Made by Google 2025 live updates: Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4 and all the last-minute rumors

Your watch could gain more accurate tracking

Google could have a lot of changes in store for its latest smartwatches. But my colleague Nick Harris-Fry is excited about one rumored improvement in particular — dual-frequency GPS.

Current Pixel watches already feature GPS tracking for keeping tabs on your workouts, including stats like distance run and your pace. But if you find yourself in a city with a lot of tall buildings or a particularly dense grove of trees, that data isn’t always accurate. Dual-frequency GPS addresses this shortcoming by boosting accuracy — that’s why you’ll find it on a lot of rugged watches like the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Apple Watch Ultra 2.

If rumors are accurate, the Pixel Watch 4 could offer it as well — and maybe in a watch that costs a little bit less than those wearables.

Hey, Siri… in your face

Google loves putting out teasers for its upcoming phones ahead of launch events. It also likes tweaking Apple. So when it can put out a video that does both, you know the company is going to shoot its shot.

Google Pixel 10 | Soon – YouTube

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“If you buy a new phone because of a feature that’s coming soon,” the video intones, “but it’s been coming soon for a full year, you could change your definition of ‘soon.’ Or you could just… change your phone.”

This isn’t too subtle a dig. Apple previewed Apple Intelligence at the 2024 Worldwide Developer Conference, and that included a promise of a more personalized digital assistant that made better use of AI. That hasn’t happened yet — and won’t until 2026.

Meanwhile, Google’s expected to roll out new AI features powered by the Tensor G5 chip as part of the Pixel 10 launch. And one of those features could be a more context-aware personal assistant. The above ad seems to hint at that.

A more competitive foldable phone price

Despite the arrival of a cheaper Galaxy Z Flip last month in the form of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE, foldable phone prices are not really coming down, at least when we’re talking about the models that open up like a book to reveal a larger screen. After all, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 saw its price go up $100 to $1,999.

Can the Pixel 10 Pro Fold buck that trend? Some people seem to think so. A rumor from back in the spring put the price of Google’s upcoming foldable at “around $1,600,” which sounds like a price drop for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold’s $1,799 starting price. More recently, a report had the Pixel 10 Pro Fold retaining that $1,799 cost.

Of course, if that latter move is the cast, that means the Pixel 10 Pro Fold will cost even less than Samsung’s comparable foldable phone just by standing still.

Is Google planning a price hike?

We’ll be holding our breath until the end of the Made by Google event to find out what Google plans to charge for its phones. The good news — most models should cost the same as their Pixel 9 counterparts, with the Pixel 10 expected to have a $799 starting price. But there is one exception.

That’s the Pixel 10 Pro XL, the larger of the two Pro models. It’s tipped to start at $1,199, which would be a $100 price hike over the cost of the Pixel 9 Pro XL.

But is that really a price hike? We hear that Google is planning on including base storage of 256GB with the new XL instead of the 128GB found in the Pixel 9 Pro XL. And the 256GB version of the current phone costs $1,199.

So yes, if that rumored price is true, you’ll be paying the same for the 256GB Pixel 10 Pro XL as you did for the 256GB Pixel 9 Pro XL. You just won’t have the option of paying less for an 128GB model.

What I’m looking for

Even with all the things we know ahead of a product launch — or what we think we know courtesy of all those rumors — there are still some questions heading into any event like Made by Google. And in the case of Wednesday’s show, these are the things I’m looking for answers to.

The TLDR version: I expect the two biggest stories to be the Pixel 10 gaining a telephoto lens — assuming that rumor is true — and the possibility of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold picking up IP68 water and dust resistance. The other big issues: what Google AI features will debut thanks to the Tensor G5 chip, how long the new Pixels will last on a charge and what Google’s going to charge for its new phones.

Pixel 10: Rumored specs

We’ll dive deeper into the rumored features for each likely Pixel model leading up to Made by Google, but for now, here’s an overview of the Pixel 10 lineup and the rumored specs for each phone.