After largely focusing Google I/O 2025 on the ways the company wants Gemini to change everything from searching the web to filmmaking, Google is finally ready to launch new hardware. The next Made by Google event is on the books for August 20,

For much of the year, Samsung has set the tone for the best Android phones with its Galaxy S25 release from earlier in the year. But with a Google launch event looming, we're likely to get a look at the Pixel 10 very soon, setting the stage for a Google Pixel 10 vs. Samsung Galaxy S25 showdown.

Google has had a successful last 36 months, releasing solid hardware and reliable software. Still, it wasn’t that long ago that Pixels faced more issues. While those days appear to be gone, the Pixel 6a battery issue is a voice from Google’s haunted past.

Google has slashed the cost of the Pixel 8 Pro by $400, bringing the price down to $599. That figure is a bit of marketing because the Pixel 8 Pro hasn’t been $999 for a very long time, and the company runs consecutive deals, so it’s rare to pay full price for a Pixel phone.

Earlier this week, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold was revealed in leaked images, and Google itself revealed the base Pixel 10 amidst an avalanche of leaks. Another rumor tipped the Pixel 10 series as getting heavier possibly thanks to new magnets.

Yesterday we learned Google’s new smartwatch might charge on its side, and now Android Headlines has shared official renders of it in various colors, matching almost every hue we’ve seen from the Pixel 10 phones: the vibrant “Indigo” and “Limoncello;

As is tradition, Google has already shown off at least one of its new Pixel phones before it's announced. The front page of the Google Store currently features a short video teasing one of the Pixel 10 smartphones the company is announcing on August 20.

An urgent update has been pushed to a range of Google phones due to the risk they could overheat and even cause fires.