Made by Google Pixel 10 Event Watch Party: Watch the New Phone Reveals With Us
Starting Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT), the Pixel 10 watch party will kick off on CNET's YouTube channel. Hosts Bridget Carey and Iyaz Akhtar will go over the final details, rumors and analysis for what we know about the Pixel 10. Preshow guests include CNET Managing Editor Patrick Holland, who will go over the Pixel 10 details we do know (Google's been openly teasing the phone line for weeks). And Senior Editor Mike Sorrentino will call in to show off the show floor minutes before the event begins.
The preshow will run right into the Made by Google event, which starts at 10 a.m. PT, which will broadcast on our livestream. When the Made by Google event wraps, our postshow begins with CNET Senior Editor Abrar Al-Heeti and Mashable's Timothy Beck Werth calling in to go over all the reveals.
Want to join our show? You can leave questions or comments using the live chat on CNET's YouTube page. CNET is also running a Pixel 10 live blog that's running through the event, and you can check out every Pixel 10 rumor we've heard so far.
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