I've talked a lot about the Google Pixel over the year I love the phone I think
the software is incredible the hardware is awesome but like if we can be honest
with each other the design of the phone itself
I don't think aged all that well that big old Jay Leno chin at the bottom without
any buttons there just doesn't look like a modern smartphone despite it
performing and still being one of the best smartphones out it looks like
though the Pixel 2 is going to get a bit of a makeover I want to talk about that
on this episode of TB News so first a code name because makes it sound more
like a like a James Bond movie than a phone Taimen, some
something like that so if you've also been watching some the reviews on HTC U11
the other flagship feature there is squeezable I'm squeezing my side
squeezable sides that make it do certain actions the squeezable sides are going
to be parts of Pixel 2 probably one of the flagship features you probably saying
to yourself so I guess HTC is also making this new
Pixel and the answer is no LG will allegedly be making the phone but
they're just kind of aping that that's squeezable thing and the squeezy squeezeness
will be integrated allegedly again with Google assistant so you can squeeze
it pull her up and ask your questions and have her make appointments or after what
your favorite restaurant is or find a Gif, Jif
don't yell at me for you and addressing like I said the biggest I think
negative on the Pixel is the design it's going to be LG G6 inspired still have a
2:1 aspect ratio rounded corners edge to edge AMOLED panel so you should
get that I just calling it a infinity display I know that's a samsung term but like
there's very little bezels and it should come in at about a six inch screen so
not a tiny phone so being made by LG it'll have the LG fingerprint sensor
located in the back it should also get an always-on display which is probably my
favorite feature of something like the G6 what we've got with the Galaxy S8 and
S8 Plus it should be coming later this year and we're already middle of July so
not that many months left we should see Android O hit in a few months well so I
would guess probably like August Septemberish around the same timeframe
we see the Note come we should see the Pixel 2 we don't know colors I'm hoping
for a pretty baller blue to make its way down we've seen some
color options red and black so that kind of stuff it looks like a better looking
phone so we know some stuff don't know some stuff we do know is I am damn
excited for the Pixel 2 you guys yelling for talking with my hands all the
time but I'm excited and that's just me and how I talk so Pixel 2 would you buy
one for me it's gonna depend on price that sort of larger phone it's going to
compete squarely against the S8 Plus even the LG's own G6 the Note 8 there's a ton
of competition the new iPhone coming out it's harder and harder to differentiate
yourselves as a smartphone manufacturer but the Pixel looks to be a pretty solid
phone but is it the phone for you does it need one feature to get you to buy it
leave a comments down below and let me know before I jump out this isn't an ad
rating just kind of a company that I'm working with I want to tell you a little
bit about a new hardware and software thing coming out called Babylon I'm
associated with a company it's idea that I've loved the passion about for a
really long time it's coming to fruition so it's on IndieGoGo link to it down
below potentially what they're trying to do is take your voice in your voice
profile so everything about that so your throat pattern so essentially your cheek
flaps - how your lips move they're taking all of that out into a voice
profile of synthesizing it digitally and taking that same profile and adding it
different languages you can hear yourself speak Chinese you could speak
Spanish in your actual voice technology could also be used to take an actor's voice
and they do dubbing for movies in other languages you can still have that actual
actors voice that can make digital assistants like Siri and Google Now
sound more realistic it's awesome it's cutting edge and it really is a
future so check them out down below so next time I'm Jon Rettinger from
TechnoBuffalo hope you guys enjoyed this episode of TB News