Pixel: Exclusive features of Google's first in house tested smartphone

Tech giant Google unveiled its new smartphones Pixel and Pixel XL, the first phones that were conceptualized, designed, engineered and tested in-house. Its best features are mentioned:

The Pixel starts at Rs. 57,000 for the 32GB variant, and the Pixel XL at Rs. 67,000 for the 32GB variant. Both are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor with 4GB of RAM and come with the same 8-megapixel front camera, and 12.3-megapixel rear camera.

Endless cloud storage has been provided on this new smartphone. Pixel users will be getting the latest Android updates directly from Google as soon as they become available.

The Pixel phones feature a Siri-like virtual assistant, flashy camera features and are the first to boast Android’s new Nougat 7.1 operating system. It is the first phone with the new Google Assistant built in When you touch and hold the home button or say the "hot word," Google Assistant starts its action.

Google's Pixel Launcher is exclusive to the Pixel phones, and is the evolution of the Google Now Launcher. This includes replacing Google Now with the Google Assistant, a dynamic calendar icon that shows you the date in a glance, a revamped app drawer.

Google is offering 24/7 customer support via both voice and text and it also has a screen sharing solution so that the tech-support can directly see what's on your screen to diagnose problems. It's an optional setting, in case you were worrying about security issues