Surprise: Google Pixel 11 and Pixel Watch 5 will be available 8 hours before the official launch event today
For days now, Google has been teasing a Pixel launch event on August 12 at 6 p.m. ET. For most of Google's international customers outside the USA, that is not a very convenient time. In Germany, it will already be midnight on August 13, many Asian countries have it even worse, where the launch event will be livestreamed around 3am in the morning. That may be the reason why Google has apparently decided to do things differently this time round. Anyone who’s checked the Google Online Store in the last few hours may have noticed a countdown that clearly does not point to 6pm ET but 10am ET.
Launch event turns into an after party
This means Pixel fans should be able to get all the official information about the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro (XL), Pixel 11 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag as early as 10am ET (7am PT, 3pm BST, 4pm CEST, 10pm CST) today and will likely be able to pre-order them right away. The latter is just our guess for now, based on the fact that Google is touting the start of pre-orders on August 12 right below the countdown. Of course, this raises the question why anyone would still want to watch the official launch event 8 hours later? Given the participation of comedians and celebrities, this is likely to be more of an after-party than a traditional launch event, at which many more details about the new Google hardware will surely be demonstrated. We’ve embedded the livestream link below, in case you want to participate. It still starts at 6pm ET.
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