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    Google Pixel 6: Release date, price, specs and all the other rumors we’ve heard

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    Google’s new telephones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, are set to launch on Oct. 19, and though we have had a glimpse on the new Pixel proper earlier than the Pixel 5A launched, not each rumor has but been debunked or proved true. The newest buzz comes from a probable unintended leaked itemizing by UK on-line retailer Carphone Warehouse displaying lots of the Pixel 6’s specs together with a brand new Titan M2 chip for higher on-device safety, 5 years of safety updates, new digicam options and extra. The leaked itemizing got here as rumors circulated concerning the upcoming Pixel launching with a brand new subscription choice to bundle your cellphone financing and companies underneath one invoice, referred to as Pixel Pass.Google CEO Sundar Pichai beforehand stated throughout an Alphabet earnings name that the autumn lineup of units will present Google’s “deep technology investments.” The firm has since confirmed that the Pixel 6 line will likely be powered by the corporate’s in-house Tensor chip, beforehand code named Whitechapel. The Tensor chip’s introduction additionally got here with demonstrations of its pictures and dictation prowess, which can take the highlight with the brand new Pixel telephones. Read extra: Google Pixel 5A with 5G evaluation: Snappy efficiency for $449 Google’s first Pixel cellphone made a splash when it was unveiled virtually 5 years in the past, however since then, the search big’s foray into cellular units has been inconsistent. Last 12 months’s Pixel 5 obtained excessive marks for its cameras, however the Pixel 5 lacked the premium options you’d count on from a flagship smartphone, particularly for the worth. CNET’s Lynn La referred to as it “hard to recommend.” Compared with the unique Pixel cellphone (“pure Android at its absolute best” and “our favorite phone, bar none”), Google’s cellphone trajectory appears tough. Now that Google will likely be taking a bigger artistic leap with its Pixel line, the query stays whether or not the adjustments will assist the corporate compete towards one of the best telephones from Apple and Samsung or proceed to disappoint its one-time followers. Let’s go over what we have discovered concerning the upcoming units, and the rumors concerning the particulars which can be nonetheless unknown. Read extra: Here are all of the Galaxy S22 rumors and every thing to know concerning the iPhone 13.

