Google to Release New Devices with Different Strategy

TapTechNews, June 26th. Google typically releases new Pixel phones every year usually in October/November, but this year Google is taking a different release strategy and officially announced that it will hold a press conference at its Mountain View headquarters in California on August 13th (1:00 a.m. Beijing time on August 14th), and it is expected to launch the Pixel 9 series phones and the PixelWatch 3 smartwatch.

Note from TapTechNews: Google's Made by Google events have been held in October/November over the years and the venue is usually in San Francisco, USA.

And Google has adjusted its release strategy this year and will hold the 2024 Made by Google event at 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on August 14th, and the venue has also been changed to Google's Mountain View headquarters in California.

Another notable change is that the press conference is usually announced near the date, but Google has announced it a month and a half in advance this time.

According to the previously exposed information, there are a total of 4 models in the Pixel 9 series. In addition to the Pixel 9 standard version, the Pixel 9Pro, and the Pixel 9ProXL, there is also information about the Pixel 9ProFold folding screen.

The Pixel 9 will be the successor of the Pixel 8, the Pixel 9ProXL will be the successor of the Pixel 8Pro, and the Pixel 9Pro will be a phone with similar specifications to the XL but the size of the Pixel 9, and the PixelFold2 is a folding phone.

The screen size of the Pixel 9 is 6.24 inches, that of the Pixel 9Pro is 6.34 inches, and that of the Pixel 9XL is 6.73 inches. The Pixel 9Pro and ProXL have three 50-million-pixel cameras on the back, while the Pixel 9 has a main camera and an ultra-wide-angle camera. In addition, all three Pixel 9 phones are equipped with the Tensor G4 SoC.