Google’s Pixel 8 Event Date Revealed

Google has despatched out invitations to an occasion on Oct. 4 the place it will unveil the newest additions to its “Pixel portfolio of units.” The in-person Made by Google occasion is ready to happen in New York City at 10 a.m. ET, Google mentioned Wednesday.

Though Google did not identify any particular units, it implied in a submit on Threads that the occasion will embody the reveal of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Google has launched a next-gen Pixel cellphone each fall since 2016.

“Big fall launches are disturbing, however Pixel helps these Best Phones Forever keep cool as cucumbers. The w8 is nearly over. Rest up for Made By Google on October 4th,” Google posted on Threads. 

The Threads submit included a video of an iPhone speaking to a Pixel cellphone about every part it may possibly’t do this Google’s cellphone can — like “unblurring outdated images, answering unknown calls with AI and stay translating messages.” The iPhone in Google’s video additionally suggests it will “lastly” be getting USB-C charging through the iPhone 15 occasion subsequent month. 

There are already rumors swirling across the anticipated Pixel 8 lineup. The telephones might have an improved ultrawide digicam, and Google could add new AI-powered options to its digicam system. The telephones can even probably see some show and design tweaks, however the modifications are anticipated to be delicate. 

One of the extra attention-grabbing rumors is that the Pixel 8 Pro would possibly embody a contactless thermometer characteristic that might be used to find out in case you’re operating a fever. 

It’s additionally doable Google makes use of the occasion to unveil the Pixel Watch 2, the subsequent technology of its smartwatch. The watch is rumored to characteristic higher battery life and new health-tracking options. 

Google’s Pixel 7 lineup was nicely acquired, with each the Pixel 7 Pro and extra inexpensive Pixel 7A incomes spots on CNET’s greatest telephones record for 2023. Google additionally earlier this yr launched its first foldable cellphone, the Pixel Fold. CNET cellphone knowledgeable Lisa Eadicicco says Google may have make some noticeable upgrades to ensure that the Pixel 8 to face out from the corporate’s different telephones. 

Google’s invitations got here out only a day after Apple set the date for its iPhone 15 reveal, which is scheduled to happen on Sept. 12 on the firm’s Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California.