Google's Pixel Event: What to Expect

Great googly moogly! Google is expected to update near all of its hardware product lines in a massive blitz at 9 a.grand. PT/noon ET. PCMag is in San Francisco and will bring you lot all the news, but here'due south what we expect.

Pixel Pixel

We're expecting to run across two Pixel phones at the issue, the Pixel two and Pixel 2 XL. The smaller one will exist fabricated past HTC, and the larger one past LG. Here'southward a rundown of all the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL rumors that are out there, including features, design and pricing, though this is what reliable leaker Evan Blass believes the phones volition look like:

These are the Google Pixel two and Pixel two Twoscore https://t.co/cXCs560jNH pic.twitter.com/f3P47aeZ2I
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) Oct ii, 2022

Google will too reportedly introduce a new Daydream View headsets to fit the new Pixels. Droid Life says they will cost $99 and be a picayune more "rugged" than existing headsets.

Google Home

Droid Life also says a small-scale Google Home Mini speaker is on the agenda. This $49, egg-shaped speaker is attractively cloth-covered, and will come in gray, red, or white, so it'll look better than the Echo Dot.

9to5Google says Google may also release a "Google Home Max" with stereo speakers, which will be priced closer to the Apple HomePod or Sonos, around $349.

Apple HomePod vs. Amazon Echo vs. Google Home

In our review of the Google Home speaker, nosotros noted that information technology has better, more than attractive hardware than the Amazon Repeat. Google'south trouble is with its ecosystem: it was backside Amazon in terms of 3rd-party smart home integration and skills, although it's improve than Amexa at answering random internet queries. We're hoping to hear from Google why it thinks the Google Assistant ecosystem is better than Alexa as a total-scale dwelling house control solution.

Chromebooks

Droid Life also says information technology has the details on a new Chromebook called the Pixelbook. This volition be a premium convertible laptop that folds dorsum into a tablet, and information technology won't be cheap, starting at $i,199 for a 128GB model. It will come up with a pressure-sensitive pen, though.

What Nigh Tablets?

There's one product missing from this Google list: straight-up tablets. Google hasn't put much into its Nexus/Pixel tablet line since the Pixel C tablet came out in late 2022. High-end Android tablets in general aren't very popular right now; past far the most successful Android tablets in the The states are the inexpensive, non-Google-sporting Amazon Fire series. It'll be interesting to meet if Google gives a signal nigh what it thinks of the tablet market.