Google held a press conference today in San Francisco, where the company announced everything from new phones to crazy machine learning-powered wearable cameras.
It was a flurry of news. Don’t have time to catch up with all of it? We get it — that’s why we condensed it all down into one quick slideshow just focusing on the highlights.
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Google Home Mini
If you like the idea of the Google Home but don’t like its oh-so-air-freshener-esque design: meet the Google Home Mini.
It’s about the size of a donut, but seems to do pretty much everything its bigger brother does. It’s almost entirely wrapped in fabric, with Home’s indicator LEDs hidden just beneath the surface. It’ll come in coral (orange), chalk (gray) or charcoal (black), and ship for $49 on October 19th.
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Google Home Max
If Home Mini is the “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” version of the original Home, Home Max is the “Honey, I Blew up the Kid” sequel.
It’s Google’s answer to Apple’s HomePod. It can stand horizontally or vertically, with its rubber base snapping onto whatever side it’s needed by way of magnets. You can connect to it via Cast, Bluetooth or a good ol’ aux-in cable.
It’ll ship for $399 starting sometime in December, and will come in chalk (gray) or charcoal (black).
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Broadcast
If you’ve got a bunch of Google Homes around your place, the new “Broadcast” feature lets you make house-wide announcements — things like “OK Google, Broadcast ‘It’s time to leave for school!’ ”
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A bunch of other bits for Google Home:
– Hands-free phone calls through Google Home (currently available in the U.S. and Canada) is coming to the U.K.
– Google Home phone calls can now come from your personal number (once you’ve confirmed your number through the Home app).
– Google Home will launch in Japan with Japanese support later