Pixel 10 Pro brings AI deeply into the camera app with an AI-enhanced 100x zoom feature called Pro Res Zoom, yielding highly variable sample images that range from impressive to troubling. The product launch had an unusual, cameo-filled presentation led by Jimmy Fallon. The Pixel 10 lineup adds new AI features and Qi2 support, and camera metadata still identifies the output as a camera. Google is expanding AI into wearables with Pixel Watch 4 and Fitbit's AI coach, while addressing repairability and new Pixel Buds 2A. Gemini will be integrated into smart home speakers. Additional stories include Focus Friend, Ricoh pricing, YouTube strategy, Masimo lawsuit, and Chipotle drone delivery.
The Pixel line has often been on the cutting edge of mobile photography. This year, that means baking AI straight into the camera app and making us grapple with all of the very messy things that means. I've been scouring the internet for sample images of the Pixel 10 Pro's AI-enhanced 100x zoom feature - Pro Res Zoom - and the early results have been all over the place.
Then, we change gears to discuss wearables. Between the Pixel Watch 4 and Fitbit's AI coach, Google has a surprisingly opinionated take on smartwatches coming up. We dig into the repairability of the Watch 4 and the new Pixel Buds 2A. And we touch on Google's announcement that Gemini is coming to smart home speakers as well as its very brief tease of some future speaker hardware.
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