Google unveils Pixel 6, with 6.4" 90Hz display, and Pixel 6 Pro, with 6.7" 120Hz display and 4x optical zoom, with a Google-designed Tensor SoC, coming in fall
We got some hands-on time with the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Nica Osorio / International Business Times : Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro Boast Massive Upgrade: Specs, Key Features And More Firstpost Tech : Google teases Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro with a custom Tensor processor: All we know so far Chris Velazco / Washington Post : Google's new Pixel phones go big on AI for better photos, faster speech recognition Tweets: @madebygoogle : Here's a sneak peek at the newest Google Phones powered by Google Tensor - the brand new chip designed by Google, custom-made for Pixel. Meet: 📱 #Pixel6 📱 #Pixel6 Pro Both are coming later this year. We'll tell you a little about them in this 🧵 👇 (1/13) https://twitter.com/... @madebygoogle : Material You will be best on #Pixel6. The colors, the camera, the form, and what's on the screen all work together in a single, fluid experience. (9/13) https://twitter.com/... @madebygoogle : We made a chip! #Pixel6 is powered by our first ever smartphone SoC: meet Google Tensor (5/13) https://twitter.com/... @madebygoogle : Hello 📷 bar! #Pixel6 Pro has 3 cameras, including a telephoto lens with a 4x optical zoom. #Pixel6 has the same great cameras as #Pixel6 Pro, just no telephoto. We're leaving telephoto to the pros, you could say 😉 (3/13) @madebygoogle : Switching ⚙️ a bit. Let's talk speech. Speech recognition is another foundational technology where you will see a huge improvement in #Pixel6. Google Tensor allows us to make big leaps in: Voice commands Translation Captioning & Dictation (10/13) @madebygoogle : The highlight of Tensor is that it can process Google's most powerful AI and ML models directly on #Pixel6. You'll see a transformed experience for the camera 📷, speech recognition 🗣️ and many other Pixel 6 features. (6/13) @madebygoogle : Alright. One last piece of info: #Pixel6 and #Pixel6 Pro, powered by the brand new Google Tensor chip, are coming this fall. 🎉 That's all we're going to share for now. 🤐 (12/13) Rick Osterloh / @rosterloh : Excited to announce Tensor, available on Pixel 6 in the Fall. https://blog.google/... @madebygoogle : Let's start outside and work our way in. #Pixel6 Pro will come in three color combos. #Pixel6 has three color combos too. Pro tip (ha!) - the Pixel phones with more space above the camera bar = #Pixel6 Pro (2/13) https://twitter.com/... McGuire Wood / @jioriku : @jon_prosser May just go Pixel this year... Harish Jonnalagadda / @chunkynerd : Pixel 6 and 6 Pro look very intriguing, particularly that Tensor platform. Google finally seems to be fixing long-standing issues like sub-standard video recording. I just want these to launch in India 😫 https://www.theverge.com/... Sam Kohl / @iupdate : I appreciate Google trying to do something different with the new Pixel but this is hella ugly https://twitter.com/... @iphonedo : “just no telephoto” - This is the way! https://twitter.com/... Ershad Kaleebullah / @r3dash : 4x optical zoom. Okay, looks like we might have the end game camera setup here if all of Google's computational photography chops are extended across each sensor. https://twitter.com/... Evan / @evleaks : Memo to OEMs: this is how you kill leaks. https://twitter.com/... Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach : Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will be the most impressive phones of the year and I don't think it's a competition. iPhone 12S better watch out. Rjey / @rjeytech : If a life long iPhone User (not trapped within the Apple Ecosystem) switched to the Pixel 6 they would probably never switch back. Fact or 🧢? Joe Maring / @joemaring1 : As someone that'll probably use an iPhone 13 Pro as my daily driver for the coming year, Pixel 6 looks hoootttt 🥵 https://screenrant.com/... Lisa Eadicicco / @lisaeadicicco : The Pixel 6 feels much truer to Google's original vision for the Pixel: a high-end phone truly meant to challenge the iPhone and Samsung. Past couple of years have felt more budget-oriented and focused on the 3a/4a line. Android Police / @androidpolice : Google is aiming for iPhone-like video quality with the Pixel 6's camera https://www.androidpolice.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : I'll almost certainly get this as soon as it launches. My biggest wish for the Pixel remains that Google will pick a stable platform for the phone and then iterate on it for a good long while Every generation still feels like a repudiation of the previous one. Go long term! https://twitter.com/... Luke Miani / @lukemiani : Honestly the camera bar looks pretty good and is a nice change from the usual clusters, I'm also very interested to see the new Tensor chip and how it stacks up vs Qualcomm and esp. Apple https://twitter.com/... Jon Prosser / @jon_prosser : Google officially confirms my design leak from three months ago, along with naming of devices: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro 🎉 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Zac Bowden / @zacbowden : Gotta admire Google for doing a full product reveal via a series of Tweets. I think this works rather effectively. Certainly has me excited! https://twitter.com/... Jason Howell / @jasonhowell : Hominahominahomina I can't wait. https://twitter.com/... @teja2495 : Google is finally taking Pixel phones seriously. Google's Tensor chip is capable of running Google's most power AI & ML models directly on the device. Pixel 6 pro is packed with ultra-high end specs. Google is finally doing it. I'm crying out of joy. 😭 https://twitter.com/... Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Google is definitely not pulling back on its in-house smartphone ambitions. https://www.cnbc.com/... Patrick Moorhead / @patrickmoorhead : Not a surprise. Google Pixel has between .1% and 1% smartphone unit market share. “Abandoning” Qualcomm just may not leave that big a dent. 🤠 Guessing Exynos-based. $QCOM #Pixel6 #Pixel6Pro https://twitter.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Google following Apple in designing its own smartphone chips. Remains to be seen what that really means here. But, Pixel still has minimal distribution and share - Google hasn't decided whether it really wants to compete with its OEMs https://twitter.com/... Jake Kastrenakes / @jake_k : glad to see google focusing on the pixel cameras again. still a big question whether shifting to a custom SoC has other tradeoffs though https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Austin Evans / @austinnotduncan : Apple: Leak one potential iPhone case model before release and we sue you into oblivion. Google: Hey we've got a phone coming out in a few months why don't we tweet literally everything about it? https://twitter.com/... @madebygoogle : Alright, let's talk UI. Remember Material You from I/O? (friendly reminder if you don't have it bookmarked like us: https://www.youtube.com/...) Take a quick watch. We'll give you a minute. (8/13) @madebygoogle : We wish we could show you some 📷 examples on #Pixel6, but that will need to wait. That said if you want to see what #TeamPixel can already do with a Pixel camera, check out our IG: https://www.instagram.com/... (shameless plug, sorry) (7/13) @madebygoogle : Hey, we're just going to call it #Pixel6 for the rest of this 🧵, but we mean both #Pixel6 and #Pixel6 Pro. Cool? Cool. (4/13) Mehedi / @mehedih_ : this hardware design is so nice, sad that it runs android https://twitter.com/... @ow : Good to see Google getting serious about phones with the Pixel 6, even building its own chip this time around. Not so good is Google changing strategy every other year. https://www.theverge.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Google is announcing (previewing? teasing?) the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro today. I had a chance to look at them in person last week and hear about the new custom SoC inside them, called Tensor. Details: https://www.theverge.com/...