Google has already confirmed many aspects of the Google Pixel 6. Here’s what we already know about the company’s next flagship.
Google Pixel 6: Everything We Know So Far
Google’s flagship products have resumed with the Google Pixel 5. It tried to leave the polarizing Pixel 4 series behind and offer a comprehensive, affordable flagship. After the end of the first year of the Pixel 5, all eyes are on the successor, officially known as the Google Pixel 6.
Below are all of the credible confirmations and rumors we’ve heard about the upcoming pixel line entry so far. Bookmark this page as we’ll update it with information from Google Pixel 6 as soon as it arrives.
Name and release date
Google hasn’t changed its naming strategy since the Pixel launched in 2016. Even when it introduced the first “a” series device with the Pixel 3a, it kept the numbered naming system it had. since the first day. So we were pretty sure the Google Pixel 6 would be the name of the next entry in the line.
On August 2, 2021, the company confirmed exactly that. This not only confirmed the name of the Pixel 6, but also that a “Pro” model will be released in addition to the vanilla variant.
As for the release date, some initial leaks led to the date. Google has confirmed that the phones will hit the market on October 19 at 1 p.m. ET.
Google Pixel 6 design
In addition to the name of the phone, Google has already confirmed what the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will look like. Above you can see official images of the Pixel 6 Pro in different color combinations.
This confirmed design looks a lot like the leaked renderings we saw of loyal leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer in May of this year.
At first glance, you can see that Google is doing a lot of new things with the Pixel series. The entire look of the phone has been completely redesigned and the full-length camera bump is the biggest change.
You can see from the official photo above that the camera bulge is quite thick. Google has also confirmed that the Pixel 6 Pro will have a polished aluminum frame, strongly suggesting that the back of this phone is glass, while the vanilla Pixel 6 will have a matte aluminum finish which is likely similar to what we’ve seen. . on the Pixel 5.
Google has also confirmed that the phones have a centered selfie camera cutout. Pages.
A very short hand-held video with a prototype Pixel 6 Pro was recently captured and gives us our first live view of the device in hand. Most notable are the phone’s horizontal camera strip and Android 12’s home screen. You don’t really give more, but this seems like our best look at a Pixel 6 Pro in the wild so far. now.
What is Google Tensor?
Since August 2, the biggest buzz around the Pixel 6 line has been the introduction of a new custom chipset, named “Whitechapel”. It was rumored to be a Pixel 6-exclusive SoC jointly developed by Google and Samsung (and would even include a Mali GPU and, in a more recent rumor, a Samsung modem). On August 2, Google confirmed the existence of this SoC and announced its trade name: Tensor.
Unfortunately, Google hasn’t published much specific information about Tensor; praises Tensor’s impressive machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities; has boasted of helping deliver the best photo and video results from any Pixel phone. The performance of the chipset will be “market leaders”.
However, he did not show any real evidence for any of these claims. For now, just take Google’s word for it.
Considering this is Google’s first attempt to make silicon for smartphones, it’s unreasonable to assume the company would come out with anything better than industry leader Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Apple A14 Bionic. . Instead, we’re expecting something better than an entire mid-range chip, but with super-fast flagship chips underneath.
A leak from September 15 gave obvious confirmation of the specifications of the Tensor chip: it indicated that the SoC consisted of 2 Arm CortexX1 cores with a clock frequency of 2.802 GHz, 2 Arm CortexA76 cores with a clock frequency. 2.253 GHz and 4x Arm CortexA55 cores would exist at 1.80 GHz. One obvious problem with these specs is that the CortexA76 cores are now over two years old. One would have expected Google to use the A77 or A78 models. Of course, it is very possible that these specifications are not. precise. We will have to wait for the official announcement from Google to see what really powers the tensor processor.