Google reveals its #MadebyGoogle Devices

On  Tuesday Google revealed its #madebygoogle devices – two smartphones, Google Home-gives hands-free help from the Google Assistant, a Virtual Reality headset, a Google router that makes use of mesh networking, and a new Chromecast that supports 4k.

Pixel and Pixel XL are the first phones made by Google that were actually designed, engineered and tested in-house. The Pixel handsets are the first to have the Google Assistant built in. They are also the first to boast of Android’s new Nougat 7.1 operating system .  The camera on Pixel is the best smartphone camera… EVER, according to DxOMark.

Here are its specs and features from Business Insider:

• Aluminum and glass body in three color options, including black, silver, and blue.

• 5-inch and 5.5-inch AMOLED displays

• Android 7.0 Nougat

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor

• 4 GB RAM

• Fingerprint sensor

• 12.3-megapixel rear-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture

• Advanced video stabilization for smooth 4K video

• Free unlimited storage for photos and videos at original quality with Google Photos

• Quick charging with USB-C; up to seven hours of power with 15 minutes of charging

• 32 or 128 GB internal storage

• Headphone jack

• It comes with Google Assistant built in, which lets you get contextual information from Google searches by using your voice or text, and can perform tasks like making restaurant reservations.

• Google’s video-calling app, Duo, is also preinstalled.

• Supports Google’s new Daydream VR platform to use with the new Daydream View VR headset

• $649 base price ($27 per month financing)

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday in San Francisco said

“We want to build each user his or her own individual Google.”

“We envision Assistant as a two-way conversation, a natural dialogue between our users and Google to help them get things done in the real world”