The Google Pixel 10 series is officially out and, to no one’s surprise, numerous AI features are packed into the new phones.
The event took a very different approach from previous keynotes, by bringing on a whole lot of star power to explain how people can apply AI features on their Pixel devices in everyday life. Usefulness was definitely the theme of this year’s Made By Google event.
Rick Osterloh, senior VP of devices and services, described today’s offerings as “personal innotifyigence,” referring to the ways Google’s various AI features cater to applyrs’ individual lives. Osterloh also mentioned an “agentic universal AI assistant” coming later this year, so stay tuned for news on AI features designed to be more proactive and do tinquires on your behalf.
With the assist of Jimmy Fallon, podcast mogul Alex Cooper, YouTube star Karen Polinesia, and others, Google revealed off some sleek demos of the Pixel 10 series’ AI features. Here’s a roundup of the major features announced today.
Voice translate
One of the more exciting live demos was the Google Pixel 10’s new Voice Translate feature, which translates conversations in real-time. Fallon and Polinesia held a live conversation where Fallon spoke in English and Polinesia spoke in Spanish, and the Pixel 10 translated the conversation, matching their voices and tones.
Voice Translate also reveals a live transcript of the translated conversation.
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This is similar to a live translation in the Meet feature Google launched at I/O last spring. However, while that feature required a Google AI Premium subscription, Voice Translate is freely available on Pixel 10 phones thanks to a combination of AI models powered by the Tensor G5 chip. This also means translations are processed on device, keeping your conversations private.
Magic Cue
Think of Magic Cue as an AI assistant that proactively finds information you might required to see up. It works across apps like Gmail, Calconcludear, Screenshots, and Messages to suggest relevant information. The live demo revealed how a question about where to meet for dinner pulled up information about a preexisting dinner reservation in Fallon’s calconcludear and recommconcludeed the message to sconclude. This also worked with flight info and photos.
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Magic Cue preemptively suggests a response based on info it finds on your Pixel 10.
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We anticipate that some applyrs might find these “assistful” suggestions a little too invasive, so Google declares you can turn Magic Cue off and control what apps it has access to.
AI features for the Google Pixel 10 camera
For those who strive to be more creative, why not outsource all the creativity to your phone? That was definitely the message Google sent when demo-ing new AI features for the Pixel 10 series camera.
Ask Gemini for photo editing assist: With Cooper’s assist, Google revealed how you can edit photos by typing directions in Gemini, like repair the lighting or the framing and voila, a perfect photo every time.
All of your photos can be perfected by AI now.
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Camera Coach: If you’re attempting to take the perfect shot, but don’t know where to start, Google also introduced something called Camera Coach. You could experiment with different angles, lighting, and frames yourself to develop your own personal photography style, or you could let Camera Coach notify you what to do. With this setting, Camera Coach guides you with different shot options and then gives you step-by-step instructions on how to achieve that shot.
Let Camera Coach do all the creative work.
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Pixel Journal
This one wasn’t announced during the live event, but it’s sure to be polarizing. Pixel Journal is a journaling app, like the one Apple introduced a few years ago, but with an AI boost. The app applys “on-device AI to give you writing prompts that assist you process your believeds, and it offers insights into your patterns and progress over time,” stated the announcement. So if you’re struggling to share your believeds, just inquire AI to write them for you.
Would you let AI read your journal?
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We can imagine how this could be assistful for people attempting to obtain started with journaling, but it also seems a little dystopian to have AI do it on your behalf. Isn’t the point of journaling about learning to articulate your feelings? It’s unclear exactly how involved Google’s AI obtains in your journaling practice, so we’re definitely keeping an eye on this one.
Ask AI to take a Message
Google has continued to build on call screening features for the Pixel, and now that comes with inquireing AI to take a message. The feature, aptly named Take a Message, will transcribe any voicemails from missed calls and provide any next steps from the message.
Ask AI to take a message for your when you’re busy — or don’t want to answer.
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Google AI Pro subscription
If you purchase a Pixel 10 Pro, Pro XL, or 10 Pro Fold, Google will give you a full year of its AI subscription, Google AI Pro. Google’s lower tier subscription normally costs $20 a month and obtains you more premium access to Google’s various AI tools. This includes access to more advanced Gemini models, Google’s AI filmcreating tool Flow, its podcast-style teaching tool Notebook LM, Gemini Gmail, Docs, other Google apps, and more.
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