‘Oh So Orange’ Pixel 4 spotted at a Variety event

Google's not really trying to hide it at this point. Reddit users spotted the new Oh So Orange colour variant of the Google Pixel 4 at the Variety "Power of Women" event, which was sponsored by the Google Pixel 4. It's seen in the hands of Awkwafina as she takes a photo with Ali Wong at the event's red carpet. It makes sense for celebrities and influencers to get first dibs on the device, so seeing it in the hands of Awkwafina isn't that surprising (especially since she's already done an ad with 2 Chainz for the Pixel 3a). The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are officially going to launch tomorrow, at this point we're not sure what else about it will surprise us. 

Source: 9to5Google

Best Buy Canada accidentally shows Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL listing

Three days ahead of the launch of the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, the handsets accidentally appear on Best Buy Canada's site, giving us a peek into the images and specs of the devices. The photos show the Just Black and Clearly White models (no Oh So Orange variant in sight).

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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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