he two large remaining smartphone releases for the yr have now been scheduled. Yesterday, Apple confirmed that its subsequent occasion — nearly definitely the disclosing of the iPhone 15 — is scheduled for September 12, and now Google has introduced its subsequent Pixel occasion will fall lower than a month later.
Invitations have gone out to the following ‘Made by Google’ occasion, which is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4. Whereas the Pixel 8 isn’t immediately talked about, Google says it intends to “introduce the most recent additions to our Pixel portfolio of units”.
Extra conclusively, Google briefly revealed an image of the Pixel 8 Professional on its storefront. It was rapidly eliminated, however not earlier than eagle-eyed Twitter customers reposted it.
At a look, it seems remarkably much like the Pixel 7 Professional, however the digicam lenses are formed in another way. If that weren’t a large enough giveaway, the accessibility-friendly alt textual content merely learn: “An individual takes a name on a Pixel 8 Professional telephone in Porcelain.”
Alongside the introduction of the Tensor 3 chipset for the standard good points in velocity and energy effectivity, Google is stated to be significantly bettering the digicam efficiency for the Pixel 8 handsets.
Each telephones will reportedly obtain an improved Samsung GN2 sensor for higher mild seize, and the Professional mannequin may even get a 64MP ultrawide lens — fairly an enchancment on the 12MP sensor on the Pixel 7 Professional.
Talking of the Professional mannequin, an earlier leaked video confirmed the introduction of an infrared warmth sensor, seemingly for medical temperature readings as extensively utilized by venues for entry within the Covid period.
Elsewhere, we’re additionally anticipating to see a second-generation Pixel Watch with a considerable efficiency improve. Whereas the unique wearable used the six-year-old Exynos 9110 processor, the brand new mannequin is tipped to characteristic a Qualcomm Snapdragon W5, which solely got here out final yr.
That ought to make it extra responsive in use, however crucially additionally tackle the watch’s Achilles heel: its weak battery life, which struggled to final a day.
It’s potential we’ll additionally see different additions to the Nest household of good residence units on the identical time, given Google’s possession, however the Pixels will seemingly be the primary occasion.
With Google making each the {hardware} and software program — Android and Put on OS — they are usually wonderful merchandise, even when that is but to translate to market share. Again in Might, Statista estimated that simply 3.2 per cent of UK customers used a Pixel as their major smartphone.
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