![]() For your convenience, hit the link below for a recent episode. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. My popular podcast is called “ Kim Komando Today.” It’s a solid 30 minutes of tech news, tips, and callers with tech questions like you from all over the country. Google Assistant is getting a Bard AI upgrade “in the coming months.” It’ll connect with your Google apps - like Gmail, Drive and Calendar - to plan trips, caption pictures, make lists and find that dinner reservation you forgot about. It wouldn’t be 2023 if there weren’t some AI talk. The upgraded Buds Pro get light blue and porcelain options to match the new phones, along with audio upgrades for “fuller and clearer” sound. The Pixel Buds are Google’s answer to the AirPods. GENIUS TECH LIFE HACKS NO ONE TELLS YOU - UNTIL NOW Can you hear me, Buds? Pick from silver and blue, silver and white, gold and hazel, or all-black. You’re looking at $349.99 for the GPS version or $399.99 for LTE. It’s outfitted with new skin temperature and electrodermal activity sensors to tell how stressed you are, along with additional heart rate sensors for more accurate readings and automatic workout tracking. The improved Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 processor means up to 24 hours of battery life, even with the always-on display enabled. The Pixel Watch 2 looks like the original, but the insides got a significant upgrade. (And yes, I say that as an iPhone devotee.)īeyond the phones, here’s what else Google is working on. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions, but on specs alone, the Pixel models are totally solid for the price. Let’s compare some specs, shall we? We’ll stick with the base models.Ĭost: $799 to $1,099 (iPhone) $699 to $749 (Pixel) Screen: 6.1″ OLED with 460 pixels per inch (iPhone) 6.2″ OLED with 428 pixels per inch (Pixel) RAM: 6GB (iPhone) 8GB (Pixel) Battery: 3,349mAh (iPhone) 4,575mAh (Pixel) Rear cameras: 48-megapixel main camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide camera (iPhone) 50-megapixel main camera,12-megapixel ultrawide Front-facing camera: 12-megapixel main camera (iPhone) 10.5-megapixel main camera (Pixel) If you’ve been using one or the other for years, you know exactly how they work and are comfortable with the OS. Security 101: Your phone tracks everywhere you’ve been – See (and delete) it How do they stack up against the new iPhones?įor most people, it comes down to what ecosystem you prefer. Google says the 8 and 8 Pro get seven years of “ OS, security, and Feature Drop updates” for both phones.ĮXPOSED: UNCOVER THE TRACKING SECRETS OF APPLE AND MICROSOFT WHILE YOU WORK ON YOUR MAC OR PC Hey, at least if you spend all the money, you know your phone will work for many years. It comes in rose, black and hazel and is expected to ship on Oct. The 8 is $699, or $799 if you’re buying from Verizon. Finally, everyone looks good! Audio Magic Eraser tones down distracting sounds in audio tracks that are ruining your video. The idea is you take several pictures, and then you can choose the best face for each subject and merge them into one final image. Magic Editor uses AI to change the scenery in a photo, remove distracting elements and even move people around. It’s faster and slightly smaller than the 7 - and gets access to Google’s sweet new AI photo editing tools (along with the 8 Pro). Speaking of Google … 20 Google Search tricks, hidden utilities, games and freebies It comes in black, porcelain and light blue-shipping expected Oct. The other random but excellent addition is a temperature sensor that can accurately measure how hot or cold a surface, object and even your forehead. Neat feature: Zoom Enhance lets you go in and add details after you’ve taken the shot and want to zoom in on a pic. For a grand, it includes Google’s zippy Tensor G3 chip and a camera good enough to rival the iPhone 15. That’s how much the Google Pixel 8 Pro costs (OK, it’s $999) - up $100 from the top-tier 7 model. QUICK TECH TIPS ON HOW TO SAVE PRINTER INK, AVOID MALWARE, SPEED BROWSING - AND MORE Batting 1,000 ![]() ![]() I write about the latest tech gear, security alerts and digital life hacks in my daily emails. Let’s break down everything Google just announced and see how the Pixel 8 stacks up against the new iPhone 15. Apple’s fall device drop gets all the love, but Google wants you to remember it’s here, too - with lots of shiny new tech and some seriously impressive AI upgrades coming soon to a phone near you.
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