Alphabet Inc’s Google is bringing again its Original Chips snack in Japan, providing flavoured potato chips branded with the corporate’s title to advertise its upcoming smartphone launch.
Google launched the primary model of the marketing campaign final yr to publicise its Tensor processor – the primary of its variety designed in-house and the product of 4 years of improvement.
The snacks had been a direct hit, and this yr’s reprise affords 2,000 folks the prospect to seize a bag by way of a lottery. A alternative of Snow Cheese, Hazel Onion, Salty Lemon or Obsidian Pepper flavours mirrors the color choices of the Pixel 7 gadgets.
Google seeks to showcase a few of the potential of the world’s hottest cellular working system by the flagship Android handsets, powered by the corporate’s second technology of Tensor chips.
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