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At Google\u2019s gadget launch this week<\/a>, it took almost half an hour before Google actually talked about its new gadgets. There\u2019s a lot to be excited about inside the new Pixel 9 lineup and the Pixel Watch 3, but Google\u2019s event made its true priorities clear<\/a>. AI matters more to Google than Pixel, more than Android, more than just about anything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On this episode of The Vergecast<\/em><\/a>, we talk about all of Google\u2019s AI announcements<\/a>, and what they might mean for how you use your devices going forward. Is this a paradigm shift? Since so much of Google\u2019s focus is on the Pixel\u2019s camera, we also talk about the ongoing \u201cwhat is a photo\u201d apocalypse, and whether what we\u2019re capturing is even photos anymore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After that, Nilay tells us about his adventures judging the TV Shootout<\/a>, which included two days of squinting at incredibly impressive displays trying to figure out which one is truly the best. He learned a lot about how to look at a screen, and about the state of the art in TV tech, and he has lots to share.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Next we run down a bunch of the week\u2019s regulatory news, as Apple continues to pick odd fights<\/a> with developers and the Epic \/ Google judge continues to threaten to tear the company apart<\/a>. It\u2019s remarkable how much the winds have shifted in the Big Tech regulation fight, and it seems change is only going to come faster now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, beginning with Google:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n