Google Unveils AI-Powered Pixel 10 Series: A New Era of Smartphone Intelligence

Google doubles down on 'AI phones' with its Pixel 10 series | TechCrunch

With the launch of the new Pixel 10 series, Google is rushing ahead of Apple to deliver AI-powered smartphones to consumers. The devices, announced during Wednesday's "Made by Google" livestream, come just weeks ahead of Apple's expected iPhone 17 reveal, which promises to be more of the same -- better cameras, possibly thinner devices, and new colors to choose from. Google, meanwhile, has been rapidly integrating its AI platform into its devices. Last year, its Pixel 9 series added a number of AI features, like Gemini Live (Gemini's voice mode), image generation tools, call notes, searchable screenshots, and more. Since then, Google says that Gemini Live conversations have proven to be five times longer than text-based conversations. This year, the tech giant is rolling out even more AI-powered upgrades with the launch of its Pixel 10, including a Visual Overlays feature for the camera, a proactive "Magic Cue" feature, Camera Coach, Voice Translate for calls, an assistant-like "Take a Message" feature, Pixel Journal, and more. Combined, the updates allow Google to showcase what its latest AI technology can do when enhanced by its Tensor G5 processor, an upgrade to the company's custom silicon designed for AI experiences and the first to run its newest Gemini Nano model. Alongside the launch, Google announced that Gemini Live will gain a new audio model that will detect your tone -- like whether you're excited or concerned -- and adjust its response accordingly. With the addition of a feature called Visual Overlays, Gemini Live will be able to see what you see through the lens of your camera and provide guidance by highlighting things on your screen. For example, while traveling in a foreign country, you could hold up your phone to see if the street signs around offer information about parking along the roadside. Another new feature, Magic Cue, lets the AI be more proactive by offering contextual suggestions in real time, across apps like Gmail, Calendar, Messages, Screenshots, and others. The idea of a more proactive interaction between people and Google technology is something the company has dreamed of for years, long before the AI era. In the early 2010s, for example, Google introduced an Android feature called Google Now that would pop up cards with real-time information related to your daily schedule or the time of day, like nearby restaurants at lunchtime, upcoming meetings, or flight details. Years later, Magic Cue is the AI-powered reintroduction of this feature, but one where it inserts itself into your everyday apps and interactions. Google demonstrated how Magic Cue could suggest a restaurant to dine at with a friend, offering quick access to place a call to the restaurant to make a reservation. It could propose a reply to your friend with the reservation details or point you to your calendar to check your availability. Magic Cue's suggestions appear within the app you're using and are wrapped with a rainbow colored outline to differentiate them, as well as within Daily Hub, a personalized daily digest in your Discover feed. You can also tap on its suggestions to take action. Also similar to Google Now, Magic Cue will be able to surface reminders. But it goes a step further by popping up reminders and notifications more intuitively. For instance, it may remind you of errands you need to handle, like a return of an online order, suggest topics you may want to research, or recommend new playlists to stream. At launch, Magic Cue's suggestions will be limited to select activities, like settling up a tab, adding events to your calendar, and showing the forecast for an upcoming trip in the weather app. Over time, Google will add other options and let you configure which data source the feature has access to. Apple, it should be noted, is trying to do something similar by allowing users to speak to Siri to interact with and take action within their apps, but unfortunately, its AI-powered Siri has been delayed until 2026. Another one of the more interesting additions in the Pixel 10 series is Camera Coach, an AI-powered assistant that aims to make you a better photographer. The feature will be launching in preview with the new devices and uses Gemini models to offer suggestions about how to better frame and compose your shot. You can even choose a "get inspired" option that will suggest scenes you may not have considered. Plus, the camera will now be able to recognize when you're taking a group photo, the "Auto Best Take" feature activates and analyzes up to 150 images shot over several seconds to find the best one -- whether that's a shot you snapped yourself or one made by blending others together via AI. Then, with the AI-powered "Ask Photos" tool, you can edit the shot to do other things, like fix the lighting, change the framing, or remove an object from the photo by either speaking to or texting Photos' AI assistant. On Pro devices, the Pro Res Zoom option will also use AI to allow you to "zoom" in on things like architecture and landscapes at 30-60x, or 30-60x for animals and wildlife. Related to its enhanced use of AI in photography, Pixel 10 phones will also be the first to implement C2PA, a standard that establishes the origin and edits of digital content, which will help to identify when photos have been modified by AI. Another new AI feature, Voice Translate, will use on-device AI to translate your phone call in real-time in what sounds like each speaker's own voice. This could be a potential game-changer, particularly for business users and world travelers, if it works as well as described. (This still needs to be tested by reviewers, of course.) The feature will translate to or from English and Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian, and Indonesian. In Pixel's Phone app, a new addition called Take a Message provides real-time transcripts for missed and declined calls and then uses AI to identify the next steps you need to take based on the caller's voicemail. (That update will come to Call Notes, too.) Pixel Journal, meanwhile, is Google's answer to Apple's Journal app, but one that uses AI to prompt you to share your thoughts, track your progress towards goals, and offer insights over time. Other minor AI upgrades to the Pixel 10 lineup include writing tools integrated into the Gboard keyboard, updates to Pixel screenshots in Pixel Studio, and Notebook LM integrations with Recorder and screenshots.

