Google Pixel 9 event in 20 minutes

[@philipschneider7806]

The funniest part about the bungled Gemini demo is that he's using a Samsung phone

[@jonasgrings5615]

Thats clearly no accident. It's probably faster and presenting the commitment to other android brands.

[@SoruxYT]

​@@jonasgrings5615yup, Samsung and google are actively collaborating so they they've been patting each other's backs in thier events

[@mesiroy1234]

I have using 23 + But as gen z idgf about it It's keep bugging me with let me help you, I

[@weinrauch83]

I also admit that. And this is something I don’t understand) Maybe Pixel 9 family not so fast.

[@kelvinakpe]

Gemini wasn't presented as a Pixel-only assistant... It was intentional

[@pratikmadrecha]

2:55 he was soooo nervous lol! The audience cheered so loud hahaha

[@jharris67]

as a dev, it is refreshing to see this stuff happen to the best of the best!

[@cruz21995]

He sounded like Gabe from the office 😂

[@rpsproductions]

No way you kept in that bungled Live Demo 😂

[@angryox3102]

The Verge is wrong for that 🤣

[@declanwright]

Exactly what I was thinking! It is so uncomfortable to watch.

[@Xiel89]

thanks for keeping it real 😂

[@augustus7786]

Apple watching to make sure they don't make the same mistake during their demo 😂

[@khalidhashmi9772]

Ok this is actually cool they didn't cut it out. Respect

[@Victor-ks3sp]

Haha oh no i felt second hand anxiety during that demo

[@declanwright]

SAME 😭 it was so uncomfortable to watch

[@mesiroy1234]

I bought samsung s23 But it keep bigging with Gemini I assume with pixel it 2ould nightamrk3 to use like normal( apps)

[@VanJR.]

@@mesiroy1234HB no

I think it's because AI is still so unpredictable

[@desirewithinus]

Samsung always buggy

[@sentralent1850]

"Don't worry about checking my calendar since I'm getting fired after this demo"

[@chinwubaamadi]

Buddy using Samsung.

[@fooey88]

🤣

[@whatisiswhatable]

Not his fault honestly

[@Tberry23]

​@@chinwubaamadithe best android phone there is

[@Benveniste1822]

What I find most funny is that he tried to set an alarm which it can't do it lol

[@3starskiwi]

I can see why Apple stopped doing live audience demos.😅😅😂😂

[@PeelingPeely001]

LoL if something went wrong they just edit it out

[@musicbysazid]

Seeing that demo fail and then succeed was low-key satisfying

[@radol]

You just need to carry 5 phones with you so hopeufully one will answer your question. As opposed to touching screen 5 times to check your calendar by hand.

[@fideljoseph5664]

I appreciate google doing live demos, even if it goes wrong it gives me more confidence in the areas that do work because they’re not edited or prerecorded. It shows a real confidence in their product and also shows the realistic user experience.

[@guru14343]

I hate Apple for prerecorded videos.

[@blion3d]

Agree, but the general image from non tech people isn't gonna be the best

[@alexcummings779]

I respect that as well. It tells me that they have confidence in their products and software.

[@AbtinShakouri]

In the time it looked to see if I was busy for the concert, I could have just checked my calendar.

[@GSAproductions]

Gemini is not free so you have to pay too

[@sooperman12]

Now you can buy a $1,000+ device with a parts bin CPU that'll perform AI tasks in twice the time it takes you to do yourself. You think it's a bug. We call it a feature.

[@bluesailormercury]

​@@GSAproductionsGemini is free. Not sure about Gemini Live though, it's coming to Gemini Advanced subscribers (Pixel 9 gets 1 year free) first. Who knows if it will be free at some point

[@innerDialectic]

But you would have to use your brain

[@LostinaMemory]

Respect for The Verge including the awkward AI demo. And respect to Google for trying to do it live!

[@jdnaveen321]

failed live demo is still better than no live demo for sure

[@SamoelFilho]

For sure, way better a edited video as Apple is doing

[@Krethaloshanan]

Agreed.

[@JasneetSingh]

1:39 To summon the demo spirits, he should've said...It worked on my device 😂

[@gregorygeorge8695]

That Made You Look feature is starting to give me confidence that Google actually has an idea about what these devices actually do.

[@adendsa394]

2:10 - 99999 aura

[@Iam_inevitabIe]

😂dude come on, technology is unpredictable, that round of a plause after it worked + 99998 aura

[@RiqMoran]

Embarrassing 😂

[@jefferychen4900]

😮😮😮🤖

[@Citrumoothy]

@@Iam_inevitabIe FINALLY! SOMEONE UNDERRSTANDS AND USES THEIR BRAIN!!

