There weren’t a variety of surprises in retailer at right now’s Google occasion in Brooklyn — in spite of everything, the corporate began teasing its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones, the Pixel Watch and the Pixel Tablet months in the past. Regardless, we now have all the small print on Google’s newest {hardware}, all of which you’ll be able to pre-order now prematurely of the October 14th launch date (excluding the Pixel Tablet, which Google nonetheless says will launch someday in 2023). In the meantime, here is what it is advisable learn about these new telephones and watch.

The Pixel 7

Just like final yr’s Pixel 6, the Pixel 7 is priced at $599, making it a cellphone that ought to offer you a terrific bang to your buck. The show is only a tiny bit smaller than final yr’s mannequin, at 6.3 inches, however it has the identical 1,080 x 2,400 decision. Also like final yr, there are two digital camera modules on the again: a 50-megapixel customary digital camera and a 12-megapixel ultrawide choice. The front-facing digital camera bought a pleasant improve, although — it is a 12-megapixel shooter with greater pixels and a wider discipline of view than final yr’s mannequin. It can be used to unlock your cellphone, however there’s nonetheless an under-display fingerprint sensor should you want.

As anticipated, the brand new Tensor G2 chip is on board right here, enabling a handful of notable options in addition to bettering total efficiency. For instance, the Pixel 7 has a brand new function known as Photo Unblur, which makes use of the chip’s AI smarts to do precisely what it says — make your blurry pictures extra legible. You may even do that to older pictures in your Google Photos library, so you’ll be able to contact up previous recollections that you simply might need shot on different telephones or cameras. It additionally powers the Super Res Zoom options so you’ll be able to shoot 2x pictures that are available in at a full 12.5-megapixel decision, a trick that Google’s had round for some time now. But as standard, the outcomes will most likely be higher this yr than earlier than.

From a design perspective, the Pixel 7 largely retains the look from final yr’s mannequin, with the outstanding digital camera bar on the again. It is available in three colours (snow, obsidian and lemongrass) and the aluminum physique is constructed from 100% recycled materials.

The Pixel 7 Pro

Of the 2 new telephones, the Pixel 7 Pro might be the extra thrilling due to its three-lens digital camera system on the again. Both the 12-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and the 48-megapixel telephoto digital camera have been upgraded; the telephoto digital camera has the identical Quad Bayer PD know-how as the primary 50-megapixel sensor. What this implies is that, mixed with the aforementioned Tensor G2 chip, the Pixel 7 Pro’s Super Res Zoom capabilities needs to be considerably improved. 

The digital camera itself has a 5x optical zoom in comparison with the primary digital camera, and the excessive decision sensors imply you’ll be able to pull a 10x zoom image right here at 12.5-megapixels. Overall, Google says you’ll be able to zoom in so far as 30x if you’d like — we’ll need to evaluation this cellphone earlier than we are able to say how good these pictures look in actuality, however it’ll be enjoyable to see simply how properly this digital camera can carry out within the wild. The ultrawide digital camera additionally has a brand new macro images mode, due to the broader discipline of view and autofocus function.

Video taking pictures has additionally been upgraded, as all of the cameras on the Pixel 7 Pro (and the Pixel 7, for that matter) can shoot 4K video at 60 fps. There’s additionally a brand new Cinematic Blur function that mechanically blurs the background in movies to make your topic pop extra, not not like what you are able to do with pictures in portrait mode.

As for the remainder of the {hardware}, the Pixel 7 Pro sports activities the identical 6.7-inch display because the Pixel 6 Pro. Like final yr, it helps variable refresh charges as much as 120Hz, in comparison with the 90Hz the Pixel 7 tops out at. Naturally, it additionally has the identical Tensor G2 chip because the Pixel 7; the Pro does include 12GB of RAM, in comparison with the 8GB in the usual mannequin. It comes customary with 128GB of storage, however you’ll be able to step as much as 256GB or 512GB if you are going to shoot a ton of video or in any other case save a variety of content material on it. 

At lengthy final, the Pixel Watch

The Pixel Watch has been rumored for years, and we lastly know much more about it forward of its launch subsequent week. It is available in a single 41mm dimension case, however you will get it in three chrome steel finishes (silver, black and gold). As for different customization options, Google says it will launch with 20 totally different bands and 19 totally different watch faces. It has a Gorilla Glass 5 crystal on prime, a haptic crown and a second aspect button, the identical important controls you will discover on the Apple Watch.

Unsurprisingly, there’s a variety of Fitbit integration right here for exercise and well being monitoring. Notably, the Pixel Watch repeatedly tracks your coronary heart fee each single second, and it additionally has an ECG app and might monitor your sleep high quality in a single day. GPS means it will possibly monitor actions like operating with out your cellphone, and Google says there are a complete of 40 totally different train modes you should use to log totally different exercises.

Google says the Pixel Watch will last as long as 24 hours with its always-on show, and it may be fast-charged to 50 % in solely half-hour. The primary mannequin prices $349, whereas the LTE-capable Pixel Watch prices $50 extra. While the Pixel Watch is of course designed with Pixel cellphone customers in thoughts, it will work with any cellphone operating Android 8.0 or greater. You’ll additionally get six free months of Fitbit Premium and three months of YouTube Music Premium. 

A fast replace on the Pixel Tablet

After a very temporary tease earlier this yr at I/O, Google gave us somewhat extra element on the upcoming Pixel Tablet. Unlike the opposite gadgets introduced, the Pixel Tablet will not arrive till someday in 2023. Unsurprisingly, we all know it will use the Tensor G2 chip present in Google’s newest smartphones, however we did not get another spec particulars. We did, nonetheless, be taught a bit about it is design. Google’s vice chairman of product administration Rose Yao informed Engadget that the corporate developed a brand new “nano-ceramic coating” that she stated is impressed by “the texture of porcelain” for the Pixel Tablet. She stated it feels just like the coating on a Le Creuset dutch oven, with tiny items of ceramic embedded within the pill’s recycled aluminum body. Ultimately, this could make for a tool that has a very good grippy really feel.

Another neat function we noticed for the primary time is the Pixel Tablet’s docking station, which basically turns the machine right into a Nest Hub. This magnetic stand holds and expenses the Pixel Tablet and in addition offers it with improved audio system for a greater audio expertise, whether or not that is listening to tunes or making video calls. Unsurprisingly, it additionally has a photograph body function, once more just like the Nest Hub.

There’s no phrase on launch date or pricing but, so we’ll need to be affected person; hopefully we’ll hear extra in regards to the Pixel Tablet early in 2023. But, it would not shock me if we have now to attend till May for the following I/O convention to get all the small print on this machine.