5 AI features on the Pixel 10 that Google thinks will win you over (including the Fold)

The explosion of Generative AI means that nearly every phone launch in the past year has been accompanied by a suite of AI features. Google's launch of its Pixel 10 Series is no different, but the company unveiled some unique features that make it stand out from competitors. Also: Everything announced at Made by Google 2025: Pixel 10 Pro, Fold, Watch 4, and more At its Made by Google event, Google unveiled its Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel 10, as well as the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a. Beyond fun new phone colors, better camera systems, and other hardware upgrades, AI is at the core fueled by the all-new Google Tensor G5. The chipset, co-designed with Google DeepMind, can run Gemini Nano on the device, which powers all these new AI experiences. Here's a full round-up of the new AI features and my personal hands-on experiences with each of them. While AI tools like chatbots can be helpful, they require you to context-switch to other tabs, ask your question, go back to whichever window you were originally working out of, and paste it in. In order to upgrade that experience and level up the assistance, AI needs to predict your needs -- exactly what Magic Cue aims to do. Also: I went hands-on with every Google Pixel 10 model - and was surprised by the one I loved most The Magic Cue feature suggests relevant information and actions based on what you're doing. For example, in the demo featured in the image above, the user was calling an airline, so Magic Cue automatically surfaced the flight details to prevent scrambling to find them while on the call. In another demo, the user got a text asking where the reservation was. Instead of the demoer having to find the details themselves, Magic Cue surfaced the reservation information based on what was in the user's inbox. Then, all the user had to do was tap and send it. Since the feature leverages the Google Tensor G5 chip, information is processed locally on the device. Sticking with the trend of making information as accessible as possible, the new Daily Hub feature found in your Discover feed places all of the information you need in one place, including an integration with Magic Cue, which gathers insights from your apps. As seen in the image, it can remind you of actions from your Google Keep and Gmail, including dinner plans, reservations, and flight details. In practice, it is very similar to Samsung's At a Glance feature, just native to the Google experience powering Pixel. One use case where generative AI really excels is language translation. Because LLMs have a deep understanding of language and how people speak -- including conversational and non-linear speech -- speech translation has gotten a lot more accurate. As a result, many smartphone manufacturers, like Apple, are incorporating AI translation in their own products, and Google unveiled its own. With Voice Translation, you can hear a translation in real time while on a phone call. The most noteworthy part is that it copies the sound of the speaker's voice, making the new audio sound as free-flowing and natural as possible. There is also a really helpful transcript you can follow to help keep track of the dialogue even further. Also: I compared the new $130 Pixel Buds to Apple, Sony and Bose - here's how Google wins When I demoed the feature, I was pleasantly surprised at how quick it was, and most importantly, at how well it copied my voice to make me sound like I was actually speaking German. At rollout, Voice Translate works when translating to or from English with Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian, and Indonesian. A good chunk of the new AI features are focused on elevating your photo-taking and editing experience. The new Camera Coach feature aims to take the guesswork out of taking a photo, using Gemini's multimodal capabilities to help you snap the perfect shot by making suggestions to your angle, lighting, and camera modes. Beyond step-by-step instructions, Gemini will even generate a sample image of what you should aim for in the final product. For example, in a demo, the user was trying to take a photo of a plant leaf but had the angle off-center. Gemini generated the image of the leaf positioned correctly, so then all the demoer had to do was match the visual by adjusting his position. Also: PixelSnap is the MagSafe for Android phones we've been waiting for - here's our first look One of the features I was most impressed by was Camera Coach's ability to recognize what was being shown in the display, down to the specific location. For example, in the image above, the Camera Coach was not only asked the demoer what they wanted to be shown in the photo by identifying that it was a waterfront view, but recognized that it was Chelsea Piers in New York, alongside the Hudson river. Producing a good photo is equal parts capturing the right shot and post-production editing to optimize it. However, photo editing can often be tricky (especially if you're inexperienced), as there are so many little tools often used in combination. This new feature allows you to describe the change you want using natural language and have the AI make the changes instantaneously. Also: I tried Pixel Watch 4 - and these are my 7 favorite upgrades in Google's new watch For example, the image at the top of the article was very nicely framed, but it had a distracting glare. Instead of having to find the right tools, you can just say that you'd like to remove the glare, and in a couple of seconds, it's done. Other, more general applications include asking it to "make it better" resulted in actions like straightening it out and improving the lighting. While the Add Me and Auto Best Take features are not new, Google upgraded them to make them even more helpful. The Add Me feature, which lets people add the photographer to the photo, now works with photos with an even bigger group of people. Meanwhile, Auto Best Take automatically finds the best picture in which everyone looks great, where previously you would have had to manually select which ones you wanted to combine. Google's AI Pro Plan costs $20 per month and packages all of Google's best AI offerings. These include the best models in Gemini and standalone tools, including expanded access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, NotebookLM, Deep Research, Veo 3, and Jules.

