Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro, first Pixel smartwatch

said its new Pixel phones will deliver improved voice and camera features while bringing back facial recognition for unlocking the device as it seeks to better compete with Apple and Samsung Electronics.

Google’s Pixel phones every year serve as the showcase for the company’s latest Android software and artificial intelligence-based services, such as the Google Assistant. They demonstrate how Google hopes device-making partners will best use its operating system. Google continues developing its own hardware, which has only ever sold in small numbers, in part as insurance against missteps by Samsung, the only credible Apple rival in the US.

The Pixel line-up had only 2% of the North American market in the second quarter, whereas Apple’s iPhone commanded 52%, according to Canalys data. Still, Google said it’s now the fastest-growing smartphone developer, in comments ahead of its launch event in New York on Thursday.Also introduced at the event was the $349 Pixel Watch. It’s the first smartwatch from the company to bear the Pixel name and undercuts the latest-generation Apple Watch, which starts at $399.

Both phones see the return of face unlock, matching most of the high-end handsets on the market, after that biometric authentication option was removed from the Pixel line with the fifth-generation model in 2020. Google also matches a feature introduced with much fanfare on the iPhone 13 last year: a Cinematic Blur mode that can synthesise depth of field and background blur in videos.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

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