09:35AM EDT - Hello all, we're live from Google's New York Pixel launch event. We're expecting Google to release the new Pixel 4 which Google hasn't quite been able to keep very secret this year. Alongside the phones, we're also expecting some other new hardware products.

09:35AM EDT - The briefing should start at 10am ET - in around 20 minutes time.

09:43AM EDT - What should we expect from the new Pixel 4? Early reports hint that Google will be introducing a new 90Hz screen to this year's models. Other changes naturally will be related to the camera system which will be upgraded. Will Google update the Pixels with a triple-camera system this year, or will we see the company go in another direction?

09:47AM EDT - The start seems to be delayed a bit - they're saying now it's starting in 20 minutes.

10:01AM EDT - Intro video starting.

10:03AM EDT - "Hearing from the people at Google who design and develop these products"

10:03AM EDT - "Providing a more helpful Google for you"

10:03AM EDT - New Pixel phones, laptops, and home devices

10:06AM EDT - Stadia - Bringing the best experience gaming on any screen.

10:06AM EDT - Stadia launches on November 19th.

10:07AM EDT - Taking a look at the new Pixel 4 motion controls.

10:08AM EDT - New wireless earbuds - video about their design and engineering.

10:08AM EDT - New Google Pixel Buds

10:09AM EDT - Hands-free access to Assistant with the new buds.

10:09AM EDT - Hands-free access to Assistant with the new buds.

10:09AM EDT - Regular "Hey Google" voice assistant interaction.

10:10AM EDT - Long range BT connection up to three rooms away. Entire football field outside range.

10:10AM EDT - "Excellent sound quality"

10:10AM EDT - 5 hours continous playback in a single charge. 24 hours with the wireless charging case.

10:11AM EDT - Flush with your ear without extending outside.

10:12AM EDT - In-ear design for better sound quality - but with a spatial vent to allow ambient sound. Essentially semi-closed design.

10:12AM EDT - In-ear design for better sound quality - but with a spatial vent to allow ambient sound. Essentially semi-closed design.

10:12AM EDT - Available Spring 2020 for $179

10:12AM EDT - Moving on to privacy.

10:13AM EDT - Enabling you more control over your privacy settings.

10:14AM EDT - Google operations have been carbon neutral since 2007. 100% renewable energy matching.

10:14AM EDT - Investing $150M into new renewable energy.

10:15AM EDT - Same amount of renewable energy as consumed by the manufacturing of Google products.

10:16AM EDT - Ivy Ross, Google's design lead, talking about Google's design methodology.

10:16AM EDT - "Design is about solving problems for people"

10:17AM EDT - "Today looking at sustainability in every aspect"

10:18AM EDT - All of the Nest products in 2019 are manufactured with recycled plastics.

10:19AM EDT - Google's offsetting 100% of the carbon footprint of product shipping.

10:19AM EDT - Reducing the amount of hardware need to buy.

10:20AM EDT - "Stadia consolidates devices so all you need a controller and a screen" - Yea but what about the datacenters?

10:21AM EDT - Talking about the design of the Stadia controller and its design iterations.

10:22AM EDT - "It needs to feel right for as many people as possible"

10:22AM EDT - New Pixel Book successor

10:23AM EDT - Bringing the experience to more people at a more affordable price.

10:23AM EDT - "Pixel Book Go"

10:23AM EDT - "Pixel Book Go"

10:24AM EDT - Body made out of magnesium.

10:24AM EDT - The specs flashed for a moment ; it looked like it was Core i3

10:25AM EDT - Moving on to Nest

10:26AM EDT - Talking about privacy commitements.

10:26AM EDT - Requiring partners to pass a security review before they can access your Nest devices.

10:28AM EDT - Introducing the Nest Mini for $49

10:29AM EDT - 1 TOPs dedicated machine learning inferencing chip in the Nest Mini.

10:30AM EDT - "Next Aware" available 2020

10:32AM EDT - Man the format of this presentation is awful - jumping from topic to topic.

10:32AM EDT - Talking about Nest Wifi now.

10:33AM EDT - Updated Mesh routers

10:34AM EDT - New Wifi Point integrates same functionality as the Nest Mini with assistant feature.

10:36AM EDT - Video about the Nest devices design and testing.

10:36AM EDT - Moving onto the Pixel 4

10:37AM EDT - Starting off with Project Soli radar technology.

10:37AM EDT - Started 5 years ago

10:38AM EDT - First smartphone with a radar sensor

10:38AM EDT - "Fastest face unlock in a smartphone"

10:38AM EDT - Motion sense can control the screen on/off based on your movement.

10:39AM EDT - Video about the Soli design process.

10:40AM EDT - Understanding the intention of your movement - trying to account of regular movements.

10:41AM EDT - Privacy is built in from the start. Motion sense can be turned off an on. All processing happens locally on your device.

10:42AM EDT - The new assistant has an on-device language model run locally - this vastly improves the speed and response time.

10:44AM EDT - New audio recorder that's able to live transcribe as it's recording.

10:44AM EDT - Search through your recordings with keyboards.

10:45AM EDT - It's all offline with no external connectivity.

10:45AM EDT - 90Hz display with dynamic switching for best battery life.

10:46AM EDT - Comes in 3 colours, White, Black and Orange.

10:47AM EDT - Starting at $799 for the regular Pixel 4.

10:48AM EDT - Wide & Telephoto - Google missed out on the ultra-wide camera trend this year which I think is going to be a mistake.

10:48AM EDT - Talking about computational photography. Doing less with hardware and more with code.

10:49AM EDT - HDR+ takes up to 9 burst shots.

10:50AM EDT - Talking about the telephoto lens and the zooming capabilities of both optic & super res zoom.

10:51AM EDT - Google thinks telephoto is more important than ultra-wide-angle - I think that's just wrong and Google is on the wrong path here.

10:52AM EDT - LiveHDR+ now showcases approximation of HDR+ in the live viewfinder.

10:52AM EDT - The viewfinder is now WYSIWYG.

10:53AM EDT - New dual-exposure setting feature for highlights and shadows for controlling exposure.

10:54AM EDT - Using ML white balance for all scenarios.

10:54AM EDT - New portrait mode.

10:54AM EDT - Computing depth from dual pixel PD as well as dual camera for better segmentation.

10:55AM EDT - New Night Sight improvements.

10:55AM EDT - Longer exposures and more of them.

10:56AM EDT - Semantic segmentation used for all modes.

10:59AM EDT - Promises of an improved Night Sight in the future with extended dynamic range well ahead of 19 f-stops.

11:00AM EDT - Testmondials from a professional photographer using the Pixel 3 for a year shooting various shots.

11:04AM EDT - Still going on explaining her camera experience and subjects.

11:06AM EDT - "Creating a single consistent experience across your home and on the go"

11:07AM EDT - Wrapping up the event. Thank you all for being here with us.