New Google Pixel 6 teasers show phone in hand — and possible October 19 launch

New Google Pixel 6 teasers show telephone in manus — and possible October 19 launch

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More Google Pixel 6 details have been teased today by Google just in time to spoil the buzz around the iPhone 13 and the upcoming Apple tree event.

A new video from Fabricated Past Google YouTube channel and an Instagram post have revealed a more detailed and real-life await at the phone. And with the suggestion that the phone volition launch in the middle of next month, these may be the last official teasers nosotros get before launch day.

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We see what appears to be Pixel 6 Pro right at the outset of the video, featuring the telephone's new rear camera bar. We tin tell information technology's the Pro model from the unique gold color and the presence of a metallic side rail, rather than the matte blackness one on the bones models. This means that while information technology'due south not shown off in the prune, that camera bar should include 3 cameras, the well-nigh ever on the dorsum of a Pixel telephone, according to the leaks.

Much of the rest of the video focuses on the software side of the Pixel half dozen. This includes parts of the upcoming Android 12, such as the Textile You lot blueprint changes to buttons and sliders, as well as custom colors based on your selected wallpaper.

At that place's besides a brief glimpse at the Tensor flake that will power the phone. This new Google-designed silicon is promising to bring a new level of AI-enhanced features to the Pixel half dozen, and will drive the personalization shown off in this video.

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Meanwhile on Instagram, Google showed off a different teaser in the class of a series of Pixel 6 home screens, in apparent reference to Drake's "Certified Lover Boy" album art. These all use slightly different colors and arrangements of widgets, and bear witness off only how different your dwelling screen can look while still looking attractive.

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Peradventure more interesting is an apparent hint at a launch engagement. All the dates that announced on this prototype are Tuesday 19th, which just so happens to be a day in October next month, when we'd await the Pixel 6 to go its official debut.

Although Google is being unusually forthcoming with the Pixel 6 details, in that location are all the same some things it hasn't told u.s., merely that leakers are claiming to know. For example, there volition apparently be an under-display fingerprint scanner, another first for Pixels.

But we don't know about the Pixel 6 pricing and hope to get more than details shortly.

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