Last October, Google boldly stated that the “Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are the most beautiful phones we’ve ever made.” An interview with Google’s director of Industrial Design, who made that proclamation, reveals some interesting details about the Pixel process.

Welcome to the ninth episode of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. We talk about going hands-on with the Pixel 8a and preview Google I/O 2024.

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Google is working to bring Spatial Audio to Chromebooks, enabling a more immersive listening experience.

Following the Pixel Fold last month, Circle to Search is now starting to roll out on the Pixel Tablet. 

Pixel repairability was the topic of this week’s Made by Google podcast, with some interesting insight into the design process and where repair is going in the future. 

It’s no secret that Walmart is launching a new Google TV streaming box, but the company has now, finally, confirmed its launch plans for the Onn Pro.

As we enabled in April, Google Messages is redesigning the compose/text field in Messages to return to a single line. It follows Messages widely rolling out the audio recorder redesign and Selfie GIFs this week.

Google Maps is picking up a couple of useful new tricks, at least on Android, that make it easier to find EV charging stations as well as seeing the entirety of a road.

Google is currently offering an insane deal that could net you a Pixel Tablet for a little as $0 with an eligible iPad trade-in.

Samsung’s Galaxy AI features are coming to the Galaxy S21 series and other 2021 devices after all, but not in any of the ways we previously expected.

The Oura app has done a fine job of bringing surrounding data to basic health tracking, giving the user a well-rounded understanding of their health. The Oura Ring adds to that by bringing a cardiovascular age tool and a new cardio capacity reading.

After launching in Korea recently, Samsung has officially announced that its AI-adding One UI 6.1 update is now available to Galaxy S22, Fold 4, and Flip 4 devices in the US and around the globe.

At I/O 2016 and 2017, Sundar Pichai said Google was moving from “mobile first to AI first.” This involved “rethinking all [its] products and applying machine learning,” with search in Photos and Smart Reply being early examples of that. However, for much of last year, Google was considered to be on the back foot with applying large language models, and this AI-first proclamation was largely forgotten.

Historically, I/O is where Google makes its biggest announcements of the year. That being said, the AI race has forced the company to make more frequent announcements in the past year, not necessarily at the pace it otherwise would have. With I/O 2024 a few days away, here’s what we expect Google to announce.

YouTube for Android TV has added a new animation when accessing the menu sidebar with updated highlighted pills when navigating the streaming platform.

Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company is launching its Xbox mobile game store on Android and iOS in July, and it will be bringing Candy Crush, Minecraft, and more along with it.

It’s been clear for some time now that OpenAI is planning to launch a search engine enhanced by AI and, according to a new report, the company plans to do that by attempting to upstage Google I/O 2024.

The latest Gboard 14.2 beta is rolling out with a particularly eye-catching change to the “Fix it” Proofread feature on Pixel.