Google is back in the offensive side products, they should be at the centre of the keynote that the american group is organising this evening (from 18h French time). As usual, many leaks have already occurred, and we know that Google is expected to announce important news in the fields of smartphones, home automation, or virtual reality. Little overview before confirmation.
Smartphones Pixel, the replacements for the Nexus
The Pixel and the Pixel XL should be the main course of this presentation. We should remember that it is HTC who is in the operation for these Pixels. They should embark on, respectively, a screen of 5.2 (Full HD) and 5.5-inch (Quad HD), a Snapdragon 820 or 821, and a fingerprint reader on the back. The design is quite classical (pictures of the terminal leaked yesterday) if it is not the lack of a home button.
Obviously, Google has decided to change its philosophy for its new products. While the Nexus played traditionally the card of the affordable price with special terminals that use the pure version of the latest version of Android, these Pixels will be even more top of the range. According to the latest rumors, the entry ticket can be estimated to be 649 dollars.
instead of forcing a pure version of Android, these new models could be equipped with an interface more rich, approaching finally of the classic offer. Hence the abandonment of the reference to Nexus ? It seems that Google hear now widen the audience for these terminals, whose sales have never really exploded.
Home, a rival of Amazon Echo in the home automation
Google will begin in the footsteps of Amazon and its product Echo, an equipment integrating a virtual assistant for the realisation of multiple operations such as stream of music.
Google Home would be a direct competitor of Echo, a personal assistant for the connected home, responding to voice commands to play music, order a pizza or a car for Uber, among others.
Home works as a speaker activated by the voice. It can connect to other network devices in the home such as a thermostat Nest, perform different tasks and to perform searches on Google.
Launched in 2014, Echo would have passed since more than three million units. According to the NYT, the rival product from Google could be available for sale starting this fall at a price of 129 dollars.
Re/Code stated that the device would offer access to certain online services of the giant, including Google Now, Google Search or even Google Music. Of third-party services could also be supported. Links with Nest, a subsidiary of Google and is a specialist in home automation, are thus evoked.
Still in the home automation will be the ” Google Wi-Fi “, a wireless router which the sales price in the United States should be set to 129 dollars. According to Android Police, this equipment might be compared to Amazon Echo Dot.
Daydream View : a virtual reality sturdy ?
Other big piece, the possible arrival of a true virtual reality helmet called “Daydream View”. This arrival seems logical since Google launched at the last conference I/O platform Android dedicated and named Daydream. Manufactured by HTC, it would work like the Gear VR from Samsung, that is to say, with a smartphone-connected (Android-7).
bear in mind that Google is investing heavily to create a library of content for the launch of its virtual reality platform Daydream. According to the information of Bloomberg, the giant of the web is spending "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in order to acquire original content, whether it’s videos, apps or games. Agreements with Hulu, Netflix, IMAX, and of each other have also been sealed.
The strong point of this headset would be the ability to combine virtual reality and augmented reality through the technology of Magic Leap. It would be launched at the end of the month of October.
A new Chromecast ?
star Product of Google (30 million units have elapsed), the Chromecast is expected to offer a new version called Chromecast More or Chromecast Ultra, which would be compatible with 4K displays. It would be marketed 69 dollars.
Andromeda : the best of both worlds ?
software Side, a big announcement could also be made : a new OS resulting from the merger between Android and Chrome OS. Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president, Android, Chrome OS & Play, published a tweet giveaway a few days ago : “We have announced the first Android version that 8 years ago today. I have the feeling that in 8 years we’ll talk again on October 4, 2016.”
The proposed merger of Google and Android would be known as project Andromeda (according to Android Police).
a year ago, the Wall Street Journal spoke of the projects of fusion similar but Google had strongly denied the charge. The same Hiroshi Lockheimer explained that Google is working “to bring users the best of both operating systems,” but stated, however, that this does not mean the abandonment of Chrome OS in the future : as a proof of his good faith, he mentions in his post on the changes which await the Google OS as well as the recent offers of manufacturers offering notebook embedded Chrome OS.
the fact Remains that the sales faiblardes Chrome OS via the Chromebooks are a matter of concern : if it seems to have found its place in american schools, it remains a relatively minor player in the market PC.
as Well, the Wall Street Journal already explained in his article that Google intended to continue the distribution of Chrome OS, especially in the world of business, despite a possible merger of the two operating systems.
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