Google Announces October 4th Pixel 8 Launch Event

Not one to let Apple hog the excitement of cellphone launch season, Google declared Wednesday it’s planning to host its personal huge cellphone announcement extravaganza quickly. Referred to as “Made By Google,” the occasion will embrace a livestream keynote the place the corporate is anticipated to unveil its Pixel 8, the Pixel Watch 2, and extra {hardware}.

Made By Google will happen at 10 a.m. ET Oct. 4 in New York Metropolis. If final 12 months’s huge Pixel announcement is something to go on, the corporate will livestream the occasion on YouTube. It’s very seemingly that Google will unveil its Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional then. Simply as effectively, the sequel to the Pixel Watch might lastly make its debut after a relatively easy and pared down preliminary outing.

Although we didn’t get any actual trace on the Pixel 8 at Google I/O earlier this 12 months as the corporate targeted on its AI initiatives and the Google Pixel Fold, there have been loads of leaks to fill the void. One leak has even come immediately from Google, albeit inadvertently. The Pixel 8 Professional ought to embrace the corporate’s Tensor G3 chip, the third within the line began again with the Pixel 6. Leaks from Android Authority have hinted that the G3 chip will embrace 9 CPU cores and a efficiency increase to associate with it. The graphics on the Pixel 8 are anticipated to be equally enhanced with 10 GPU cores working at 890MHz in comparison with the Tensor G2’s 7, based on the rumors.

In any other case, the Pixel 8 ought to see some enhancements to its digicam array with the introduction of a 64 MP ultrawide sensor. The brand new cellphone may return to its older, extra curved corners, and—based on 9to5Google—characteristic colours discovered on the Pixel Fold. These embrace Porcelain, Obsidian, plus some type of “Sea” blue hue.

So far as the Pixel Watch 2 goes, 9to5Google experiences that the sequel smartwatch ought to make the swap to the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 chip. The watch also needs to get a a lot improved battery life in comparison with its older brother, with rumors pointing to 24 hours of operation with its always-on show turned on. It’s going to additionally seemingly sport Put on OS 4.

On Tuesday, Apple declared it is going to host its “Wonderlust” occasion Sept. 12, and Google is sizzling on its competitor’s heels. Final 12 months, Google additionally provided a peek at its Nest Wifi Professional, its Nest Doorbell, and some different odds and ends. It’s unclear if we’ll see something like a brand new Google Pixel Pill, particularly contemplating the primary outing arrived simply final 12 months to little fanfare. There’s nonetheless the lingering risk of latest Nest gadgets, however there’s been little to no rumors on that entrance in comparison with Google’s cellphone and wearable strains.

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