The Morning After: Testing Google’s new Pixel 7 telephones and its first smartwatch | Engadget

Google began teasing its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro telephones, the Pixel Watch and even the Pixel Tablet months in the past. Finally, we’ve bought all of the specs (and costs). The Engadget crew even bought to briefly check every part however the pill – which is popping out subsequent 12 months.

The Pixel 7 Pro might be the extra thrilling of the 2 telephones, due to its three-lens digicam system on the again. This 12 months that features an upgraded telephoto digicam with the identical Quad Bayer PD know-how as the principle 50-megapixel sensor. It has a 5x optical zoom, and the high-resolution sensors imply you’ll be able to pull a 10x zoom cropped image at 12.5-megapixels.

The Pixel Watch – rumored for years – is lastly launching subsequent week. It will last as long as 24 hours with its always-on show, and it may be fast-charged to 50 % in solely half-hour. Can Google make WearOS a compelling smartwatch possibility? Stay tuned.

It was a protracted morning of bulletins from Google. We’ve pulled collectively the largest tales under.

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Slicker design, similar nice pricing.

It’s the second technology of Google Pixel telephones powered by its in-house Tensor chips. Next-gen chips include a next-gen design, with new aluminum digicam bars throughout each the Pixel 7 ($599) and Pixel 7 Pro ($899). The finishes of the 2 telephones fluctuate barely, with the Pixel 7 getting a brushed aluminum look whereas the Pixel 7 Pro has a shiny, polished chassis. Engadget’s Sam Rutherford prefers the matte end. The Pixel 7 has a 6.3-inch 90Hz OLED display, making it a tiny bit smaller than the outgoing Pixel 6. You’ll have to attend a bit of longer for our full verdict on the brand new digicam array, however we already seen a smoother zoom expertise and extra detailed pictures.

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Very retro.

We’re all used to seeing Instagram copy TikTok. Now, in a brand new twist, TikTok is copying Instagram with a brand new characteristic referred to as Photo Mode. The replace permits TikTok customers to share a number of nonetheless photographs in a submit, together with captions of as much as 2,200 characters.

The new picture posts, which might additionally characteristic music, will seem in customers’ For You web page alongside movies. Social networks are all converging. If you didn’t discover, within the final six weeks alone and have give you their very own tackle French upstart BeReal (Instagram’s hasn’t formally launched but). Twitter launched a TikTok-style feed for movies. And YouTube Shorts, itself a TikTok clone, added TikTok-style .

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Chris Pratt, Jack Black and Anya Taylor-Joy star within the CG blockbuster.

Yes, we bought our first peek on the incoming Mario film. The clip reveals Bowser (performed by Jack Black) terrorizing a penguin kingdom in his quest for an invincibility star. Mario (Chris Pratt) quickly makes an abrupt entrance to the Mushroom Kingdom, whereas his brother Luigi (Charlie Day) seems briefly, too. Super Mario Bros. is anticipated to premiere April seventh, 2023.

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Its first smartwatch.

Finally, it’s right here. The Pixel Watch, priced at $349. And Engadget’s Cherlynn Low says it’s “one of the most beautiful smartwatches” she’s ever seen. (Though I’m unsure I agree.) The gadget is just accessible in a single measurement, 41mm, however many straps knowingly tread the kinds of its Apple rival. On that notice, it’s about the identical measurement because the small Apple Watch. The gadget looks like a refined pebble, fortunately lined in a customized 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5, which supplies some assurance it’ll survive a fall or scrape. Read on for our early impressions.

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A brand new trial may very well be scheduled in November.

The Twitter v. Elon Musk trial is now on maintain as the 2 sides hammer out a deal for Musk to finish his buyout of the social media firm. On Thursday, Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, chancellor of Delaware’s Chancery Court, stayed the trial till October twenty eighth, following a movement from Musk’s legal professionals to name off the trial. However, if the 2 sides can not shut by the top of the month, a trial may very well be again on.

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It’s an iPhone, however greater.

If you need an iPhone with an enormous display and higher battery life with out forking over a ton of cash for a Pro Max mannequin, the brand new iPhone 14 Plus is strictly what you’ve got been ready for. Like the usual mannequin, the iPhone 14 Plus options two rear cameras and an A15 bionic chip, however with a bigger 6.7-inch display. It has the type of prodigious battery life most handsets can solely dream about.

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