![]() “It’s a process that we’re committed to and it requires steep investment with our developer partners across Android,” Hwang added. Google said it optimized its top apps to take advantage of the larger screen but “there’s still work to be done” because “optimizing for a new foldable form factor takes time,” Hwang said. It also has Pixel Fold-specific tools such as dual-screen live translate, which lets a user communicate in another language with the help of fast audio and text translations on the outer screen. The Google Fold includes features you’d find on a Pixel, such as long exposure, unblur, magic eraser, which lets users remove unwanted or distracting object. That hinge mechanism is moved out entirely from under the display to improve its dust resistance and decrease the device’s overall thickness, according to the company. ![]() The Pixel Fold is very much a phone first: when it’s unfolded, it opens up into a 7.6-inch screen, and moves on Google’s custom-built 180-degree hinge. The company packed a Pixel phone into a less than 6 mm body – about two thirds of the thickness of its other Pixel phones. “It took some clever engineering work redesigning components like our speakers, our battery and haptics,” said George Hwang, a product manager at Google, on a call ahead of the announcement. But Google calls the Fold the thinnest foldable on the market. Like other foldables, the $1799 Pixel Fold features a vertical hinge that can be opened to reveal a tablet-like display. Google became the latest tech company to unveil a foldable smartphone. The Google Pixel Fold is the company's first foray into foldable phones Google ![]()
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