To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Google's annual fall hardware event proved to be not quite as jam-packed as Amazon's recent surprise clown-car-full of announcements, but the company did announce the long-expected new phones, plus a tablet, laptop, smart home hub and AR partnerships with Marvel and Childish Gambino.
Some might also say Google hopes the Pixel 3 and Home Hub dazzle you enough to brush off privacy concerns.
And that doesn't include its pre-event announcements, including its Assassin's Creed beta test of its Chrome-based Project Stream cloud gaming architecture. Or, the company's decision to shut down Google+ after exposing thousands of users' data.
While it wasn't officially announced, Google also update its Chromecast streaming dongle -- now with 5GHz support.
Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
The Pixels were widely and completely leaked before the event, so there were few surprises when it came to Google's update to last year's Pixel 2 and its big brother, the Pixel 2 XL.
- The Pixel 3 and Pixel XL are official
- Google's new phone bucks the $1,000 trend with style
- Google packs new features into the Pixel 3 camera
- Google's Pixel Stand charges your phone and wakes you with a fake sunrise
- Google Lens is directly integrated in Google's Pixel 3
- Google Pixel users can screen spam calls
- Pixel 3 includes USB-C headphones, dongle in the box
- Google's human-sounding voice assistant Duplex rolling out starting in November
Google Home Hub and Google Assistant
Google Home, the company's smart speaker with Google Assistant built-in, gets a little brother with a screen -- but without a camera.
- Google Home Hub joins the fight to put a screen on your countertop
- The revamped Google Home app gets serious about the smart home
- Google Photos delivers the best ones to your Hub
- Nest partners with artists to turn your thermostat into a thing of beauty
- GE's smart bulbs are the first to pair seamlessly with Google Home
- Google Assistant works with 10,000 devices
- Google Home Hub wants to finish the job started by the Amazon Echo
Pixel Slate and Chrome OS
The Pixel Slate is a brand-new, detachable-style follow-up to the Pixelbook, the company's great but pricey Chrome OS laptop. Since we're seeing growth in $600-class Chrome OS detachables and convertibles, it's unsurprising that Google took this approach.
The Pixel Slate.
Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL: What you need to know about Google's new smartphones