Google’s New Gadgets Come With a Big Helping of A.I.
- 7 years ago
Google’s New Gadgets Come With a Big Helping of A.I.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s unveiling of new smartphones, smart speakers
and other gadgets had all the makings of a typical technology product launch: a fawning crowd of superfans, skeptical journalists, slick product videos, not-so-subtle jabs at the competition, and overly romanticized descriptions of design choices, colors and materials.
Google executives said it has been getting harder to find new hardware breakthroughs like bigger and better screens, but they believe significant improvements will come from artificial intelligence software
that is developing at a faster clip than physical components.
It introduced two new Pixel smartphones, Google Home speakers both small
and large, a laptop running the company’s Chrome software, a new virtual reality headset and wireless headphones.
Unlike the way an Apple event is conducted — usually chock-full of talk about chip speeds
and screen resolutions — Google didn’t spend much time on product specifications.
Rick Osterloh, Google’s senior vice president of hardware, compared the company’s strategy for building devices to search and email.
The question of Google’s commitment to hardware is a testament to the challenges of competing against devices made by Apple, Amazon and Samsung.
Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, spent the first 10 minutes explaining
how artificial intelligence was helping Google Maps and its translations.
first” company, this is a “unique moment in time” for Google to combine hardware, software and artificial intelligence.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s unveiling of new smartphones, smart speakers
and other gadgets had all the makings of a typical technology product launch: a fawning crowd of superfans, skeptical journalists, slick product videos, not-so-subtle jabs at the competition, and overly romanticized descriptions of design choices, colors and materials.
Google executives said it has been getting harder to find new hardware breakthroughs like bigger and better screens, but they believe significant improvements will come from artificial intelligence software
that is developing at a faster clip than physical components.
It introduced two new Pixel smartphones, Google Home speakers both small
and large, a laptop running the company’s Chrome software, a new virtual reality headset and wireless headphones.
Unlike the way an Apple event is conducted — usually chock-full of talk about chip speeds
and screen resolutions — Google didn’t spend much time on product specifications.
Rick Osterloh, Google’s senior vice president of hardware, compared the company’s strategy for building devices to search and email.
The question of Google’s commitment to hardware is a testament to the challenges of competing against devices made by Apple, Amazon and Samsung.
Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, spent the first 10 minutes explaining
how artificial intelligence was helping Google Maps and its translations.
first” company, this is a “unique moment in time” for Google to combine hardware, software and artificial intelligence.