Google announces event for Oct. 4, where new Pixel phone and smartwatch expected

Google has set Oct. 4 because the date for its annual fall {hardware} occasion, the place the corporate is more likely to introduce the subsequent Pixel telephone and its newest watch.

“You’re invited to an in-person Made by Google event where we’ll introduce the latest additions to our Pixel portfolio of devices,” Google mentioned within the invitation. The press occasion shall be in New York at 10 a.m. ET.

Google is ready to debut the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, which can observe final 12 months’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The firm’s flagship Android telephones run on its in-house Tensor processor. The Pixel Watch 2 can be anticipated, following final 12 months’s Pixel Watch, Google’s first smartwatch.

Pixel telephones have minimal market share, and {hardware} would not drive important income for the corporate. Of the $74.6 billion in income dad or mum firm Alphabet reported within the second quarter, for instance, $58.14 billion got here from Google advertisements. Another $8 billion was generated by Google Cloud.

Still, Google has labored to beef up its {hardware} business in recent times with its Nest audio system and sensible house merchandise, Pixel telephones, a brand new Pixel pill and its watch.