Google Manufacturing Event – ​​Live: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and more announced

These were written by our friend Rick Osterloh, who spoke at a Google Made conference on Gemini.

The big news is the announcement of these four new Pixel 9 phones, which promise huge improvements in camera performance and AI assistance.

New Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2 It’s also a highlight that both the watch and the headphones get the full Gemini treatment this year.

Gemini Live has one last feature.

Assistant will soon be able to “look” at your phone’s camera and respond to things in the real world in real time. It sounds similar to the Project Astra demo footage Google shared earlier this year.

The new wireless earphones feature powerful noise cancellation, an improved, more comfortable design, and seamless integration with Gemini.

You can have a smooth and natural conversation with Gemini in your ear, which feels very similar to the world of science fiction. she.

We’re now looking at the Pixel Watch 3’s safety features, specifically “lost pulse” detection, which is something we haven’t come across before. Google’s wearable can catch these events when they happen and call emergency contacts or emergency services for help.

Experts say its invention could become “a model for airbags or smoke detectors.”

The new watch is launching alongside a new version of the Fitbit app designed to improve your running, offering real-time coaching, workout plans and guidance.

Available in two sizes for the first time, the updated Android wearable features a bigger battery, a brighter screen and more accurate heart rate tracking for running.

A host of new features are rolling out to the Magic Editor tool, a Pixel-exclusive photo editing app that uses generative AI to fix your photos.

Auto-compose will automatically edit your photo to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Google has trained its AI to understand ideal composition, and the Magic Editor tool can use generative fill to expand the borders of the photo and include content that wasn’t visible in the original composition.

This is a really fun little feature on the Pixel 9 phones.

The “Add Me” feature seamlessly merges you into those group photos you always take. Photograph your friends as usual, swap positions, and a ghostly afterimage will help you find the right spot. Then just take a second photo and the photos will merge.

This year’s Pixel phones feature a completely redesigned camera pipeline built around artificial intelligence. Google calls it the world’s first AI camera, but what does that mean? We’re not quite sure.

The results speak for themselves, though. Night Sight photography now works in panorama mode, and the photos look impressive. Google even teased the iPhone 15 Pro Max in a comparison shot of the two phones.

We were live demoing a product of the new Pixel Studio app, which lets you change the look and feel of your photos using Gemini AI prompts. We were retouching a photo of a campfire, switching it to a retro video game look, and throwing in stickers of friends’ faces to create a party invitation.