Google Launches Next-Gen Smartphones, Takes Preorders Through Carriers
Google added its spin on the smartphone camera Tuesday, launching the next-generation Pixel 4 with a dual-lens camera, one a telephoto; a night mode that takes photos of stars; Live HDR Plus to get a preview of photos in tricky…
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lighting; and more control over lighting and detail. Some Twitter users were disappointed an ultrawide lens isn’t included. The phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor. Pixel 4 has MotionSense, which anticipates what a user wants to do based on movement and responds accordingly. A Recorder app included with the phone simultaneously transcribes speech in real time without an internet connection and identifies sounds such as music or applause, blogged Brian Rakowski, Google vice president-product management. A car crash detection feature can automatically call 911 if it detects the user was in a car crash. Google began taking preorders through AT&T, C Spire, Cellcom, Google Fi, Spectrum Mobile, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Verizon, Visible and Xfinity Mobile.