Pixel 6 launch date just tipped by Google's own app

Pixel 6 launch engagement just tipped by Google's own app

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More evidence of a possible release date for the Google Pixel 6 has been found within Google'southward ain photographic camera app.

XDA Developers' Mishaal Rahman posted on Twitter (via Notebookcheck) that he'd found the date flag "10-27-2021" relating to a mandatory update that Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro users will have to download on or subsequently this twenty-four hours. No other Pixels are marked to download this update, Rahman adds.

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This arguably fits in with older rumors. Leaker Jon Prosser has claimed that Google will unveil the Pixel 6 on Oct 19, with the phone going on sale on October 27. That'due south likewise the theory that Rahman subscribes to.

It certainly wouldn't surprise usa if Google shows off its new Pixel in Oct, merely because every other flagship Pixel phone has been announced during that same month.

Just noticed this, but it'due south not definitive. A GCam flag was just remotely inverse to "10-27-2021" on my device (with Pixel vi Pro props). Seems afterward this date, GCam will prompt the user in-app for an update.A 10/19 launch followed by a 10/27 release seems plausible. moving picture.twitter.com/HQFugdTNInSeptember 24, 2021

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As with final twelvemonth, Google has already revealed a few juicy details about its new phone long before the expected reveal outcome. In that location are several big changes on the way for the Pixel vi, including a large 6.four-inch display with 90Hz refresh rate and a new Pro model with a larger vi.seven-inch brandish with 120Hz refresh rate. Both versions will too have a fresh design, including a unique photographic camera bar on the dorsum, and will run on Google'due south first proprietary chip design, named Tensor.

There accept all the same been more leaks to make full in the gaps, however. For cameras, we're expecting the standard Pixel 6 to utilise 50MP main and 12MP ultrawide rear sensors. The Pixel 6 Pro is idea to be adding a 48MP telephoto camera to that, making for the most cameras ever on a Pixel phone.

The phones' batteries are also tipped for a big expansion: the Pixel 6 is believed to be getting a 4,614 mAh jail cell and the Pixel half dozen Pro a 5,000 mAh battery, with 30W fast charging for both.

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