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Pixel 2 and 2 XL hands-on: solid design with standard internals, amazing camera that supports Motion Photos, AR stickers; Active Edge takes some getting used to — A pragmatic design and a promising camera — For a majority of the 10 years smartphones have been mainstream, phone makers have been copying each other's designs.
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DxOMark gives Pixel 2's camera a record score of 98, four points above iPhone 8 Plus and Note8; Pixel 2's 12MP sensor has f/1.8 aperture, Dual-Pixel Autofocus — The Google Pixel 2 is the top-performing mobile device camera we've tested, with a record-setting overall score of 98.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts Pixel 2: 5" 1080p OLED display, Active Edge, Snapdragon 835, 8/12MP cameras, IP67, 4GB RAM, 2700mAh battery, front-facing speakers, no 3.5mm jack — After rumors and leaks, Google product chief Mario Queiroz today unveiled two new Android Oreo smartphones at the company's annual hardware event …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Pixel 2 XL has 6" 1440p pOLED screen, Active Edge, Snapdragon 835, 8/12MP cameras, IP67, 4GB RAM, 3250mAh battery, front-facing speakers, and no 3.5mm jack — Google unveiled the new Pixel 2 XL smartphone today, and the early leaks proved pretty much accurate: It's a larger screened smartphone …
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Google debuts larger version of Home, called Home Max, with better speakers, two colors, coming in Dec. for $399, with 12-month free subscription to YouTube Red — Google Home is getting bigger, in more ways than one: Google announced a few updates for its smart home speaker line …
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Google debuts Home Mini with four LED lights under fabric exterior in three colors, available as $49 preorder, shipping October 19 — It's a small, stone-shaped smart speaker — Google announced a smaller companion to its Google Home smart speaker today, called the Home Mini.
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Google debuts Clips, a $249 camera with 12MP, 130° FOV that uses AI to automatically take photos, 8GB storage, 3hr battery life with constant use, no ship date — This is Google's new camera. It's called Google Clips. — Wait, but what do you mean it automatically takes candid photos?
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European Commission orders Amazon to pay back about €250M in taxes to Luxembourg, saying it had been given “sweetheart” tax advantage since 2003 — - Amazon has been ordered to pay €250 million (£221 million, $294 million) by the European Commission over its taxes.
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Sonos announces it is rolling out Alexa support for all its current models in a public beta — Sonos announced today that its Alexa support, which has been in a limited private beta for months at this point, is finally rolling out to all current-model Sonos speakers in a public beta.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Interview with Sundar Pichai on AI and how it's used in Google products, like its Clips camera, Google Maps, and Android — ‘We feel huge responsibility’ to get information right — Unbeknownst to me, at the very moment on Monday morning when I was asking Google CEO Sundar Pichai … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Pixelbook two-in-one: 235ppi 12.3" display, 360° hinge, weighs 1kg, 10mm thick, up to 16GB of RAM, optional $99 stylus, ships Oct. 31 priced between $999-$1,649 — The Chromebook Pixel brand for Google's most high-end and costly Chromebooks is dead, but you can now say hello to its replacement: the Pixelbook.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Google debuts Pixel Buds, wireless earbuds with real-time translation, in 3 colors for $159; Android users on Nougat or higher can pair by just opening the case — Google-branded earbuds are coming. The company announced at its annual hardware event today that it'll be releasing truly wireless earbuds … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 4.0.1 to fix Wi-Fi bug that caused LTE connection issues — Apple today released a new software update for the Apple Watch, upgrading watchOS 4 to watchOS 4.0.1. The watchOS 4.0.1 update comes one week after Apple first released watchOS 4 to the public.
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