The Pixel 11 is not expected until August, but Google may have accidentally previewed one of its standout features during the I/O 2026 keynote. A brief on-stage moment appeared to show Pixel Glow, two weeks after a massive leak outlined Tensor G6, new Samsung OLED panels, and that same RGB strip. Here is what observers […]
Google May Have Just Shown Off the Pixel 11’s Pixel Glow Read More
If you’ve been eyeing a new Chromebook this summer, hold off. Google is moving on from the Chromebook brand at the premium tier. The company unveiled Googlebook on May 12 at The Android Show: I/O Edition, a new line of Android-powered, Gemini-first laptops launching this fall with Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. Pricing and
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Google’s Pixel Watch 4 is sitting at its lowest street price since launch, with this year’s Memorial Day smartwatch deals taking up to $104 off select LTE configurations at Amazon and roughly $50 off the Wi-Fi models. Both sizes are seeing record-low pricing at major retailers, making this one of the most compelling Memorial Day
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For nearly three years, Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have had the AI eyewear category almost entirely to themselves. That changed at Google I/O 2026, where Warby Parker and Google walked on stage together and pulled the cover off Intelligent Eyewear, a new line of AI-powered frames running on Gemini and Android XR, with audio-first models
Google’s Answer to Meta Ray-Bans: Warby Parker Glasses Read More
The smart glasses category is having its third loud year in a row, and the shape of the products on the way says more about strategy than any keynote slide. Meta keeps shipping frames that look like regular Ray-Bans. Google and Samsung partnered with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster before partnering on hardware. The Ray-Ban
Every Smart Glasses Design Tells You Who They’re Chasing Read More
Google I/O 2026 was an AI keynote with a hardware coda. The keynote ran almost entirely on Gemini 3.5, Gemini Spark, a Search rebuild, and agentic tools, then Google saved the last segment for the hardware story it has been building toward for two years: smart glasses. The hardware list out of Shoreline this week
Google I/O 2026 Hardware: 4 Reveals From Gentle Monster Glasses to Googlebook Read More
An early-May Telegram leak spilled most of Google’s 2026 Pixel playbook in one shot: Tensor G6 on a 2nm process, new Samsung OLED panels on the Pro tier, smaller batteries across the board, fresh camera sensors on the Pro models, and an ambient lighting feature called Pixel Glow. With Google’s August event still about three
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We’ve spent thirteen years reviewing Chromebooks as the budget machine you buy when $300 is the hard ceiling. Google’s new Googlebook, announced today at the Android Show: I/O Edition, is not that machine. It’s a premium laptop built on part of the Android tech stack and ChromeOS, with Gemini wired into the OS, a cursor
Googlebook Is Here and It Wants to Kill the Laptop As We Know It Read More
If you’ve ever sent a sensitive text across the iPhone-Android divide and felt a prick of doubt about who else might be reading, that’s just gotten a real answer. Starting yesterday, messages between an iPhone and an Android phone can finally be locked down end-to-end, with no extra app and no setting to dig up.
Your iPhone-to-Android Texts Are Now Encrypted by Default Read More
Smart glasses spent years being a punchline. Google Glass became shorthand for technology that arrived before anyone wanted it, and a decade of follow-up attempts mostly reinforced the impression. The pattern was familiar: bold demo, awkward hardware, no second act. That pattern broke in the last 18 months. The category is working now, and not
6 Smart Glasses Worth Watching as Apple Joins the Race Read More
April moved fast. Knives took over the conversation, smart glasses finally felt like a real product category instead of a science-fair pitch, and a few quiet roundups built up enough momentum to crack the top seven on their own merit. It was the kind of month where the loudest launches didn’t automatically win the spotlight,
What Caught Gadget Lovers’ Attention in April 2026 Read More
Smart glasses just got interesting again. Google’s been openly building its answer to Meta’s Ray-Ban dominance, and we’re staring down the first real face-off in this category. Meta’s had a head start: Ray-Ban Stories evolved into the Ray-Ban Meta line, now in its second generation, and that combo of fashion credibility plus useful AI has
Google AI Glasses vs Meta Ray-Ban: The Ultimate Showdown Read More
The wait for a mainstream pair of AI glasses isn’t open-ended anymore. Google and Warby Parker are publicly aiming for a 2026 launch, and the picture of what they’re actually building has filled in a lot since the partnership was first announced. If existing smart eyewear has felt like an accessory built around a tech
Warby Parker x Google AI Glasses Are Closer Than You Think Read More
Google’s new AI smart glasses are shaping up to be more productivity-focused than social, and the company’s making it pretty clear it’s not chasing Meta’s Ray-Ban playbook. Google’s December 2025 announcement formally introduced two consumer varieties so far, an audio-only pair and a model with an in-lens display, and lined up Warby Parker and Gentle
Google’s New AI Smart Glasses Built for Real Work Read More
Luxury AI eyewear is about to meet your face, and the name on the temples might just be Gucci. Kering CEO Luca de Meo has confirmed that Gucci is teaming up with Google on a pair of AI smart glasses, widely reported to run on Android XR, and the project is already shaping up to
Gucci Is Going After Ray-Ban Meta, With Google’s Help Read More
NEWS – Google launched the Pixel 10a today, and if you were hoping for a full redesign of the A-series, this isn’t it. The $499 starting price hasn’t moved. Most of the spec sheet reads like a copy-paste from the 9a. What Google did change sits in two spots that actually matter when you’re living
Google Pixel 10a: 7 Things That Changed (and Didn’t) Read More
ARTICLE – Your Gmail address was supposed to be forever. That was the deal. You picked a username in 2006, maybe something clever, maybe something you regret, and Google made it clear: this is your identity now. Every login, every YouTube comment, every Drive folder, every password recovery, all of it chained to a string
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Article – Google’s official Pixelsnap wireless charger just dropped to $29.99 at Amazon. First discount since launch. ⬇︎ Jump to summary Regular Price: $39.99 Deal Price: $29.99 Where to buy: Amazon Why This Deal Matters The Pixel 10 series brought Qi2 and magnets to Android in a way Samsung passed on this year. Google went
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NEWS – Google has made a nice change for out of warranty Pixel Watch problems. Normally when our devices fail after the warranty expires, our choice is to buy another at retail price or do without. From the Google Pixel Watch Help site: “If your Pixel Watch is out of warranty or your claim isn’t
Pixel Watch failed and out of warranty? Google may replace it at a discount Read More
NEWS – Two weeks ago my old but fully functional Pixel 3a XL got valued at a respectable $180 at the Google Store so I ordered a Pixel 6a. The deal is, once the phone is inspected and is found to be factory reset, powers on, and has an unbroken screen, it is predicted (not
Phone trade-in values at the Google Store are in flux. Check yours now! Read More