Dieter Bohn Hands-on with everything Google just announced (bonus email)

What's this? Two newsletters in one day? Yes, friend, two newsletters in one day, because we've just finished liveblogging Google's Fall hardware event and have posted videos and photos of everything Google has announced, including the Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Nest Wifi, Pixelbok Go, Nest Mini, and Pixel Buds 2.

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- Dieter

+ Here's a comprehensive Storystream of all the biggest news from Google's hardware event

+ Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL hands-on: this time it’s not about the camera

After spending an hour talking to Google’s product managers and playing around with the Pixel 4, I have learned a few things that can only come from directly using the phone. I know what it’s like to see the high-refresh-rate screen keep text readable as I scroll. I know that it feels better-made than any Pixel before it. I know what it’s like to tickle a Pokémon just by waggling my fingers in the air.

+ Pixel Buds 2 hands-on: Google takes on the AirPods

Google has produced a set of small, minimally designed earbuds that look like nothing more than little circles in your ears when you’re wearing them and fit snugly thanks to the little wing coming off the side. The earbud itself slides down into your ear, providing a modicum of passive noise reduction, but Google says the design is vented to reduce discomfort and provide some outside sound.

+ Pixelbook Go: Google finally made a reasonably-priced Chromebook

For the first time, Google is making a Chromebook that actually approaches a reasonable price for most people instead of strictly catering to the high end. It’s the Pixelbook Go, a simple and clean 13.3-inch laptop that starts at $649 and runs up through a total of four configuration options up to $1399.

+ Nest Wifi first look: Google finally combined a smart speaker and a router

The new Nest Wifi from Google does the thing that everybody has been asking for since we first laid eyes on smart speakers: combine them with mesh Wi-Fi routers. The Nest Wifi will be available this November in the US at various price points, but the pack Google will want you to buy includes one main router and one “point” that also acts as a smart speaker for $269.

+ Google’s new Nest Mini has better controls, similar sound, and the same price

It’s far from the most exciting thing Google has announced today, but the Nest Mini is a fine update to a popular product. The most surprising thing to me is that Google kept the price the same, though again the chances that you’ll find discounts on them seems pretty high.

+ Google’s Project Soli: the tech behind Pixel 4’s Motion Sense radar

Motion Sense has essentially three types of interaction, according to Brandon Barbello, Pixel product manager at Google. Understanding why each of them matters to the overall experience of using a Pixel 4 is key to understanding why Google thinks Motion Sense is more than the sum of its features — more than just a gimmick.