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See the world through the lens of #teampixel

Morning mist in Brisbane, Australia. Shadows falling on striped hillsides outside Cusco, Peru. The sky reflecting off city windows in Yerevan, Armenia. Palm trees silhouetted against an evening sky in Santa Cruz, California. A good photograph can transport you anywhere and let you see the world from someone else’s perspective—and #teampixel is going places.

A few months ago, we asked Pixel users around the world to share their photographs on Instagram with the hashtag #teampixel. We’ve highlighted these contributions each week on our Instagram account, as well as in an immersive digital installation on the High Line in New York this spring.

Now we’re bringing the creativity of #teampixel photographers to the Keyword as well. Starting today and weekly going forward, we’re featuring “Pixel perfect” photographs shared from users around the world. See this week’s collection:

@jomamalu
@jomamalu - Rainbow Mountain, Peru
@_adampinzone and @alexanh20
Left: @_adampinzone - Nudgee Beach in Brisbane, Australia. Right: @alexanh20 - Looking up in Yerevan, Armenia
@the_scenicroute and @renatahaidlephoto
Left: @the_scenicroute - A 19th-century tuna factory in Italy. Right: @renatahaidlephoto - Colorful flower boxes in London, U.K.
@artful_enemy
@artful_enemy - Fairy lights in Santa Cruz, California
@theculinarybee and @woollbert
Left: @theculinarybee - Breakfast porridge and tea. Right: @woollbert - Daisy field
@callangreen and @lifeinbc
Left: @callangreen - A beach on the Amalfi Coast, in Sorrento, Italy. Right: @lifeinbc - Sasamat Lake, British Columbia

If you’ve got a Pixel, we’d love to see your photos, too—share them on Instagram with #teampixel.

See the world through the lens of #teampixel

Morning mist in Brisbane, Australia. Shadows falling on striped hillsides outside Cusco, Peru. The sky reflecting off city windows in Yerevan, Armenia. Palm trees silhouetted against an evening sky in Santa Cruz, California. A good photograph can transport you anywhere and let you see the world from someone else’s perspective—and #teampixel is going places.

A few months ago, we asked Pixel users around the world to share their photographs on Instagram with the hashtag #teampixel. We’ve highlighted these contributions each week on our Instagram account, as well as in an immersive digital installation on the High Line in New York this spring.

Now we’re bringing the creativity of #teampixel photographers to the Keyword as well. Starting today and weekly going forward, we’re featuring “Pixel perfect” photographs shared from users around the world. See this week’s collection:

@jomamalu
@jomamalu - Rainbow Mountain, Peru
@_adampinzone and @alexanh20
Left: @_adampinzone - Nudgee Beach in Brisbane, Australia. Right: @alexanh20 - Looking up in Yerevan, Armenia
@the_scenicroute and @renatahaidlephoto
Left: @the_scenicroute - A 19th-century tuna factory in Italy. Right: @renatahaidlephoto - Colorful flower boxes in London, U.K.
@artful_enemy
@artful_enemy - Fairy lights in Santa Cruz, California
@theculinarybee and @woollbert
Left: @theculinarybee - Breakfast porridge and tea. Right: @woollbert - Daisy field
@callangreen and @lifeinbc
Left: @callangreen - A beach on the Amalfi Coast, in Sorrento, Italy. Right: @lifeinbc - Sasamat Lake, British Columbia

If you’ve got a Pixel, we’d love to see your photos, too—share them on Instagram with #teampixel.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons on new Live Case designs and why he loves his Pixel

If you’re a KISS fan, you’ve probably spent some crazy, crazy nights rocking out in face paint. But what about when you want to bring a little KISS with you to work or Grandma’s house? You might want to leave the face paint at home, so we’ve got you (and your phone) covered. KISS joined forces with us to create 12 limited edition Live Case designs for Pixel and Nexus phones available on the Google Store. And we had the chance to ask Gene Simmons, the Demon himself, about the collaboration:

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Bette Ann: We heard you’re on #teampixel. What do you love most about your Pixel?

Gene Simmons: I love the sleek, edgy look of the Pixel. It’s technologically advanced, but still intuitive and easy to use. And I love the camera! The photos I’ve taken of my family on my Pixel are so clear, I’ll never forget those moments. This picture of my daughter and me is one of my favorites—we’re hanging out as I get ready for a show.

