{"id":196132,"date":"2017-01-27T08:29:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=196132"},"modified":"2017-01-27T08:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T06:30:46","slug":"google-to-launch-pixel-2-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/196132-google-to-launch-pixel-2-report.html","title":{"rendered":"Google to launch Pixel 2 &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google will release a Pixel 2 smartphone which includes features not present in the first device &#8211; including waterproofing &#8211; according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2017\/01\/26\/source-google-pixel-2-camera-chipset-waterproof-budget-price-details\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>9to5Google<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that Google will also focus on improving the device&#8217;s camera, which was a standout feature of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/183430-google-pixel-is-the-best-android-phone-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pixel<\/strong><\/a> when it released in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Other new features will include improved chipsets, while a range of lower-end, cheaper Pixel devices are also reported to be in the works.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that the improved Pixel 2 will have &#8220;at least a $50 price increase&#8221; compared to the original Pixel &#8211; which retails for $649 in the US.<\/p>\n<p>No launch date was confirmed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/195974-facebook-testing-adverts-in-messenger-whatsapp-ads-may-look-the-same.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Facebook testing adverts in Messenger \u2013 WhatsApp ads may look the same<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google will release a Pixel 2 smartphone which includes features not present in the first device, according to a report from 9to5Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":181440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[167,39160,40890],"class_list":["post-196132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-google","tag-google-pixel","tag-google-pixel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196144,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196132\/revisions\/196144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}