5 new AI features on Pixel 10 that feel like magic

The explosion of generative AI means that nearly every phone launch in the past year has been accompanied by a suite of AI features. Google's launch of its Pixel 10 Series is no different, but the company unveiled some unique features that make it stand out from competitors. Also: Everything announced at Made by Google 2025: Pixel 10 Pro, Fold, Watch 4, and more At its Made by Google event, Google unveiled its Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel 10, as well as the Pixel Watch 4 and Pixel Buds 2a. Beyond fun new phone colors, better camera systems, and other hardware upgrades, AI is at the core, fueled by the all-new Google Tensor G5. The chipset, co-designed with Google DeepMind, can run Gemini Nano on the device, which powers all these new AI experiences. Here's a full round-up of the new AI features and my personal hands-on experiences with each of them. While AI tools like chatbots can be helpful, they require you to context-switch to other tabs, ask your question, go back to whichever window you were originally working out of, and paste it in. In order to upgrade that experience and level up the assistance, AI needs to predict your needs -- which is exactly what Magic Cue aims to do. Also: I went hands-on with every Google Pixel 10 model - and was surprised by the one I loved most The Magic Cue feature suggests relevant information and actions based on what you're doing. For example, in the demo featured in the image above, the user was calling an airline, so Magic Cue automatically surfaced the flight details to prevent scrambling to find them while on the call. In another demo, the user got a text asking where the reservation was. Instead of the demoer having to find the details, Magic Cue surfaced the reservation information based on what was in the user's inbox. Then, all the user had to do was tap and send it. Since the feature leverages the Google Tensor G5 chip, information is processed locally on the device. Sticking with the trend of making information as accessible as possible, the new Daily Hub feature found in your Discover feed puts all of the information you need in one place. It also includes an integration with Magic Cue, which gathers insights from your apps. As seen in the image, it can remind you of actions from your Google Keep and Gmail, including dinner plans, reservations, and flight details. In practice, it is very similar to Samsung's At a Glance feature, just native to the Google experience powering Pixel. One use case where generative AI really excels is language translation. Because LLMs have a deep grasp of language and how people speak -- including conversational and non-linear speech -- speech translation has gotten a lot more accurate. As a result, many smartphone manufacturers, like Apple, are incorporating AI translation in their own products, and Google unveiled its own. With Voice Translation, you can hear a translation in real time while on a phone call. The most noteworthy part is that it copies the sound of the speaker's voice, making the new audio sound as free-flowing and natural as possible. There is also a really helpful transcript you can follow to help keep track of the dialogue even further. Also: I compared the new $130 Pixel Buds to Apple, Sony and Bose - here's how Google wins When I demoed the feature, I was pleasantly surprised at how quick it was, and most importantly, at how well it copied my voice to make me sound like I was actually speaking German. At rollout, Voice Translate works when translating to or from English with Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian, and Indonesian. A good chunk of the new AI features are focused on elevating your photo-taking and editing experience. The new Camera Coach feature aims to take the guesswork out of taking a photo, using Gemini's multimodal capabilities to help you snap the perfect shot by suggesting angles, lighting, and camera modes. Beyond step-by-step instructions, Gemini will even generate a sample image of what you should aim for in the final product. For example, in a demo, the user was trying to take a photo of a plant leaf but had the angle off-center. Gemini generated the image of the leaf positioned correctly, so then all the demoer had to do was match the visual by adjusting his position. Also: PixelSnap is the MagSafe for Android phones we've been waiting for - here's our first look One of the features I was most impressed by was Camera Coach's ability to recognize what was being shown in the display, down to the specific location. For example, in the image above, the Camera Coach asked the demoer what they wanted to be shown in the photo by identifying that it was a waterfront view, and that it was Chelsea Piers in New York, alongside the Hudson River. Producing a good photo is equal parts capturing the right shot and post-production editing to optimize it. However, photo editing can often be tricky (especially if you're inexperienced), as there are so many little tools often used in combination. This new feature allows you to describe the change you want using natural language and have the AI make the changes instantaneously. Also: I tried Pixel Watch 4 - and these are my 7 favorite upgrades in Google's new watch For example, the image at the top of the article was very nicely framed, but it had a distracting glare. Instead of having to find the right tools, you can just say that you'd like to remove the glare, and in a couple of seconds, it's done. Other, more general applications include asking it to "make it better" resulted in actions like straightening it out and improving the lighting. While the Add Me and Auto Best Take features are not new, Google upgraded them to make them even more helpful. The Add Me feature, which lets people add the photographer to the photo, now works with photos with an even bigger group of people. Meanwhile, Auto Best Take automatically finds the best picture in which everyone looks great, where previously you would have had to manually select which ones you wanted to combine. Google's AI Pro Plan costs $20 per month and packages all of Google's best AI offerings. These include the best models in Gemini and standalone tools, including expanded access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, NotebookLM, Deep Research, Veo 3, and Jules.

