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Google announced its first foldable smartphone, a budget phone, and its new tablet during the I/O conference on Wednesday.;Google also plans to bring new generative AI answers to its search engine, as well as
embed more AI in productivity tools like Gmail.
Hardware announcements:
- Google debuted the $1,799 Pixel Fold, which ships next month and is reportedly the thinnest foldable smartphone on the market. The phone has a 180-degree vertical hinge that opens up into a 7.6-inch screen.
- The new budget Pixel smartphone, the $499 Pixel 7A, features an updated camera and a 6.1-inch 1080p OLED display that can run at up to 90Hz.
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The company also revealed the;Google Pixel tablet, priced at $499 and available from June 20. The 11-inch tablet runs on Google's Tensor G2 chips and features a charging dock and front- and rear-facing cameras.
Pixel Fold:
Artificial intelligence:
- On the AI side, Google announced a new Search Generative Experience that displays AI-generated answers and information at the top of search results.
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The opt-in experimental "AI snapshots" are generated by large language models and draw from across the open web. The AI-generated answers will be available to test out in the coming weeks via a Google Labs waitlist.
- Additionally, Google introduced PaLM 2, its latest large language model that powers AI features across 25 different products.
- Google will also launch "Help Me Write," an AI tool in Gmail that can write entire emails, and AI-powered automatic table generation in Sheets and image creation in Slides and Meet.
- The company has rebranded its generative AI tools across its productivity Workspace apps as "Duet AI."
New Google AI search experience:
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