Paul Stenhouse: Tech - Google's big news
Saturday Morning with Jack Tame · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
It's Google's big event of the year, where they announced a new Pixel Tablet transforms into a Smart Home display
If you're looking to buy an Android Tablet, this could be the way to go. It's a fully functioning tablet, then when placed on the dock transforms into showing your photos, being an assistant, telling you what's next on your calendar. You can Chromecast to it, allowing you to use it almost like a mini-TV. The only downside is that if someone wonders off with the tablet, then you can't do anything with the stand.
Google also announced their first foldable phone ($US1800) and a cheaper Pixel 7a phone.
We can expect AI to come to almost every part of Google
Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, even Search - the most lucrative part of Google! In the demo, the 10 blue links (and the sponsored links) we've come to expect when we search move down the page and up top we get a generative answer to our question. The response includes links to its source material. For now, to get this you'll need to opt in and the answers will only appear when the algorithm thinks the answer is better than the links. Their goal is to have you ask one question, instead of multiple, to get your result. eg. "What should I do in Paris?".
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