Google’s next flagship smartphone launches October 15

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  Google's invitation. [credit: Google ]
  
  

Google has sent out invites for the latest "Made by Google" hardware event. On October 15, the company will officially launch the Pixel 4 and probably a slew of other hardware. The livestream is already registered on YouTube, with a launch time of 10am ET.
The Pixel 4 is the worst-kept secret of the year. In addition to leaks from the usual suspects and Google's own public announcement of device features, any semblance of secrecy was killed last week when several Vietnamese YouTubers got hold of a Pixel 4 prototype and started posting full video reviews.
Key features of the Pixel 4 include a 90Hz OLED display (just like the OnePlus 7 Pro), two rear cameras, and a time-of-flight sensor (the first multi-rear camera setup for a Pixel phone), and a thick top bezel packed with sensors for things like face recognition (apparently the only supported form of biometrics) and air gestures. Air gestures—which require you to wave your hand above the phone screen to control it—have been tried on phones before, usually with poor results. For the Pixel 4, though, Google is using a "Soli" radar sensor that it developed in-house, which will hopefully make the feature more useful.

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