What made you want to create these Live Cases?

 I was pumped that Google and KISS could work together … what a power couple. I love that Live Cases are another way for fans to express themselves. Our fans have evolved a lot over the last 44 years, and merch has always been really important to them. I think of Live Cases as the new concert T-shirt.

Do you have a favorite Live Case?

The one with the close-up of my face and make-up—of course!

How do you use Google products while you’re on tour?

I’m always starving after I wrap up a show, so I use my Google Assistant to find late night food. And I tell my Google Home to play music all day long—it never gets sick of me!

How has technology changed your work as a musician/performer (in studio and on the road)?

Technology has changed everything for us, especially in the recording studio and with record sales. We used to record reel-to-reel, a-trak, and CDs. Now we record digitally and everything is streamed and bought on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. It's a whole new world and Google helps us navigate it.

Check out Gene and his fellow band members with their Live Cases, along with photos of a few other designs you can choose from: 

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KISS band members holding their Live Cases 
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KISS frontman Gene Simmons on new Live Case designs and why he loves his Pixel

If you’re a KISS fan, you’ve probably spent some crazy, crazy nights rocking out in face paint. But what about when you want to bring a little KISS with you to work or Grandma’s house? You might want to leave the face paint at home, so we’ve got you (and your phone) covered. KISS joined forces with us to create 12 limited edition Live Case designs for Pixel and Nexus phones available on the Google Store. And we had the chance to ask Gene Simmons, the Demon himself, about the collaboration:

IMG_20170528_133338 (1).jpg

Bette Ann: We heard you’re on #teampixel. What do you love most about your Pixel?

Gene Simmons: I love the sleek, edgy look of the Pixel. It’s technologically advanced, but still intuitive and easy to use. And I love the camera! The photos I’ve taken of my family on my Pixel are so clear, I’ll never forget those moments. This picture of my daughter and me is one of my favorites—we’re hanging out as I get ready for a show.

What made you want to create these Live Cases?

 I was pumped that Google and KISS could work together … what a power couple. I love that Live Cases are another way for fans to express themselves. Our fans have evolved a lot over the last 44 years, and merch has always been really important to them. I think of Live Cases as the new concert T-shirt.

Do you have a favorite Live Case?

The one with the close-up of my face and make-up—of course!

How do you use Google products while you’re on tour?

I’m always starving after I wrap up a show, so I use my Google Assistant to find late night food. And I tell my Google Home to play music all day long—it never gets sick of me!

How has technology changed your work as a musician/performer (in studio and on the road)?

Technology has changed everything for us, especially in the recording studio and with record sales. We used to record reel-to-reel, a-trak, and CDs. Now we record digitally and everything is streamed and bought on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. It's a whole new world and Google helps us navigate it.

Check out Gene and his fellow band members with their Live Cases, along with photos of a few other designs you can choose from: 

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KISS band members holding their Live Cases 
KISSLineUp _WhiteBackground 5.jpg
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Turning #teampixel photography into an immersive art exhibit

For the next few weeks on the iconic High Line in New York, you can check out hundreds of images submitted by Pixel users from around the world. Together with Refinery29, we’ve created the Meadow, an immersive digital installation that celebrates the creativity of Pixel photographers. Shooting with one of the best smartphone cameras, they've captured the incredible images that are featured in the Meadow.

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Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects
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Team Pixel mirror
Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects
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Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects

The Meadow is open to the public (for free!) from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. from now until June 4. If you’re part of the Pixel community, tag your photos with #teampixel—you may have the opportunity to see them on the High Line!

Turning #teampixel photography into an immersive art exhibit

For the next few weeks on the iconic High Line in New York, you can check out hundreds of images submitted by Pixel users from around the world. Together with Refinery29, we’ve created the Meadow, an immersive digital installation that celebrates the creativity of Pixel photographers. Shooting with one of the best smartphone cameras, they've captured the incredible images that are featured in the Meadow.

