Posts Tagged ‘Google’
Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
Google has begun providing Pixel users with functionality improvements through what they call Pixel feature drops. The first one has just arrived.
These features are already rolling out and will hit all Pixel phones (Pixel 2, 3, 3a, 4) in the coming weeks. To get them, you have to update to the latest version of Android and go to the PlayStore to start downloading the updated apps.
The Pixel feature drop is in addition to automatic updates that Google currently already provide for fixes and minor improvements.
This first feature drop includes a new way to capture portraits, easier Duo calls and automatic call screening (for those in the US).
So for Singaporeans, what’s new with the new Google Assistant in English?
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Tags:Android, assistant, Google, Pixel, upgrades
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
After much anticipation, Google Pixel 4 has arrived in Singapore, together with other #MadeByGoogle hardware, such as the upgraded Nest Mini speaker and Nest Wifi system. Singapore won’t be getting the Pixelbook Go or the Pixel Buds though. Prices and availability below.
Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Nest Mini and Nest Wifi launched in Singapore.
Following the Made by Google event in New York City, Google today announced the launch of its Google Pixel 4 flagship smartphone in Singapore.
From 24 October, Singaporeans will be able to purchase their new devices through official carrier partner, StarHub, retailers COURTS and Challenger as well as the Google Store. Pre-orders begin today.
This Google staff, Nim, kindly did the unboxing of the Pixel 4 XL for me.
The phone will be available in three colours – Just Black, Clearly White and the limited edition Oh So Orange – and in two sizes.
The 64GB variant of the 5.7-inch Pixel 4 and 6.3-inch Pixel 4 XL will be priced at S$1,119 and S$1,319 respectively, while the 128GB models will retail for S$1,269 and S$1,469 respectively.
Google Nest Mini and Google Nest Wifi in Singapore.
Apart from the Pixel 4, two additional devices will soon be available in Singapore as well.
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Tags:gadgets, Google, Google Nest, launch, MadeByGoogle, Pixel, Pixel 4, Singapore
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Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
For the first time, all 114 hawker centres in Singapore will be documented on Google Maps’ Street View by early 2020.
The Google Street View Trekker weighs 18kg and contains seven high-resolution cameras to create an immersive 360-degree panoramic view. A full charge of the trekker battery lasts for 6-8hrs.
The initiative is a collaboration between Google and the organisations that are co-driving the nomination to inscribe Hawker Culture in Singapore on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The Street View Trekker with representatives from Google, NHB, NEA and FMAS, at Chinatown Market.
These organisations include the National Heritage Board (NHB), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Federation Of Merchants’ Associations, Singapore (FMAS).
The aim is to document Singapore’s beloved hawker centres on Google Maps to make them discoverable to anyone curious about our hawker centres or looking for their favourite hawker stalls.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:FMAS, Google, hawkers, maps, NEA, NHB, Singapore, Street View, trekker
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Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
The Google Nest Hub has hit the shelves of Singapore today and is available in Charcoal and Chalk – through M1, COURTS and Challenger and Google Store at S$189.
Launch of Google Nest Hub at Google’s office in Singapore.
The Google Nest Hub is essentially the Google Home speaker – with a screen
Launch Promotion
Customers purchasing a Google Nest Hub from Challenger, COURTS, and M1 will also get a free Google Assistant compatible Mi Home Security Camera 360° 1080P by Xiaomi.
The promotion will be also coming to the Google Store in July.
So in addition to interacting with it purely through voice, you can now view information on the screen and interact with whatever is on the display with the usual touch-screen actions.
And the screen enables the Google Nest Hub to function as a photo frame showing photos from your Google Photos account, and serve as a table-top clock displaying the time, and setting off alarms to wake you up in the morning.
But most significant is the ability for the Google Nest Hub to function as the hub (yes, there’s a reason why it’s called by that name) of your smart home – displaying the status of the compatible smart devices within your home, and enabling you to interact and control those devices through voice or touch.
The Google Nest Hub in the kitchen, offering hands-free assistance to the residential chef.
More details below about Google Nest Hub from the press release.
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Tags:assistant, Google, Home, Nest, smart homes, tablets
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Saturday, April 6th, 2019
Singapore’s first social Augmented Reality (AR) Experience is free and kicks off today. The free exhibition at the ArtScience Museum will be open daily from 10am to 7pm for two months until 2 June, 2019.
“Rewild Our Planet” was developed using footage from Our Planet, a new Netflix Original Documentary Series, leveraging Google’s ARCore technology.
REWILD Our Planet is a collaboration by WWF, Google, Netflix, ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands and PHORIA, highlighting the urgency of restoring nature.
Explore the forests of Borneo or dive deep into the coastal seas of Southeast Asia with “REWILD Our Planet”.
The experience connects people to nature and one another through immersive storytelling that blends cutting edge persistent AR technology with stunning content from Our Planet, a new Netflix original documentary series.
