iTechGear Weekly Episode SE5: #MadeByGoogle
This episode of the iTechGear Weekly is Episode SE5: #MadeByGoogle, recorded on 2022-10-06. In this episode, Chris, Joel and Chris G. talk about the products introduced by Google at 2022’s #MadeByGoogle event
Links to the show player AND the MP3 and show note downloads can be found at the bottom of this post (the show outline is a tad long…)
- Mobile/Linux Segment
- Pixel Portfolio
- designed and capable via Google Tensor
- Google Tensor G2 Platform
- Next-gen on device G2
- All designed to work and look like they belong together – Unified design language
- Designed to be personal
- colors and finishes that are unique to Google
- Zirconia blasted aluminum cases (I thought cubic zirconia was QVC only)
- durable but soft feeling
- Pixel material U adapts to your color and UI choices and
- Pixel Watch
- Designed to be worn every day
- Bezel disappears
- Black
- Silver
- Gold
- Bands twist and click into place
- Bands are easy to change
- Dozens of customizable watch faces
- Hazel
- Lemongrass
- softer hues that work together but are easy to read
- Tablet
- Nano ceramic coating
- Privacy and Security
- Secure and Private by design
- Pix 7 has multiple layers of verifiable security
- Titan M2
- Same security as banks & governments
- Everything is Private by Design
- minimize your data footprint
- Deidentifying data
- Restricting Access
- Health & Wellness
- Sleep data is kept on the device
- online activity – P7 P7P will come with on-device VPN
- Android 13 Privacy & security settings in 1 place
- Action Cards
- Pixel 7
- Pixel Feature Drops
- New features are released monthly
- 5 yrs of feature updates
- Ultimate refinement
- 3″ display with smaller bezels
- All-day battery 72hrs with extreme battery mode
- Pixel Feature Drops
- Pixel 7Pro
- 7″ display
- triple camera system
- The front camera uses ML for Face Unlock
- Tensor G2 Chip
- 60% faster ML
- 20% faster than P^P
- Voice Assistance
- Live Translate
- Navigate without tapping
- Send messages with voice
- Advanced tech to get the right emoji
- Transcribe voice in real time for messages
- RCS Texting
- The recorder app is getting Speaker labels. Auto speaker separation
- Phone Calls
- Call Assist
- Call screen auto spam filter
- Direct my Call can work with business dialer systems
- on-screen display of dialer options
- Clear Calling
- auto suppresses background noise
- enhances callers voice
- Camera
- Best camera in the industry
- Inclusivity
- Improved skin tone recognition
- Real Tone improvements for skin tones
- Guided Frame
- helps vision impaired people take a better front camera
- Photo Unblur
- ML Image Quality improvements
- auto fixes blurry images
- Video Improvements
- Cinematic blur
- 10-Bit HDR
- Active Stabilization
- Improved Autofocus
- Speech enhancement 4k 60 FPS
- Autofocus
- Zoom Tech
- P6P – 4x Optical Zoom
- P7P higher-powered zoom
- Super Res Zoom
- reengineered
- 5MP image
- auto denoise
- ML composites photos to help produce better detail
- 2x, 5x 10x Zoom
- Zoom Stabilization
- keeps pix steady at 15x
- ML Digital Zoom at 20-30x
- Macro Focus
- 3cm closeness
- P7 – $599
- P7P – $899
- Pixel Watch
- First WearOS with Fitbit
- Health features powered by Fitbit
- 24hr battery life, even with health features active
- concentration on heart rate tracking
- Fitbit Pro
- Active Zone Minutes – tracks HR at your target, & counts mins there
- more than 1000 workouts
- Sleep Tracking from Fitbit to PW
- GPS – 349
- LTE – 399
- Pre Order today
- Fitbit Pro
- Tablet
- Foundation is Android
- Material You
- Pure Android
- Split Screen
- Stylus Support
- G2 Powers the tablet
- Favorite P7 features also on the tablet
- New Charging Speaker Dock
- Charges and is helpful 24/7
- turns it into a smart display
- Works with Voice Assistant
- Smart Device Control
- Magnet is tuned to dock and undock easily
- Coming 2023
- wearOS Updates
- Fast Pair
- Credential/network sharing
- screen casting/ video sharing
- Selfies controlled via Watch
- Voice Assistant works across devices
- Every device is a control panel
- control home on every device
- Fast Pair
- Wrap-Up
- Pixel Portfolio
- Apple Segment
- Windows Segment
- Picks of the Week
- Joel
- Chris
- Chris G.
- Larry
- Joel
Download MP3 – Episode SE5 – Made by Google
Show Notes – Show Notes Episode SE5 – MadeByGoogle
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