New Google Pixel 4 marketing material photos surface

Just when you think there's nothing else to leak about the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, there's still more material coming out. This time around, well-known leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks) shared some marketing materials and fresh renders of the phones. 

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Google Pixel 4’s ‘Raise to talk’ feature for Assistant could come to Canada ‘soon’

With the improvements being brought to Google Assistant, one of the new features Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL users can expect is a “Raise to talk” feature. It’s designed to activate Assistant in a more intuitive, fluid way. Basically, you could just lift the phone and immediately ask Assistant a question or issue a command. As long as the command or question is said directly after raising the device, Assistant will acknowledge it. Otherwise, the virtual assistant will ignore it.

It might raise some concerns about the lack of hotword activation and how it could just take in everything that’s being said. But with the new Google Assistant, speech recognition will be handled entirely on the device. The company shrunk its voice recognition and comprehension model from 100GB to just 0.5GB so that it can run on phones. This also allows you to issue back-to-back commands or questions without almost any latency.

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Pixel 4 Canadian prices leak ahead of launch

The Google Pixel 4 is launching with this new colour on October 15th

We're just days away from the launch of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, and just ahead of that, Evan Blass leaked the Canadian prices of the phones on Twitter. There are two configurations per device: 64GB and 128GB.  

Here is the pricing as follows:

• Pixel 4 64GB: CA$1,049.95
• Pixel 4 128GB: CA$1,199.95
• Pixel 4 XL 64GB: CA$1,199.95
• Pixel 4 XL 128GB: CA$1,359.95

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Google Canada preps for launch of new products, lets you sign up for updates

Just ahead of the launch of new Pixel and Nest Home devices, the Canadian Google Store lets you sign up to receive updates on the latest gadgets. By signing up, you'll be "the first to know about the new Pixel phone and connected home devices." The company is set to launch the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL on October 15th. Rumour has it Google will also unveil a new Google Home Mini as well as a new mesh router system.