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    Name: Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro Unlike Apple and Samsung, Google has total been per its cellphone nomenclature. The authentic Pixel was adopted by the Pixel 2, then the Pixel 3 and so forth. Google has confirmed that the 2021 telephones will certainly be the Pixel 6 and — as an alternative of an XL mannequin — the Pixel 6 Pro. Google beforehand introduced that each telephones could have lots of the similar options: the brand new Tensor system-on-chip designed by Google, a digicam bar that runs alongside the again of the cellphone, digicam sensors that absorb 150% extra mild than the Pixel 5’s and an ultrawide lens. Software enhancements (extra on that in a bit) can even come to each fashions, together with Android 12’s Material You design, together with speech recognition and pictures enhancements powered by the Tensor. Rumors concerning the now-confirmed Pixel 6 Pro started when leaker Jon Prosser shared renders depicting the “Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro” in May. Prosser’s renders have been purportedly primarily based on precise photos of the telephones, however launched as renders to guard his supply’s identification.  The Pixel 6 telephones are available black together with pastel shades of inexperienced and purple.
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    Specs: Unveiling Tensor, digicam bar Google’s reveal of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro in August put a specific highlight on Google’s new system-on-chip, named Tensor. Going in-house strikes Google away from the Qualcomm chips which have powered its earlier units, and Google says the chip brings with it notable enhancements to speech recognition and pictures. “Part of the goal is to show the very best that Google can offer,” Rick Osterloh, senior vice chairman of Google’s {hardware} division, stated in an interview with CNET’s Rich Nieva. “There is a big segment of the market that wants the latest, and we love building technology. So we’re going to try to appeal to that part of the market, too.” In a pictures demo described by The Verge, an otherwise-blurry photograph of a transferring toddler is fastened up by the Tensor chip by combining collectively particulars from a number of images right into a single picture.  The Tensor chip can also be described to have “data-center-level” speech recognition in a demo described by Engadget, through which the Pixel 6 can differentiate between a dictated message and instructions corresponding to “Send” or “Clear.” All the whereas, the onscreen keyboard can be utilized to edit any typos or dictation errors because the microphone continues listening for the message. A language demo described by Gizmodo reveals the Pixel 6 line operating a stay translation of a French presentation into English, combining the prevailing Live Caption and Interpreter Mode. Moving to the digicam bar, the Pixel 6 Pro has three cameras, together with a telephoto lens with a 4x optical zoom. The customary Pixel 6 will not have the telephoto lens. The actual megapixels weren’t disclosed by Google, however earlier rumored specs put a 50-megapixel vast digicam and a 12-megapixel ultrawide digicam on each fashions. The telephoto lens on the Pro mannequin is rumored to have a 48-megapixel lens. The rumored digicam specs come from a spec sheet printed by Prosser. The Google Tensor chip’s unveiling is a distinguished a part of the primary take a look at the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
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    Design and colours: Google provides the Pixel 6 a makeover Confirming Prosser’s renders, the Pixel line has a brand new search for 2021. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will every be obtainable in three colours, the previous coming in pastel shades of inexperienced, purple and black. The Pro takes on extra metallic hues of black, gold and grey. Engadget experiences that Google has not but named these colours, however earlier colours corresponding to Not Pink and Kinda Blue could present an concept of what the advertising division will finally select.  Moving to the entrance of the cellphone, the Pixel 6 Pro could have a 6.7-inch QHD+ (3,200×1,440-pixel) show with a 120Hz refresh charge, whereas the Pixel 6 could have a 6.4-inch FHD+ (2,400×1,080) show with a 90Hz refresh charge. A hole-punch-style front-facing digicam is centered up prime, versus on the left facet of the display screen as on the Pixel 5, and is rumored to have 12 megapixels on the Pixel 6 Pro and 8 megapixels on the usual Pixel 6.  Release date: Pixel 6 will launch on Oct. 19Google is internet hosting a launch occasion for the upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro on Oct. 19. The prerecorded occasion will stream on Google’s occasion website at 10 a.m. PT. Google has unveiled a brand new Pixel cellphone in October yearly since 2016, apart from final 12 months’s Pixel 5, which was introduced on Sept. 30. But 2020 was an distinctive 12 months for a lot of causes, together with cellphone launch schedules. Google’s Pixel launch dates often observe a equally predictable sample: The firm often makes its telephones obtainable for buy inside every week or two of being introduced. Thus, we might count on to see the Pixel 6 each unveiled and launched inside the month of October. The chip scarcity may throw a wrench in Google’s plans, pushing the Pixel 6 launch into November or later. But proper now we might nonetheless put our cash on it occurring in October. The launch date reveal adopted a teaser trailer for the cellphone posted by Google in September, the corporate reveals off photos of the Pixel 6’s two-toned again with a band close to the highest across the digicam. The trailer ends by saying the brand new smartphone is coming fall 2021. A leaked render of Google’s Pixel 6 smartphone.
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    Price: Pixel 6 may value greater than the Pixel 5Cost is one other side of the Pixel 6 that we’ve not heard many whispers about. Last 12 months’s Pixel 5 made some compromises to get the launch worth all the way down to $699, making it extra of a midrange cellphone than its predecessors, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4, which each launched at $799. It’s doable that Google will choose up the place it left off with the Pixel 5 and preserve the worth (and specs) according to final 12 months’s providing.  However, in response to a Twitter submit from leaker Yogesh Brar, the Pixel 6 is alleged to have a $749 beginning worth, whereas the Pixel 6 Pro could value between $1,049 and $1,099. Although this makes Google’s upcoming smartphone costlier than its predecessor, the Pixel 6 could be cheaper than the $799 iPhone 13.  From the Verge’s interview with Osterloh, the Pixel 6 line is described as a “premium-priced product.” For reference, the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G goes for $1,200 (£1,149, AU$1,849).  What’s within the field: Google’s Pixel 6 will not ship with a charger Alongside the reveal of the Pixel 5A, Google shared a tidbit concerning the upcoming Pixel 6. The tech big stated that it expects this to be the final time the Pixel will ship with the cellphone’s charger within the field.  Google’s choice to ditch the accent from its cellphone bins follows each Apple and Samsung. Apple stopped together with an AC adapter within the field of the iPhone 12 in 2020, and Samsung later did the identical for the Galaxy S21.  Although Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will not have a charger within the field, a report from 91mobiles says that the upcoming smartphone may help 33-watt quick charging. Citing Brar, 91mobiles claims Google was noticed testing 33-watt charging bricks. Since the tech big is reportedly testing upgraded adapters, 91mobiles speculates that the Pixel 6 will possible help quick charging. The report goes on to recommend that this may very well be the rationale for Google to lose the charger within the field because the adapter wanted for quick charging may go on sale individually after the Pixel 6’s launch.  Another report by Android Police in August, citing leaked stock picture of a Pixel stand, additionally advised Google’s upcoming smartphone will home upped charging speeds, however with 23- as an alternative of 33-watt wi-fi charging. Either manner, the Pixel 6 would exceed the iPhone 12’s 15-watt wi-fi charging pace utilizing Apple’s MagSafe charger.  Leaked photos from Blass showcase the rumored second era Pixel stand with 23-watt wi-fi charging for the Pixel 6. If the hypothesis is confirmed true, the brand new stand would greater than double the facility of Google’s first era 10-watt wi-fi charging stand. Images from Blass posted alongside the charger present the Pixel 6’s show, digicam and different options as effectively. Images from leaker Evan Blass showcase the rumored second era Pixel stand with 23-watt wi-fi charging. 
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    Other rumors: Selfie digicam hypothesis, Pixel Pass and extraThe earliest rumors concerning the Pixel 6’s digicam setup included hypothesis that Google would possibly improve to an under-display selfie digicam, however that will not be on the Pixel 6, in response to Google’s reveal. Since this rumor relies on a patent filed by Google that appeared to not have a visual entrance digicam, nonetheless, it is doable one other cellphone will embody it.  Speaking of the selfie digicam, 9to5Google reported some fascinating implications in March, primarily based on code examined in an improve to Google’s digicam app. Takeaways embody a corroboration of the centered hole-punch idea (with a redesigned standing bar that shifts the clock to the left), and help for 4K video.  A July report indicated that Google’s digicam app code advised a doable 5x zoom possibility within the Pixel 6, which implies its digicam setup may embody a periscope-style telephoto lens. If that is true, the Pixel 6’s optical zoom functionality could be on par with Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra. Another digicam spec rumor says the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro may characteristic a 50-megapixel Samsung GN1 sensor. The rumor circulated after some Twitter customers noticed a string of code in Google’s new Camera app, which arrived with the Android 12 beta 4, mentioning the sensor. We’ve additionally heard whispers about improved stabilization, with a gimbal-like steady-cam mode that might end in “big improvements in video.” We noticed what a smartphone gimbal digicam may do with final 12 months’s Vivo X50 Pro, which CNET’s Sareena Dayaram referred to as “buttery smooth.” According to XDA Developers, which cited an inside unreleased model of Google’s Camera app and particulars from an unnamed supply, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will home a group of recent digicam options together with guide white stability adjustment, scene lock, timer mild, bluetooth microphone help, movement blur, face deblur, and an up to date model of frequent faces. The Pixel 6 may even have digicam instruments referred to as “nima aesthetic,” “baby mode,” “front torch” and magic erase, a characteristic XDA Developers speculate can take away objects or folks from an image you have taken.  A leaked itemizing from Carphone Warehouse, as talked about above, confirmed off lots of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro’s alleged options together with the up to date face unblur, movement mode and magic eraser digicam capability, in addition to a brand new Titan M2 chip for higher on-device safety, 5 years of safety updates, a 6.4-inch show for the Pixel 6 and a 6.7-inch LTPO display screen with a 120Hz refresh charge for the Pixel 6 Pro.This picture from Lee reveals what the Pixel 6 Pro’s 4x zoom may appear like in a dimly lit room. 
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    A primary take a look at photos and video stated to be taken on a Google Pixel 6 Pro, shared by leaker Brandon Lee of This is Tech Today, showcase the cellphone’s zoom and ultrawide capabilities. Lee says the digicam and video samples have been acquired from an unnamed supply in Nigeria, and harassed that his supply will not be knowledgeable photographer or videographer. Although photos are shot in portrait mode, they offer a glimpse at what footage and movies may appear like on the Pixel 6 Pro.Google beforehand introduced enhancements to its software program for “a more accurate and inclusive camera” that works higher for a wide range of pores and skin tones. This improve consists of changes to the cellphone’s auto white stability algorithm. The Pixel 6 might also characteristic an under-display fingerprint reader. Android Senior Vice President Hiroshi Lockheimer shared two screenshots on Twitter displaying an embedded fingerprint sensor inside the Pixel’s show. The tweet, which was initially posted to indicate off Android’s new Material You design, has since been deleted from Lockheimer’s account. Screenshots of the tweet have been then later posted by leaker Mishaal Rahman.  It’s unclear which Pixel mannequin the screenshots got here from precisely, however a report from Gizmodo believes it may very well be the Pixel 6 due to the 3,200×1,440 display screen decision. The under-display fingerprint sensor proven within the screenshots is positioned slightly below the center of the smartphone. Another tipster, named Jeff Springer, says the sensor appears to be positioned in an identical place to that of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. 