All the new AI features coming to the Pixel 10 phones

Software has always been an integral part of the Pixel experience, and that's not changing with the new Pixel 10 family. At its Made by Google event today in New York, Google detailed a suite of new machine learning and AI features that will debut with the Pixel 10 series before making their way to earlier models. The first new tool most people are likely to encounter is Magic Cue. As you're texting your friends, Gemini Nano, Google's private on-device model, will populate the conversation with contextual suggestions. For example, if a friend asks about a dinner reservation you two made last week, the Pixel 10 will display a shortcut you can tap to send them a Google Maps listing. Magic Cue depends on there being a digital paper trail to work. You can long press the shortcuts it generates to see where Gemini sourced the information it's relaying to you. In the case of the example above, it may have come from your personal Gmail. The feature has extensions throughout Android. For instance, if a family member texts you about a flight you two are about to take, Magic Cue will not only provide the number of the airline, it will also display information about your flight on screen for easy reference. On the Discover page, which you can access on nearly every Android device by swiping to the leftmost page of your phone's home screen, there's a new shortcut to a feature called the Daily Hub. Like Samsung's Now Brief, it's a page with an AI-generated summary of the upcoming day. At the top, you'll see a greeting, with a weather forecast and and any upcoming events on your calendar. Below that, there will be a list of reminders pulled from Gmail, Keep and other Google apps. If you keep scrolling, you'll also find recommended articles and videos from YouTube. For those who also want to reflect at the end of their day, there's a new Journal app too. It has AI features built throughout. For instance, as you're writing an entry, it will automatically suggest images to include from your photo library. Additionally, the app will attempt to automatically categorize your entries based on topics you've designated. Google has used emoji for this part of the interface, which make it easy to see at a glance what you wrote about from the app's monthly view. Over in Photos, Google has introduced a feature called Conversational Editing. It allows you to tweak an image by describing to your phone how you want it modified. For example, say you took a selfie of yourself in a busy tourist location. You can tell Photos -- using your voice, your phone's on-screen keyboard or a suggested prompt -- to edit all the strangers out of the scene. After a few moments, the on-device model will produce a new image, with the original displayed alongside it so you can compare the two. It's possible to build multiple edits on top of one another, and if you don't like the latest edit, you can go back. In the camera app, there are a handful of new AI features. First, there's Camera Coach, which will examine the shot you're about to snap. It will read the scene and make suggestions on the angle and lighting to use, as well what capture mode is best for the situation. Another new AI feature, dubbed Auto Best Take, finds and combines similar photos so that everyone in a group shot looks their best. Lastly, Google updated last year's Add Me feature to make it easier to include the photographer in even larger groups.

Google Pixel 10 could revolutionize AI on phones with these 3 rumored features

We're only hours away from the next Made by Google event, where we'll presumably get our first real glimpse at the rumored Pixel 10 devices. As with any major phone launch, I'm stoked for all the hardware upgrades that usually accompanies a new release -- but I'm most excited about the software rumored for the Pixels. Android 16 offers some new features, but I've got my eyes locked in on AI capabilities that could be exclusive to the Pixel 10. For the last couple of years now, I've argued how Google has the best phones around when it comes to AI because of how practical and intuitive they are, like how the Pixel's version of Call Screen is vastly superior to the iOS 26 version. There's been a lot of rumors and leaks circling around these Pixel 10 AI features, so I'll break them down and tell you what I'm most excited to see come to fruition. For the latest on the Pixels and other Google product announcements, follow along with our Made by Google live blog. Just a couple weeks back, I reported on a story about a Google Photos feature uncovered in code that would allow users to describe what photo edits they want on a photo. It's called "Help Me Edit" and works similarly to the Reimagine feature that Google debuted with the Pixel 9 series last year. That feature used generative AI to do such things like change the background of your photos. Help Me Edit goes much deeper by offering more precise edits by simply typing in what you want. One example in the report described how you could change the color of a car, which would normally take a few steps to complete; now it could be done in a few seconds with this AI feature. While the report hints at this being a Google Photos feature, I wouldn't be surprised if Google waits until its event to formally introduce Help Me Edit. I'm not surprised that Google intends to focus a lot of its AI efforts around the camera, but it makes perfect sense since it's what a lot of people look for in a phone. Another exciting Pixel 10 AI feature that's reportedly coming is called Camera Coach, which could transform any novice photographer to a pro. This AI feature is reportedly coming to the Pixel 10 and would provide guided instructions on how best to capture a scene. What I'm intrigued about is that this Gemini-powered feature supposedly works in real time, but the report doesn't explicitly say if this would be audio instructions or other in-app guidance. Think of it like having a professional photographer there with you looking at the scene, then providing you advice on how to adjust the frame or lighting to get the best result. I've always dreamed of my phone being my personal assistant. AI has transformed how they behave, but it's lacking one thing -- the ability to take action. Pixel Sense could finally be the AI feature that does this, which would use AI to learn what you do on your phone and make predictive suggestions. This rumored AI feature has drawn comparisons to Samsung's Personal Data Engine that was introduced with the Galaxy S25 earlier this year. Google's version is tipped to be much more proactive, in the sense that it would evolve the more you use the phone. Based on the report, Pixel Sense would use data gathered from native apps, like Gmail and Calendar, but what could make it more powerful is expanding to third party apps.

Google Pixel 10 is stuffed with AI features -- here are the 7 we're most excited for

