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Google had a lot to show us all on Tuesday, but nothing was more interesting to us than the Pixel Slate. Sure, we've known quite a bit about it, but there were some surprises in there that even we didn't know about.
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hi guys so we're here after the Google P
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note and getting our hands on what we
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really came here to look at the Google
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pixels slate and there's a lot of things
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we need to cover real quickly as we've
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just kind of getting our initial hands
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on with this thing so let's dive in
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alright so what we're seeing here isn't
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crazy surprising we saw the leaks we
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kind of knew what to expect but I'm
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going to tell you seeing this thing in
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the flesh it is absolutely gorgeous and
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so think about high-end phones think
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about iPads that kind of stuff we've got
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this nice curved glass perfectly
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symmetrical bezels front firing speakers
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it's just it's really really really well
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put together this dark color just looks
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incredible and it just kind of feels
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like this new refreshing start to the
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whole pixel book Chrome OS lineup and
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and that's kind of the way Google
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positioned it they're reimagining Chrome
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OS they're reimagining the way that
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we'll use this device moving forward and
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just as we've talked on the channel
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before now this thing is going to make a
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perfect tablet aimed at perfect desktop
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kind of all-in-one so let's let's look
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at some of the things that we know about
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this device already you got a
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fingerprint scanner right up here on top
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with the power button it behaves as
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you'd expect but once you go to set it
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up it's actually going to be able to log
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you in just with your fingerprint right
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on top front firing speakers that Google
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says will provide good base response and
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nice crisp eyes impossible in this
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environment to test those but they're
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there and it's cool that they've thought
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through that so we're talking about
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3,000 by 2,000 pixel display so very
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very crisp it's exactly twelve point
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three inches so the same size and layout
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is the original pixel book but even a
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higher pixel density and so Google's
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also put a lot of tech behind the screen
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and will unpack all that stuff as the
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days go by after this but really
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they're saying it's a weave we've put
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together a display here that can have
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really high refresh refresh rates it's
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gonna look really great for video and
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gaming and pretty much everything you're
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gonna do on this thing and that's really
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cool because this isn't just a desktop
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or just a laptop it's it's gonna be a
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device that can kind of perform in all
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these different ways and so you see the
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keyboard down here we're gonna get to
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that in a second you also see the the
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pen this is the exact same pin as we had
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last year just a different color so it
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kind of matches the color scheme going
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on here we'll talk about the keyboard in
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just a second but as you can see when
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you pop this thing off there pogo pins
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on the bottom that's what actually
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connects it to the keyboard so that's
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pretty cool
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I don't have to worry about Bluetooth or
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pairing or any of that stuff it's
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magnetic so class right into place
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without much work but then when you take
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this thing off here I mean look at the
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thinness we got here seven millimeters I
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mean this thing is super super thin I
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mean almost his thin is a USBC port and
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it feels it it looks it the thing just
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looks great it's very very light in the
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hand the aspect ratio is great for
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holding in either ports or landscape
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mode the screen is nice just to look at
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from any angle it's it's bright it's not
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quite as bright as the pixel book but
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it's pretty bright for and this is a lot
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of stuff I know we're going through a
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bunch of things here we have an 8
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megapixel front-facing and rear-facing
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camera we're talking about portrait mode
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in this thing so it's going to be the
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first Chromebook to actually have a
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decent camera on it it seems the the
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camera software here so far right now
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it's a little sketchy but eventually
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it's going to basically behave similar
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to the Google camera on pixel phones but
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overall this thing is just so well put
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together nice clicky volume rocker on
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the side and everything just feels great
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when you're holding it like a tablet as
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it should and so all the things that
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we've talked about before all the all
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the UI enhancements for tablets are all
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here so when we're in here we swipe up
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if we hide the shelf
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we can swipe up right to our tray and so
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I mean all these things that we've
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already talked about before we're seeing
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here and we're seeing why it is that
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Google's put time into that additionally
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this is a separate purchase you're
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talking about a keyboard here that has
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the same feel the same travel the same
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goodness of the pixel book keyboard
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which this with rounded keys it is
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backlit you can't really see it in this
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environment a nice glass trackpad and I
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tell you from using it sitting on the
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couch or whatever just messing with it
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it feels very similar to using the pixel
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book keyboard so that's a huge win for
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something that's this thin this light
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and really it's more of a folio case the
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whole thing comes together begin with
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pogo pins magnetically and then on the
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back this piece can Mac magnetically
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adhere at any point so that's how you
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kind of achieve the different viewing
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angles whenever you put it in your lap
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and it's it's sturdy the thing's not
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wobbling around if you use it so when
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you're ready to close it up whole thing
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closes down and you've got this nice
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carrying case to kind of protect it as
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you go so kind of wrapping this up we
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didn't get to spend a ton of time with
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this device and it's still in
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pre-production software we're not gonna
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actually see this thing till later in
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the year so I don't know if sometime in
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quarter four it'll actually come out you
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can pre-order or get on a waitlist right
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now on the Google store but it starts at
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$599 and presumably that's gonna be for
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a seller on model we're talking it's
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gonna have an i3 and i5 and i7 variant
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with different amounts of storage so it
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could be a lots of different variations
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in a wide variety of price points on
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this thing as well but the keyboard is a
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stable price point and it's offered from
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Google as well at $199 and so you
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talking about an entry-level version of
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this device all said if you give the
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keyboard in the device for about $800
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that's a couple hundred dollars less
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than the original pixel book so that's a
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good move forward and hopefully people
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will be able to get into this and get a
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really really good piece of hardware
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because nothing else changes in the base
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model of this device around $600 if they
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just want the tablet and bring your own
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keyboard to the game and that's not to
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mention the fact that you can dock this
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thing with any other keyboard in any
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other Mouse and as we've shown before
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and get a pull
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Desktop experience as well so this is
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really a cool step forward I think for
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Chrome OS in general and we're really
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excited in the coming months whenever we
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finally get our hands on to get a full
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review but we wanted to give you a quick
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hands-on right here at the Google event
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and hope you liked it if you did give it
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a thumbs up hit subscribe button and for
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more we'll see you later
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