It combines spectacular IMAX style projections with spatial soundscapes and AR to transport visitors to the last wilderness landscapes on Earth – from vast Arctic ice caps to the remote jungles of Borneo and coastal seas of Southeast Asia.
At REWILD Our Planet, visitors can interact with the environment and each other to understand how collective action is desperately needed to restore balance and protect the Earth’s vibrant and diverse natural habitats.
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Tags:AR, ArtScience, augmented reality, events, exhibitions, Google, Netflix, Phoria, Singapore, WWF
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
It’s 2019. Happy New Year!
Sunrise over the Ella Gap in Sri Lanka. Photo taken with Google Pixel 3 XL Android phone, with auto-added saturation in Google Photos.
A new day… A new year … A new beginning.
Best Wishes for the New Year.
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Tags:Ella, Google, holidays, New Year, photography, photos, Pixel, Pixel 3 XL Travel, potd, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka 2018, vacation
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Google Pixel 3 (S$1,249) and Pixel 3 XL (S$1,399) Android smartphones will be available from 1 November through the Google Store online, as well as local telcos Singtel and StarHub. Pixel Stand is priced at S$119.
Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL launched in Singapore.
Google promises a “more helpful, thoughtful and enjoyable experience” on the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
The Pixel comes in two sizes, the 5.5” Pixel 3 and the 6.3” Pixel 3 XL.
Martin Geh, Managing Director, APAC Hardware Partnerships, Google, at the launch of the Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL in Singapore.
Both phones will come in three colours – Just Black, Clearly White and a new colour, Not Pink.
Both have the exact same feature set and comes with a USB-C Digital to 3.5 mm headphone adapter and Pixel USB-C earbuds in the box.
More details below from the press release.
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Tags:Android, Google, launch, Pixel, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, prices, Singapore, smartphones
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
The new Google Pixel 2 XL phablet in the tech4xmas 2017 gift list not just because it’s the latest, but mostly because it’s up there among the best, and whoever you’re giving this to as a X’mas present is going to be absolutely delighted. Available in Singapore from 15 November, 2017.
My take:
“The Google Pixel 2 XL has one of the best cameras I’ve tried among the flagship models of other smartphone makers and it does it with a single lens!”
Made by Google, the Pixel 2 XL ships with Google organic apps installed and most significantly, the phone will be the first in the market to receive Android updates from Google.
Having tried out the phablet, it truly has a superb camera.
The rear camera has a 12.2-megapixels sensor with f/1.8 lens while the front camera has 8 megapixels and a f/2.4 lens. Measuring 6.2 x 3 inches, the phablet comes in just black or black & white.
In fact, it has the highest DxOMark of 98 for its camera performance – higher than all other smartphone cameras today – and it does it with a single lens!
Photos turned out crisp and clear even in low light.
The aluminum unibody of the Google Pixel 2 XL makes it water/dust resistant IP67 standards. That means the Pixel 2 XL – like the Apple iPhone X, iPhone 8 & 8 plus – can withstand immersion in water up to one meter for 30 minutes.
It offers the popular Portrait Mode, boasting background blur if you keep the background relatively far behind the subject you’re shooting.
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Tags:gifts, Google, new arrivals, phablets, Pixel, reviews, smartphones, tech4xmas, tech4xmas2017, tech4xmas2017 reviews
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2017
Google has launched its home Wi-Fi system in Singapore – the first in Southeast Asia and the 8th country in the world to begin shipping the mesh router. Prices below.
Customers will be able to get a three-pack Google Wifi at $0 upfront cost when they sign up or renew selected StarHub Broadband or Hubbing all-in-one plans.
Google Wifi will be available in Singapore from 31 August, 2017 – exclusive to StarHub customers.
By setting up two or more Google Wifi routers around the home, a mesh Wi-Fi network is set up in the home that extends the range of a traditional router and provides coverage to dead Wi-Fi zones plaguing most home Wi-Fi networks.
Alex King, Google Wifi Product Manager explaining features of the app. Google Wifi was launched at the offices of Google Asia Pacific in Singapore.
This is especially useful for larger apartments or homes with physical layouts that are introduce Wi-Fi dead zones.
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Tags:Google, Google Wifi, launch, Mesh, networks, routers, Singapore, Wi-Fi
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Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Google is making classic games like Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe available for play directly from Google Search.
Take a break from Pokemon Go, simply type “solitaire” or “tic-tac-toe” into Google Search to play these classic games instantly online.
Other games available include Pac-man, Flip-a-coin and Roll-a-die.
More games will be released as Easter Eggs for netizens to discover.
Is Google making playing cards too? No, this pack of cards are just a teaser to classic games that are now available on Google Search.
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Tags:games, gaming, Google, GoogleSolitaire, Pacman, Pokemon Go, Search, Solitaire, Tic-Tac-Toe
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