Google has had a lot to say about the Pixel 10 at Made by Google, but without a doubt its major focus is, once again, AI features. Google is upgrading and introducing several with the new generation of its phones, which work whether you have a Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro or Pixel 10 Pro XL, or the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. But we've picked a lucky seven that we like the sound of the best. You can read our hands-on impressions of these phones in the links above, but if you're more focused on what intelligent features unite all of the Pixel 10s, here are the top features you'll want to pay attention to. Google wants Magic Cue to be your phone's live-in butler -- always there with what you need, and out of the way the rest of the time. This manifests as a new Daily Hub briefing screen, and as suggestions and details from bookings, messages, screenshots and more when Magic Cue detects you're referring to one. It looks an awful lot like autocomplete, but with extra Gemini-powered smarts. You can control which apps Magic Cue can draw data from, or turn it off entirely if you wish, if you decide you'd rather take matters into your own hands. Using your camera in Gemini Live lets you share live images with the Google chatbot so you can show exactly what you're referring to. And Gemini can do the same, using a new highlighting tool to draw your attention to a specific object. The example Google shows is trying to find the right pair of sunglasses from a selection on a shelf, with Gemini Live putting a box around the one the user's looking for. This looks like a wonderful tool for people who tend to lose things they know they put right in front of them, but we look forward to finding out what else this tool can do. This one may be more uncanny than fun to use, but it's still quite a technical achievement. When talking to someone speaking a foreign language, Voice Translate uses on-device AI to translate your speech and then play the translation in an approximation of your voice. There are only 11 languages supported currently, and English has to be one of them. This will increase over time, as will hopefully people's tolerance for strange robotic versions of people's voices. With the help of Gemini, the Pixel 10 will nudge you towards more artistic shots. That includes improving the composition of something you're already trying to frame-up, or the suggestion of a brand-new angle if you'd rather use the Inspire Me feature. This is only a preview feature at the time of launch, so it could change by the time you get your hands on it. But it's something we can't wait to try out. Once you have your photo, you can make generative edits. But if you'd rather leave the hard work to Gemini, you can give it text prompts to make the changes for you. This sounds great for inexperienced editors who know what they want to change but don't know what to do. Equally, it can make the kind of wild changes that you associate with AI editing, like turning your pets into deep sea divers or giving yourself a big glittery stetson, with only the power of words. You may remember Best Take from previous Pixels -- this combines multiple frames together so everyone in the shot looks their best. But what's new this year is that it now happens automatically rather than on request. Google says Auto Best Take can combine up to 150 frames to help get the best out of your photography. It also works with either regular JPEG images or RAW files, so if you're trying to take pro-grade shots, you can still benefit from this feature. Like last year, buyers of a Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL or Pixel 10 Pro Fold will get a year's free subscription to Google AI Pro. That's a saving of 240 bucks, and is arguably worth it for the 2TB of cloud storage alone. If you do like AI, then you'll love being able to try Google's more advanced Gemini models to help with your queries. AI Pro also unlocks the Flow video generation tool, the Jules Coding agent and Google app integrations to help you out as you work in Docs, Gmail, Photos and more.

The Pixel 10 just dropped 7 wild new AI tricks, and they'll make your current phone feel dumb - here's why

All the AI features that just got announced with the new Google Pixel 10 The Pixel 10 is here, in a variety of models and designs, complete with a lot of AI innovations that integrate the phone into your life in new and exciting ways. As always, Gemini is the pumping heart behind the wonders of the new Pixel phone, but the new 34% faster Tensor G5 processor means that Gemini models can run on the phone itself, so you get a smoother user experience and some exciting new AI features like Magic Cue and Auto Best Take. Here's our rundown of the big new AI innovations that were announced at today's event. To kick things off, a Google AI Pro subscription is free for a year with any phone you purchase from the Pixel 10 lineup, so you can be sure you're getting the very best AI features right out of the box. If you own a Pixel phone you will already be familiar with Gemini Live, which is Gemini's natural voice conversation mode. It's much easier to chat with Gemini using your voice than to type in prompts, especially on mobile. Inside Live mode you can also share you camera, so Gemini can 'see what you see'. The Pixel 10 improves Gemini Live when sharing your camera by adding Visual Overlays, which provide guidance by highlighting right on screen what Gemini is talking about. There's also a new native audio model for Gemini Live, which can adjust its reactions based on your mood, so it can tell if you are excited or concerned and respond appropriately. Magic Cue uses Gemini to anticipate your needs and proactively suggest things right before you need them. Say, for example, somebody has asked about dinner reservations in an email or message. Magic Cue will already have lined up some possible dinner reservations for you to check out, and even drafted a response. If a friend asks about an Airbnb then Magic Cue will have already started looking for you. You'll find Magic Cue in your Daily Hub, along with reminders. Powered by Gemini, Camera Coach makes it almost impossible to take bad pictures on your new Pixel 10. It can read the scene, offer suggestions, and help you find the best angle for your photo, while also giving you advice on lighting. It will even take a good look at the surroundings and suggest the best mode to take the photo in. But there's more - a new Auto Best Take will find and combine similar photos into one where everybody is looking their best automatically, without you having to do any photo editing yourself. With an improved Add Me feature it's also possible to add the photographer to even bigger groups, so nobody is left out of the photo. The Pixel 10 range has a new on-device AI-powered agent who provides instant technical support if you get stuck. It can help you troubleshoot issues, adjust settings and even hand off to a live support person if required. Inside the Google Phone App a new Voice Translate can translate a call in real-time, in what sounds like your own voice, meaning you can talk in languages you don't even know. Also a new Take a Message feature will provide a transcript of missed or declined calls, then suggest a response or action. Finally, Pixel Journal is a place to record your innermost thoughts, privately and conveniently. Using AI it can help you process your thoughts, track your goals and provide you with insights over time.

