The company debuted its phones for 2018, a camera-free home control center and a new detachable Chrome OS tablet.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Google’s annual fall hardware event proved to be not quite as jam packed as Amazon’s recent surprise clown-car full of announcements, but the company did anounce the long-expected new phones, plus a tablet, laptop, smart home hub and AR partnerships with Marvel and Childish Gambino. Some might also say Google hopes Pixel 3, Home Hub dazzle blinds you from privacy concerns.
And that doesn’t include its pre-event announcements, including its Assassin’s Creed beta test of its Chrome-based Project Stream cloud gaming architecture. Or, the company’s decision to shut down Google+ after exposing a lot of user data.
The Pixels were widely and completely leaked before the event, so there were few surprises when it came to Google’s update to last year’s Pixel 2 and its big brother, the Pixel 2 XL .
Google Home, the company’s smart speaker with Google Assistant built in gets a little brother without a camera.
The Pixel Slate is a brand new detachable-style follow up to the Pixelbook, the company’s great but pricey Chrome OS laptop. Since we’re seeing growth in $600-class Chrome OS detachables and convertibles, it’s unsurprising that Google took this approach.
Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL: What you need to know about Google’s new smartphones
Google’s new tablet, the Pixel Slate
