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Google wants you to use its phones less and its AI more - but who's buying it?
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Google wants you to use your phone less. Yes, that new Pixel 11 Pro that Trevor Noah, Peggy Gou, Stephen Gerrard, and Pinkpantheress promoted at its Made by Google event -- it wants you to put down to be more present.
Google's VP Rick Osterloh got on stage to talk to Trevor Noah about how his phone is just too dang distracting, and how he'd love to put it away. Hmm, I wonder if there are a few companies we can blame for that. Are they in the room with us?
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"Your phones can do so much, but getting all that done today requires you to do all the work, all the tapping, and scrolling," Osterloh said to Noah to kick off the show.
It's a fair point. Everything we do starts with our phones, and sometimes responding to one message feels like cutting off one of the Hydra's heads: several more distractions just pop up in its place. Osterloh complained that after checking a notification, he often falls down a rabbit hole of dog videos.
Google has a proposed solution for us: it's combatting these distractions with HiLight, a new feature on the camera bar of its Pixel 11 Pro models that glows when an important contact is calling. Google says it's one way users can stay informed about who is reaching them without having to constantly check the home screen.