Pixel 4 'Made by Google' event: How to watch and what to expect

Google's annual 'Made by Google' hardware event will be taking place in New York City for 2019 on 15 October.

The entire show will be live-streamed on YouTube so that you can watch the action unfold for yourself online. Here's how you can watch the event, plus everything you can expect the company to announce.

When is Google's event?

The Made by Google event - aka Pixel 4 event - starts at 10am ET on Tuesday 15 October.

In San Francisco, that's 7am PT, and in London, that's at 3pm local time.

Go here to find the time in your specific city.

How to watch Google's event online

You can watch the stream via the video at the top of this page today.

What to expect from Google's event

Google is asking the press to come "see a few new things Made by Google", a tagline it's used before. Here's all the hardware we expect to see.

Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL

Google's flagship Pixel devices are usually unveiled in October during a Made By Google event. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were announced October 2017, for instance, while the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL followed in 2018.

This year, the heavily leaked Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL will debut - a Google advert in Times Square has confirmed as much. Reports suggest the Pixel 4 will have a 5.7-inch screen and the Pixel 4 XL will have a 6.3-inch display for 2019. It's claimed both displays will offer 90Hz refresh rates, like the OnePlus 7T, offering a smooth and slick experience.

Google Nest Mini

Google will launch a second version of the Google Home Mini, a $49 Google Assistant-enabled smart speaker that launched in 2017 to directly compete with the Amazon Echo Dot. The new version, the Nest Mini, could come with a built-in wall mount and better sound.

For all the rumours about the second generation Nest Mini, check out Pocket-lint's guide.

Nest Wifi

Google might also update its Google Wi-Fi mesh router system. Rumours claim the new system will be called "Nest Wifi" and it will feature a single hub router and two new "beacons" that serve as Google Assistant smart speakers. So, it's embedding Google Assistant into the router system, offering two Google Home Mini-like speakers that blanket your house with Wi-Fi and sound.

They should work with new Google Assistant commands that'll let you halt the internet by device or room - a useful trick for parents - and they'll be backward-compatible with Google Wi-Fi routers. Now, in the past, we heard about a similar setup code-named "Mistral". It was rumoured to be a Wi-Fi mesh router with smart speaker capabilities and support for Wi-Fi 6.

Mistral also offered Bluetooth 5.1 and worked with ZigBee-based smart devices.

Pixelbook 2

An update to the Google Pixelbook recently appeared at the FCC and in leaked images, revealing it comes with a 4K display. The new Chromebook, codenamed Atlas, will have thinner bezels and may be available in more colours. Other than that, details are thin.

But Google has also already confirmed it's doubling down on Pixelbook, thereby confirming a Pixelbook 2 should arrive at some point.

Pixel Buds 2

This one is a long-shot, as we haven't heard much about an update to Pixel Buds, but 9to5Google's Stephen Hall seems to think they're coming.

The Pixel Buds are two regular-sized earphones, linked together by a cloth-covered cord. They pair to most smartphones via Bluetooth. There's no gesture for skipping songs, oddly, although you can activate Google Assistant with a tap-and-hold, at which point you can ask to go back to a track, as long as the music-streaming app you're using supports voice playback controls.

The company hasn't really pushed Pixel Buds since it launched them a couple years ago, nor has it fully marketed their smart features, like the ability to handle real-time language translation, perhaps because they weren't well-received. Maybe it'll attempt a do-over with Pixel Buds 2? 

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