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Quick SummaryGoogle’s next big hardware event will take place on 13 August, months earlier than its usual slot.The event should see the Pixel 9 series phones unveiled alongside a bunch of other hardware.

Google’s next big hardware event will take place on 13 August, months earlier than its usual slot.The event should see the Pixel 9 series phones unveiled alongside a bunch of other hardware.

Google’s next big hardware event will take place on 13 August, months earlier than its usual slot.

The event should see the Pixel 9 series phones unveiled alongside a bunch of other hardware.

This showpiece is where it tends to announce its flagshipAndroid phoneseach year, with thePixel 9 and 9 Proexpected alongside a third device in the lineup for the first time, thePixel 9 Pro XL.

So, 2024’s event will take place on 13 August 2024, instead of a date in early October like the last few years, which also crucially means that it’ll almost certainly fall around a month beforeApple’siPhonelaunch.

This will give Google an advantage it hasn’t had for ages, and the possibility of a bit more breathing room in terms of people’s reactions and the news cycle to pump up its phones' profiles a little.

Although this won’t matter much to most watchers, Google is also switching up where it holds the event. Its official invite reveals that it’s moving it to its main headquarters in Mountain View, California – again, this feels a little like it’s watched Apple’s recent work and decided to do the same.

This being 2024, we’re clearly going to hear more about Google’s many AI features too, and just how they might be built into the next lineup of Pixel phones (and other devices that might appear). For one thing, various reports indicate that Google will make asmaller version of the Pixel Prophone that comes each year, which has only been available in a pretty large size for years now.

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This will be music to the ears of anyone with slightly smaller hands, or indeed those who don’t tend to want a slab of tech in their pocket at all times. We’re also expecting the new Pixel Watch 3 to be unveiled, alongside a Pixel 9 Pro Fold to update the folding phone lineup.

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