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Cailianshe News, August 14 (Editor: Shi Zhengcheng)In the early hours of Wednesday morning Beijing time, Google, the American technology giant and birthplace of modern AI, held a new product launch conference at its headquarters in Jingshan City. In addition to formally introducing the Pixel 9 series of mobile phones, it also focused on answering a more important question - what else can AI do for users?

Let's take a quick look at the new phones. The Google Pixel 9 series includes three full-screen phones - Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, as well as a foldable phone, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. All three phones are equipped with Google's self-developed Tensor G4 chip, and the differences mainly come from different combinations of hardware configurations.

Like Apple’s naming method, both the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro are 6.3 inches., the latter uses an LTPO screen with better parameters,Pixel 9 Pro XL is 6.8 inches. At the same time, in order to run AI,The new Google phones start at 12GB of RAM, while the two Pro phones have 16GB.

(Source: Google Conference)

The most recognizable feature of this generation of products comes from the "camera bar" on the back. All three phones are equipped with a 50-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. The Pro version adds a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens that supports 5x optical zoom and 30x ultra-high-resolution digital zoom. The Pro series phones also upgrade the front selfie camera to 42 megapixels.

In terms of price, the Pixel 9 starts at US$799, while the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL start at US$999 and US$1099, respectively.

Finally, as Google’s second foldable screen phone,The Pixel 9 Pro Fold's internal screen size has increased from 7.6 inches to 8 inches, and the external display has also increased from 5.8 inches to 6.3 inches.

Like the previous two Pro phones, Google's latest folding flagship is also equipped with a Tensor G4 chip and 16GB of RAM. In order to make the phone thin and light, there are still compromises in the camera, with the pixels of the ultra-wide-angle and telephoto lenses being 10.5 million and 10.8 million respectively. As a folding screen flagship, the starting price of this phone is $1,799.

Of course, many investors who have been paying attention to this phone have long known that, whether it is these parameter configurations or the Tensor G4 chip, they have no advantages compared with Android phone manufacturers who are generally good at "piling up materials". Therefore, the biggest selling point of Google phones has turned to its own AI tools.

What new AI features does the new mobile phone have?

Even though Google just held its developer conference two months ago and many new AI products are still being launched, Google still gritted its teeth and squeezed out some new features to support its new phones.

First, Google announced that users who purchase the Pro series phones,Get a one-year Gemini Advanced subscription, which is also a prerequisite for using the Gemini Live function (similar to the new voice mode of ChatGPT). By enabling more natural chatting with mobile phone AI, this function can be regarded as the soul of the new generation of Google mobile phone AI assistant. The Google Watch and TWS headphones newly released on Tuesday also support the Gemini Live function.

Another important update isGoogle's new Pixel Screenshots app uses the Gemini Nano AI model on the device to analyze and organize the content in the phone screenshots.Google gave an example, saying that if you once took a screenshot and saved the access code of a vacation homestay, you can call this app to find the screenshot and provide information when you arrive at the place. The AI ​​model can also analyze the screenshot content according to user instructions and operate in conjunction with apps such as calendars.

This feature is very similar to the Recall feature that Microsoft previously made for Windows, but the difference is that Microsoft's feature was "reworked" because it was considered a privacy violation because it "took screenshots all the time", while Google's feature only analyzes screenshots taken manually by users.

Google also released a text-to-image software, Pixel Studio, based on the device-side model and the cloud Imagen 3 text-to-image model, as pre-installed software for new phones.

There is also a very interesting feature update——AI photo functionWith this new feature called "Add Me," travelers can take separate photos and have the AI ​​combine them into one photo, eliminating the need to bring their own tripod or ask strangers for help.

As the standard configuration of AI mobile phones now, Google's new mobile phone also hasAI Call Notes functionAfter completing the call, users can receive a summary of the call content and a complete voice transcription document from the software. To protect privacy, this app runs entirely on-device computing power. Similar to Apple, once the user activates the feature, all participants in the call will receive a notification.

Finally, Google also used a newSatellite SOS functionEven without cellular service, users can still contact emergency responders and share their location via satellite. The feature will be enabled first in the United States and will be free for the first two years of purchasing a Pixel 9 series phone.