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Google appears to have triumphed again. The new Pixel 7 offers the same the top-flight software, camera and smart AI systems that have made its phones winners, but at a knockdown price that significantly undercuts rivals. Costing £599 ($899/A$1,299) it sits in between the top £849 Pixel 7 Pro and the budget £399 Pixel 6a, competing very favourably on price and specs with rivals from Samsung, Apple and others that are typically in the £700-800 range. The new phone looks like a smaller,… Source link

After years of rumors, Google has finally released its first smartwatch. The highly anticipated Google Pixel Watch is here, and I’ve been testing it since soon after its announcement, putting it through its paces and checking out every detail. The Google Pixel Watch is one of the few Android watches that looks like a classy timepiece. David Phelan The Pixel Watch runs on Google’s Wear OS3, and it is compatible with any Android phone running Android 8.0 or later. While its sleek design… Source link

Google’s first Pixel smartwatch is finally here after years of waiting, integrating the company’s Fitbit health-tracking tech and hoping to take on Samsung and the dominant Apple Watch. The Pixel Watch costs £339 ($350/A$549) and, while designed as a companion for the company’s smartphones, it will work with most Android phones with access to the Google Play Store but not with Apple’s iPhone. It runs Google’s Wear OS software based on Android but is heavily integrated with Fitbit… Source link

Let’s be real for a second: most smartwatches are deeply boring to behold in person. Even in the remarkably staid standards of “real” horology—where the 50-year-old AP Royal Oak still counts as a hype watch—it took half a decade for most new wearables to coalesce around exactly the same aesthetic. You know the one: all-black, chunky build, wouldn’t be seen dead in it outside of a half marathon. So as much as Google’s Pixel Watch might not be a perfect smartwatch, it does deserve… Source link

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5 Ukraine’s Starlink systems are coming back onlineThe devices have suffered outages in the past few days, leaving soldiers without any way to communicate. (FT $)+ Odessa’s officials have removed Elon Musk’s picture from a billboard. (Motherboard)+ Russia’s train reliance is part of its problem during the war. (The Atlantic $) 6 The US midterms have a misinformation problemMultilingual fact-checking groups are stepping up to try to combat the falsehoods. (NYT $)+ Why midterm… Source link

The Pixel 7 Pro looks to keep up Google’s newfound momentum in top-flight smartphones, offering a powerful camera and AI features for significantly less money than Apple or Samsung. The Pixel 7 Pro costs £849 ($899/A$1,299) – the same as the firm’s top 2021 phone – while competing with devices costing north of £1,100. It leads Google’s phone line for 2022, which includes the smaller £599 Pixel 7 and £349 Pixel 6a. From the front, the Pixel 7 Pro looks very similar to its… Source link

That’s thanks to the new Tensor G2 chip powering these devices. It’s the second generation of Google’s custom processor. In terms of general, everyday performance, I’ve never seen a stutter or blip. It’s not the most powerful chip for gaming, but it handled Genshin Impact, one of the most demanding titles, pretty well, with graphics settings set at medium and 60 frames per second. It’s the next-gen Tensor Processing Unit in the G2 that impresses more because it makes all these smart features… Source link

Google Pixel Watch. Sofia Pitt Three years after acquiring Fitbit, Alphabet is selling its first Google-branded watch with the fitness-tracking technology. It’s called Pixel Watch, and consumers can find it on store shelves starting Thursday. I’ve been testing Google’s new Pixel products for the past several days. In addition to the Pixel Watch, there are the new phones, the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, which go on sale at the same time. Most of the Pixel 7 phone upgrades are minor when compared with the… Source link

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