May your feed and Google News be full of news from Google has an explanation: yesterday the Google I/O, the most important event for developers of the year for the company and undoubtedly one of the most outstanding in the sector. In it, countless announcements were made that not only covered hardware, as we already expected: it was also covered by hardware news in which the IA It has been the undisputed queen.
As you may now be overwhelmed with so much information, we wanted to give you a quick, brief and concise summary with the 5 "headlines" or key news that you should keep from this conference. Take a look and that no conversation today on the subject catches you offside.
Android 14 and Wear OS 4 are here
After some time in test state Android 14, we finally have news of its stable and definitive version for the general public. This will come with news in photography (related to HDR), in customization possibilities, predictive functions and privacy, among other qualities. The beta 2 It can already be tested on the Pixel while Beta 1 is already accessible to various manufacturer models (such as OnePlus).
The operating system for watches is not forgotten by the company, which announced improvements for WearOS 4. Among them, an optimization of battery use, new options on the clock screen, the addition of new apps, updated security features and new accessibility features.
A Pixel Tablet with home automation airs
It had been unofficially announced a while ago so I wasn't getting any news either. Google dressed its Pixel Tablet long, with the size of 10,9 inches, minimalist design (very Pixel) and Tensor G2 processor. It comes with a dock -well, you're going to have to pay separately- that is capable of turning the team into a kind of hub or smart switchboard for home automation purposes.
Its price? $649, at least in Germany, the only European market where it will be available at the moment. As for the bae, its cost is 149 euros.
The foldable house
Another of the great open secrets of the brand was its first folding phone and, indeed, yesterday was the day chosen for its official presentation. With a heart attack price (1.899 euros, again in Germany), the Pixel Fold It has a 5,8-inch exterior screen (in 5:5 format) and when opened, a 7,6-inch screen unfolds.
Both have panels at 120 Hz and as for the processor, again we are facing Tensor G2. Its photographic system has not been neglected at all: there is a module with 3 lenses (main 48 MP, ultra-wide angle 13 MP and telephoto lens 10 MP and 5x).
It contributes little in terms of design or factor / form, but at least we have the promise from the house that it will adapt an endless number of apps to this new environment -something that other foldable androids on the market will benefit from in the long run.
Pixel 7a is already on sale
We won't tell you anything new if we tell you that the Pixel 7a, the only one, by the way, that for the moment arrives in Spain.
The smartphone has a 1080p AMOLED screen, 90 Hz refresh rate and a Tensor G2 processor along with 8 GB of RAM. Its design is very much in line with previous generations and also its photo bet, with a 64 MP sensor and a 13 MP ultra-wide angle with which the Pixel is enough and more than enough to guarantee, as always, fantastic captures.
You already have it showing up on Amazon for $509 -If you buy it in the next 4 hours, you have it tomorrow at home.
Bard, Bard, and more Bard
Stick with the name Bard, because it's the Google's direct response to OpenAi's ChatGPT, and that means it will be part of your DNA from now on. The most important search engine in the world cannot be left out of this league and yesterday showed that they were simply ordering the papers on the table because they have come here to play and lead, once again, the world of AI.
To do this, the company has taken its project out of experimental mode and has opened it up to a lot of countries -unfortunately none from Europe for now. Even so, Google has promised that it will be available very soon in the 40 most important languages in the world and it is that it wants it to become the new base tool for its users. In this way, when you search for something in its search engine, Bard will now take care of giving you a much more precise answer to what you need in the results.
Bard is preparing to give you solution to everything, with multimodal answers and questions (it will accept and generate not only text but also images in queries) and integration with your maps, spreadsheets, Gmail or Google Docs.
Maybe you have heard of Palm 2 and you don't quite know what it has to do with Bard. It turns out that Palm 2 is the language behind Bard. Google confirmed yesterday that it has experienced substantial improvements, with new math, logic and reasoning skills as well as programming. And this is only the beginning.