CloseGoogle Pixel 111 4Google opens its keynote at 6 pm ET on 12 August in New York, which is 3:30 am IST on 13 August. Indian buyers can pre-order from the same day. Four phones are expected on stage, along with the Pixel Watch 5 and a short list of side projects. The hardware story is a 2nm Tensor G6 with doubled base storage. The pricing story is larger, and Google has already given the reason for it out loud.Made by Google 2026 date, time and India pre-order detailsThe date and the venue come from Google. The company sent invitations five weeks ahead, promising the next generation of Pixel, and returned to New York for a second year running. The keynote streams on YouTube and through the Google Store. That is eight days earlier on the calendar than the Pixel 10 unveiling on 20 August 2025, which fits a pattern of Google moving ahead of Apple's September window.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.