Google Debuts Pixel Smartphones, VR Headset, More - IGN News By IGN News

Gaming here at IGN news during Google's press event. Today the company revealed a number of new devices, including its new flagship smartphone pixel Google is touting the pixel and its larger cousin pixel XL as having the best cameras in a smartphone. The phones tout a seven-hour battery life on a 15-minute charge via USB see. Also, both pixel phones will include Google Assistant, the upgraded version of the existing Google now service. The pixel, with its 5-inch display, starts at six hundred forty-nine dollars, while the five and a half inch pixel XL starts at seven. Sixty-nine both are available for pre-order.

Now the daydream view VR headset will debut next month for $79 and is designed to fit smartphones compatible with the company's daydream. VR platform customers who pre-order any pixel phone, will also get a free daydream view. Google is taking aim at the home, automation and assistant market with Google home the device similar to Amazon's echo will allow you to control your Chromecast access, music and weather and even perform Google searches by voice. Google home is available now for 129 dollars, also announced for the new Google Wi-Fi routers touting total coverage for your living space with smart network assist features. The routers are available still 0 for 129 bucks or as a three pack for larger homes for 299 was even a companion app.

So you can shut down your kids devices at dinnertime, or you know, mess with your roommates. Lastly, the long awaited Chromecast ultra with 4k streaming capability will launch a November for $69. Google has packed in an Ethernet port on the device, just in case your wife I can't handle a 4k stream and the company claims the ultra is 1.8 times faster than the plane Chromecast for all. The latest tech news, stay tuned, IGN.

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