Gemini Era | Google Ads Summary at Made by Google 24 Event
No company matches Google in its ability to combine innovation with attention to detail. This year, during the Made by Google 24 event, the company once again demonstrated its ability to deliver advanced technologies that change users' perception of devices and services. Whether it's new Pixels or exciting AI improvements, Google is shaping the future of technology like never before.
During this event, Google announced a new era called the "Gemini Era", which is based mainly on the development in the field of artificial intelligence. This era comes with the launch of fundamental updates to the Gemini AI model, reflecting Google's commitment to delivering user experiences that exceed expectations. By restructuring the Android system and phones to fit Gemini, Google offers a new vision for the future of smartphones.
But the event was not limited to artificial intelligence only, as Google unveiled the new Pixel 9 series, which comes with strong updates in design and specifications, making it a real competitor in the flagship phone market. With enhanced OLED screens, upgraded cameras, and built-in AI features, these devices come to deliver a complete experience for users.
All this and more, announced by the American company during yesterday's event, here is everything it announced at its last conference.
Gemini Era
Of course, talk about artificial intelligence began, as Google launched the Gemini 1.5 Pro model, which is the latest update to the artificial intelligence engine and announced the restructuring of the Android system and phones according to Gemini, and its most prominent features are voice chats Gemini Live. It also announced several new features for it such as:
- Multimedia: Gemini Live can handle a variety of media, allowing users to better interact with their apps and benefit from a more diverse conversation experience.
- Comprehensive understanding: Gemini Live has the ability to understand multiple information in the same context, such as reading text, recognizing images, and understanding voice commands.
- Improved responsiveness: Gemini Live improves responsiveness and interaction with users, making the conversation experience smoother and more efficient.
Google Pixel 9 Series
The star of the conference and the most important event after artificial intelligence is the new Google Pixel 9 devices, which have received many updates, the name XL returns with the Pixel 9 series, as the series now consists of four phones: the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, and both phones are the same screen size. And the larger version with a 6.8-inch screen, the Pixel 9 Pro XL and finally the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
The Pixel 9 series comes with an improved Actua OLED screen with a resolution of 1080 × 2442 pixels and a brightness of up to 2700 nits in the Pixel 9 phone that comes in a size of 6.3 inches, and3000 nits for Pixel 9 Pro devices and Pixel 9 Pro XL devices with its larger 6.8-inch screen.
The devices come with a 120Hz refresh rate, and an ultrasonic scanner fingerprint reader is 50% faster than the Optical optical reader.
Google has introduced camera improvements to the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, most notably improving the panorama mode and adding directions during shooting to get a healthy image, as well as adding night mode in the panorama. There are also improvements to how skin tones appear in photos and videos, as for the camera hardware, it has almost not received any update since last year except for the smaller version of the Pixel 9, which got a 48-megapixel wide camera instead of 12 megapixels in the Pixel 8.
The Pixel 9 series works with the new Tensor G4 chip that supports the artificial intelligence features that Google talked about a lot at the conference, and there is also a Satellite SOS feature to provide emergency services via satellite, just like Apple in the iPhone 15.
As for the most prominent phone, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, it got many improvements compared to the first generation, which was called Pixel Fold only. The external screen is now 6.3 inches just like the younger brothers Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, and the internal screen is 8 inches, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is slimmer and more durable, only 5.1 millimeters thick! That is, when folded, it becomes about the thickness of a regular phone. The older brother carries all the features mentioned in Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro.
Although the screen and hardware have been updated to become truly pioneering Pixel phones, what really distinguishes them is the feature of artificial intelligence, which had a large share in the 24 Made by Google event, there are features such as:
- Call Notes: When you make a call on a Pixel 9 phone, click the "More" menu in the "Call Notes" search bar. Google will tell all parties that you're recording, but there is a requirement that calls must be longer than 30 seconds. After the call is ended, it will take a moment for AI models to extract important information from the call, such as phone numbers and addresses, and there is a text dump of the call that can be accessed later.
- Add Me: Allows the person taking a group photo to be part of it. The phone uses a combination of augmented reality and different machine learning models. After taking the first photo, the phone instructs the second person to reset the image, and AI models align the two frames to create an image that includes all people in one frame.
- Magic Editor: This feature was launched in the Pixel 8 last year, which allows you to remove unwanted objects or people from photos. With the Pixel 9, two new features have been added to the Magic Editor, the first of which is Auto Framing that recreates the image to put objects or people in focus. Magic Editor generates multiple options for the user to choose from, and a custom background feature that enables users to type the type of background they want to see in the image, and the AI will create it.
