All the Most Important Announcements From This Year’s Made by Google Event
Like other major tech events, Made by Google is meant to be an opportunity for Google to show off its latest devices to the public. But Made by Google 2025 wasn’t that at its core. Instead, the event focused more on its celebrity guests (host Jimmy Fallon, Alex Cooper, Steph Curry, the Jonas Brothers, and more) than on the devices themselves and their features.
Still, the company officially announced a number of new devices and showed off some new features. But most of the official announcements were published in press releases on Google’s The Keyword blog. Among the most important announcements you missed, beyond the event itself and the blog posts:
Pixel 10
Google’s flagship smartphone lineup is officially here . You can choose between the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL. You’ll notice that each one has an updated camera array, especially the Pixel 10.
The Pixel 10 base model comes in four colors: Obsidian, Frost, Indigo, and Lemongrass. It has a 6.3-inch Actua display with 3,000 nits of brightness and “improved” audio. The camera has also been improved: this is the first Pixel in the base model with three cameras. Specifically, a 5x telephoto lens, which Google says offers 10x optical quality and 20x zoom with Super Res Zoom.
The Pro, in turn, is equipped with a Super Actua display, available in two sizes: 6.3 inches (Pixel 10 Pro) or 6.8 inches (Pixel 10 Pro XL). Each of them is presented in four colors: Obsidian, Porcelain, Moonstone, and Jade. These smartphones are equipped with Pro Res Zoom technology, which allows you to enlarge the image up to 100 times using artificial intelligence technologies. Google says that the Pro versions are equipped with “the largest batteries, improved speakers, 16GB of RAM, and faster wired charging.” The Pixel 10 Pro XL also supports Qi2.2 wireless charging with a power of 25 W.
The Pixel 10 devices are powered by the Tensor G5 chip, Google’s latest system-on-a-chip (SoC). Google says the chip’s TPU (AI content processing unit) is up to 60% faster than the Pixel 9’s, enabling AI to power a variety of device features, including Magic Cue, Voice Translate, Call Notes with Actions, and Personal Journal. The chip also powers AI camera features like Add Me, Auto Best Take, and Pro Res Zoom, and gives all Pixel 10 devices up to 30 hours of battery life.
All Pixel 10 devices will be the first Pixel phones to support Google’s Material 3 Expressive design language and come with Pixelsnap , a MagSafe competitor. Google says the Pixel 10 line will receive Pixel Drops, OS, and security updates for seven years.
Pixel Pro 10 Fold
The Pixel Pro 10 Fold is Google’s latest foldable model, and it comes with one of the Pixel 10’s key selling points: the Tensor G5 chip.
But the foldable phone beats the Pixel 9 Pro Fold in a few ways: It has an IP68 rating, making it fairly resistant to dust and water. That should keep dirt out of the hinges and extend the life of the device. The displays are also more durable: Google says the device can withstand 10 years of folding. The inner display is the largest of any foldable phone, according to Google, at a whopping 8 inches. The outer display is larger than the Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s, at 6.4 inches. Both displays reach 3,000 nits of brightness.
The battery offers over 30 hours of battery life, and the Fold charges up to 50% in 30 minutes. It also supports Qi2 wireless charging, including Pixelsnap. The Fold also has a 48-megapixel camera, part of a triple camera setup.
Pixel Watch 4
The Pixel Watch 4 is a major upgrade. The watch now features a domed display that offers 10% more active area than the Pixel Watch 3. The display is also 50% brighter than the Pixel Watch 3, hitting 3,000 nits. The Pixel Watch 4 features a Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chip and a “next-generation machine learning coprocessor,” which Google says is 25% faster than the Pixel Watch 3.
Like the Pixel 10, the Pixel Watch 4 is based on Material 3 Expressive and has a more powerful haptic module and a louder speaker. The Watch 4 has a battery life of 30 hours for the 41mm model and 40 hours for the 45mm model. Battery saving mode extends that time by two and three days, respectively. There’s also a new Quick Charge Dock that charges the watch 25% faster than the previous one.
What I think is really cool, though, is that the Pixel Watch 4 is built to be repairable. Both the display and battery are easily repairable, which should extend the life of many Watch 4s.
With the LTE Watch 4, you’ll get access to emergency satellite communications. Google says this is a first for a smartwatch, which makes sense given the expansion of satellite capabilities on smartphones .
The watch also offers a host of health and fitness features, including improved sleep tracking, improved skin temperature measurement, more accurate route tracking, real-time cycling stats, workout modes like pickleball and basketball, and automatic workout tracking that keeps track of your workouts even if you forget to start. Gemini can also give health and fitness tips, which Google calls a “health coach.” I’d be wary of any health advice offered by a robot.
Pixel Buds 2a
The Pixel Buds 2a are the successors to the Pixel Buds A-Series, Google’s “affordable” line of earbuds. They feature a “twist to adjust” feature that lets you twist the earbuds to adjust them to the shape of your ear. The Tensor A1s support the active noise cancellation first introduced in the A-Series, as well as improved sound quality. Google says the Pixel Buds 2a deliver 7 hours of listening time, and more than 20 hours with the charging case.
Gemini Live
Gemini Live is Google’s AI that has access to both the camera and the screen to “see” the surrounding space. The idea is that the AI will understand what’s going on and be able to better answer your questions.
Gemini Live will introduce a number of new features in the near future. Gemini Live will be able to highlight objects on the camera screen and provide answers and results based on what it sees. Gemini Live will also connect to other Google apps, so you can ask it to help you with tasks like Google Calendar and Google Tasks.
Edit photos by asking
Google Photos has a new AI-powered feature that lets you simply ask the app to edit an image. Google demonstrated this at an event with podcaster Alex Cooper, showing a photo Cooper took with Jimmy Fallon. She asked Google Photos to edit the frame and lighting of the shot, and after some editing, the app actually adjusted both elements.
Of course, practical testing will be needed to determine how well this works, but the idea of using natural language commands to quickly edit photos is certainly interesting.
Camera Coach and Auto Best Take
Once you have the Camera Coach app on your Pixel, your camera feed will show you suggestions for different framing techniques. When you select a ride, the app will give you instructions on how to frame your shot. In theory, that’s a great idea, but only if the app actually gives you tips on how to improve your technique.
On the other hand, Auto Best Take will automatically take a group shot when it thinks everyone is looking at the camera. If someone isn’t looking or blinks, Google suggests using the existing Best Take feature to combine the best moments of multiple shots.
Magic cue
Magic Cue is perhaps the closest Google has ever come to agent-based AI. The feature attempts to provide information and perform tasks on your behalf based on the context of your situation. For example, if a friend asks you when your flight lands, Magic Cue can look up your route and provide details. Then you tap Magic Cue, and that information is loaded into the conversation.
AI-powered calling features
By far my favorite moment of the event was Google’s AI-powered voice cloning and translation tool. The company already offers a live translation feature that lets you instantly translate for someone speaking another language. But now the feature also clones the other person’s voice, so you hear them speaking your language.
Additionally, Google is also introducing a Take a Message feature that creates a real-time transcript of messages people leave when you miss or decline a call.