Google I/O 2022 Breakdown With Molly VandenBerg

Google Technology Expert, Molly VandenBerg breaks down the latest product and tool announcements at Google I/O, 2022.

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Mason Paine: Google's annual developer conference is a place to see the future of Google Android and all its products. And this year's IO conference looks to be no different Google technology expert. Molly Vandenberg speaks about some of the latest features and products from Google. Thanks for joining me, Molly.

Molly Vandenberg: Thank you so much for having me. So tell

Mason Paine: me what are some of the new things Google came out with?

Molly Vandenberg: I always, always an opportunity for us to showcase our latest innovation. And this year we announced some new devices, new privacy features and updates across the board, on our products to make them even more.

Mason Paine: One of the things I was kind of looking forward to was the pixel buds pro earbuds. Tell me about that one them.

Molly Vandenberg: I'm really looking forward to these two. So these are our new wireless earbuds that have active noise cancellation. So they're great. Whether you want to use them pay work meetings from home or get a workout in. And we're really looking forward to them hitting shelves in July. There'll be available for pre-order on the 21st, and you'll be able to get your hands on them on the 28th.

Molly Vandenberg: I really love the design of these. They fit nice and flush in your ear and therefore are really comfortable. And they also come in four different colors, which is pretty fun. So you can pick the one that best matches your style.

Mason Paine: Now, when it comes to earbuds, I know a lot of, doctors will tell you, Hey, don't have this kind of stuff in your ear. Cause it kind of ruins your, your hearing, which is true. Once your hearing goes, it never comes back. I'm just curious. Did Google put any features in to protect your ears.

Molly Vandenberg: It's really important that people protect their hearing. And I think you're right to say that people should have that top of mind. Of course, a lot of that is to come down into volume control and making sure that you're listening to things at a good level sound and that we're retuning it to fit that volume level, which I think is helpful to a lot of people who, if they do, you know, keep it down a little bit. They're still getting really good quality sound.

Mason Paine: Yeah, that's true. one of the things I noticed about it, which I was one of the features that I thought was pretty cool was that as you lower the volume, the high, mid, and low tempo volume, Adjust.

Mason Paine: So I'm like that, that, that's actually pretty cool because as you lower it, sometimes you can't hear certain things, which is why you end up raising the volume again. And it's like counterproductive to why you lowered it.

Molly Vandenberg: Exactly. And we call that volume ETQ and like you said, I think that that's going to help a lot of folks because it's going to ensure that they're still hearing what they want to hear without having to artificially crank up the ball.

Mason Paine: Now another, a product that Google has is the Google pixel watch. I'm a little confused about that because didn't Google buy Fitbit. Wouldn't it have been smarter to just continue with that model.

Molly Vandenberg: And so Fitbit is a part of the Google family now, which we're really excited about and why that's great news for the pixel watch, which is coming in 2023.

Molly Vandenberg: Is that, that walked, that we are building is deeply integrated with all of fitbit industry-leading features and the things that people love about it. So it definitely has that partnership element to it.