A bombardment of innovations at Google's Pixel Launch 2018

So Google has revealed the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL at their latest event and it is exactly as the internet had predicted. The Pixel 3 is a 5.5-inch device, and the 3 XL is a 6.3-inch device. Both devices retained the single rear camera from the Pixel 2 but is now packed in with even more intuitive software and quirks. The only notable hardware change is the addition of another camera on the front of the display for wide angle selfies.

Aside from the Pixel 3, Google also unveiled three new products at the event – the Pixel Stand, a new Chrome OS tablet called the Pixel Slate and the Google Home HUB. The Pixel Stand is a fast charging dock and a mini Google Home, and will launch alongside the Pixel 3 retailing at $79. The Pixel tablet will start at $599, going all the way up to $1699 depending on the specs. Google will also be selling the Pixel Slate keyboard as a $199 accessory and a $99 Pixelbook Pen. The Pixel Slate, which is running Chrome OS feels like a really smooth device for multitasking, and with an 8MP front camera it's a great device for video calling. The last product unveiled was the Google Home HUB and simply put, it's a Google Assistant device for your home.

While each of those products were given a lot of attention during the event, it was the Pixel 3, its new camera features and the Android Pie updates which stole the show. The most exciting updates include the introduction of Google's Duplex AI voice calling system. The automated Google Assistant voice caller was showcased at Google's I/O developer  conference earlier during the year but people were finally allowed to see the feature in action which will be exclusive to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL.

The cameras also come packed with a lot of updated changes which include the aforementioned wide angle selfies, high-resolution digital zoom and a low light mode called Night Sight. The newly added Top Shot mode takes a burst of images on top of one and it lets you choose the best picture. The camera also comes optimized with the newly added Motion Auto Focus, which can now focus on objects in motion when capturing video. The last two additions include a Photobooth mode which enables the Google's AI to take a picture when you smile or change your expression. To add fuel to the smart phone war flame, Google's come out with their own version of AR emoji animoji with Playground. This mode essentially lets you add AR-powered characters, stickers and more to scenes — and these "Playmoji" characters will react to your expressions too. Google confirmed that the Playground mode will come to older Pixels as well.

The Pixel 3 and 3XL will start rolling out to consumers from November for $799 and $899 respectively. The latest flagship will come in three colours – Clearly Black, Clearly White and Not Pink. After making fun of the iPhone notch for one full generation, the Pixel 3 is biting the dust hard now with their own notch on the Pixel 3XL and it's the worst looking notch yet. But all of that aside, the Pixel 3 and 3XL is the smartest phone with the best camera and despite its look, it maintains the consistent form factor that we expect from Google' Pixel.