#madebygoogle 9th October 2018 20:30 IST

It was Google's turn yesterday to showcase its 2018 offerings. Have been really busy lately with all these launch events. We had so many Pixel leaks in the past few weeks that I'm now eager to see the real one. So lets get started.

Rick Osterloh was the first to walk on to the stage telling us how the Pixel 2 & the Pixel 2xl with Android software experience made it the best smartphone money can buy in 2018. He also spoke about how Google search, Google photos, Google Maps, Google translate, Quick response & smart compose in Gmail and Duplex technology. Google announced the Google Home Hub, the Pixelslate & the Google Pixel 3 & 3 xl.

Diya Jolly rocked the stage for an in-depth presentation on Google Home Hub and believe me its really great to know that Google is doing so much to easy our life and improve the quality of technology around our home that's accessible all the time. The core idea in the development of the Google Home Hub was to give users a visual result to there searches.

The Hub comes with a display big enough to fit anywhere and has an Ambient EQ so it responds to the light in your house. It uses voice match to interact with multiple people at your home for personalized experience. It also comes with a feature called Home View. This gives you a visual home setup for you to control all the smart home products such as lights and these can be easily controlled. When the Hub is not in use it works like a photo frame.

Mark Spates, a product manager walk on to the stage to tell how awesome it is to interact with Hub. It reminds you about your schedule for the day, you can search for a recipe on YouTube, you can set multiple reminders and many more things that will make your life easy. You can also add a filter to get family friendly content. We get a free subscription to YouTube Premium services till December 2018. It will be available for $149.00 from 22 October 2018.

The Google Pixel Slate was introduced and presented by Trond Wuellner. He described it as a device with power for productivity in a mobile form. It comes with a stunning display though skipped to mention the resolution, Instead mentioned 293 ppi (6M pixels). The slate has dual front firing stereo speakers for the best entertainment experience. We get three months of YouTube TV.

It has an 8 MP front and rear cameras. The front camera has a Wide-angle lens that's great for video chats. The Pixel Slate runs on Chrome OS. Its great for multi-tasking with the help of split-screen. The power button doubles as a fingerprint sensor.

He also introduced the Pixel Slate backlit keyboard that folds into a protective case. The Google Pixel Slate will be available later this year for $599, Pixel slate keyboard for $199 & the Pixelbook Pen for $99.

And finally that moment we all were waiting for. Lisa Ma & Brian Rakowski took over the stage to announce the Google Pixel 3 & 3 xl. The smartest and the most useful device is what Lisa started with. It has an all glass back with a two tone design that helps eliminate fingerprint smudges. It comes in three colors. Just black, Clearly white & not pink. The phone is offered in two sizes.

The pixel 3 that's comes with a 5.5" flexible OLED display with resolution of 2160x1080 and an aspect ration of 18:9 while the Pixel 3 xl that's comes with a 6.3" flexible OLED display with resolution of 2960x1440 and an aspect ration of 18.5:9. The Pixel 3xl comes with the infamous notch and yes it is big. The front screen houses two cameras and a full fledged speaker at the top and a chin at the bottom that houses another speaker for the stereo audio effect. The speakers are 40% louder and richer. The phone comes with six months of YouTube music.

Both the Pixels are powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset with Adreno 630 GPU and comes in a common 4 GB RAM & 64 GB internal storage variant however, the Pixel 3xl will also be offered with 4 GB RAM & 128 GB internal storage. The SIM tray thing time is at the bottom and the 3.5mm audio jack is a miss here. Pixel 3 has a 2915 mAh battery and Pixel 3xl has a 3430 mAh battery.

And then came the camera. The Pixel phones have a single camera at the back and its a 12 MP f/1.8 lens. Its has a dual 8 MP camera in the front. The main 8 MP shooter has f/1.8 aperture and the secondary 8 MP camera is an f/2.2 Ultrawide-angle lens for those wide selfies. We all know how awesome the HDR+ is with zero shutter lag. Google has made all the great things even better this time.

A feature called Top Shot which takes multiple shots to make sure that you miss the right moment. High Res Zoom is another feature that was explained which help you to take high quality digital zooms pictures with the help of a new technique. Night sight almost made me jump off my seat....the night shot samples were unbelievable if true. They compared two photos taken by iPhone Xs & the Pixel 3 and OMG. Just look at it. These features hopefully comes to the other Pixel devices.

AR stickers called Playground is available on both front and rear camera. Apart from these there were few more features that they rushed through like the photo booth mode, motion autofocus, and the portrait mode where you can edit the depth of field and change the focal subject. Lastly the Pixel stand was introduced as a wireless charger. Its like a dock for the phone. It works like the Google Home Hub when docked.

The Google Pixel 3 will be available for $799, Google Pixel 3xl for $899, Google Pixel stand for $79. Head to store.google.com

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