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Google sent out invites for its upcoming Made by Google event on October 4, just last week. And now the hype machine is getting into full gear – ahead of the iPhone 15 announcement next week.
Google has now published a video teasing the event, and showing off some products that you’ve probably seen already. It’s titled “The W8 is Almost Over”. The “W8” part is likely a play at the Watch and Pixel 8 being announced here. It’s a pretty quick video, just 15 seconds long, but we do get a glimpse at the Pixel 8, as well as a Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds Pro. All of which are color-matching in the porcelain color that we saw on the Pixel Simulator earlier this week.
New Pixel 8, same Pixel Watch & Buds
From what we can see in this teaser, which there’s not a lot to go by here, but we’ll do what we can. It looks like the Pixel Watch 2 and Pixel Buds Pro are remaining mostly the same. The Pixel Watch 2 will be an upgrade, and we’ve heard that it will also have a new chipset that should greatly improve battery life. However, the Pixel Buds Pro is likely just new colors. We’ve heard rumors that the Pixel Buds Pro would come in new colors to match the Pixel 8 series: Sky Blue and Porcelain.
Now the Pixel 8 Pro. Despite the ending of the video saying “Google Pixel 8”, it’s clearly showing the Pixel 8 Pro. That’s because we can see three cameras on the back. Even though it’s a single cutout, there’s quite clearly three cameras. So maybe Google is dropping the “Pro” name and just doing a Pixel 8 this year? That would make sense since the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7a are so close together in price, but very different phones.
Finally, this video also confirms that pre-orders will start on October 4. It’s in the fine print at the very bottom of the video.
