For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Google's annual I/O developer conference returned to the historic Shoreline Amphitheatre. In an in-person event that saw the company share details on its latest breakthroughs in AI, machine translation and more, Google also found time to outline some of the hardware it plans to release later this year. In case you missed the chance to watch the event live, here are the biggest announcements from I/O 2022. Google may have teased its latest flagship devices at I/O, but the company's new Pixel 6a stole the show. Available to pre-order on July 21st, the $449 device will feature the search giant's homegrown Tensor AI chipset and a 12-megapixel camera that shipss with the latest version of Google's Magic Eraser photo editing tool. The company also promised to support the Pixel 6a with five years of security updates.

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