MATTE_GOOGLE_THEMEADOW_LUISRUIZ_DSC06185.jpg
Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects
XB1A1216.jpg
Team Pixel mirror
Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects
MATTE_GOOGLE_THEMEADOW_LUISRUIZ_DSC06301.jpg
Photo Credit: Luis Ruiz for MATTE Projects

The Meadow is open to the public (for free!) from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. from now until June 4. If you’re part of the Pixel community, tag your photos with #teampixel—you may have the opportunity to see them on the High Line!

Journey into space with women astronauts and “Dot of Light”

“I could just look at this beautiful landscape of shiny little dots and this black background and think about all the worlds that could be out there waiting for me to discover them.”

So says astronaut Anousheh Ansari in “Dot of Light,” a new film from writer and director Eliza McNitt, produced in collaboration with Google.

“Dot of Light” tells the story of three women and their pioneering journeys to outer space, using archival footage alongside intimate interviews with Kathryn D. Sullivan, Nicole Stott and Anousheh Ansari. The film incorporates footage captured with Pixel, and is part of a collaboration between McNitt and Google that also includes new limited edition Live Case designs inspired by women astronauts and our collective dream of travelling beyond the stars.

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Nicole Stott
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The Live Case designs were inspired by artist Eliza McNitt’s conversations with these women astronauts. She says: “The images represent the wonder in the universe that we’ve discovered and the worlds we dream of one day visiting."
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Writer and director Eliza McNitt
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Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

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This design was inspired by Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, the first American astronaut to float in space. As a a young girl in the 1960s, Jacques Cousteau and the space race were inspiring to Dr. Sullivan: “How does it come to be that some people get to have have this kind of adventure in their life. I wonder if I can ever figure out how to have that in my life?”
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Anousheh Ansari
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This design is inspired by Anousheh Ansari’s description of her experience of the “overview effect,” listening to Johann Pachelbel's “Canon in D Major” as she watched thunderstorms light up Earth’s skies.

Watch the film above to travel out of this world and see the Earth from space—and through the eyes of these notable women.

Journey into space with women astronauts and “Dot of Light”

“I could just look at this beautiful landscape of shiny little dots and this black background and think about all the worlds that could be out there waiting for me to discover them.”

So says astronaut Anousheh Ansari in “Dot of Light,” a new film from writer and director Eliza McNitt, produced in collaboration with Google.

“Dot of Light” tells the story of three women and their pioneering journeys to outer space, using archival footage alongside intimate interviews with Kathryn D. Sullivan, Nicole Stott and Anousheh Ansari. The film incorporates footage captured with Pixel, and is part of a collaboration between McNitt and Google that also includes new limited edition Live Case designs inspired by women astronauts and our collective dream of travelling beyond the stars.

Portrait_Nicole Stott.png
Nicole Stott
McNitt_1200x630_group_05.jpg
The Live Case designs were inspired by artist Eliza McNitt’s conversations with these women astronauts. She says: “The images represent the wonder in the universe that we’ve discovered and the worlds we dream of one day visiting."
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Writer and director Eliza McNitt
Portrait_Kathy Sullivan.png

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

McNitt_1200x630_06.jpg
This design was inspired by Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, the first American astronaut to float in space. As a a young girl in the 1960s, Jacques Cousteau and the space race were inspiring to Dr. Sullivan: “How does it come to be that some people get to have have this kind of adventure in their life. I wonder if I can ever figure out how to have that in my life?”
Portrait_Anouseh Ansari.png
Anousheh Ansari
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This design is inspired by Anousheh Ansari’s description of her experience of the “overview effect,” listening to Johann Pachelbel's “Canon in D Major” as she watched thunderstorms light up Earth’s skies.

Watch the film above to travel out of this world and see the Earth from space—and through the eyes of these notable women.

Say bonjour to your Assistant in Google Allo

@Google, ou est le marché Jean-Talon?

Last year, we launched Google Allo with smart features in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Hindi. Today, we’re adding support for these features in French, thanks to our latest update.

Now, for the first time ever, Canadians will be able to interact with their Google Assistant in French! 


The Google Assistant is ready to help en français

Google Allo is our smart messaging app for Android and iOS that helps you say more and do more right in your chats. You can get help from your Assistant without ever leaving the conversation. Sharing sports scores, recipes, or travel plans in French is now easy to do right in your chats with friends.

