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MarTech » Customer & Digital Experience » Google debuts new Pixel phone, Google Home & Google Assistant

Google debuts new Pixel phone, Google Home & Google Assistant

New Google Pixel phones. Google Home to take on Amazon Echo. And more hardware news from Google, during its big event today.

Danny Sullivan on October 4, 2016 at 11:45 am | Reading time: 2 minutes

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Google unveiled its new Google Pixel phone today and began taking orders for its previously announced Google Home hands-free home assistant. Those were the stars of a special event focused on new Google hardware, underpinned by the new Google Assistant.

The Google Pixel phone comes in two sizes and features unlimited photo storage and a camera that Google said is the best any smartphone has ever had.

Google Home marks Google’s direct challenge to the popularity of Amazon Echo, a hands-free device that can provide answers to spoken questions, play music, interact with smart home devices and more.

Built into both of these is the software star of the show: Google Assistant, which is designed to allow people to interact with Google in a conversational way.

For more about Google Assistant, see our two stories:

  • With Google Assistant & Google Home, Google seeks to win the hands-free generation of search
  • Google seeks to humanize its brand with new “Google Assistant” female persona

Google also announced Google WiFi, a smart multi-router system for the home, and Chromecast Ultra, an improvement to Google’s existing Chromecast device that now supports 4K.

More information about all the devices can be found at the “Made by Google” site, including the ability to preorder Pixel and Google Home. Google also has a blog post up. The live stream of today’s launch event is here.

Below, our live blog as the event unfolded:


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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About The Author

Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land, MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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