[@nickthaskater]

2:50 that literally took 12-15 seconds. This is why "AI" is stupid. You could have opened your calendar, swiped to the date in question and looked yourself in half that time. As for the "set a reminder" prompt, Assistant has been doing that for a decade.

[@NormTurtle]

its just hardware limitation for now. as chip will make faster for ai . this will milisecond of things

[@gabrielmsilveira]

​​@@NormTurtle So we need even better hardware to do those jobs much more faster, even though we can do it pretty fast by our selfs... Gemini it's just not ready, it can't do even the basics things that google assistant could

[@kylek29]

Lol at the Gemini error, that's been the experience in the Android 15 beta. Nice to see they're demoing it.

[@kalanigrager3709]

@@kylek29 at least they aren't lying.

[@Artagah]

THEY'RE REMOVING FROGGY FROM THE WEATHER APP??? The biggest downgrade of all time 🤮

[@SSukram_]

WHAT IF THE UPDATE IS ONLY FOR THE NEW ONES I AINT EVER UPGRADING

[@John-Smith02]

Incorrect. That's the 2nd biggest downgrade. The biggest downgrade by far is them removing the rear fingerprint sensor.

[@John-Smith02]

​@@SSukram_it's an APK update so it'll probably roll out to the Google weather app automatically. I already installed it a few days ago.

[@Artagah]

@@John-Smith02 lol agreed tbh, and not even for the unlocking, I used it all the time for pulling down the notification shade and I miss it to this day.

[@John-Smith02]

@@Artagah pulling down the notification shade is cool, but the rear fingerprint sensor was SO GOOD. Like probably 95% accurate on average, super fast, and no light(for it to read your fingerprint involved). (Yes, I know, ultrasonic fingerprint sensors exist, I haven't tried them, but I highly doubt they could match the combined speed, accuracy, and just how "normal" it felt to have you unlock it with the rear fingerprint sensor.)

[@Anurag071188]

They should have combined Gemini & Google Assistant in a single app. It's creating confusion.

[@jayg339]

This is kind of why I think Apple is going to continue with the prerecorded Apple events. There’s just a ton that can go wrong in a live setting. That being said, sometimes live events with an audience can lead to really cool unveilings (MacBook Air in an envelope).

[@incyphe]

How busy and important are we that we need our phone to do all this for us? Reading, writing, drawing, and curating are the last bastion of human activities.

[@nicolasmalmsten457]

Agree. People aren't talking enough about this. Just because technology can be used in a certain way doesn't mean we always should.

[@DineshGaikwad]

The more these automations are being shoved with each iteration, the more we do not need it.. most of the population will be creating sub-level content.

[@TylerKupferer]

It's features for features sake, and I doubt half of it will ever work. Remember when assistant was supposed to be able to order Panera for you? Or book movie tickets? Nobody wants these kinds of roll-the-dice features.

[@tribeofcam3762]

Super busy, working and stressing, eating, moving etc.

[@99armaniex]

I liked the failed live demo. It shows that it wasn’t staged, and I’m sure they will fix it because this isn’t the final version, as everyone knows

[@mesupt]

The live Demo is pretty much my experience with Gemini when I try to show someone how it works

[@earthling_parth]

Gotta give it to Google for having live demos. Love it. Reminds us of how smartphone launches used to be.

[@ozzzy3z946]

They show a lot of AI, yet never say which is locked behind the Gemini Advanced paywall. Plus, why would I want to add wildflowers and a hot air balloon to a photo where none exist? Creepy.

[@TristanBailey]

I think it was just the safest demo they could think of. Ai image could add anything it thought of. So he was stressed.

[@rrogersyt]

@ozzzy3z946 I completely agree about adding stuff that wasn't originally in the photo. The only non-creepy reason I can imagine altering a photo this much would be to change the sky to something more appealing. Adding flowers and such with AI just feels like cheap social media content.

[@nickwang5208]

Gemini: I didn’t bother checking your calendar cus you’re definitely free since you’re fired after this

[@TristanBailey]

Surely it’s the software team not the demo guy who failed 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@aceentertainment2172]

That's truly a live demo. That's a typical Gemini behaviour lol 😂

[@please-wake-up-now]

Haha the mix of fails and wins in that demo made it so real 😂. It's cool to see Google taking those risks, feels way more authentic! Also, that Pixel Fold looks super intriguing, can’t wait to see more of it in action! 📱✨

[@JerinThomasSamson]

2:46 he died there

[@wisematheu]

5:56 "is our fastest, and most efficient gyatt"

[@Citrumoothy]

what..

