October, 2017

• 4 October

  Google Clips smart camera uses AI to take pictures

  

  Google introduced a small, lightweight smart camera called Clips during its Pixel 2 event Wednesday in San Francisco. The camera, which will be priced at $249, use artificial intelligence to take pictures all on its own. It was designed with parents and pet owners in mind, said Google product manager Juston Payne, and will capture spontaneous …

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• 4 October

  Pixelbook gets $99 stylus

  

  Google’s Pixelbook will work with a $99 stylus designed for the laptop’s touchscreen. At Google’s event in San Francisco on Wednesday, the company announced a new Chromebook: a $999 convertible laptop. The Pixelbook is marketed as a high-end convertible laptop, meaning it’s both a laptop and a tablet, and is expected to run on Chrome OS. Now playing: Watch this: …

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• 4 October

  Sonos One speaker blends Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri for $199

  

  Sonos has a new voice-controlled speaker, too, and it plays nice with Amazon, Google and Apple. Billed as a music-first speaker, the Sonos One ($199, £199) looks a lot like the company’s Play:1 (also $199), but has an array of six built-in microphones to allow it to respond to voice commands. Sonos representatives told CNET that though the two speakers resemble each …

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• 4 October

  Google Daydream View VR returns: This time it’s comfier

  

  Last year, we called Google‘s $79, £69 or AU$119 Daydream View the easiest-to-use VR experience yet. It easily turned any of an increasing number of Android phones into a competent VR headset.  For 2017, Google isn’t changing the formula all that much. The new $99, £99 or AU$149 Daydream View — announced Wednesday and shipping Oct. 14 — looks practically identical at …

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• 4 October

  This is how Google wants you to switch from iPhone to Pixel 2

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Does it call to you? Do you have clothes to model? CNET Did you, an iPhone aficionado, look at the Pixel 2 and salivate? Please don’t worry. There’s an ad for that. No sooner had Google released its new Pixel 2 phone than it uploaded …

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• 4 October

  Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL phones will get ‘preview’ of Google Lens

  

  If you can’t wait to get Google Lens, you’ll need to pay up for a new Google phone. The search giant said the image-recognition technology will preview on its Pixel phones first, including its new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, which were revealed at a hardware launch event Wednesday. The feature will be built into Google Photos and Google …

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• 4 October

  Google’s Pixel 2 London launch event got WEIRD

  

  As I looked into the eye of the bright pink giant grizzly bear, I knew this wasn’t a normal phone launch event. Google has just taken the wraps off its brand new Pixel 2 phone and new additions to its smart home lineup in San Francisco. (Here’s literally everything Google announced.) But I was following the news from a “satellite” …

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• 4 October

  Pixel 2 comes with a free Google Home Mini

  

  If you have a long shopping list after Google‘s event on Wednesday, we don’t blame you. But before you start adding to your basket with abandon, check out this offer that will help you consolidate. Almost immediately as the Pixel 2 was announced, the phone was available for preorder on the Google online store. As soon as preorders opened, Google …

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• 4 October

  Sonos moves Alexa voice controls into public beta

  

  Sonos owners, it’s finally time to sharpen your Alexa skills.  The maker of high-end, connected speakers announced today at a press event in New York City that Alexa-powered voice controls will arrive via a firmware update. The voice controls will allow you to cue up music on your Sonos speakers using voice commands with an Alexa-enabled device such as the …

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• 4 October

  Pixel Buds: $159 wireless headphones do real

  

  Everybody else is doing a headphone, so why not Google? The Pixel Buds, the company’s new $159 (£159, AU$229) in-ear headphones, will be available in November in color options that match the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones. More from Google’s event Google Pixel 2, XL take on iPhone X with squeezable sides Google announces Pixelbook Chromebook Google Home …

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