Despite all the leaks that revealed every single detail about the Pixel 9 line ahead of Google's keynote last week, the press event impressed me in a way I didn't necessarily expect. The Made by Google event was about hardware, with the Pixel 9 at the center. But the real product that Google was selling is Gemini AI, complete with all its capabilities that are available now. I realized that the Pixel 9 isn't only Google's big attack against Apple but also its big defense against Apple Intelligence. Google can take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sell its Gemini AI experience to more people: The iPhone is trailing behind. It's not about Apple Intelligence only coming in October or even later. It's about Apple Intelligence not working on most iPhones out there. The massive cohort of iPhones ready to receive the newest iOS update when Apple releases it was always Apple's huge advantage against Google. The latter could never compete, and the previous Pixel phones didn't really help. The Pixel 9 might help Google even the playing field ahead of the iPhone 16 launch. Once Apple Intelligence takes off and Apple starts adding features and catching up to Gemini, it's unlikely that any future Pixel generation would have the same opportunity as the Pixel 9. What I'm trying to get at right now is ChatGPT and OpenAI's biggest problem: There's no hardware for ChatGPT to call home, and OpenAI's partnership with Apple will only partly address the matter. Continue reading... The post Pixel 9 is a huge problem for ChatGPT, and the iPhone 16 will only be a partial fix appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $224 iPad, New back to school blowout, $198 Sony XM4 headphones, $98 eufy smart lock, more Back to school blowout: Blazing-fast GEEKOM A7 Mini PC is $179 off Today’s deals: Crazy-fast mini PC for $670, $45 Ninja blender, $34 Roku Streaming Stick 4K, more Today’s deals: $699 Apple Watch Ultra 2, self-bagging trash can, $349 Dyson V8 Plus vacuum, more