We’re quickly approaching a {hardware} season for the ages. A day after Apple formally set the date for its iPhone 15 unveiling, Google has planted its Pixel flag. The most recent model of the corporate’s proprietary handset is about for an October 4 debut in New York Metropolis. The occasion will virtually actually debut the upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional flagship, following I/O’s announcement of the Pixel 7a and Google’s first foldable, the Pixel Fold.
If previous is precedent (and it often is), we’ll see a spate of latest {hardware} on the annual fall Made by Google occasion that may also embody the corporate’s newest wearable, the Pixel Watch 2. Final 12 months’s Pixel Watch was one thing of a blended bag, however acquired general good marks as Google’s first true Put on OS gadget. Lots of the gadget’s positives have been a direct results of the corporate’s 2019 Fitbit acquisition.
In the meantime, after a little bit of a rocky begin, the Google’s cellphone line has been on the glow up since 2021’s Pixel 6 marked a radical shift for the road, with a brand new premium design, improved optics and the first-party Tensor chip. The leaks have already begun, together with early photos of the gadget (it seems an terrible lot just like the Pixel 7) and phrase that the Tensor G3 chip will function 9 cores and be constructed atop the Arm Immortalis structure.
So far as what else to count on, the Pixel Pill isn’t due for an replace, although it’s been a very long time since we’ve seen significant updates to the Nest/Residence line. The corporate does seem to have depriortized its sensible residence choices, so this might, maybe, be a possibility to rectify that in a significant manner.
The occasion kicks off at 10AM ET and can be livestreamed over YouTube. We’ll be in there in particular person, per regular.