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    The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are additionally rumored to launch with a brand new subscription choice to bundle cellphone financing and companies underneath one invoice. The alleged providing was shared on Twitter by Lee. It’s stated to be referred to as Pixel Pass, and is described as a “monthly subscription that addresses users’ mobile needs end-to-end.” According to Lee’s submit, the subscription bundles Pixel system financing, YouTube Premium or YouTube Music, Google One storage, Play Pass, Google Fi, Google’s most popular care and system safety. Below are all the rumored Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro specs we have heard to this point alongside confirmed particulars just like the display screen dimension and processor. In the meantime, here is the way to determine between a Pixel 5, Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL, the Pixel 5 versus the Pixel 4A 5G and the Pixel 5 versus the iPhone 11, Galaxy S20 FE and OnePlus 8. Plus, six causes to purchase a Pixel and what we consider the Pixel Buds A-Series earbuds. Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 XL rumored and confirmed specs

    Pixel 6

    Pixel 6 Pro

    Screen dimension

    6.4-inch

    6.7-inch

    Display

    FHD+ with 90Hz refresh charge

    QHD+ with 120Hz refresh charge

    Rear digicam setup

    50MP (vast) + 12MP (ultrawide)**

    50MP (vast) + 48MP (tele) + 12MP (ultrawide)**

    Front digicam

    8MP**

    12MP**

    Battery

    4,614 mAh**

    5,000 mAh**

    Processor

    Tensor

    Tensor

    RAM

    8GB**

    12GB**

    Storage

    128GB / 256GB**

    128GB / 256GB / 512GB**

    OS

    Android 12

    Android 12

    **Specs nonetheless rumored

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