To start using the Assistant in Canadian French, just say “Talk to me in Canadian French” when you’re chatting with your Assistant in Google Allo. You can also adjust the language setting for your Assistant on your device. So whether you’re looking into weather forecasts for your trip to The Laurentians or for directions to the Olympic Stadium, add @google to your chat and your Assistant is ready to help.

Embracing French-Canadian culture
We’ve made Assistant be truly French Canadian, customizing the app with local elements that are unique to Quebec. From local celebrities and artists to landmarks and cultural institutions, you can ask the Assistant to answer questions that are specifically relevant to French Canada.

Respond rapidement with Smart Reply
We’ve found that Smart Reply in English has been helpful in sending quick responses while you’re chatting on the go. We’re now adding support for Smart Reply in French, so you can quickly send a “Oui” in response to a friend asking “Es-tu en chemin pour la partie de soccer?”.

Smart Reply will recognize the language you’re chatting in and begin to show suggested responses in that language. If you’re chatting in English, it will continue to show English responses. But if you start chatting in French, it will show you suggestions in that language.

Coming soon! Smart Reply will also suggest responses for photos. If your friend sends you a photo of their pet, you’ll see Smart Reply suggestions like “Trop mignon!” And whether you’re a “ah ah” or “?” kind of person, Smart Reply will improve over time and adjust to your style.

We can’t wait for you to say bonjour to Google Allo! We’re beginning to roll out these new features in French for Google Allo on Android and iOS, and they will be available to all users in Canada in the next few days.

In addition to French, we’ll continue to bring the Google Assistant and Smart Reply to more languages over time — stay tuned for more!

Posted by Amit Fulay, Group Product Manager, Google

Canada, meet Google Wifi

Nothing is more annoying than losing your Wi-Fi connection when binge watching your favourite TV show or video chatting in a business meeting. From spotty connections to dropped signals, leave your Wi-Fi troubles behind with the help of Google Wifi, launching today in Canada. Google Wifi is a new kind of home Wi-Fi system that works with your modem and internet provider to give you strong, reliable coverage, in every room.
Traditional Wi-Fi routers aren’t always built to support the increasing number of devices we use or high bandwidth activities like gaming or watching videos. Google Wifi is different. It’s a connected system that replaces your current router and brings everything you love about Google -- smarts, security and simplicity -- to home Wi-Fi.

Strong, reliable coverage
Google Wifi uses a technology called mesh Wi-Fi. Within our mesh network, each Google Wifi point creates a high-powered connection, and the different Wifi points work together to determine the best path for your data. The result is Wi-Fi coverage even in hard-to reach areas, not just right next to the router.*

Keeps itself fast 
Most of us don’t want to spend time tweaking complex settings or managing our Wi-Fi network. Google Wifi is smart and automatically places your devices on the clearest channel and optimal Wi-Fi band, so the entire family can keep doing what they love without missing a beat. And as you roam around your house, our built-in Network Assist software will seamlessly transition your device between the Google Wifi system points in real time, to help you avoid dead spots and delays. Google Wifi is an expandable system, so if you have a larger home, you can simply add Google Wifi points.* They connect to one another to spread a strong network signal to every room.

A simple way to control your network
To make sure you’re always in control, Google Wifi comes with an app, available on Android and iOS*, that lets you do things like pause Wi-Fi on kids’ devices (or create recurring pauses for dinnertime or homework) and is built to help keep your network safe and secure. It also shows you which devices are connected and how much bandwidth they’re using and lets you prioritize devices within your network so you can stream that latest episode uninterrupted.

Google Wifi will be available in Canada on April 28th as a 1-pack for $179 and a 3-pack for $439 from the Google Store, Best Buy Canada, Staples Canada and Walmart Canada, with more retailers coming soon.

Find out more about Google Wifi here.

Posted by Ben Brown, Senior Product Manager 
*Home materials and layout can affect how Wi-Fi signal travels. Homes with thicker walls or long, narrow layouts may need extra Wifi points for full coverage. Google Wifi requires broadband Internet. Strength and speed of signal will depend on your Internet provider. Each Wifi point requires a nearby electrical outlet. The app requires a mobile device with Android 4 and up or iOS 8 and up.