Google Gemini upgrades add more autonomous AI to phones and watches

Google's latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you to better photographer or become your personalised health and sleep coach. Shipping on the just-announced Pixel 10 Android phones, the new Magic Cue feature enables the chatbot to comb through your digital life and pull up relevant information on your phone just when you need it. Placing a call to an airline will automatically display your booking information from Gmail in the phone app. Or when a friend texts about brunch on Sunday Gemini will suggest a suitable coffee shop and show your calendar in line with your messages. The feature is part of a series of artificial intelligence upgrades for the newly announced Pixel 10, 10 Pro and 10 Pro Fold phones. Each has the new Tensor G5 chip, which runs Magic Cue and other AI tools locally on a device. Leo Gebbie, a principal analyst at the research firm CCS Insight, said Google was "arguably positioning on-device AI more effectively than any of its rivals" and that the Magic Cue feature was "an early step towards the much-vaunted agentic AI experiences, which have been promised on smartphones for some time". He added: "Google can take advantage of the fact that most Android users will already have heavily populated apps such as Gmail, Calendar and Maps with their personal information, and it is now drawing this data together in a more helpful way than ever before." The Pixel 10 has a 6.3in OLED screen and an upgraded imaging system that includes a 10.8-megapixel 5x telephoto camera for the first time, taking the number of cameras on the back to three, compared with two on previous models. The Pixel 10 Pro comes in two sizes with a 6.3in or 6.8in screen and features three cameras on the back including a 48MP telephoto camera capable of 10x optical zoom. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold becomes one of the first folding phones to feature the full IP68 water and dust resistance common among standard slab phones, as Google attempts to allay durability concerns of the flexible screen. It features a similar camera system to the Pixel 10. The phones also support various AI photography features including the new Camera Coach that uses Google's AI servers to analyse the scene in front of the camera to suggest different framing, angles and lighting to take a better photo. The Pixel 10 starts at £799 (€899/$799/A$1,349) and the Pixel 10 Pro starts at £999 (€1,099/$999/A$1,699) and ships on 28 August. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold costs from £1,749 (€1,899/$1,799/A$2,699) and ships later on 9 October. Google also unveiled the Pixel Watch 4 smartwatch, which brings Gemini to the wrist and can act as personal AI heath coach. Part of the new Fitbit app, Gemini can create personalised fitness and sleep plans, measure the impact of training in real time and answer health and fitness questions chatbot-style. The Pixel Watch 4 is available in two sizes and has a domed screen that is 10% larger than its predecessors. It is the first smartwatch to offer SOS satellite-based emergency services when off the grid, starting with the US. The device is also the first Google smartwatch to be designed for serviceability including battery and screen repairs, finally catching up to Apple and Samsung. It costs from £349 (€499/$349/A$579). Meanwhile, the Pixel Buds 2a are a cheaper version of Google's compact Bluetooth earbuds and cost £129 (€149/$129/A$239). They have a same Tensor A1 chip as the company's top Buds Pro 2 earbuds, and have noise cancelling and integrated Gemini AI assistant. The Buds 2a charging case is also designed with a replaceable battery, although the earbuds themselves are not repairable.

Google brings live translation for phone calls and tons more AI to Pixel 10 series

All the AI features packed in the Pixel 10 series. Credit: Screenshot: Mashable / Google The Google Pixel 10 series is officially out and, to no one's surprise, numerous AI features are packed into the new phones. The event took a very different approach from previous keynotes, by bringing on a whole lot of star power to explain how people can use AI features on their Pixel devices in everyday life. Usefulness was definitely the theme of this year's Made By Google event. Rick Osterloh, senior VP of devices and services, described today's offerings as "personal intelligence," referring to the ways Google's various AI features cater to users' individual lives. Osterloh also mentioned an "agentic universal AI assistant" coming later this year, so stay tuned for news on AI features designed to be more proactive and do tasks on your behalf. With the help of Jimmy Fallon, podcast mogul Alex Cooper, YouTube star Karen Polinesia, and others, Google showed off some sleek demos of the Pixel 10 series' AI features. Here's a roundup of the major features announced today. One of the more exciting live demos was the Google Pixel 10's new Voice Translate feature, which translates conversations in real-time. Fallon and Polinesia held a live conversation where Fallon spoke in English and Polinesia spoke in Spanish, and the Pixel 10 translated the conversation, matching their voices and tones. This is similar to a live translation in the Meet feature Google launched at I/O last spring. However, while that feature required a Google AI Premium subscription, Voice Translate is freely available on Pixel 10 phones thanks to a combination of AI models powered by the Tensor G5 chip. This also means translations are processed on device, keeping your conversations private. Think of Magic Cue as an AI assistant that proactively finds information you might need to look up. It works across apps like Gmail, Calendar, Screenshots, and Messages to suggest relevant information. The live demo showed how a question about where to meet for dinner pulled up information about a preexisting dinner reservation in Fallon's calendar and recommended the message to send. This also worked with flight info and photos. We anticipate that some users might find these "helpful" suggestions a little too invasive, so Google says you can turn Magic Cue off and control what apps it has access to. For those who strive to be more creative, why not outsource all the creativity to your phone? That was definitely the message Google sent when demo-ing new AI features for the Pixel 10 series camera. Ask Gemini for photo editing help: With Cooper's help, Google showed how you can edit photos by typing directions in Gemini, like fix the lighting or the framing and voila, a perfect photo every time. Camera Coach: If you're trying to take the perfect shot, but don't know where to start, Google also introduced something called Camera Coach. You could experiment with different angles, lighting, and frames yourself to develop your own personal photography style, or you could let Camera Coach tell you what to do. With this setting, Camera Coach guides you with different shot options and then gives you step-by-step instructions on how to achieve that shot. This one wasn't announced during the live event, but it's sure to be polarizing. Pixel Journal is a journaling app, like the one Apple introduced a few years ago, but with an AI boost. The app uses "on-device AI to give you writing prompts that help you process your thoughts, and it offers insights into your patterns and progress over time," said the announcement. So if you're struggling to share your thoughts, just ask AI to write them for you. We can imagine how this could be helpful for people trying to get started with journaling, but it also seems a little dystopian to have AI do it on your behalf. Isn't the point of journaling about learning to articulate your feelings? It's unclear exactly how involved Google's AI gets in your journaling practice, so we're definitely keeping an eye on this one. Google has continued to build on call screening features for the Pixel, and now that comes with asking AI to take a message. The feature, aptly named Take a Message, will transcribe any voicemails from missed calls and provide any next steps from the message. If you buy a Pixel 10 Pro, Pro XL, or 10 Pro Fold, Google will give you a full year of its AI subscription, Google AI Pro. Google's lower tier subscription normally costs $20 a month and gets you more premium access to Google's various AI tools. This includes access to more advanced Gemini models, Google's AI filmmaking tool Flow, its podcast-style teaching tool Notebook LM, Gemini Gmail, Docs, other Google apps, and more.

