny? Did Alex Cooper do something silly? Let's get that out there

So good on you for trying. Maybe ask Gemini for ideas. David, do you have any ideas how Google could have improved their presentation

I would have loved if they let Trevor Noah more off the leash

I think they gave him a lot of leeway and that led to some fun moments

But you're right. They really got to get through a lot here

And I'm glad that they brought out some Google employees who have actually worked on these things to talk about

it, but the chemistry was really variable between them and Trevor Noah. Really enjoyed that. He was

able to riff a little bit. It's the sort of honesty that this is not just dry, but we've got a pretty

iterative thing. He was excited to be on stage and finally be the one being like, whoa, look

the teleprompter Whoa look this is usually the live demo That energy so much better than say a fakey Jimmy Fallon or anyone else usually on stage or even you know like Apple as as you know efficient as it is to do pre presentations

They're also so produced that in a few years, I won't believe, you know, any human works at Apple

Right. They've just AI'd all of them. which is great. So I appreciate having a little bit more of a soul there

even though it's variable and falls flat a little bit. So more, why don't have Trevor Noah

and another comedian who up there, I think there needs to be some riffing. Maybe they can puppeteer a Google person

Bring on the interview. Conan O'Brien, bring Conan in. Who is that O'Brien

Conan O'Brien, the funniest comedian alive today. Do it. Well, he might actually take them to task about the privacy

It will. Trevor Noah was specifically asking, essentially he was asking questions like, so what

Like, why is this a big deal? Like, that to me was actually important because this is the question we ask ourselves, too, of like, well, what is the big deal about these devices

Let's go around the horn for final thoughts. Andrew, let's start with you

What would you like to say about this made by Google event starring Trevor Noah

Well, obviously, we need to get more Pink Pantherists in there for you, as I know

I think you became an instant fan after that performance. So you mentioned earlier that if it was that you were pretending this whole thing was was made by your kid

And if that's the case, I actually think your kid did like especially for a kid, like a great job

I enjoyed I enjoyed Trevor Noah. I thought his his rapport was good

And I also that sign to text piece like we only like briefly touched on that

That was super cool watching it, especially like live, actually getting to see the camera, read his motions and his face and everything like that

So I don't know that watching technology do something that's like objectively good

is something that, that, that made me happy. So yeah, I, I, I was entertained and there was a

there was a cool, a few good features in there that I think are steps forward

Not to remain on your parade, but that demo was done. Controlled circumstances

really good lighting, a good distance away from the camera, the camera not moving because it was

on a stand. So like, I don't know how this is going to work in the wild, but when they did the

live demos with Magic Capture, that was free-handed. So like, I really am curious to see how this will

end up. David, what do you want to wrap up with? I think it's unfair that you made me go after

Andrew because I also found the ASL to be incredible. I think the ASL feature is another

recognition that these cameras are starting to notice, you know, not just gestures, but posture

and even body language, right? This is sort of all downhill from, say, the Apple Vision Pro

recognizing gestures underneath, right? Like the point and tap and minute. I think this is a lot of

exciting stuff down the road. And of course, here in an accessibility and communication feature

fantastic like that is beautiful that is software right like this is not super advanced hardware and

a lot of these um cameras uh so i am excited about that um i'm less excited that once again

the fold uh doesn't have premium cameras uh i'm less excited that there's not enough this year to

get someone who had a pixel 10 series to uh to upgrade but um you know uh it's not the uh most

stale presentation we've had all year. There's a bunch of new help metrics

tracking in the Pixel Pitch Watch 5. So please stay tuned to our own Vanessa

Handoriana, who is going to explain all those cool things to you. And David, I will tell you

I specifically wanted to be unfair to you as I normally am. So

thank you for those words. Abraar, I hope I'm being fair to you

What do you think of this whole thing? What do you want to tell the audience before we go? I don't want to reiterate everything that's already been said. So ditto to all of that

especially as someone who covers digital accessibility, seeing AI do something practical

and helpful is always wonderful. If I'm going to be honest, I think one of the things that causes

me the most stress as a tech reporter is tech keynotes. So I will say that having had an embargo

lift in the morning and to be able to just kick back and watch this presentation, this is the most

relaxed my nervous system has been ever, I think, while watching a tech keynote. So shout out to

Google for that. I'll take a page out of Andrew's book and say that they did it just for me. I'll

pretend it was all for me. But I do think this was the only way I would have been able to stay awake

and watch a keynote at the end of the day after days of writing about these features. So I am a

fan. That's my hot take. I think it was the best it could be for a tech keynote

As somebody who's going to be recording a video about this whole thing tomorrow

I was not as relaxed because I was waiting for something special to arrive during the live show

And there wasn't, okay? There wasn't any surprise. But that's not to say that these devices weren't excellent, or at least appear to be excellent

Because we are in a tech bubble, sometimes we do get cynical and go, hey, look, big deal

This phone can take photos at 120x zoom. That's crazy. You want to have live audio translations happening on your phone

These phones can do it. You want to translate your voice to somebody else's, sorry, you want to translate your

intonation and voice and language to somebody else, you can do it with a pixel

All of that is insanely powerful. So it's a really different kind of world we're in because we're so used to this

So I will say, I hope Google makes a big splash in the future

I think they play it too safe. I think they've been iterating a lot

And I think they're getting these devices polished and polished and polished

Maybe next year we'll see some real hardware changes. But Google's biggest thing has always been software

and they really showed what they can do at this event. Folks, we're going to have all, every device reviewed at PCMag, CNET

and elsewhere. So please go check that out. I want to thank everybody for making the show happen

Abrar, Andrew, David, Nina, Mike, Carly, who's behind the camera for this one

Steven, and Vidisha for doing a lot of the poll stuff. So thank you for that

I want to thank everybody else. And I want to thank you for watching because this wouldn't have been any fun without you

I'm Ayaz Akhtar, and I'll see you online. I'm out