Made by Google 2024 Highlights: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold revealed

Pixel 9: Rs 79,999

Pixel 9 Pro: Rs 1,09,999

Pixel 9 Pro XL: Rs 1,24,999

Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Rs 1,72,999

Additionally, the Pixel Watch 3 is priced at Rs 39,900 and Rs 43,900 whereas the Pixel Buds Pro 2 is available for Rs 22,900.

In a live demo, Google demonstrated how to use Gemini Live with the Pixel Buds Pro 2. Users have to simply hold press one of the buds to activate the AI voice assistant and ask questions.

The Pixel Watch 3 comes with Google AI and several other fitness capabilities such as continuous heart rate tracking as well as a custom workout builder with the Fitbit app.

With the Add Me feature, users can add themselves to photos of other people even if they weren't part of the original photo.

Google says it has rebuilt the HDR+ pipeline to improve image quality on Pixel 9 devices. As a result, panorama photos can be processed and converted into Night Sight.

It will help Pixel 9 users save, organise, and more easily recall the screenshots they take. It can also remember from where the screenshot was taken.

Google introduces the much-awaited Pixel 9 Pro Fold with an 8-inch Super Actua display.

Jenny Blackburn, Vice President of UX, Gemini Experiences, and Google Assistant, gives a demo of interaction with Gemini Live. The host is asking Gemini for ideas for fun activities for her nephew and niece, who are visiting soon. Following the successof the demo, Blackburn announced that Gemini Live will be available on the Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold

"Geminis is the world's most widely available AI," said Sameer Samat, the president of the Android Ecosystem. Gemini is being built for Android scale. It is not only built for flagship devices but across the line-up, Samat says.

"We're obsessed with the idea that AI can make our lives easier," he says, sharing Google's progress on AI as well as innovations coming to Pixel.

There's just about 30 minutes left for Google's showcase of its latest hardware and software upgrades with a fresh roster of Pixel 9 phones, including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, expected to be unveiled soon. The event will likely kick off with an in-person keynote at Google's home base in Mountain View, California, US, at 10:30 pm IST. However, everyone one at home can still watch it by tuning into the YouTube live-stream.

At Made by Google 2024, the tech giant is expected to launch Android 15 and rumours suggest that the upgrade of the mobile operating system software will include new and exciting generative AI features. Pixel smartphones have always emphasised software, showcasing the best of Android’s capabilities, and this is likely to continue this year as the upcoming Pixel 9 series is expected to ship with Android 15.

Ahead of Tuesday's launch, Google announced that the first of its Pixel smartphones in India have started rolling off the production lines. The models being manufactured in India are the Pixel 8 series, as per reports. In a post on X, Google thanked Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw for the government's partnership and said that it was looking forward to bring the Pixel experience to people across India.

Made by Google 2024 Live: At the global launch event on August 13, Google will introduce the next generation of Pixel smartphones, specifically the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It is likely that the Pixel 9 will be powered by an in-house Tensor G4 processor, and these are expected to be the first set of smartphones to ship with Android 15 that could come with several new generative AI features. The company's Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2 will also be unveiled at the event being held at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.