[@wisematheu]

@@Citrumoothy do you not hear that too?

[@PeterArnold1969]

He definitely said, "...is our fastest and most efficient "yet". That's what I heard.

[@musicbysazid]

Gemini Live sounds shockingly HUMAN.

[@Dresling]

I appreciate the honesty here.. demo's goes wrong sometimes and thats okay. 👍

[@judenjilah7996]

Google using Samsung device live shows there's no bad blood between both companies

[@ytashy]

They ain't gonna spoil the Pixel 9

[@pimisi]

Gemini voices sound more human than any other AI's.

[@Tinyfrogonaleaf]

As an iPhone user this is really tempting 👀

[@caribbeanrasta7774]

Ain't iPhone does the same thing

[@somedaywellknow1811]

Iphone ia useless

[@bluesailormercury]

iPhone literally did it first this time, this year at WWDC. Google is catching up with this.

[@kalanigrager3709]

​@@bluesailormercury no live demo or ETA on the AI roll out for iPhone heck we don't even know if iPhone 16 can actually do any of this.

[@admrsh]

Just remember the tensor G4 got beat by iPhone 12s in geekbench

[@krisyoung572]

as someone who's used nothing but pixel since 2017. GEMINI IS NOT READY

[@Drstrange3000]

It doesn't even recognize music that is playing like the standard "Ok Google."

[@alternatereality7713]

I tried Gemini for a day about 6 months ago and then switched back to assistant as Gemini could not even "play latest news". I am more interested in useful functionality than having to keep repeating myself to no avail with Gemini. Going to sleep, wake me in 2027.

[@bluesailormercury]

This. Gemini, please at least call Assistant's functions in the background so you can be a true replacement. Then you can become Live and chatty and everything

[@Baker.Creative]

You’re right! Its the worst chatbot out of the Claude, OpenAI and Co-pilot.

[@rbfndz]

Yeah Gemini is still a virgo

[@michaelwaiwood5629]

Would have been faster to just look it up himself 🤣

[@rrogersyt]

7:57 I just... IDK. How is reading temperature (described as"scrolling a bunch of numbers") so difficult compared to reading a bullet point summary that repeats the UV index twice?

[@callmetito]

Wait what. He is holding and showing a s24 ultra on this pixel 9 keynote. Ooookej 😂

[@klartreumer]

i asked gemini to summarize this video... response was "something went wrong (13)". xD

[@gajjdy]

I watched it in 2x speed so I finished the video even quicker

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

I also send it to the cloud. So I'm 4x faster now

[@leonard8766]

​@MelroyvandenBerg I had Gemini watch it. So I don't have to 😅

[@someonelastname8175]

Live demos never go to plan. It's part of tech!

[@pilot876]

Very bold doing the demo on samsung

[@randompiano]

wow he used a samsung s24 ultra to demonstrate instead of a failed pixel

[@NeophyteCounsel]

That screenshots app seems a lot better than I expected.

[@KianFloppa]

Team Pixel !!! ❤🎉

[@74357175]

Amazing that Gemini Live is already here.

[@syko3298]

No news regarding Android 15? Will it be releasing same day as the phones?

[@LetsTravelThroughTime]

PAUSE. No WiFi for a Google Demo? 😂😂😂

[@Mik92922]

Impressive tbh, I appreciate them leaving in the first two failed demo pieces, very impressive overall

[@lucasnstube]

The made you look feature is really smart

[@lilmario0]

Kinda. They should put the characters closer to the camera lens

[@dj0ai]

1:15 You are fired!

[@lovekills81able]

Why would he be?

[@gregtrumpet1]

Can’t believe the new AI just invented the home chemistry volcano

[@Steven-e7c]

Showing the grandchildren how dangerous dry ice is, is stupid.

[@LOVER_LINK]

its crazy to know that most tech specs going forwards is to have faster ai results

[@CyberSpiritSe7n]

Gemini Live interests me in that it costs money and so we can assume it's not entirely on device. This is in contrast to Apple's new Siri which is entirely on device; albeit, one that is only relegated to their newest devices.

