Made by Google event – live: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and more announced

In seven hours, Google will take to the stage at its headquarters in California to show off some shiny new products, and we’ll be right there, ready to go hands-on with every new device.

What do we expect to see? Firstly, the Google Pixel 9 Pro and Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold are already confirmed to be making an appearance at the event, but beyond that, the rumours suggest we could see a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, as well as a Google Pixel Watch 3 and a new pair of Google Pixel Buds 2 Pro. We’ll be breaking down the latest rumours about the upcoming devices ahead of the event, so stay tuned.

The Made by Google event takes place today on Tuesday, 13 August at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. The keynote presentation and product announcement kicks off at 10am Pacific Time. That’s 6pm in the UK.

Confirmed to make its debut at Made by Google, the Pixel 9 will be the newest phone in Google’s series of flagship Android devices.

This year’s Pixel is getting a big redesign. Gone is the full-width camera bar, replaced by a more traditional camera island. The pill-shaped lens array is almost as wide as the phone and comprises a wide and ultrawide camera. Like last year’s phones, the Pro model includes a telephoto camera for long-distance shooting.

Leaked details suggest that Google will launch a smaller version of the Pixel 9 Pro this year, squeezing all of the features and functionality of the more advanced Pixel into a phone the size of the entry-level Pixel 9.

As you might expect, the Pixel 9 range will be the first to run on Google’s newest Tensor G4 processor. We have a full round-up of the Pixel 9 rumours if you want to know more.

Google has gradually been improving its on-device Gemini AI experience in recent months, and it’s expected that we’ll see even more functionality announced as part of the imminent Android 15 operating system update.

The AI-powered assistant is now better at handling tasks like smart home controls, and leaks have suggested that Gemini AI on Pixel 9 will be able to do things like remember event details and recall things you’ve previously viewed on your phone, like gift ideas and travel plans.

There are also reports that the Magic Editor tool will get closer integration with Gemini AI, allowing you to change photos using voice commands, adding new backgrounds, moving people around the frame or even adding people who weren’t there.

Hello from beautiful, sunny Mountain View, California!

I’ll be your incredibly jetlagged reporter on the ground, covering all the news and launches during the Made by Google keynote presentation. The fun kicks off at 10am Pacific Time (that’s 6pm in the UK), so stick around for more updates as they happen.

We’re just a few minutes away from kick-off time at Made by Google, where we’re expecting to see a whole batch of new Pixel phones announced. Also rumoured is a new Pixel Watch, all manner of Gemini AI wizardry and more. Strap yourselves in.

Google’s senior veep of products Rick Osterloh is introducing the show.

“We’re fully in the Gemini era,” he says. Google’s AI is the big headline act this year. The tech giant is bringing Gemini smarts to every corner of the product portfolio, from Pixel phones and search to Google’s smart home devices.

We’re on to Android phones now.

Gemini has been rolling out to Android phones around the world, with a new user interface designed to replace the Google Assistant entirely.

Integrations with Google Keep, Google Drive and the full suite of Google products will allow Gemini to grab your data and give more personalised and useful responses.

Google is bravely giving a live demonstration of Gemini in action. No pre-recorded shenanigans here.

In time-honoured tradition for this sort of thing, there were some tech gremlins to deal with. It took three attempts and a subbed-in Pixel phone to get the assistant to pay any attention. It at least proves we’re seeing a live demonstration.

Once Gemini woke up though, we saw an impressive integration with Google Tasks and Google Calendar. The assistant can pull personalised information from across many of your Google apps to give you useful responses and do things like create diary entries, set tasks, reminders and updates.

You can also point Gemini at a cooking video on YouTube and create a shopping list of all the ingredients mentioned. Very nice.

Google has just unveiled Gemini Live, a new way to interact with the AI simply by having a back and forth conversation with it.

It’s similar to ChatGPT’s conversation mode, and uses an eerily realistic sounding human voice to respond to your questions in real-time. The new free-flowing conversation mode with Gemini Live is rolling out to Gemini Advanced subscribers from today,