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Google unveils the Pixel, Daydream, Google Wi-Fi, Chromecast Ultra and more at hardware event

tech2 News Staff • October 4, 2016, 22:56:01 IST
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Google is expected to focus on not just its new brand of smartphones, but also the official launch of Google Home, its Amazon Echo-like offering and other hardware like a 4K Chromecast and the much-talked about Daydream.

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Google unveils the Pixel, Daydream, Google Wi-Fi, Chromecast Ultra and more at hardware event
October 4, 2016, 22:56:01 (IST)
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And that’s a wrap. Thanks a lot for tagging along.
October 4, 2016, 22:55:47 (IST)
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Devices released by Google today: Google Pixel, Google Home, Google Wi-Fi, Chromecast Ultra, Google Daydream View, Daydream controller
October 4, 2016, 22:54:39 (IST)
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Rick Osterloh is back on stage
October 4, 2016, 22:54:10 (IST)
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Embedded Google Assistant SDK also in the works to ensure that Assistant is device-agnostic
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Actions on Google: developers.google.com/actions
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Creating rich conversations and actions with Google’s Assistant API for third-party developers…

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Conversation Actions will concentrate more on conversational assistance, with the app/businesses in question itself
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Direct Actions build upon voice commands partners have already programmed
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Scott Huffman from the Google Assistant team on stage.
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The base options for Google Home. Again, no gold or rose gold. Yay!

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Here are the pricing options

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Google Home will go on sale for $129, free 6 months trial of YouTube Red. Pre-orders for Google Home start today in the US
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Google Home can play music on all Google Home speakers and Chromecast Audio devices around your house.

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Google home will work with Philips, Sony, Toshiba, LG, Harman AV products
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You can give commands such as “OK Google watch Stranger Things on TV” and Home will switch it on your TV via voice commands
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Google Home can control your Chromecast as well

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Google Home will work with Nest, Samsung SmartThings, Philips. Google Home can also be used to voice control your TV
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Google Home can work in tandem with your smartphones, thanks to the underlying Assistant support
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Google Home also lets you translate language using the underlying Google Assistant support
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Google Home can also give you traffic information
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Google Home music search is powered by Google. So you can query for a song like you would search on Google
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The upper surface of Google Home is touch sensitive. It’s also got LEDs that show when it’s responding to OK Google.

October 4, 2016, 22:32:54 (IST)
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Google Home supports YouTube Music, Spotify, TuneIn, Pandora, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio
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Here are the Google Home’s drivers. The base can be swapped to match your home.

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Rishi Chandra on stage to demo Google Home
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Google Home comes with swappable base in different colours
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On the rear side is the mic mute button as well
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Here’s what to expect from Google Home

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Google Home top has a capacitive touch pad and indicator LEDs. It has microphone systems to work even in noisy situations.
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4 major points of Google Home: Enjoy Music, get answers from Google, manage everyday tasks and control devices at home.
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Google Home announced
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Chromecast Ultra to be available in November for $69
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The Chromecast Ultra. This image says it all. I’m excited. I’m really excited.

October 4, 2016, 22:27:58 (IST)
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We are just moments away from the announcement of Google’s new range of Android smartphones that are expected to be called the Pixel and the Pixel XL. But the 4 October event is supposed to be include a lot more than just smartphones . Google is expected to focus on not just its new brand of smartphones, but also the official launch of Google Home, its Amazon Echo-like offering and other hardware like a 4K Chromecast and the much-talked about Daydream. While the Google’s marketing and advertising campaigns points to just smartphones, we also have the Google Assistant that is expected to be integrated into its smartphones, cloud and Google Home, that should make it a lot smarter. Coming to the smartphones, Google will have big explanation to give out as to why it plans to cull its Nexus lineup for the new premium Pixel range that is bound to compete with Apple’s iPhones, with both features and price. More details are expected to be given about Google Home as well. It awaits to be seen as to how Google combats Amazon's Echo and Alexa with its Home and Google Assistant since Amazon did have a pretty good headstart. Everyone eyes, including Apple , will be on Daydream , a virtual reality project by Google that so far has been a well guarded secret. There’s no clue about the hardware requirements but we do know that Google is planning a big launch for the same.

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