Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken.<\/p>\n
The AI expansion on the four Pixel 10 models amplifies Google’s efforts to broaden the use of a technology that is already starting to reshape society. At the same time, Google is taking a swipe at Apple’s Achilles’ heel on the iPhone. <\/p>\n
Apple so far has only been able to introduce a few basic AI features on the iPhone<\/a> while failing to deliver on last year\u2019s promise<\/a> to deliver a more conversational and versatile version of its often-blundering virtual assistant Siri.<\/p>\n Without mentioning the iPhone by name, Google has already been mocking<\/a> Apple\u2019s missteps in online ads promoting the four new Pixel models as smartphones loaded with AI technology that consumers won\u2019t have to wait for more than a year to arrive.<\/p>\n Google, in contrast, has been steadily increasing the amount of AI that it began to implant on its Pixels since 2023<\/a>, with this year\u2019s models taking it to another level.<\/p>\n Taking advantage of a more advanced processor, Google is introducing a new AI feature on the Pixel 10 phones called \u201cMagic Cue\u201d that\u2019s designed to serve as a digital mind reader that automatically fetches information stored on the devices and displays the data at the time it\u2019s needed. For instance, if a Pixel 10 user is calling up an airline, Magic Cue is supposed to instantaneously recognize the phone number and display the flight information if it\u2019s in Gmail or a Google Calendar.<\/p>\n The Pixel 10 phones will also come with a preview feature of a new AI tool called \u201cCamera Coach\u201d that will automatically suggest the best framing and lighting angle as the lens is being aimed at a subject. Camera Coach will also recommend the best lens mode to use for an optimal picture.<\/p>\n The premium models \u2014 Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL \u2014 will also include a \u201cSuper Res\u201d option that deploys a grab bag of software and AI tricks to zoom up to 100 times the resolution to capture the details of objects located miles away from the camera. The AI wizardry could happen without users even realizing it\u2019s happening, making it even more difficult to know whether an image captured in a photo reflects how things really looked at the time a picture was taken or was modified by technology.<\/p>\n Google is also offering a free one-year subscription to its AI Pro plan to anyone who buys the more expensive Pixel 10 Pro or Pixel 10 Pro XL models in hopes of hooking more people on the Gemini toolkit it has assembled to compete against OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT.<\/p>\n The prices on all four Pixel 10 models will remain unchanged from last year\u2019s Pixel 9 generation, with the basic starting at $800 and the Pro selling for $1,000, the Pro XL at $1,200 and a foldable version at $1,800. All the Pixel 10s expect the foldable model will be in stores on August 28. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold will be available starting October 9.<\/p>\n Although the Pixel smartphone remains a Lilliputian next to the Gulliverian stature of the iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy models, Google’s ongoing advances in AI while holding the line on its marquee devices raise the competitive stakes.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the age of AI, it is a true laboratory of innovation,\u201d Forrester Research analyst Thomas Husson said of the Pixel. <\/p>\n Apple, in particular, will be facing more pressure than usual when it introduces the next-generation iPhone next month. Although the company has already said the smarter Siri won’t be ready until next year at the earliest, Apple will still be expected to show some progress in AI to demonstrate the iPhone is adapting to technology’s AI evolution rather than tilting toward gradual obsolescence. Clinging to a once-successful formula eventually sank the BlackBerry<\/a> and its physical keyboard when the iPhone and its touch screen came along nearly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n Apple’s pricing of the next iPhone will also be under the spotlight, given that the devices are made in China and India \u2014 two of the prime targets in President Donald Trump’s trade war.<\/p>\n But Apple appeared to gain a reprieve<\/a> from Trump’s most onerous threats earlier this month by adding another $100 billion<\/a> on top of an earlier $500 billion investment pledge<\/a> to the U.S. The tariff relief may enable Apple to minimize or even avoid price increases for the iPhone, just as Google has done with the Pixel 10 models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google on Wednesday unveiled a new line-up of Pixel smartphones injected with another dose of artificial intelligence that’s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[94640,691,347,738,64,57,65,1165,16044,158,61,67,132,68,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-163969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-94640","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-article","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-information-technology","15":"tag-lifestyle","16":"tag-mobile-phones","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-u-s-news","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115067215037226357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}