Google recently organized a mingle and jingle event in New York City to showcase some of their latest trends, tips, and tools that can come in handy during the holiday season.
For years, Google has been a go-to source for millions of people when it comes to internet searches, navigation, emails, office work, video sharing, photo storage, cloud storage, mobile operating systems, and much more. As the company expands, its efforts have revolutionized the way people receive and disseminate information on a daily basis. During the event, Google unveiled some exciting products and systems that will be launched in the coming weeks. These include the Holiday helpfulness and Thanksgiving traffic insights from Google Maps, as well as Thanksgiving trends and tips from Google Search and Bard. Keeping the holidays in mind, it’s great to know that Google has been actively developing tools to help us all have a more enjoyable and stress-free holiday season.
Google has collaborated with the US Black Chambers, Inc. to introduce a new concept called Black-owned Friday, which aims to encourage consumers to shop with their values and support black-owned businesses this holiday season. To turn this concept into a reality, Google partnered with Keke Palmer, a multi-talented artist and entrepreneur, to create a film that transforms Black Friday into an interactive shoppable experience. The film features a remixed version of the iconic 90s hit “100% Pure Love” rebranded as “Black-Owned Friday (100% Supporting)”, sung by Crystal Waters, and directed by Andre Muir. It showcases 12 Black-owned businesses, 25 Black-owned brands, and more than 50 individual products from across the country.
This holiday season, Google is introducing new generative AI features to make gifting and shopping easier. One of these features is the Trending Holiday 100, which helps you find the best deals and more through Google Shopping. In addition, Google is also bringing back the beloved annual holiday features, such as the Santa Tracker, to add to the festive spirit.
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Below we have provided additional details on upcoming products Google will be releasing:
Pixel 8 Pro is Google’s newest premium smartphone built with AI at the center. It includes substantial hardware updates like their fully upgraded Tensor G3 chip and Pixel camera system with a number of standout features, including content creating tools like the Best Take for group photos that everyone approves of, Magic Editor that puts even more advanced photo editing tools right at your fingertip , and Audio Magic Eraser to help eliminate annoying background noise from your videos . To learn more about these upgrades click here.
Pixel 8 Pro Colorways: Bay, Porcelain, and Obsidian (MSRP $999)
Pixel Tablet: designed to be helpful 24/7 in your hand and in your home. It’s built with the latest Android features, Google Tensor G2 chip and the iconic Pixel design. The device comes with over 50 Google apps plus a Charging Speaker Dock that plays room filling sound and keeps your tablet charged so it’s ready to go when you are. For more product details click here.
Pixel Tablet and Charging Speaker Dock ($499)
Need more gift ideas? Google released their annual list of 100 gifts based on trending searches this year. Click here to view.
Need help with holiday planning? Using Bard, Google’s experimental Generative AI tool, you can plan the perfect holiday for friends & families. Bard can retrieve and work with real time info from Google Maps, Gmail, Docs & Drive, YouTube, Hotels and Flights. You can pull the information you need across your Google apps and accounts, to help with the season’s activities like summarizing your neighborhood’s Thanksgiving food drive email with Gmail, or finding the best flights on Google Flights for the holidays, and even things like building a host’s dinner plan with Google Sheets.
Try Bard here and see sample prompts below to help get you started.
- I am hosting my son’s girlfriend for the first time. Can you suggest activities for us to do together as a family in our neighborhood? We live in [city].
- I planned to host 6 people and now I’m hosting 10 for Thanksgiving. Can you help me with tips for doubling recipes?
- I want to make a pecan pie for the first time. What are some recipes you’d suggest to a beginner-level baker?