9 ways AI makes Pixel 10 our most helpful phone yet

Our newest Pixel hardware includes AI features to help you make the most of your time. Check out nine new ways AI makes your Pixel even more helpful. All Pixel 10 phones come with Google Tensor G5, our most powerful chip yet that delivers performance boosts while unlocking brand new experiences. Co-designed with the Google DeepMind team, Tensor G5 is the first chip to run our newest Gemini Nano model. And together, the combined power of Tensor G5 and Gemini Nano will make your everyday life easier by running many complex, generative AI experiences on-device.

Here's the Craziest New AI Features in the Pixel 10 Series

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The story of Google's hardware going forward is almost never going to be about how good the actual hardware is. While Google continues to improve designs and materials used and the specs inside of its phones, like the new Pixel 10 series, the company is currently focused on Gemini and AI and what that technology can bring to your life. Google firmly believes that AI is the future and having their phones (like the new Pixel 10 series) showcase that future is where we are headed for the foreseeable future. Pixel 10's best Gemini and AI features: For the Pixel 10, Google is doing quite a bit on this AI front. With the Tensor G5 powering everything, there's a new Gemini Nano model and a free subscription to Google AI Pro (with Pro model purchases) to make sure you can use all of this stuff. So what's new? Here we go. 1. Magic Cue is the headline AI feature from Google at the moment that the Pixel 10 will showcase. Rather than being an AI app that you go to to get things done, Magic Cue connects apps (like Gmail, Calendar, Screenshots, and Messages) to surface information or actions as you need them. This is where Tensor G5 and the new Nano model come in to play by processing ("securely and privately") all of your information in real-time and then deciding what can be done with it without you waiting around. Consider examples of this in action like: You'll know there's a Magic Cue suggestion because it'll pop-up with a little Gemini rainbow glow around it. And if there isn't a Magic Cue solution, you won't see Magic Cue. Of course, you can also turn all of Magic Cue off or curate the experience by picking and choosing what it accesses. 2. Voice Translate is about to take your voice and translate it in real-time (on-device) to another language, while making sure that voice still sounds like you. This is one of those features I cannot wait to try, because I sort of want to hear what I sound like in another language, but also because it sounds insane. So yeah, Google is seriously going to allow your voice to change to another language and keep that voice sounding like you using AI. To start, Voice Translate works when translating to or from English with Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian and Indonesian. 3. Take a Message might replace your old school voicemail setup. Google is introducing Take a Message as a feature that will give you real-time transcripts for calls you've declined or missed and showcase those within the Phone app. As it transcribes, it'll continue to use AI to identify next steps you might take. 4. Gemini Live is about to provide guidance on solutions using your camera. On Pixel 10, when you fire up a Gemini Live session through your camera, it can now not only see everything in front of you, but it'll start to provide visual guidance by highlighting things on screen if you are asking for help. I have no current examples of how this is going to be awesome, but I'm certainly going to find some ways. 5. Daily Hub is the next AI-related feature and you might see people compare it to Samsung's weird Now Briefing thing. Daily Hub will live in your Google Discover feed off to the left of your home screen. If you tap it, you'll see a personalized digest of your day, with a recap on weather, upcoming meetings, notes from Gmail or Messages that you should be aware of that are relevant that day, and some suggestions on music or other items. It's tough to say i this will be good or not, and yes, it will remind you of the old Google Now. 6. All of the AI Camera features. Since the Pixel 10 has a huge focus on camera, there are a bunch of new AI features within the camera. Google is going to help you line-up better shots, edit items for you, and do some wild zoom stuff. 7. Everything else. Those above are probably the top 5 new AI features coming to Pixel 10, but there are more. There's likely more, this is just what Google has announced up to this point. We'll soon have the devices in hand and will share as we can. Anything you see here that might make a Pixel 10 worth upgrading for?

