Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Watch what your dog is up to with this camera. In the back, there’s a cashier and gift wrapping station. In addition to smartphones and tablets, the Google mini, regular and max-sized home assistant speakers are featured on the shelves of the first floor, which offers a clean and simple view of the devices. Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago In keeping with the hardware theme, the devices are called tools and they’re divided into work, life and home sectors. Google has partnered with wireless carrier Verizon for those who buy a Pixel 3 phone from the store, but unlocked versions of the phone compatible with other carriers are available online. Slate, Google’s first tablet to run on the Chrome operating system, is also for sale. The main focus of the store is to showcase the third- generation of made-by-Google products, including the just-introduced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL smart phones and Google Home Hub, a smart speaker and home assistant system that aims to compete with Amazon’s Echo. We have no definitive plans as of now and we are interested in seeing what people think,” Conti said. After that it’s figuring out what’s best for us in Chicago for Google Hardware. “It will be a learning experience to see what works, what doesn’t work. Google spokeswoman Kayla Conti said there are no firm plans for what Google will do with the space after its 2.5-month pop-up ends. Credit: Alisa Hauser/ Block Club Chicago Clerks, who are referred to as Google guides, wear tool belt aprons.