[@user-hk8cn2ln9o]

6:27 "PEaK peRFormAnce"

[@tommiizeng8355]

As a pixel 8 pro user I'm just jealous they added vapor chamber this time... Until TSMC started to manufacture the tensor chip, I have no hope for its performance lol

[@phongnguyentran4164]

But I still have a hope of it because the Exynos 2400 on s24 in my country are really good and almost as power as Snapdragon 8 gen 3

[@randysalinas5388]

Only thing keeping me away from pixel is the awful battery and slow charging.

[@kalanigrager3709]

@@randysalinas5388 in the US that is fast charging and won't destroy your battery charging. Faster than iPhone less risky than Huawei for charging.

[@randysalinas5388]

@@kalanigrager3709 One plus begs to differ but I just can't go back to normal slow charging speeds and smaller batteries.

[@undercoverduck]

That AI "improvement" of the bubblegum photo is so much worse than the original. The original was dynamic and whimsy. The redo lost all character.

[@tersem5151]

Google is only running behind Ai , Not improving soc chip

[@ryanlovesanimalcrossing1887]

Google encouraging straight up lying about “photos” you took

[@TanurjyotiBala066]

3:34 did she swear on the demo?

[@bluesailormercury]

She said "look" but it sounds so much like f**k

[@joemgap]

Yeah! It really sounds f*.

[@sharedplayaccount]

It says look in the captions but she clearly said f*

Still don‘t understand why they don‘t make Google Assistant better :/

[@NadimShaikh-qv7zj]

Because it's on life support.

[@Ezz-k836x]

Because if they do that, they can't shove Gemini down your throat and charge u for it

[@crzycolchris]

Google assistant is leaving?! I'm 33 years old and feel like an old man...

[@lovekills81able]

Probably because Gemini is more better

[@JaronHorst]

"Buy our expensive phone and we'll let you use it for a year! [You then have to pay us $240/yr after that to keep using it -- otherwise, it's just another mid-range phone]"

[@MrQuay03]

Or wait 1 year and buy for $400

[@Citrumoothy]

For what?? Use gemini advanced for a year? Thats a deal!

[@manced13]

If 999$ appears right now i would buy Pixel pro without any hesitation. But right now it is a lot of money for me :(

[@Citrumoothy]

It will go on sale. I know that. Lets hope it does in the coming months

[@ponderingspirit]

*Keep froggy!*

[@max8hine]

You know when they say it’s the live demo and they mean it’s the live demo

[@leonardgrant6876]

Anxiety during that demo is understandable but we have to take to the consideration that Steve Jobs had replacement iPhones on the desk during presentation in 2008 because he was not sure if it will not break during presentation.

[@Realdavidart]

Google really raised the bar on Apple. If I was not so heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem or there was better interoperability between platforms, I would be really tempted to switch to several of their devices.

[@ChrisMitzlaff]

As long as they let me opt out of this AI madness, I will continue to use a pixel phone. If they would be more clear on how their models are trained, I might be interested in at least checking it out but I don't trust google, who at heart is an advertising company, to not share my data.

[@bluesailormercury]

Stability AI, makers of open source Stable Diffusion, were open about how their models were trained. Result? Moral panic. Lawsuits. Lesson learned: don't be transparent. Everything is hush hush now.

[@oskarkamil8208]

they removed the frog? Ok i'm done, switching to apple

[@Will-cd1zn]

Gemini's cyber truck moment lol. That's what i was thinking when i watched this live

[@Citrumoothy]

Mistakes happen especialy when its live. If its not for example apples event they can easy redo it to fix the problem

[@joerellm]

I need AI to magically remove the temperature sensor and replace it with something more useful

[@zijunryanmeng3921]

Feel bad for the guy doing the demo haha, he handled it well though.

[@teriod100]

During the demo, That one laughing was an Apple or Samsung spy 😂

[@o0260o]

When was the last time you were wow'd by a phone? I think its like 2010 for me.

[@AllConcord]

Did you wowed after 14 years?

[@richired7]

Sidekick LX, samsung Droid from verizon, iphone 6 plus, and fold 4 were my wow moments

[@topg2820]

note 9 was the last big phone

[@vinstinct]

Probably like ten years. I used to go from checking Android news and listening to podcasts daily to forgetting about Google io and pixel to events all together.

[@bluesailormercury]

I'm a Pixel user but I was wowed with Apple Intelligence at WWDC this year. All this is catching up. I'm glad Google is on it now

[@sathyamanikanta2784]

2:45. This is where i am doubtful about Google dominating the mobile market.....it will never happen😢 because they care about Samsung and Apple more ..😮So they use samsung n iphone for their demo....and in their social media handles 🙏🙏🙏🙏 GOOGLE .....wake up its pixel 9 and u still not have captured enough market....or least you should have captured more than you deserved by now..... disappointing 😔... Hope one day I work for the Google company mobile head or smartphone head in the pixel team and I would make sure that pixel will dominate the world in the smartphone market just like how they have dominating in the search

[@davidwatson8142]

Google believes that the AI should generate the most advertisement money in history.