Google unveils Pixel 10 lineup and new AI assistance for its smartphones - SiliconANGLE

Google unveils Pixel 10 lineup and new AI assistance for its smartphones Google LLC today unveiled its new Google Pixel 10 lineup of smartphones, a lighter pair of Pixel Buds, and more proactive artificial intelligence assistant capabilities. Among the lineup revealed at the Made By Google 2025 conference, Google included the Pixel 10, the 10 Pro and Pro XL, and a foldable version called the Pro Fold that now includes dust and water resistance. Alongside them the company revealed the Pixel Watch 4. To power the new phones, the company announced a new generation of its Tensor chips, the Tensor G5. The company said this is the most powerful custom-designed mobile processor yet since the company introduced the Tensor series five years ago. According to Google, the G5 delivers a 60% more powerful tensor processing unit for accelerating AI tasks and 34% Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a manufacturing technology that allows the company to pack more tiny transistors into the chip to make it more powerful and efficient. Google's 10th-generation Pixel phones continue to maintain the same sleek design with rounded corners and a "camera-bar" that we've seen in the previous incarnations. In addition, the company has provided four colors: moonstone, jade, porcelain and obsidian. The Pixel 10 comes with a 6.3-inch Actua display and the 10 Pro has the same size with a Super Actua display; the Pro XL pushes its size up to 6.8 inches. All of the phones provide a 24-hour battery life with the capability of fast charging a portion in about 30 minutes; the standard phone can charge 70% and the Pro about 55% in that time. Pixel 10 Pro phones can also be charged wirelessly using an accessory called Pixelsnap, a magnetic add-on that lets people "snap on" a Qi2 wireless charger. There are also various ways to attach the phone to things using magnetic accessories, using stands, grips, wallets and more. Storage options for the 10 range from 128 to 256 gigabytes, whereas the 10 Pro and XL push all the way up to 1 terabyte. The Pixel 10 Fold Pro is an altogether different device from the ordinary smartphone, providing a slim, sandwich phone that folds to 6.4 inches and opens to an eight-inch internal display, making it the largest foldable phone from Google yet. According to the company, it can handle over 10 years of folding. It is also the first foldable phone from the company to feature IP68 dust and water resistance, meaning it can stand up to greater amounts of abuse than previous models. The phone features a robust battery for a foldable device that can last over 30 hours. When a quick charge is needed, it can reach 50% in just 30 minutes. Additionally, it's compatible with the magnetic Pixelsnap. Today, Google introduced Pixel Watch 4, which redesigned the look while maintaining the soft circular shape, but with a heavily domed display. The company said this is a first-of-its-kind Actua 360-display that's physically curved, allowing a 10% larger effective area and an effectively edgeless appearance. It is also easier to see even in direct sunlight with a 50% brighter 3,000 nit display. It also has a 25% longer battery life than the previous model, supporting 30 hours on the smaller 41-millimeter model and 40 hours on the 45-millimeter model. This can go even longer on battery saver with two or three days, respectively. The new watch provides better sleep tracking, enhanced skin temperature sensing, heartbeat detection, more accurate route tracking and new automatic tracking for workouts. Users can also use gestures to activate Gemini instead of trigger words such as "Hey Google," by pulling the watch up to their mouth to speak. Pixel Buds 2a are the latest addition to the A-series of buds, which are smaller and lighter than Pixel Buds 2. They're designed with a set of different eartips so they can be fit comfortably for different individuals and come in two colors, iris and hazel. The devices are built around the Tensor A1, a chip purpose-built for audio processing that brings active noise cancelling and other audio performance to the buds. Google added that with the chip's efficiency, the earbuds can go for seven hours of listening on a single charge, extending to 20 hours total with a charging case. Paired with a phone, users can say "Hey Google," and get their Gemini assistant on the line. They can also detect more head movements, such as shaking the head to refuse a call or nodding to accept. "Google's wide-ranging hardware refresh further develops its position as a leader in the smartphone and wearables categories, and the company is arguably positioning on-device AI more effectively than any of its rivals," Leo Gebbie, principal analyst at CCS Insight, told SiliconANGLE. "This was Google's most comprehensive and wide-ranging hardware update ever, and speaks to the strength of the Pixel team that it can deliver so many updates at the same time." As with every other Pixel showcase, Google leaned into AI heavily during its demonstration and this time it revealed Magic Cue -- a helpful and proactive AI assistant that lives on smartphones. Magic Cue, powered by Gemini, meets users across their phone and uses information from their various apps to deliver on-time information when they need it. It doesn't just wait for them to ask it to pull data for them; it offers it right when they need it. For example, someone could ask a question in Messages, such as "Where should we go out for dinner?" and it could offer up a potential suggestion they could post back from a list of nearby restaurants. Or someone could ask about an old photo and it could allow them to click a button to find that photo in their images on the phone. In another case, when calling an airline, it could automatically surface flight details from an email and display them during a phone call. Cue is designed to operate in the background and only come to the surface to help users recall information when they need it most. Gebbie praised Cue, saying that it looks extremely useful. "Google can take advantage of the fact that most Android users will already have heavily populated apps like Gmail, Calendar and Maps with their personal information," he said. "The critical question is how third-party apps will be able to leverage Magic Cue." Google stressed that it only runs when opted-in and it also works on-device, privately and securely with apps, never sending any data off the phone.