Google Wants You to Break Up With Your Old Phone for the Pixel 9

Samsung’s foldable fanfare is over, and now Google can formally take over the highlight. The corporate is teasing its {hardware} in new promotional materials. You’ll be able to peep it your self on the Google Retailer, the place you’ll additionally see one of many first official pictures of the Pixel 9 Professional.

The video that Google made for this event is especially cheeky. The premise is that you just’re chatting with Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, and asking for assist penning a breakup letter to your outdated telephone. I’m assuming that is referencing a tool from a fruit-that-grows-on-a-tree firm. There’s additionally point out within the immediate about in search of a tool that “really feels magical.” Perhaps that’s a dig at Samsung’s Galaxy AI.

We don’t see the Gemini response again to the immediate. As a substitute, you may scroll down the web page for details about the Made by Google occasion. It begins dwell streaming on August 13 at 10 A.M. PT / 1 P.M. ET. Scroll additional down, and also you’ll see a snippet of the highest of the Pixel 9 Professional. Because the rumors mentioned, the corners are rounder than ever, and the digital camera bar appears to protrude with function.

The principle level of this promotional materials is to remind you that the actual magic of the Google Pixel is in Gemini AI. 9to5Google reported earlier within the week that Google will probably supply a yr of Gemini Superior by buying the Pixel 9 {hardware} to entice extra customers towards utilizing the chatbot. It should finally change Google Assistant for issues like assist with a visit or, as proven within the instance above, writing a letter to get out of a relationship. Whereas you are able to do these issues with Google’s Gemini, your outcomes will differ.

Google says the occasion will deliver new stuff from Android—probably the general public launch of Android 15—Gemini and the “Pixel portfolio.” On the finish of the Made by Google dwell stream, you may pre-order the brand new Pixel units.