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This week’s top stories: Google’s Pixel & Pixel XL smartphones, hands-on w/ Google Home, Daydream VR, Google WiFi & more

In this week’s top stories: Google announces its new Pixel smartphones, and we go hands-on with Google Home, Daydream VR, Google WiFi and more from the company’s press event.

Our coverage of Google’s event where the company announced its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones this week makes up most of our top stories.

We give you the rundown on specs, availability and pricing for the Pixel and Pixel XL phones, as well as the first sample shots from the device’s camera that Google made a point of highlighting is rated as the best ever for a mobile device.

We also go hands-on with Google Home hardware, Daydream VR, and Google WiFi, all of which the company showed off during its event this week alongside new availability details.

And we show you how to get Android apps running on (almost) any Chromebook along with our other top videos this week.

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Avatar for Jordan Kahn Jordan Kahn

Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s weekly Logic Pros series and makes music as one half of Toronto-based Makamachine.


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