- Pixel Screenshots: An app that stores and arranges all screenshots taken on the device and allows people to search for information through it.
- Pixel Studio app: Users can create AI-powered images on the device, using the Diffusion model on the device and Google Forms on the cloud. Users can type any command to create an image and use the option within the app to change the style and design.
- Pixel Weather App: Users can take advantage of the Pixel Weather feature to get more accurate weather forecasts and get a summary of today's weather information using artificial intelligence.
In order for the Google Pixel to become a truly flagship phone, there had to be an increase in price, and it was, so all Pixel 9 series phones became $ 100 more expensive than last year. The Pixel 9 starts at $799; the Pixel 9 Pro starts at $999 and thePro XL starts at $1099. Finally, the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold starts at $ 1799 for the 512 GB version of space and 16 GB RAM.
Pixel Watch 3
Google officially launched the new Google Pixel Watch 3; there are no significant differences in design and shape, which is the usual round shape from Google and cannot be easily separated from the Pixel Watch 2 with two sizes, which are 41 mm and 45 mm for the first time from Google, and it is a metal round design that comes in black, gold and silver colors, and the watch comes resistant to water and dust with an IP68 standard, meaning it resists water up to a depth of 50 meters and 5 atmospheric pressure.
In terms of specifications, the Pixel Watch 3 comes with an excellent 1.4-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 456×456 pixels, or a pixel density of 461 pixels per inch. Up to 2000 Nits and up to one candle in complete darkness, excellent for visibility in a variety of lights, the screen comes with a Gorilla Glass 5 protection layer to resist breakages and scratches.
In terms of performance, the watch comes with a Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 processor, a processor dedicated to wearable technologies with greater energy-saving power and faster tasks, and it also supports a UWB chip that enables you to pay by the watch and search for the watch when it is lost.
From below, we find sensors for calculating the heartbeat, which, as Google said at the conference, is a very accurate sensor, as it calculates the steps and the percentage of oxygen in the blood, and also supports GPS and finally Google talked about the distinctive emergency system in the watch, which is that when your health calculations of heartbeat, pulse and oxygen arrive after a while and without a response from the owner of the watch, the watch communicates with the nearest hospital and sends your location accurately.
If you're listening to music or podcasts on your watch during your morning run, you'll be happy to know that the Pixel Watch 3 now supports Bluetooth LE Audio. It is a low-power Bluetooth audio protocol that uses less power to stream songs. It is also the first Android smartwatch to offer such functionality.
Google markets some other features like enhanced running tracking, Pixel phone camera control, access to Nest Cam or Nest Doorbell directly from your watch and navigate with Google Maps offline.
In terms of battery, the charging capacity has been accelerated by 20% over the previous generation, and the watch comes with different battery capacities depending on the size, the watch comes with a size of 41 mm with a battery capacity of 310 mAh, while the size of 45 mm comes with a battery with a capacity of 420 mAh. Google promises that you can use the watch with the AOD feature open all day and the battery stay with you for 24 hours without the need for charging.
Finally, the price and availability, the price of the Google Pixel Watch 3 version 41 starts at $ 349, while the price of the 45mm version starts at $ 399.
Pixel Buds Pro 2
The second version of the Pixel Buds Pro with the Tensor A1 chip to provide active noise isolation twice as powerful than the previous generation and with high efficiency, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 can withstand for 8 hours with noise isolation. The headphones come in size 27% smaller than last year, 24% lighter, and of course some artificial intelligence features are necessary, as you can now talk directly with Gemini Live through the headphones and save text transcripts of conversations on your phone.
The headphones come at a slightly more expensive price of $229, $30 more than the previous version.
Conclusion.
It is undeniable that the "Made by Google 24" event marked a major turning point in Google's trajectory towards the future. With the launch of the "Gemini Era" and the new Pixel 9 series, Google has proven that it is not only advanced in innovation, but also capable of transforming these innovations into tangible products that improve users' daily lives. These announcements are the beginning of a new chapter in the company's history, as the coming years are expected to be filled with more technical surprises that will reshape the concept of technology as we know it.
As the rapid development in the fields of artificial intelligence and smart technology continues, Google seems to have positioned itself at the forefront of the companies leading this transformation. It remains to be seen how the tech giant will continue to push the boundaries of innovation and deliver more smart solutions that respond to the challenges of the digital age.