Wired has a neat look inside Google’s Reliability Labs where Pixel designs are tested. There’s a gauntlet of durability challenges and an endearing concept called “Empathy Models,” which helps give designers a sense of what it’s like for people with different sized hands to use the devices. Now do one for trying to cram a phone into the tiny pockets of women’s clothing, Google.
Jimmy Fallon, a parade of influencers, and a live studio audience — this was not your typical product launch event.
This means you should be able to use them to set up and pair Matter-over-Thread smart home devices, even if you don’t have a Thread Border Router.
Apple’s newer Pro iPhones also support Thread, and while the Pixel 9 series has the hardware, it looks like only the Pixel 10 Pro line is officially certified.
If you need to catch up on what Thread is, listen to the latest Vergecast for a deep dive.
What was that gadget F1 driver Lando Norris was talking to during his skit at the Made By Google event? It definitely wasn’t a Nest Wifi or Nest Mini.
Looks like Google may have just teased some upcoming Google Nest hardware, likely powered by its new Gemini for Home voice assistant announced today.
Google’s head of devices and services said there have been “a lot of broken promises” when it comes to putting AI in phones, seemingly alluding to the delayed launch of Apple’s AI-upgraded Siri. “Gemini is the real deal,” Osterloh said.
He then launched into a laundry list of celebrity guests including Steph Curry, the Jonas Brothers, and more professional athletes who I have never heard of. Right now, Rick Osterloh is being interviewed like he’s a guest on the Late Show.
