Google had the first day of its annual developer conference on May 11, 2022. This year’s I/O is being streamed live from Shoreline Amphitheatre, California. At this event, the company announced a bunch of new products (like the Pixel 6a) and a few services. Some of them are finished and ready to ship, while the others offer a window to the cutting-edge tech the company is currently working on.
As already expected, Google debuted the Pixel 6a, a new addition to its Pixel smartphone portfolio. We already have a bit of an idea of what to expect with the Pixel 6a specifications thanks to a deluge of leaks and rumors. Let’s see how right those rumors and renders were.
Google has launched the Pixel 6a with a 6.1-inch FHD+ 60Hz AMOLED display, in-screen fingerprint scanner, Android 12 software (minimum 5 years of security updates), Google Tensor SoC, 6GB LPDDR5 RAM, 128GB UFS 3.1 storage, 12.2+12MP rear camera setup, 4K30FPS video recording, an 8MP selfie camera, stereo speakers, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, 5G, and a 4306mAh battery with fast charging support.
The Pixel 6a camera features Magic Eraser, Real Tone, and Face Unblur options.
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The Pixel 6a will be up for pre-order in the US from July 21 through Googlestore.com. It is priced at $449 (~₹34,730). It has been announced for the Indian and Japanese market also at the time of writing this. More markets and availability details may be divulged later.
Pixel Watch and Pixel 7
Google has revealed that the Pixel 7 series is coming this fall and showed off its design. They will ship with Android 13 and the next generation of Tensor SoC.
The Pixel Buds Pro comes with a bean-shaped design, a new custom 6-core audio processor with a neural processing engine, Active Noise Cancelation, 7 hours of battery life with ANC on, Bluetooth multipoint connectivity, and spatial audio with Pixel phones.
Google has priced the Pixel Buds Pro at $199 (~₹15,392), and preorder begins from July 21, 2022.
Pixel Tablet will also be powered by Tensor SoC.
The company has also teased the Pixel 7 series, the Pixel Watch, and the Pixel Tablet. While the former two are launching this fall, the tab will come in 2023.
Other key Google I/O announcements include the addition of 24 new languages to Google Translate, Flyover view in Google Maps, automated TL;DR for Google Docs, better lighting and imagery on Google Meet, auto-translated transcriptions for YouTube, Multisearch Near Me, and Scene Exploration on Google Search, Look and Talk on Google Assistant, and the all-new Google Wallet with Digital IDs.
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