The Coolest Features On The Google Pixel 2 And Pixel 2 XL | CNBC By CNBC

This is Johnson all at CNBC we're here at the made by Google event in San Francisco. This is the new pixel to excel the six-inch version. Google has a couple of new features, one they borrowed the squeeze feature from HTC. You can activate Google Assistant just by squeezing the edges of the phone, also Google carried over from the last pixel, the pixel one. You have unlimited storage via the Google cloud for your videos and for your images, a couple of other cool features. They have front-facing stereo speakers.

Also, the screen you notice goes all the way to the edge of the phone, really a big image area for viewing your photos or your videos. One thing: you'll notice. As soon as you pick up the pixel ? no headphone jack, because Google like Apple, has eliminated it now using wireless earbuds. The difference is the Google earbuds called Pixel Buds can translate conversations into 40 different languages, a demo that they showed here really kind of breathtaking. Some other cool features about the phone.

You could actually take a selfie just by squeezing the phone of Google show some software today ?, where you could put augmented reality, images over it, a lot like what Apple is doing with their art kit. So this is really one of the most sophisticated things Google talked about today, Google lands, which is essentially image recognition search. So we've got a great Stevie Wonder, album right here: songs in the key of life I tap on it. Google will start activating and pull up a bunch of information that tells you what it is and how you can find out more information about it all the features all the specs in both phones, both the 5-inch size, the pixel 2 and the 6-inch pixel 2 XL, the pixel 2 starts at 649 the pixel 2 XL 849, hey there, thanks for checking out CNBC on YouTube be sure to subscribe to stay up-to-date on all the day's biggest stories. You can also click on any of the surrounding videos to watch the latest from CNBC.

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