Just minutes after this year’s Made by Google keynote ended, the Google Store in Singapore refreshed to offer just a portion of all the new gizmos and hardware the tech giant announced earlier today (Oct 16).
With an emphasis on how technology should be able to “fade into the background”, Google’s hardware chief Rick Osterloh also highlighted how the company’s fulfilling its promise with environmentally sustainable practices and carbon-neutral operations. Did you know that a recycled plastic bottle can create enough plastic fabric to cover two Google Home Mini units? Huh, neat.
While that’s honestly great and all, the people wanted hardware news and Google delivered — despite their products getting leaked pretty openly since January. “Leaked” being an understatement.
At toronto airport waiting for flight to NYC. Sees someone pull out #pixel4 , pixelbook, pixelbook slate and pixelbook go during security. This has to be the most “leaked” smartphone of human history.
— Matthew Moniz (@mattmoniz) October 14, 2019
In any case, customers in Singapore didn’t have to wait that long to find out more about the slate of new Google products because they’re already available for pre-order online today, hours before the official launch event here. 
While the keynote went into length about its new Chromebook laptop Pixelbook Go, it looks like folks here will only get to purchase Google’s latest Pixel 4 smartphones, the new and improved Home Mini Nest Mini, and mesh-router-but-also-smart-speaker Nest Wifi. No pre-orders are available for the Nest Wifi though; there’s a waiting list instead.
We won’t get too deep into each of the devices’ specs and capabilities (you really can get all the info you need on the Google Store right now), but here’s a summary of their highlights.
Here, have some promo videos too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gizLT97cKo
Go ahead, play it loud. No, louder. With 2x stronger bass than the original Mini, the new Nest Mini has never sounded so great. #madebygoogle #nestmini pic.twitter.com/jOaHdtNxe0
— Google Nest (@googlenest) October 15, 2019
What’s up with the new Nest Wifi? A lot of things. It’s super strong. And not just in some rooms—in every room. The Wifi point also has a speaker with the Google Assistant so it’s extra helpful. It can also pause your kids’ Wi-Fi. *villain laugh* pic.twitter.com/KWw9MUoFo6
— Google Nest (@googlenest) October 15, 2019
Oh, and the ultra-hyped Google Stadia is launching on Nov 19, but gamers in Singapore will probably not get to experience it in all its cloud gaming glory till sometime next year.
Or maybe there’ll be some surprises in store. Who knows, really — just stay tuned after we’re done with Google’s hardware launch event later today.
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