New devices to make life easier and more stylish in the home and on the go debuted at yesterday’s Made by Google event. The AI-powered Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones took center stage, packed with a Tensor G3 chipset. Event co-stars included the Pixel Watch 2, also with a processor upgrade — in this case, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5. Google’s Pixel Buds Pro got a makeover with two new colors: light blue and porcelain. The Pixel Fold and talk of the upcoming experimental launch of Google Home AI and Google Assistant with Bard were other highlights.

The Pixel Fold is Google’s first foldable. Opening to a 7.6-inch screen and folding to “a familiar smartphone silhouette,” it comes with what Google says is “the best camera on a foldable.” Preorder (for $1,799) and “you’ll get a Google Pixel Watch on us,” the company teases.

As for the flagship phones, the Pixel 8 Pro’s 6.7-inch Super Actua display features what the company says is its brightest phone display yet. “So even in direct sunlight, you’ll love how true-to-life your Ultra HDR images look,” Google writes in a blog post. Starting at $999, the Pro also comes with a 50MP main sensor on the rear camera and offers “50MP photos throughout the zoom range.”

“A 48MP telephoto lens with 5x zoom and a 48MP ultrawide camera” are also included, reports The Verge, noting “it will even have a new Zoom Enhance feature that can retroactively add detail to an image when you pinch to zoom in.” Pro Controls offer control over settings like shutter speed and ISO.

“Although this display isn’t LTPO like the Pixel 8 Pro, it still offers an upgraded 120Hz refresh rate with a peak brightness of 2,000 nits,” The Verge writes of the $699 base price sibling, adding that it “will feature a two-camera setup with an upgraded 50MP main camera and 12MP ultrawide camera” that offers macro focus. Ship date on the Pixel 8s is expected to be October 12.

Both the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 are awash in AI augmentations. Best Take uses “an on-device algorithm” that can mix and match details from various takes, creating “a blended image from a series of photos to get everyone’s best look.,” Google’s blog post explains.

Similarly, Magic Editor “is a new experimental editing experience that uses generative AI to help “reposition and resize subjects or use presets to make the background pop — all with just a few taps.”

CNET describes how video capture takes advantage of Android 14, available with the Pixel 8s. Most of the AI magic takes place “in the cloud rather than on your phone. Because a data center has a lot more processing power to efficiently work with the full-resolution file, which happens when the video syncs from your phone to the heavens.” Google is also bringing its Night Sight low-light image processing to video.