00:00Google is holding its Made by Google event today, unveiling a slew of new hardware, including its latest generation of
00:06Pixel smartphones.
00:07Bloomberg Senior Tech Editor, Dania Warman, is with us.
00:09What I see is prices going up and memory allocation coming down. Is that fair?
00:14That's true, and at least Google was honest about it, really cited in its statement a, quote, severe memory shortage,
00:21which, of course, has been afflicting so many consumer tech companies.
00:23And the company pledged to out-engineer, essentially, the memory shortage.
00:29But that's where we are right now, higher prices and less memory with the starting models.
00:34Okay, so we're showing the 11 lineup here. What is different, you know, from prior generation? What has incrementally changed?
00:41So, things like performance, the durability. I think the most standout feature is something called Highlight on one of the
00:47higher-end phones,
00:48which is essentially repurposing the camera flash as a notification indicator.
00:53So, that could potentially be neat and useful for users.
00:55But a lot of the improvements are otherwise sort of quality-of-life things.
01:01This is not a flashy new design. The company is now in its third year of what is essentially the
01:05same design,
01:06and you might compare that with other companies.
01:09Apple, for instance, the new iPhone 18 series would be in its second year, according to our reporting.
01:14And other companies like Samsung have tried bolder designs with their foldables and other flagship phones this year.
01:20Just real quick, there's some news in wearables where we get insulin resistance features.
01:24But let's be clear, this is not continuous glucose monitoring. What is it?
01:30So, this is insulin resistance is a precursor to things like prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
01:37And what Google is doing is using a combination of AI and other kinds of biometric sensing.
01:44And it's basically tracking physiological markers that it believes are indicators of insulin resistance.
01:52So, it's using AI and these other sensors like skin temperature, heart-related sensors,
01:58to paint a picture, an estimate of where your insulin resistance is.
02:02And if it senses shifts in that pattern, it sends the user notification, at which point they can follow up
02:08with a doctor.
02:08But the company is really clear that it's not trying to offer medical diagnoses or advice.
Comments