Pixel 6a unpacking video.

The above images are from Google Retail Training France. Twitter user Vaibhav shared in the comments YouTube video that is accessible only through a link.

This video only features the Pixel 6a. There is probably also a video of the Pixel Buds Pro.

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Android 13 will have native support for Braille displays

Previously, people connected their Android devices to braille displays using the BrailleBack app, which required a separate download from the Play Store, or used a virtual keyboard within Talkback instead of a physical device.

Now support for most Braille displays will appear by default with the new version of the Talkback 13 app, which will be available to test in Android 13 Beta 3. It will also suggest new shortcuts for navigating so it’s easier to scroll and move to the next character, word or line. There are also shortcuts for settings and for editing, like jumping to the end of documents or selecting, copying and pasting.

A refreshable braille display is an electro-mechanical device that creates braille patterns by raising rounded pins through holes in a flat surface. Braille-literate computer users use the braille display to touch-read braille dots representing text. With the display, you can also type out braille.

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Gmail will have the ability to add alt-text, and Google Meet will have the ability to pin multiple video tiles

In honor of World Accessibility Awareness Day, Google revealed how it's making its products more accessible, and announced new features for Gmail and Google Meet.

- Gmail will add the ability to add alt-text (a short denoscription of an image that is read aloud by screen readers) directly to images. With this update, people using screen readers will know what's being sent to them. (Whether it's a GIF or a screenshot of an important graphic)

- The new Multi-pin feature in Google Meet will allow you to pin multiple video tiles at the same time. For example, a presenter screen and a sign language interpreter screen.

- Audio denoscriptions that verbally describe what is visually displayed on the screen will now be supported in all YouTube Originals English-language content published over the past year.

- Project Euphonia’s research now expanding to include four more languages: French, Hindi, Japanese and Spanish. ( Project Euphonia is a research initiative that works with community organizations and people with speech impairments to create more inclusive speech recognition models)

- The company is also adding native braille support to Android 13.

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