Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, October 4th, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough

today. All the headlines from the Made by Google event this morning, Samsung also announced their low-end lineup of phones.

Gmail is taking some big new steps to combat spam.

And what if I told you Netflix is about to raise prices again? Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

This morning in NYC there was a made by Google event if you check my Twitter feed at bright MCC you can see a couple photos of the proceedings

they kicked off with Rick Austerlobe reminding us that at the very first

Pixel event launch in 2016, Google promised that the pixels were designed for an AI first world. Well is that GWS future today? We

started with what Rick said was the biggest update to the Pixel Buds Pro with adaptive situational awareness noise

reduction conversation detection and the like they will also now use Bluetooth

super wideband for clear speech on calls. But the biggest first

announced was the Pixel Watch 2, announced by the former head of Fitbit, quoting

Tech Crunch. The biggest changes this time out are improved heart rate monitoring and the addition of a pair of

new sensors designed to give the device a fuller picture of its wearer.

The addition of a body response sensor and skin temperature sensor are borrowed from the Fitbit line and bring along new stress management features.

Stress and mood are big topics of growth for wearables.

Many manufacturers have seen fit to move beyond standard health tracking.

It's an imperfect science, but there are certainly a number of different things gleaned from

physiology that play a role in mental health.

The new heart rate sensor, meanwhile, switches between single and multi path modes designed to offer a more accurate reading when the wearer is exercising.

The new watch also adds automatic tracking for seven different types of workouts, including running and cycling, while a new pace training feature is designed to let people of bumping the first gens up to 24 hours rating to 24 hours with always on display.

Charging has been improved as well. It now takes 75 minutes to get from 0 to 100%.

The watch 2 looks a lot like its predecessor with some subtle

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