[@Doctorpromax]

Will the camera features come to pixel 8a?

[@JohnWindberg]

oh, and the fingerprint scanner on the back of the phone was even faster

[@erikkpritchard]

Haha true. Buy why use an excellent technology when you can spend more on an inferior newer technology?

[@alleluiaizimpamvu9971]

He was execusing for coming magic bug of live demo😀

[@DrewFPV]

Cool, another subscription, we all need it!

[@whiskeyleafa]

oh no did they kill off the weather frog?!?!

[@juliancoleman801]

16gb of RAM is crazy 😵

[@MrQuay03]

12GB usable, 4GB reserved for AI model.

[@davm2456]

The verge being the verge for a change 🍎

[@jkkchow74]

Need a new weather app that can change the weather. That will be useful.

[@leonard8766]

Suggestions in the diary to local weather!

[@humanprojector]

Not me typing this on a Pixel 4a judging the 9 series

[@arjunnkrishna]

this way wayyyy impressive than an apple event. the first pre recorded apple event was soo sick. with all the insane cinematography and transitions. but it have got soo boring recently.

[@ssrlee]

Gemini Live DEMO used samsung S24 in Google pixel 9 event?!!!

[@vito_b0]

that's what I thought 😂 they used Galaxy s24 ultra for that

[@GabrieleLazzati]

I was wondering if Verge is using any AI tool to summarize these type of events?

[@TheManinblack1011]

That Demo is exactly how Gemini works now 😂

[@Yjn75]

Live but rehearsed demo, yes.

[@clinton7846]

Hey, Gemini. How many times was "Gemini" mentioned in this video?

[@wxracer23]

3:00 when you’re talking to an attractive person and you ask them on a date lol

[@AdamHaas]

I can't wait to not user my phone this way. Like what... turn off your brain and have your phone do it - but slow.

[@arbetkwashi]

that loud audience cheer kinda scared me lol

[@Abdulla77]

I seriously love live demos.. And where are the upcoming Pixel 10 and future Pixel devices announcements? It’s usual for Google to announce new future devices at a launch event :/

[@funematics3050]

Gemini is a bit slow tho, checking the document is much faster but Gemini live looks kl

[@winmac2565]

Honestly these events are better than Apple's events. I miss live shows where everything wasn't edited.

[@azamatzxy4189]

Finally Pro phone in an adequate size🎉

[@slavodzuricko]

First three seconds: Good morning from Apple Park! *feeling*

[@pavelpetrashov2975]

Already added to my cart and then watched this video. I have pixel 7 pro and didn't upgrade to 8 because of AI. Now it is even worse - I just want to make good photos without not existing things. I know AI has been processing photos on my pixel 7 but the are limits, i want to have more natural less AI photos

[@bluesailormercury]

It will only get worse, not better. From your point of view. But at least most of the time you have to actively enable those features.

[@pavelpetrashov2975]

@@bluesailormercury I am going to watch more reviews and maybe not pre-order, I will try it on an offline store and buy if there is a choice, at least in camera, how much AI is used. I believe it will be optional and I will be able to turn it off when I need it. Otherwise, it is probably an iPhone time because my pixel 7 pro freezes every month

[@Citrumoothy]

@@bluesailormercury How will it get worse. I feel like the pixel 9 will be amazing

[@bluesailormercury]

@@Citrumoothy I mean it will get "worse" from the point of view of having AI integrated in it. Pixel 10 will have more AI, for example.

[@kenhoey6034]

I'll have the phone for 10 minutes and there'll be scratches on the back

[@Citrumoothy]

?

[@mussampera8288]

This is big revolution for this generation

[@BadGaming-pro]

Those prices are insane. $800 for the base pixel 9 is a joke, and hoping for discounts down the road isn't a justification at all.

[@ojodavid7267]

Can you mention a better phone with a better price? 😊

[@therealzeon]

iPhone ​@@ojodavid7267

[@Citrumoothy]

How about the iPhone 15? (base model) that's also 800 dollars.

[@iAfroTech]

It’s business. We buy iPhone and Galaxy. Google don’t force you to buy a Pixel

[@Citrumoothy]

@@iAfroTech Not really forcing. Its only the hardware