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In between the reveal of recent Pixel telephones and AI options at its occasion as we speak, Google snuck in just a few burns focused at Apple. Some had been refined — others removed from it.
Whereas it’s not unusual for firms like Google to attract comparisons to opponents throughout large occasions like this, Google appeared to sprinkle references to Apple all all through its showcase. Possibly that’s as a result of Google has turn into particularly aggressive within the AI trade, which Apple has solely simply barely begun to dip into.
Listed here are all of the moments of comparability that we caught throughout the occasion.
When introducing Gemini, Sameer Samat, the president of the Android ecosystem at Google, bragged that Gemini is on the market in 45 languages and greater than 200 international locations and territories, highlighting its enlargement to older and non-flagship Android units.
To high all of it off, Samat talked about that “Gemini is on the market around the globe proper now, far past English audio system and a single market.” That ultimate clarification appears to be a direct shot at Apple Intelligence, which isn’t extensively rolled out but and can solely be obtainable to English audio system within the US as soon as it launches this fall.
Google additionally referred to as out Gemini’s means to course of duties, reminiscent of utilizing your resume in Drive to jot down a brief bio, with out offloading it to a 3rd social gathering. “Gemini can deal with these sorts of complicated private queries inside Google’s personal safe cloud with out sending any of your private information to a third-party AI supplier who could not know or belief,” Samat stated.
That appeared like a transparent shot at Apple, which partnered with OpenAI to place ChatGPT into Siri. When Siri isn’t able to answering a query, it would get your permission to ask ChatGPT as an alternative. (In fact, Google’s system nonetheless requires you to belief Google, so it doesn’t totally escape the identical criticism.)
Whereas Apple is thought for fastidiously crafting its reside occasions, Google occasions are usually a bit extra relaxed. You could possibly see that on show when Google’s Dave Citron took the stage to display a few of Gemini’s AI options, boldly asserting: “The entire demos we’re doing as we speak are reside, by the best way.” Google took that threat head-on — and issues didn’t go precisely as deliberate.
After taking an image of a Sabrina Carpenter live performance poster, Citron requested Gemini if it might verify his calendar to see if he’s free when she involves San Francisco this 12 months. Gemini didn’t reply on the primary two tries, however it will definitely issued a response when Citron switched telephones.
The one distinction between the Pixel 9 Professional XL and the brand new, smaller Pixel Professional choice is measurement. “You possibly can select between Pixel 9 Professional and Pixel 9 Professional XL with out compromises,” Brian Rakowski, Google’s vice chairman of product administration, stated. “They’ve the identical unbelievable show, glossy design, premium craftsmanship, processing energy, and the identical Professional Pixel digital camera.”
In the meantime, there are some slight variations between the iPhone 15 Professional and the bigger iPhone 15 Professional Max. The iPhone 15 Professional Max provides as much as a 5x optical Zoom, whereas the common 15 Professional is proscribed to 3x. The bigger variant additionally comes with as much as 29 hours of video playback as an alternative of 23 hours.
When displaying off the Pixel 9 Professional’s digital camera, Google in contrast it on to the iPhone 15 Professional Max. Google’s Kenny Sulaimon stated the corporate “rebuilt” the Pixel 9’s panorama mode, which now helps Night time Sight to enhance the look of low-light photographs.
To display these adjustments, Sulaimon invited the viewers to have a look at a panorama of the Tetons at night time. He then instantly in contrast it to a extra shadowy-looking photograph from “one other smartphone firm” — specifically, Apple.
