Google will show off Pixel, Daydream at NY pop-up store

The heart of Pixel is its Assistant.

A Snapdragon 821 processor, run by Android’s newest OS, Nougat, powers the phone.

Google’s latest smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are offered by Verizon, being the only U.S. carrier to make these phones available to its customers. Say “Ok Google” or touch and hold the Home button and your Assistant is ready to help.

With smartphones being a mature product category, Google focused on software as its differentiator against its competition, with particular emphasis on the camera.

The AI-powered helper, which builds on Google Now’s search and contextual information surfacing capabilities, can carry on conversations with you to do things like control your Google Cast-enabled gadgets and IoT devices. Camera analysts DxOMark gave the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones a rating of 89, making it the highest ranked smartphone in terms of camera capabilities, while the iPhone 7 stands at 87 and the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge at 88.

The Smartphone and the headset will feature an auto-alignment system. Google Pixel, the name itself, signifies newness as it’s devoid of numbers and model indicators unlike other phones. Whatever you need done, ask Google Assistant to do it first. Until the launch of the Pixel and the Pixel XL a couple of days go, these were the best phones that Google was selling.

The company said the phone calls on five different parts of Google’s technology.

Until Pixel and Pixel XL appeared in the Google Play store, their position was occupied by the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P. Even though, the company revealed them yesterday, it doesn’t mean that you can get your hands on your Pixel XL unit right away as it will become available for purchase towards the end of the month.

The downloads will happen automatically and in the background, as soon as they are available. The software can be used to plan a night out or answer many other questions regarding nearby restaurants, routes or reservations in another type of establishments. It also comes with a screen sharing solution so that the tech-support can directly see what’s on your screen to diagnose problems.

The Pixel phones are already being sold in the GoogleStore, and will be distributed through mobile carriers throughout the world.

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