At Google’s gadget launch this week, it took nearly half an hour before Google talked about its new gadgets. There’s a lot to be excited about within the new Pixel 9 line and the Pixel Watch 3, but Google’s event made its true priorities clear. ai is more important to Google than Pixel, more than Android, more than almost anything else.
In This episode of The VergecastWe talk about all of Google's ai announcements and what they could mean for the way you use your devices in the future. Is this a paradigm shift? With much of Google's focus on the Pixel's camera, we also talk about the current “what is a photo” apocalypse and whether we capture photos at all these days.
After that, Nilay tells us about his adventures as a judge on the TV Shootout, which included two days of squinting at the impressive screens to try and figure out which one was really the best. He learned a lot about how to look at a screen and about the current state of TV technology, and he has plenty to share.
Here’s a look back at some of the regulatory news from the week, as Apple continues to engage in bizarre fights with developers and the Epic/Google judge continues to threaten to tear the company apart. It’s striking how much the winds have shifted in the fight over Big tech regulation, and it looks like change will only come faster now.
If you want to know more about everything we discussed in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with Google:
And on the regulation of app stores:
And in the lightning round:
